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(SCIENTISTS.) HOOKER, JOSEPH DALTON. Autograph Letter Signed,
“JDHooker,” to “Dear Cooke,” agreeing to see Ward, hoping to attend on Monday but
noting that he has an appointment in Hastings, adding that his daughter is studying with
Dr. Buston[?]. 1 page, 8vo, mourning stationery, with integral blank; ink identification at
upper left in unknown hand, faint scattered foxing, folds. (MRS)
“Kew” [London], 26 February 1873
[600/900]
“FATHER OF IMMUNOLOGY”
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(SCIENTISTS.) JENNER, EDWARD. Autograph Letter Signed, “Edw’d Jenner,”
to “My dear Sir,” inviting him to breakfast. 1 page, 8vo; faint scattered uneven toning, hori-
zontal folds, mounted at corners to a mat; framed with a portrait.
“7 Great Marylebone Street” [London],“Sunday Night” [circa May 1814]
[1,000/2,000]
“
I hope this may find you at Count Orlaff’s. Mr. Hickes is just arrived from the country and
has brought a parcel for you. Pray come and join our breakfast party if you can.”
The recipient of this letter is likely Russian ambassador to Britain Count Orloff’s medical
attendant, Dr. Hamel, to whom Jenner had been writing in May of 1814.
WITH
—
Genevieve Miller, ed.
Letters of Edward Jenner
. 8vo, publisher’s cloth. Baltimore
and London, (1983).
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