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Letters from Lartet, Édouard to Charles Lyell, 6 January 1857 - 7 March 1869

 File — Box: Box 1.8
Identifier: Coll-203/1/159

Scope and Contents

Some original ordering is evident and is noted. Lyell summarises the letters as:
1. 'Lartet, Lower Miocene and Upper Eocene, Jan 6, 1857'
2. 'Lartet, queries on Pliocene & part-pliocene mammalia'
3. 'Lartet (3) Rhinoceros leptorhinus rec[ieved]. 16 March 1858'
4. '(1) Lartet - E primigenius found at Rome by Ponzi. E. priscus & E. africanus - nomenclature 1853'
5. '(4) Lartet Sept 6 1859 (Seissan) Elephant africanus foss[il] Rhinoceros of Aymard'
6. '(6) Lartet Elephas antiques' Rhinoceros
7. '(7) Lartet Dec 6 1861 Aurignac Cave'
8. '(8) Lartet Dec 26 1861 Aurignac section of grotto, extinct mammalia with Man.' Letter contains several drawings.
9. '(12) Lartet Jan 5 1862 Section & plan of Aurignac Cave Rhinoceros species of.'
10. '(10) Lartet, Paris June 4 1862:
- 1. Sc Gras on St Acheul flints.
- 2. Worsaae & Steenstrup subperiod of Danish stone-age.
- 3. Reindeer missing in Refuse heaps but used in old Danish tools.
- 4. Reindeer variety or species of Nilsson & Falconer.
- 5. Ursus species of Nilsson U. arctos according to Steenstrup.'
11. '(11) Lartet June 22 1862.
- 2. Meeting of G[eological].S[ociety]. of France in Pyrenees.
- 3. Reindeer, one species.
- 4. Trogontherium upper jaw cast wanted
- Savy 20 Rue Buonaparte [car?]
12. '(13) Lartet peculiarity of the markings on the Saint Prest bones, July 1863'
13. '(14) Lartet, Cromer Forest mammalia Aurignac Cave his 3rd visit, Aug 12 1863. [Translation of the same by M.E.L. [sic Mary Elizabeth Lyell] which is a second letter by Mary Lyell, and is an English translation of the original. This translation is not present].
14. 'Monsr Lartet 14th Aug 1865 fossil quadrupeds of St Prest. & Schmerlings porcupine'
15. 'Lartet (9) March 1861 Journal & Christol on human remains & extinct animals in caves. Schmerling on agouti.'
16. 'Lartet (5) Reindeer & fossils of S. of France caverns, 2nd April 1861'
17. [copy letter by Mary Lyell] Letter from Lartet to Mr Prestwich written in French

Dates

  • Creation: 6 January 1857 - 7 March 1869

Creator

Language of Materials

French

Full Extent

1 folder (17 letters and 16 envelopes)

Processing Information

Listed by Bethany Lawson, and catalogued by Pamela McIntyre, Strategic Projects Archivist, February 2025.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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