Record

Reference numberNLB/21/314
Alternative reference numberNLB/21 p191
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Lord Avebury [John Lubbock], Fellow of the Royal Society
Date25 October 1900
DescriptionIn reply to Avebury's enquiry the Society has two copies of 'Itinera alpina' [Johann Jakob Scheuchzer], one London ,1708, the other of Leyden, 1723. The former is no doubt the copy sent to Avebury but both the Society's copies are on the shelf. The Society's copy of the second edition has a mark 'Ex done Auctoris', and that volume was lost and afterwards recovered at a second hand book sellers.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Physical descriptionManuscript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA5949Lubbock; John (1834 - 1913); 1st Baron Avebury1834 - 1913
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