Letter : to Charles Stuart, 1803 Oct. 25.

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Letter : to Charles Stuart, 1803 Oct. 25.

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A reply to a request by Stuart that he help him find ancient cameos and gems for purchase during his stay in Turkey. He responds by saying that they have all been bought up by the English and that if he did come across any he would be obliged by duty to send them to the museum in Vienna. He thanks Stuart for favors he has done him and exchanges news of mutual friends.

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Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Freiherr von, 1774-1856

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Austrian orientalist. From the description of Letter : to Charles Stuart, 1803 Oct. 25. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78802546 Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) was a French zoologist, paleontologist and historian of science. A committed empiricist, Cuvier opposed theories, arguing that scientists should limit themselves to describing. In zoology his work depended upon his dominant position at the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, which was the largest sci...