BIB_ID
124837
Accession number
MA 38.37
Creator
Malte-Brun, Conrad, 1775-1826.
Display Date
[1818 Dec. 30].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address), bound ; 24.9 cm.
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to " Monsieur / Mr. Burney, captaine de la / marine Royale, membre de la societé / Royale / Londres;" written above the address, in an unknown hand, "26 James Street / Westminster."
Bound with a 4-page printed prospectus of "Nouvelles Annales des Voyages de la Géographie et de L'Histoire," founded in 1819 and published by Eyriès and Malte-Brun.
Date of writing from postmark.
Part of a collection of correspondence and papers of Rear Admiral James Burney. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Bound with a 4-page printed prospectus of "Nouvelles Annales des Voyages de la Géographie et de L'Histoire," founded in 1819 and published by Eyriès and Malte-Brun.
Date of writing from postmark.
Part of a collection of correspondence and papers of Rear Admiral James Burney. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in July 1905.
Summary
Introducing their new periodical which they hope will serve to encourage communication around the world on the science of geography and history; inviting him to contribute.
Catalog link
Department