Georges-Louis Leclerc, count of BUFFON (1707-1788), naturali - Lot 3

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Georges-Louis Leclerc, count of BUFFON (1707-1788), naturali - Lot 3
Georges-Louis Leclerc, count of BUFFON (1707-1788), naturalist. Autograph letter signed to "Monseigneur" [Louis Phélypeaux de Saint-Florentin (1705-1777), minister of the King's Household]. 1 p. in-4. Montbard, Oct. 13, 1749. Rare scientific letter, entirely autograph. "I have received the crayfish leg that you were kind enough to send me and which is indeed singular enough for us to keep it with care in the King's cabinet. All the extremities of the legs of the sea crayfish have hair on the underside but this one is perhaps the first one that we have seen that is entirely covered with it. I can only thank you very humbly for your kindness and your attention to the progress of our natural history [] ".
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