KARPINSKY ALEXANDER: (1847-1936)

KARPINSKY ALEXANDER: (1847-1936) Russian geologist and mineralogist. T.L.S., A Karpinsky, with autograph insertions, to the recto of a printed postcard from the Comité Géologique de la Russie, St. Petersburg, 3rd December 1894, to the United States Geological Survey in Washington. Karpinsky, on behalf of the Russian Geological Committee, acknowledges the receipt of the twelfth and thirteenth report of the United States Geological Survey, as well as monographs XIX, XXI and XXII, and expresses sincere gratitude towards the Survey. Some light age wear, otherwise VG