| Description | Murchison correspondence: letter from Alcide Charles Victor Dessalines d' ORBIGNY, Paris, 20 Feb 1849. In French.
Re: thanking Murchison and the Geological Society for their professional assistance and appreciation, intends to dedicate his work 'Prodrome de Paléontologie Stratigraphique' to the Society. Writes about the difficulties of palaeontology in France. Discusses stratigraphy/palaeontology of the Alps and elsewhere, in relation to his work and Murchison's own. |