RUSSIA. Édouard MÉNÉTRIES, Zoologist (Paris 1802 - Russia 18 - Lot 519

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RUSSIA. Édouard MÉNÉTRIES, Zoologist (Paris 1802 - Russia 18 - Lot 519
RUSSIA. Édouard MÉNÉTRIES, Zoologist (Paris 1802 - Russia 1861) First professional Entomologist in Russia. Autograph letter signed from St Petersburg on September 3, 1858. He regrets that the stay of his correspondent in St Petersburg was so short, "I would have liked to show you with details, not only our lepidopterans, but also our coleopterans, of which I thought of offering you duplicates if you wish it...". He would also like to make exchanges of rare species, not being able to buy them in cash, in particular Parnassins from the Himalayas which he could exchange for "Coleoptera from Siberia and the Russian possessions on the North-East coast of America." 3pp in-8°. Collection stamp. The Collections of Édouard MÉNÉTRIES are nowadays preserved in the Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences and in the Moscow Zoological Museum.
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