BIB_ID
137218
Accession number
MA 63.5
Creator
Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.
Display Date
1812 Jan. 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Formerly bound with a collection of letters and papers of Rear Admiral James Burney (MA 38).
Part of a collection of letters and manuscripts of Robert Southey. Items have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection of letters and manuscripts of Robert Southey. Items have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Listed in Bernard Quaritch catalog no. 234 (1904), no. 42; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Quaritch in 1905.
Summary
Concerning the recipient's remarks on [Alexander] Humboldt, noting "that Humboldt is a good deal of a Quack is pretty evident," and discussing his own and other geographical works.
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