De Réaumur, René Antoine Ferchault (1683-1757), French natural philosopher and entomologist, inventor of the thermometer

Material formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence.

1732-1756

11 items

Purchased from: Charavay, Paris, October 1928 / April 1929 (acc.63700), January 1932 (acc.64876), 1935 (acc.68515); Stevens, London, March 1931 (acc.56485) and October 1933 (acc.78848); Sotheby's, London, February 1932 (acc.76066); Desgranges, Paris, January 1934 (acc.66597); Heck, Vienna, 1934 (acc.68527). No acquisition details noted for no.1.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.