Geologe (1814–1896). Autograph letter signed. O. O. 1 S. Gr.-8vo.
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To an unnamed recipient concerning a visit at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Daubrée regrets to be unable to accompany the recipient to the Museum because of a conflicting appointment and announces that his assistant Stanislas-Étienne Meunier (1843-1925) will be there instead. Finally, he suggests another time to meet in person. - Gabriel Auguste Daubrée was a pioneer of experimental geology and the studies of meteorites. From 1838 he taught mineralogy and geology in Strassburg and in 1861 became professor for geology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.
A decade later he moved on to the École des Mines where he served as director from 1872. Dubrée studied the origins, formation and composition of rock, metamorphism and the classification of meteorites. - In view of Dubrée's career at the Muséum the letter can be dated between 1861 and 1871. As he mentions an appointment at "l'Exposition" it is likely that the visit took place during the Paris "Exposition Universelle" of 1867. - On stationery with embossed monogram in gold; mounted in collector's folder..