Autograph Letter Signed ‘De la Lande’, informing his correspondent that his dear astronomer colleague, le chevalier Shuckburgh [Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn (1751 –1804) , politician, mathematician and astronomer] is staying for a month in Geneva, and wishes to lodge with a French-speaking family, asking for assistance in this, sending regards to Le Sage and Mr. Trembley de LALANDE, Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de
de LALANDE, Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de
Autograph Letter Signed De la Lande, informing his correspondent that his dear astronomer colleague, le chevalier Shuckburgh [Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn (1751 1804) , politician, mathematician and astronomer] is staying for a month in Geneva, and wishes to lodge with a French-speaking family, asking for assistance in this, sending regards to Le Sage and Mr. Trembley
de LALANDE, Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de
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19 June 1775. In French. 8 lines on 1 oblong page, 4½ x 7 inches, laid down, mounted in part of an old album page, in good condition, adhesive show through at corners. Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (1732 1807), French astronomer and writer, author of Traité d'astronomie (2 vols., 1764 enlarged. edition, 4 vols., 17711781; 3rd ed., 3 vols., 1792), Histoire Céleste Française (1801), Bibliographie astronomique (1803), Abrégé de navigation (1793), Voyage d'un français en Italie (1769), Voyage en Angleterre (1763). This letter was found in an album compiled by John Mackie (1748-1831, see DNB), a Scottish doctor.
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- Lugar de publicación 19 June 1775