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Auction No. 3 - A Rare and Important Collection of Autographs and Memorabilia: Science, Literature, Art, Music, and History
Lot 67:
SCIENCE - FABRE Jean-Henri (1823 - 1915) - Autograph manuscript
Description
Autograph manuscript titled “La Poterie” by the renown French naturalist, entomologist. Interesting draft of an essay on pottery and its properties: “Il faut se méfier encore des effets nuisibles du plomb en faisant usage de la poterie commune, car non certain de terre à bas pris, pots, jarres, marmites et canerotes, contiennent ce métal dans le vernis qui le recouvre…”. 3 pp. In-4.
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