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At 04:48 PM 9/10/97 EDT, you wrote:
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>Hi!
>
>We are desperately looking for 2 books:
>
>1. A large edition of ''Cosmos : a sketch of physical description of the
>universe'' by Alexander von Humboldt published in 1848-1852? which
>contains plates.  The version could be in English or French.
>
>2. ''Atlas special aux oeuvres de Humboldt'' (24 maps) published by
>Legrand, Pomey and Crouzet, in 18??.
>
>We would like to borrow those books by ILL, if possible.
>
>Thank you for the attention given to this request.
>
>
>
>Therese Bourgault
>librarian
>Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
>tel.: (514) 285-1600 ext. 158
>fax:  (514) 283-5655
>
Dear Ms. Bourgault:

The Birmingham Public Library holds the Rucker Agee Map Collection, which
may contain
the volumes you seek.  It is my understanding the collection is reference,
and there-
fore would not be available via ILL.  The e-mail address for one of the
staff members of the department is <a href="/scripts/wa.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind9709%26L%3DARLIS-L%26E%3D7BIT%26P%3D191932%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252FplainTEXT%252FPLAIN%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>
Good luck in your search!

Yours truly,
Grace Reid,
Library Administrator
Hanson Library