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Anthropologist Paul Du Chaillu Discusses Books And Travel With A Friend
by PAUL DU CHAILLU
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PAUL DU CHAILLU (183?-1903). Zoologist and anthropologist of French origin. ALS. 2pgs. 4 ½” x 7”. February 27, 1893. New York, NY. An autograph letter signed “Paul Du Chaillu”. In the letter, Du Chaillu thanks the recipient, Mrs. Dixon, for sending him a book of previously unpublished drawings by sixteenth-century French artist Jean Cousin the Younger. He also discusses his latest writing and some upcoming travel: “My dear Mrs. Dixon, I have returned from the north a few days ago and I have just finished reading your charming little volume ‘A Book of Fortune’ which you so kindly sent me. I must thank you ever so much for the pleasure its perusal has given me. I admire so much the sketches. They are lovely and so artistic. The book is a gem and I value the gift very much on account of the donor for whom I have the greatest regard and administration. I have been very busy all the winter and I am happy to say that ‘Ivar the Viking’ is entirely out of my hands – I think that Scribner intend to publish it in the autumn. When are you coming to New York? Will you be here on a visit in the Spring – I am going to the Hot Springs Arkansas in two or three days and will not be back in New York before April. I am not how to thank you enough for your book. With kind regards to you and Mr. Dixon Believe me always Yours sincerely Paul Du Chaillu”. Chaillu’s book Ivar the Viking: a romantic history based upon authentic facts of the third and fourth centuries was a fictional story based on Chaillu’s anthropological study of the Vikings and incorporating numerous historically-accurate details of Viking life in the third and fourth centuries. It was indeed published by Scribner in 1893. The letter is in fine condition
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- Anthropologist Paul Du Chaillu Discusses Books And Travel With A Friend
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- PAUL DU CHAILLU
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- Used
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents strives to bring you the finest in historic documents, autographs, letters, and manuscripts. We specialize in the correspondence of "household famous" people, such as the Presidents, Revolutionary War and Civil War figures, writers, scientists, entertainers, musicians, notable women, African-Americans, Signers of the Declaration of Independence, business leaders, and aviators. We also sell great content letters signed by eyewitnesses now lost to history's dust.
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