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Letter signed : "au Jardin du Roy" [Paris], to [Gilles Germain Richard] de Ruffey, 1764 Jan. 15.

BIB_ID
374652
Accession number
MA 863.19
Creator
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788.
Display Date
1764 Jan. 15.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 21.4 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur de Ruffey President / honoraire a la chambre des / Comptes / A Dijon."
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed from Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, to Gilles Germain Richard de Ruffey and other recipients. Items are described in individual records; see MA 863 for details.
With seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1913.