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Complimentary copy of printed article by Goppert, Prof. Dr. Henricus Robertus, sent to Charles Lyell, 22 April 1837-1859
Three off prints from journal titled: de Floribus in Statu Fossill, Commentatio Botanica quam ex autoritate Gratiosi Medicorum Ordinis in Universitate Literaria Vratislaviensi; Ueber die versteinten Walder im nordlichen Bohmen und in Schlesien; Ueber die gegenwartigen Verhaltnisse der Palantologie in Schlesien so wie uber fossile Cycadeen.
"F. Chemists, Physicians, Travellers, and Geographers", 1808-1897
Letter from Heer, Oswald, to Charles Lyell, 8 August 1857 - 8 February 1877
Notes and envelope with samples of leaves
Letter from Von Strombeck, to Charles Lyell, 17 April 1836
Letter from Von Strombeck to Lyell regarding a translation of Lyell's publication.
Letters from Beyrich, Heinrich Ernst to Charles Lyell, May 1857- 1859
Original letter in German with English translation. Original summary is "Beyrich May 1857 criticisms on supplement Barrande's Colonies".
Letters from Binkhorst J.T. to Charles Lyell, 23 July 1860 - 1861
Summarised by Lyell as:
1) Loess Fossil Man Caves of Meuse [Belgium]. Folio 286 is a map of the site
2) Leyden Coberg Human jaw Crahayes [sic] report
3) Maestricht human skulls
4) On cave-bones etc. 1860-1.
Letters from Duncker & Humblot to Charles Lyell, 5 March 1867 - 5 March 1867
Letters relate to Lyell's works published in Germany:
1) Duncker announcing safe arrival of corrigenda and M.S at Cotta’s
2) Sum paid to Vieweg for translation
Carl von Cotta defended the concept of evolution and was a supporter of Lyell's principle of uniformitarianism however questioned Lyell's claim that earth was a fluctuation of eternally equal forces, noting the earth's historical development. Vieweg was a specialist German publisher.
Letters from Dunker, Dr. Wilhelm and Elise, to Charles Lyell, 17 May 1851 - 26 November 1852
Summarised by Lyell as:
1) Dunker presents Palaeontographica
2)[? Phillippa] going to Chili, Dunker sent 2 Journals - Bound of Palaeontogr. on Brown Coal
Wilhelm Dunker founded the journal Palaeontographica in 1846. Letter is written from Elise, Dunker's cousin and wife, in German, to Lyell.