Lepsius, Karl Richard, 1810-1884 (Prussian Egyptologist, linguist and modern archaeologist)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
"F. Chemists, Physicians, Travellers, and Geographers", 1808-1897
Item
Identifier: Coll-1997/2
Scope and Contents
This volume is entitled "F. Chemists, Physicians, Travellers, and Geographers" and contains 85 letters addressed to Sir Charles Lyell and others in his family by physicists, chemists, explorers, geographers, geologists, and doctors and surgeons. Most of the letters are accompanied by a facing photograph or portrait print of the letter’s author.
Humphry Davy, chemist, with signed portrait [plate]. 1...
Dates:
1808-1897
Lepsius, Karl Richard, 1853
File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/77
Scope and Contents
Karl Richard Lepsius (1810-1884), pioneer of Egyptology, Autograph Letter Signed, 1853.1 letter: 5 November 1853. Lepsius thanks Christian Lassen for sending him his work "Indische Altertumskunde" and praises it extensively. Also included: Previous owner's cover for the letter, inscribed "Lepsius 1853". Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Short biographical note, physical description of the letter, purchase information. Also notes on Lassen,...
Dates:
1853