Notes and letters : concerning beetles and weevils : manuscript, 1737-1746.

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Notes and letters : concerning beetles and weevils : manuscript, 1737-1746.

Autograph manuscript, unsigned, containing author's observational notes on beetles and weevils. Includes 21 letters in French and Italian from various correspondents, including Pierre Lyonnet, Jakob Christian Schaeffer and Marshal Brelinski.

1 portfolio : ill. ; 42 cm.

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