Re: fate of Jacobus's writings

[Zandbergen@xxxxxxxxxxx (Rene Zandbergen)]

Jorge Stolfi wrote:

>     > [Rafal:] Pelcl in _Abbildungen..._ says: "Seine [i.e. Jacobus's]
>     > Werke ueber die Chemie und Kraeuterkunde liegen noch in der
>     > Handschrift", which means he was aware of them in late 18th c.
>     > in Prague.
> 
> That's quite interesting!  We definitely need another Expedition
> to Prague...

:-)

In the Czech letter to Voynich (1921) this is quoted:
according to Pelzel, towards the year 1777 there existed some writings
of J.T. about chemistry and botany, in manuscript form.

The letter writer did apparently not know what happened to them...

Cheers, Rene