Etienne GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE (1772-1844),... - Lot 11 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

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Etienne GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE (1772-1844),... - Lot 11 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay
Etienne GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE (1772-1844), naturalist. L.A.S. No place or date. "This Wednesday". 1 p. in-8. Interesting letter about moles. "I have the honor to send you the drawing representing the underground channels that the male mole opens in the time of mating to fight other males his rivals and lock up, after victory, his female. Mr. J. Martin, distinguished anatomist and skilled lithographer, will take charge, if you give him the commission, to place this drawing on stone [] ". [Joseph Martin Saint-Ange (1803-1888), a talented anatomist and draughtsman, a favorite pupil of Thouin and a member of the Paris Anatomical Society, worked with Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire on the dissection of moles and on the illustration of the article devoted to the small talpid in his famous Histoire naturelle des mammifères.]
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