Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie (1715-1800), French naturalist, and other members of the Daubenton family

Material formerly held in the Western Manuscripts collection's Autograph Letters Sequence. The collection of material described below relates chiefly to the naturalist Louis Jean Marie Daubenton (1715-1800), but also includes items relating to three other members of his family and to two unidintified individuals named Daubenton. The material is grouped according tothe family member to which it relates. Within each block of material thus created, items are arranged alphabetically. Material relating to unidentified individuals and manuscript dealers' notes are at the end of the collection.

1747-1802

31 items

Purchased from: Charavay, Paris, October 1928 / April 1929 (acc.63700), at an unknown date before 1936 (acc.69220) and January 1936 (acc.69286); Desgranges, Paris, February 1931 (acc.64689), September 1932 (acc.65659), November 1932 (acc.65667) and July 1934 (acc.67124); Glendining, London, December 1934 (acc.67931). Acquisition details of no.29 not recorded.

Louis Jean Marie Daubenton (1715-1800), naturalist, was the son of Jean Daubenton (1669-1736) and the younger brother of Pierre Daubenton (1703-1776). Pierre Daubenton's son Georges Louis Daubenton (1739-1785) was the godson of the naturalist Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788). Jean Daubenton, the naturalist's father, had a brother named Louis Daubenton; the naturalist married Louis Daubenton's daughter Marguerite (i.e., his own cousin). Louis Daubenton also had a son Edmé Louis Daubenton (1730-1785), who was known as "Daubenton le jeune".

Original database description, subsequently expanded, was transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts. The description in its current form was compiled with the assistance of M. François Poplin.