Achille VALENCIENNES (1794-1865), zoologist, malacologist an - Lot 63

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Achille VALENCIENNES (1794-1865), zoologist, malacologist an - Lot 63
Achille VALENCIENNES (1794-1865), zoologist, malacologist and ichthyologist. Autograph letter signed. S.l.n.d. "This Friday morning". 2 pp. in-8. Angular yellowing, some creasing. Scientific letter devoted to the anatomy of rabbits: "I could only see two rabbit heads in the cabinet, with deviated teeth; they both have perfectly straight maxillary and nasal bones, as regular as those of a wild rabbit whose bones are as healthy as its teeth. I did not examine any other reddenings because neither Ducrotay [zoologist Henri-Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777-1850)] has been keeping them in his apartment for the last seven years for a long and arduous work, but which will make the glory of republican zoology, if it appears under this era, before a new restoration which would please the aforementioned Ducrotay very much [...]".
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