BIB_ID
284626
Accession number
MA 863.1-51
Creator
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788.
Display Date
1730 Nov. 5-1784 Aug. 18.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 v. (51 items), bound : ill. (ports.) ; 43.9 cm
Notes
It is possible that some letters described as autograph may be in the hand of a secretary.
Many letters with address, postmark, and seal.
Many letters with address, postmark, and seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1913.
Summary
Collection includes 48 letters from Buffon to Gilles Germain Richard de Ruffey, some in Buffon's autograph and some written by secretaries; 2 autograph letters signed from Buffon to Suzanne Curchod Necker (MA 863.43-44); and a letter signed from Buffon to the Comte de Tressan (MA 863.37). Items are described in 51 individual records (MA 863.1-51).
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