BIB_ID
374672
Accession number
MA 863.24
Creator
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788.
Display Date
1766 Feb. 5.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 19.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur Le President de Ruffey / rue de la chappelote / 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.
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.
Summary
Thanking M. de Ruffey for helping [Charlotte-Louise de Fortia], marquise de Scorailles; writing that he plans to finish L'histoire naturelle before the age of 68, though he turned 58 the previous September; describing his plans for finishing the publication of the work; explaining that he only has twenty-six remaining subscriptions and that M. de Ruffey should write to him immediately if he wishes to take one; recommending that he order the work in "grand papier" like M. [René-Joseph] Hébert; advising him to purchase the subscription on behalf of his Académie, using the funds of this organization; discussing the prices for already-published volumes, as well as the subscription; mentioning his wish to see M. [Charles] de Brosse[s].
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