Mantell, Gideon Algernon F.R.S. (1790-1852), geologist, paleontologist and surgeon

File of letters formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence: correspondents include James de Carle Sowerby (1787-1871), naturalist and artist; Rev. Dr. William Buckland (1784-1856), geologist; Marshall Hall (1790-1857), physiologist; Joseph Ince (1806-1859), landscape painter; and Robert Jameson (1774-1854), mineralogist. 12 autograph letters, 1827-1852 and n.d; no.4 accompanied by a printed obituary of Mantell, no.8 mounted in a later folder, together with address portion of wrapper; nos. 9 and 11 accompanied by envelopes.

1827-1852

12 items

Purchased at various times and places: Sotheby's, London, July 1931 (acc. 67540) and July 1932 (acc.65270E); Glendining's, London, December 1931 (acc.67595), March 1932 (acc.67624), September 1932 (acc.67720), August 1934 (acc.67863B) and May 1935 (acc.68608); from Mrs. Watson, Burnley, March 1945 (acc.72200), presumably once part of the Thomas Madden Stone autograph collection. Provenance details are not recorded for one item (acc.67430); for another accession the date and place of purchase are given as Hertzberger, Amsterdam, May 1930 (acc.62805) but the description does not tally with the item bearing that number in this folder.

Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.