Humboldt, Alexander von 21 autograph letters in French signed, ("Alexander von Humboldt" or "Humboldt"), Paris, 28 April 1813, 9 November 1815, 3 July 1826, 11 January 1843, the remainder undated save for the day of the week, 17 of which addressed to J.P.F. Deleuze (1753-1835), librarian of the Jardin des Plantes and a leading figure in the "animal magnetism" movement, one addressed to a Professor Schultz, one to the sculptor David, one to M. de Grent at Bourges, and one to an unnamed count who had supported him, mostly 12mo, but six 8vo and three 4to, 27 pages written; formerly folded, a few remnants of album mounting, two lightly browned, one with clean tear through address, one cockled from damp.
Humboldt, Alexander von 21 autograph letters in French signed, ("Alexander von Humboldt" or "Humboldt"), Paris, 28 April 1813, 9 November 1815, 3 July 1826, 11 January 1843, the remainder undated save for the day of the week, 17 of which addressed to J.P.F. Deleuze (1753-1835), librarian of the Jardin des Plantes and a leading figure in the "animal magnetism" movement, one addressed to a Professor Schultz, one to the sculptor David, one to M. de Grent at Bourges, and one to an unnamed count who had supported him, mostly 12mo, but six 8vo and three 4to, 27 pages written; formerly folded, a few remnants of album mounting, two lightly browned, one with clean tear through address, one cockled from damp.
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