Georges-Louis Leclerc de BUFFON (1707-1788). L.A.S., du Jardin du Roy December 22, 1749, [to members of the Royal Academy of Dijon]; 1page in-4. "I have no direct or indirect part in what has been inserted in the Supplement of Moreri's Dictionary in the article Dijon, I was unaware before your letter that it mentioned me, I disavow what is said and I hold and will always hold to very great honor to be of a company that I have always respected and whose members I honor and esteem"...