Étienne GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE (1772-1844), naturalist. - Lot 28

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Étienne GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE (1772-1844), naturalist. - Lot 28
Étienne GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE (1772-1844), naturalist. Autograph letter signed to a publisher. 1 p. in-4. No place or date. Points out spelling and typographical errors: "page 229, 13th line Oriducteur, instead of Oviductus. Page 230, 32nd line Omithorinque instead of ornithorinque. Page 234, 23rd line network instead of ressant. Big business kills small business. I received many sheets taken from the background of your edition, instead of the promised extract, reworked and otherwise paginated. However, I had done my duty for the benefit of Europe, and I brought you a new article, following on from and complementing the first: Des livres des anciens en ce qui concerne la naissance et la première éducation des petites chez les cétacés. In any case, I was right to be forgetful and to place it elsewhere: as it did not belong to the character of your work, it would have spoiled its harmony [...]".
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