Havell, Robert, 1793-1878.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
History of science miscellaneous manuscripts
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4700
Scope and content
Letters, documents, and offprints given to or purchased by the History of Science Collections from 1967-1978. Includes signed letter from John James Audubon to Robert Havell, typewritten letters to A.D. White and Simon Henry Gage, a letter from Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon to the abbé de Launay; two letters from Schilling to Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring; a 1757 contract between James Grosett and John Newbery for the latter to manufacture various diet drinks; and documents concerning...
Dates:
1757-1978-(bulk 1780-1920).
John James Audubon artwork
Collection
Identifier: 6721
Abstract
Collection includes loose prints from Audubon books, The birds of America (double elephant folio of 1827-1838 and a subsequent octavo edition) and The viviparous quadrupeds of North America (1846-1854), as well as later reproductions of Audubon prints.
Dates:
1829-2002,-1829-1860 (bulk)
John James Audubon letter, to Robert Havell
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924113564011]
Identifier: 4700-0003
Scope and content
Letter from Audubon to his engraver, Robert Havell. Includes article on the Havell family by Brian Dunning, in Country Life, February 22, 1973.
Dates:
1833 September 9.