Anselme Gaëtan DESMAREST (1784-1838). Set of 2 autograph let - Lot 14

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Anselme Gaëtan DESMAREST (1784-1838). Set of 2 autograph let - Lot 14
Anselme Gaëtan DESMAREST (1784-1838). Set of 2 autograph letters signed to the publisher Pitois. Paris and s.l., August 15, 1828 and December 18, 1821. 1 p. in-4 with address on verso and 1 p. in-8. Beautiful letters about the editing of his Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles with Auguste Duméril between 1816 and 1830. He sends the articles in the letter "i" to the publisher Pitois. However, "Ivoire" by zoologist Georges-Frédéric CUVIER (1773-1838) is missing; "Ixode" [tick], "Iule" [millipede] and "Issus" for entomologist, herpetologist and ichthyologist Auguste DUMÉRIL (1812-1870); "Isurus" [shark] for zoologist Hippolyte CLOQUET (1787-1840) and "Isochilus" [orchid] for botanist and explorer Jean-Louis Marie POIRET (1755-1834). "The first two of these, ixode and iule being the names of a genus of arachnids and a genus of insects, go to Mr Duméril. I'm only in charge of crustaceans proper. I have not seen the beginning of the ichthyological article, nor the articles on the same family, although I have asked Mr Bertrand for this sheet several times. Leman hasn't received it either. He then refers to his own work in ichthyology and zoology, and crosses out this passage. "I have just received plates 6 and 7 from the printing house [...]". He asks Bertrand for the proofs "of the 1st leaf of the 57th volume". "The words velelle, vérétille, vermiculaire, vermilié, veronicelle and vertigo from M. de Blainville are missing [...]". He then refers to Cloquet's article on the bladder and biffs it, etc.
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