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HUMBOLDT Alexander von (1769-1859) explorateur, géographe et naturaliste a

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HUMBOLDT Alexander von (1769-1859) explorateur, géographe et naturaliste allemand.
L.A.S. " Le Baron de Humboldt ", Paris March 31, 1809, [to Giovanni
FABBRONI]| on 2 pages in-4.
To the Italian naturalist Giovanni FABBRONI (1752-1822), recommending a young doctor: "The kindness, I dare say the friendship with which You have been kind enough to treat my brother and me inspires me to recommend to You a friend of mine, Mr. Chambrai, a very distinguished young man who has done excellent studies at the Paris school and who is going as a doctor to the French army in Italy. [...] Occupying one of the first places in the Kingdom, enjoying the confidence due to long work and a just fame, you will be able to be useful to my friend by recommending him in a country in which he is a stranger "... He adds: "A thousand greetings to the respectable VOLTA if he deigns to remember me".