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Chapter 16, the first chapter in this volume, gives a spe-
cial insight into the correspondence of Crosse, as in the
Florence archives the letters written by Crosse have been
traced. This unique example gives a two-sided view of
the exchange of thoughts and material between Crosse
and his main Italian correspondent, the Marquise Paul-
ucci. Other correspondents are Benoit, Monterosato, Tap-
parone Canefri and Tiberi.
Chapter 17 deals with the correspondents from the
United Kingdom. This effectively means correspondents
from England and Scotland, in total 30 persons.
Chapter 18 examines a selection of correspondents
from the United States of America. It includes well-known
malacologists like Binney, Bland, A.D. Brown, Dall, Prime
and Tryon.
To finish with the final Chapter 19 gives some correc-
tions to the previous two volumes, as well as additions.
We were fortunate to find in the Senckenberg archive
many interesting portraits, of which a number are repro-
duced herein. Last but not least, we announce the acqui-
sition of the ‘Crosse archive’ by the Natural History
Museum in London, where it will be housed in its Library
and Archives section. We stress the importance of housing
such an important archive in a public depository, and are
very glad that it has found a new home in London.
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