| Reference number | EL/I1/58 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Henry Justel to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Justel; Henri (1620-1693); librarian; juror; bibliophile; scholar |
| Date | 3 November 1668 |
| Description | Re-counting Auzout's trip to Italy and about the people he had seen eg Malpighi, Fracassati; concerning Settala's lodestone; concerning a granite quarry in Corsica; concerning an account about serpents and palm trees in Egypt; about a boy in Poland who, having lived with bears, was still not speaking after six years |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 5, p 99
Extract transcribed in LBO/31/138 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/0fef5bab-44a9-4501-b743-0bba7508aa14 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA6104 | Justel; Henry (1620 - ? 1693); librarian | 1620 - ? 1693 |