Petrus Camper letter, Lem Lankum, [the Netherlands], to Johann Heinrich Merck, Darmstadt, Germany, 1786, Oct. 9

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Summary

Creator:
Camper, Petrus, 1722-1789
Abstract:
Letter (ALS). Typescript of French original and typed English translation are available. Discusses the petrified fossils of Montmartre, Maestricht, and Euhstedt and the cetaceans at M. de Buffon's in Paris. Expresses disappointment at being unable to see Goethe, touching on the troubled internal political affairs of the Netherlands. Announces intention to make a short trip to Germany in the spring in order to visit Merck and Soemmerring.
Extent:
6 items
Language:
Materials in French
Collection ID:
RL.10327

Background

Scope and content:

Letter (ALS). Typescript of French original and typed English translation are available. Discusses the petrified fossils of Montmartre, Maestricht, and Euhstedt and the cetaceans at M. de Buffon's in Paris. Expresses disappointment at being unable to see Goethe, touching on the troubled internal political affairs of the Netherlands. Announces intention to make a short trip to Germany in the spring in order to visit Merck and Soemmerring.

Biographical / historical:

Dutch physician, anatomist and naturalist.

Acquisition information:
Source unknown
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Processed by: Rubenstein Staff

Finding aid derived from MARC record using DukeMARC2EAD-HOMproject.xsl, December 2014

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Forms part of the Trent Manuscripts Collection.

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Subjects:
Fossils
Names:
History of Medicine Collections (Duke University)
Merck, Johann Heinrich, 1741-1791
Soemmerring, Samuel Thomas von, 1755-1830
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788
Camper, Petrus, 1722-1789
Camper, Petrus, 1722-1789
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

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Petrus Camper Letter, 1786, Oct. 9, Lem Lankum, [the Netherlands], to Johann Heinrich Merck, Darmstadt, Germany, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.