Auction Date:2010 Jun 16 @ 10:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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ALS in Swedish, signed “Carl Linné,” one page, 6.25 x 8, November 30, 1770. Letter to his apprentice, the later naturalist Anders Jahan Retzius (1742–1821). In part: “The weather being so dreadful, the last mail came so late that the clock had already struck seven. I never got a letter so late, for when it’s struck seven o’clock, our postmaster is inexorable. I still hope that this will be in time. The Master may then do as he pleases, for what is written remains written.” Second integral page bears an address panel in Linnaeus’ hand, with red wax seal remnants; three geometrical sketches are beneath the address, but it is unknown if these are also in his hand. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, lightly affecting last letter of signature, and some mild toning, soiling, and creasing.
In 1770, when this letter was written, Linnaeus' students accompanied Captain James Cook as naturalists on his voyages, including one to Botany Bay. At the time of his death, Linnaeus was widely renowned throughout Europe as one of the most acclaimed scientists of the time, with the Linnaean Society being founded shortly after his passing to continue his work. It was in front of the Society in 1858 that Charles Darwin read the first version of his theory of natural selection. As a man of science, Linnaeus was motivated by precision and obviously wishes in his letter that the postman shared the same characteristic, inclement weather be damned!
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