Letter from Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt to Thomas Young, dated at Paris Autographed letter addressed to Young at the Montebello Hotel in Paris. Sends the two volumes of his "Recherches sur les monumens des peuples barbares" [ likely Vues des cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique, 1810]. Asks for Young's opinion in particular of the zodiac signs, calculations, numbers, chronology and the Mexican calendar as a testimony of his admiration for Young's work and as a show that the study of hieroglyphs is promising. Followed by a list of notable names and addresses in Paris in von Humboldt's hand [Marquis [Etienne] de Drée; [Edmé-Francois ] Jomard; [Jean-Francois] Debure; [Ennio Quirino] Visconti; [Vivant] Denon; Sylvestre de Sacy] On the last page, list of names and places in Thomas Young's hand in pencil, likely schedule for 6 days. nd