Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Publication Title

International Review for Humboldt Studies

Volume

33

Issue

17

Pages

3-9

Abstract

The holdings of the Lilly Library (Indiana University) contain a short, unpublished letter written by Alexander von Humboldt to the bookseller and au thor, Jean-Georges Treuttel. This article attempts to establish the historical-bibliographical context of the letter and to position it in Humboldt’s scientific work.

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Author Posting. © Reinhard Andress 2016. This article is here by permission of the author for personal use, not for redistribution. The article was published in the International Review for Humboldt Studies, vol. 33, no. 17, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.18443/228

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