Bugge, Thomas, Danish astronomer, cartographer and mathematician (1740-1815). Autograph quotation signed.

No place, ["le 13 Vendemiaire an 7" (4. X. 1798)].

1 p. Oblong 8vo.

 500.00

Expressing to an unnamed recipient his gratitude for receiving a map of the National Institut: "J'ai recu la carte de l'Institut National; et j'en fuit bien redevable. le 13 Vendemiaire an 7. [...]". In 1798 Bugge took part in a congress in Paris concerning the new metric system.

Paper with watermark. Traces of old folds. Tear in the upper left corner.

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