Original handwritten letter, signed.
Beneden, P. J. Van
From Antiquariaat Schierenberg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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AbeBooks Seller since 1 October 2001
About this Item
Louvain, 1874. Single leaf (21.1 x 13.1 cm). = A neatly written letter, signed and dated 1 Juin 1874, by the Belgian palaeontologist, marine biologist, malacologist, mammalogist and Cetacea specialist, Pierre-Joseph Van Beneden (1809-1894), author of, for instance, Description des ossements fossiles des environs d'Anvers. In this letter, Van Beneden refers to the death of the Swiss-born American biologist and palaeontologist Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873), and applies, as a long-time correspondent, to succeed him at Harvard University. "I learned that you are part of the commission of presentation for the position left vacant by the death of Agassiz […]. I might have a few titles to make the list and let me tell you that I would be infinitely flattered if my name could appear […]". Weak vertical and horizontal fold; tiny tear in top margin, otherwise very good, clean, and well-readable. Seller Inventory # 74368
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Title: Original handwritten letter, signed.
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Antiquariaat Schierenberg now undertakes all activities previously undertaken by
Elsevier Antiquarian Dept., and Dieter Schierenberg BV of which Dieter Schierenberg was General Manager. We specialize in rare, old and illustrated books and periodicals on Natural History, Biology, Earth Sciences, Voyages, Scientific Expeditions, Physical Geography, Anthropology, Travel (mostly outside Europe), Science, the History of Science and beautiful big colour plate books in these fields. We have one of the largest stocks in the world within our field with about 7.000 different
periodical titles (about 1.000.000 volumes) and about 25.000 rare books. We have
experience of over 40 years, having worked in these science subjects under
different names : Junk Antiquariaat (Periodicals Dept.) Dekker & Nordemann
Antiquarian Dept., Elsevier Antiquarian Dept and Dieter Schierenberg BV. Please send your special want lists within our field and of course we are also interested in receiving offers for sale or in exchange from single items to entire libraries.
Zamenhofstraat 150 Unit 320, Amsterdam, 1022AG, Netherlands
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