Vendredi, au soir.
Monsieur
Je vous envoye le microscope que je posséde, afin que vous le mettiez en état de servir à nos experiences, si cela est possible – Je me rendrai chez vous un peu avant onze heures demain matin – le Capitaine Sabine 1 (compagnon de Parry 2 dans ses voyages Polaires) et M. Trevelyan 3 savant distingué, desirent assister à ces experiences, et je leur ai promis de vous les présenter. J’ai aussi écrit deux mots à vos amis M. Herschel 4 et Sir Richard Vyvyan. 5
Agréez l’expression de toute ma considération.
W. H. F. Talbot
Professor Amici
Sabloniere Hotel
Leicester Square
Translation:
Friday, in the evening.
Dear Sir
I am sending you the microscope that I possess, so that you can make it fit to be used in our experiments, if that is possible – I will come to your hotel just before eleven o’clock tomorrow morning – Captain Sabine (Parry’s companion on his Polar expeditions) and Mr Trevelyan a distinguished savant, also desire to participate in these experiments, and I promised to introduce you to them. I have also written a couple of words to your friends Mr Herschel and Sir Richard Vyvyan.
Please accept my most sincere regards
W. H. F. Talbot
Professor Amici
Sabloniere Hotel
Leicester Square
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