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[AUTOGRAPHS-NATURAL HISTORY] AGASSIZ, LOUIS. Autograph letter signed

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[AUTOGRAPHS-NATURAL HISTORY] AGASSIZ, LOUIS. Autograph letter signed

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Lot 194
[AUTOGRAPHS-NATURAL HISTORY] AGASSIZ, LOUIS. Autograph letter signed, two pages, integral leaf blank, addressed to Mr. M. E. Gould o...
, two pages, integral leaf blank, addressed to Mr. M. E. Gould of Boston, Cambridge 17th July 1849. 6 1/4 x 4 inches (16 x 10 cm); approximately thirteen lines written in black ink. Usual folds; Together with BURROUGHS, JOHN. Two autograph letters signed. One single-page (September 30, '98), 9 lines, the other two pages, dated June 29 [1909], 24 lines to a Mr. Johnson on the Grand Canyon. Usual folds.
The letter by Agassiz to Gould, the publisher of his Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other and similar regions (published 1850), discusses certain aspects of the typesetting of that work. The second Burroughs letter is of considerable interest, as it mentions John Muir and Luther Burbank, and visits made to both.

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Estimate: $300 - $500
Sold for $625 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $300 - $500
Sold for $625 (includes buyer's premium)
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