LAROQUETTE (Jean-Bernard-Alexis Dezos de) - Lot 141

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LAROQUETTE (Jean-Bernard-Alexis Dezos de) - Lot 141
LAROQUETTE (Jean-Bernard-Alexis Dezos de) (1784-1868) French military officer and geographer, French consul, active member of the Société de Géographie. Knight of the Legion of Honor. Autograph letter signed "de Laroquette". Paris, January 22, 1840. 1 page in-4. Letter concerning a scientific publishing issue Interesting letter addressed to an unidentified correspondent, concerning the dispatch and correction of copies of a report by the Société des Antiquaires du Nord. Laroquette points out an error in the dispatch: "Instead the package [...] contains 100 similar copies. I think there has been a mistake...". He distinguishes: defective copies corrected and bound copies and specifies that the former are useless to him. He concludes: "I'll write to Mr. Rafin tomorrow or the next day (?) and fulfill your commission."
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