Lot 535: Owen (Richard, 1804-92). Autograph letter signed

Owen (Richard, 1804-92). Autograph letter signed ÔRichard OwenÕ, British Museum, 20th September 1856, to James Wyatt (1816-78), ÔAs to the paragraph relating to the generation & scales of eels which appeared in the biographical notice of my deeply lamented friend Mr. Yarrell, which was sent to the Times by my neighbour and friend Mr. Jesse, the only inaccuracy as I have pointed out to the latter, was his imagining Mr. Y. & himself to have been the discovers of the facts statedÕ and in the next paragraph continuing, ÔMr Yarrell called attention to the parasitic worms in eels, as having probably given rise to the notion of there being oviparous; and, with his friend Dr. Roots of Kingston added many corroborative facts to HunterÕs statementÕ, with a postscript telling Wyatt that he is at liberty to use any of the above about eels, 4 pp., 8vo, together with envelope addressed and signed in OwenÕs holograph, penny red stamp and strikes, the pair tipped on to an old album leaf and with a typed copy transcription of the letter by WyattÕs grandson and a printed leaf of biographical text on Owen (3)

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