Valenciennes, Achille (1794-1865), French zoologist

  • Valenciennes, Achille, 1794-1865, French zoologist
Date:
1832-1861
Reference:
MS.7768
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

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

Publication/Creation

1832-1861

Physical description

49 items

Acquisition note

Purchased from: the collection of the Paris pharmacist Louis Debacq, 1919 (acc.42550); Charavay, Paris, October 1928 / April 1929 (acc.63700), October 1931 (acc.64700) and August 1932 (acc.65656); Mrs. Barrett, London, March 1930 (acc.91327); an unknown vendor, Paris, April 1930 (acc.67391); Desgranges, Paris, October 1930 (acc.63459 and 63923), February 1931 (acc.64689), May 1931 (acc.64702) and July 1932 (acc.65635). Accession details of nos.4, 12-13, 17, 22, 26, 38-39, 42-43 and 49 not recorded.

Related material

At Wellcome Collection:

Valenciennes occurs as a correspondent in the papers of the physiologist and comparative anatomist Antoine Étienne Renaud Augustin Serres (1781-1868) (MS.7615).

Finding aids

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

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  • Various - see Acquisition note.