GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE (family). 3 documents. - Lot 31

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GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE (family). 3 documents. - Lot 31
GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE (family). 3 documents. - Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844), zoologist. Autograph, 1 p. in-4 oblong. "[...] old discovery of Goethe, telling his master Camper the denial that such a bone must have been against Camper's sentiment [...]". - Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805-1861), zoologist. Autograph letter signed to Drouillard. 1 p. in-8. Paris, Dec. 1840. He asks to be paid in cash and not in banknotes. - Albert Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1835-1919), zoologist, director of the Jardin d'Acclimatation. Autograph letter signed to his cousin. 2 pp. in-8. Paris, June 25, 1899. On the monkeys at the Jardin d'Acclimatation. "I take the liberty of pointing out to M. Conan that, as experimental subjects, the monkeys at the J. d'A [Jardin d'acclimatation] are very mediocre (like all monkeys that live together in captivity); they are all tubercular, or at the very least, very anemic and in poor physical condition. The only monkeys fit for this kind of work are those that arrive in Europe and have not spent time with animal dealers [...]".
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