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Christian VIII of Denmark, 31 May [1834]; 1835; 15 October 1836
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/15
Scope and Contents
This is an autograph letter signed, in French, sent from Christian VIII of Denmark to Sir Charles Lyell, dated 15 October 1836, Copenhagen. It concerns Lyell's research in Denmark and the Prince's collection of fossile molluscs. There is also a 1 page letter on behalf of Prince Christian Frederick dated 31 May [1834] and a lithograph portrait of Christian VIII / Christian Frederick from 1835."J’ai reçue quoique tard, au mois de Juillet, la lettre que Vous m’avez adressée en date...
Dates:
31 May [1834]; 1835; 15 October 1836
Commonplace Book - Extracts by Charles Lyell - Prose and Verse, 1826
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/A2/5
Scope and Contents
Small label affixed reads 'Extracts by Charles Lyell Prose & Verse - Crown Office Temple Row'. Commonplace book of notes and quotations compiled by Lyell when a practicing barrister in London in his early twenties. The book is inscribed with his address: 9 Crown Office Row, Temple, where he moved in 1826 after vacating the cramped quarters he had known as a law student in nearby Norfolk Street (no longer in existence, checked 2021). This Notebook is paginated. Insertion at the front of...
Dates:
1826
"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
Letter from Alexis de Tocqueville to Louis Antoine Pagnerre relating to Charles Lyell, 31 December 1850
Item — Box CLX-A-387
Identifier: Coll-1848/22-0048
Scope and Contents
Letter in French from Alexis de Tocqueville to Louis Antoine Pagnerre (Paris publisher of Tocqueville's Democracy in America), relating to the publication of Charles Lyell's book about the USA in French. Tocqueville is asking Pagnerre to publish Lyell's book, saying that Lyell doesn't want any money for it and will provide the engravings plates. Sorrento, Italy, 31 December 1850.
Dates:
31 December 1850
Letter from De La Rive, Auguste, to Charles Lyell, 19th century
File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/36
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
- 10 boxes of correspondence
- 2 boxes of miscellaneous papers and lecture notes
- 24 boxes of offprints of papers
- 294 notebooks
Dates:
19th century
Letter from De Saussure, H., to Charles Lyell, 29 June 1859
File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/37
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
- 10 boxes of correspondence
- 2 boxes of miscellaneous papers and lecture notes
- 24 boxes of offprints of papers
- 294 notebooks
Dates:
29 June 1859
Letter from De Verneuil, E., to Charles Lyell, 22 January 1858
File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/38
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
- 10 boxes of correspondence
- 2 boxes of miscellaneous papers and lecture notes
- 24 boxes of offprints of papers
- 294 notebooks
Dates:
22 January 1858
Letter from Gaudin, Charles T., to Charles Lyell, 4 January 1858
File — Box Box 3.2: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/43
Scope and Contents
Temple of Serapis
Dates:
4 January 1858
Letter from Guiscardi, Guillaume, to Charles Lyell, 7 February 1858-6 July 1858
File — Box Box 3.2: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/49
Scope and Contents
'Enclosed - Sketch of volcano, pamphlet entitled 'Notizie del Vesuvio' and various pages of notes
Dates:
7 February 1858-6 July 1858
Letter from Laplace, A.M., to Charles Lyell, 5 February 1850
File — Box Nox 3.3: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/60
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
- 10 boxes of correspondence
- 2 boxes of miscellaneous papers and lecture notes
- 24 boxes of offprints of papers
- 294 notebooks
Dates:
5 February 1850