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Unpublished letter, 'Mémoire relatif aux diverses salamandres gigantesques de vie en d'amérique' [On the various gigantic salamanders in the Americas] from Charles-Hippolyte de Paravey to the President of the French Academy of Sciences

Reference number: AP/24/14

Date: February 1840

Description

De Paravey shares descriptions of various salamanders, including their physical appearances and habitats. Includes Mandarin Chinese names of the salamanders with pinyin and French translations.

Includes seven figures in the text of salamanders.

Subject: Zoology / Herpetology

Written by de Paravey at Hotel de Clarence, Rue de Grenelle, Paris.

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AP/24/14
Earliest possible date
February 1840
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Ink on paper
Page extent
57 pages
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Drawing
Manuscript

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Charles-Hippolyte de Paravey

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Charles-Hippolyte de Paravey, Unpublished letter, 'Mémoire relatif aux diverses salamandres gigantesques de vie en d'amérique' [On the various gigantic salamanders in the Americas] from Charles-Hippolyte de Paravey to the President of the French Academy of Sciences, February 1840, AP/24/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_24_14/unpublished-letter-mémoire-relatif-aux-diverses-salamandres-gigantesques-de-vie-en-damérique-on-the-various-gigantic-salamanders-in-the-americas-from-charles-hippolyte-de-paravey-to-the-president-of-the-french-academy-of-sciences, accessed on 14 May 2025

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