Letters from Lartet, Édouard to Charles Lyell, 6 January 1857 - 7 March 1869
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
- Lartet, Edouard William, 1801-1871 (French geologist and paleontologist) (Author, Person)
- Lyell, Lady Mary, 1808-1873 (nee Horner) (Person)
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.
Subject
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) (Recipient, Person)
- Aymard, Auguste, 1808-1889 (Prehistorian and Paleontologist) (Person)
- Worsaae, Jens Jacob Asmussen, 1821-1885 (Danish archaeologist, historian and politician) (Person)
- Steenstrup, 1794-1865 (Danish zoologist and professor of chemistry and mineralogy, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)) (Person)
- Falconer, Hugh, 1808-1865 (palaeontologist and botanist) (Person)
- Nilsson, Sven, 1787-1883 (Swedish zoologist and archaeologist) (Person)
- Napoléon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 (Emperor) (Person)
- Lyell, Lady Mary, 1808-1873 (nee Horner) (Person)
- Schmerling, Philippe-Charles, 1791-1836 (Dutch prehistorian, geologist) (Person)
- Christol, Jules de, 1802 – 1861 (French paleontologist and geologist) (Person)
- Ponzi, Giuseppe, 20 May 1805 – 30 November 1885 (Italian geologist and politician) (Person)
- Aymard, Auguste, 1808-1889 (Prehistorian and Paleontologist) (Person)
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