Nicolas de Condorcet (1743-1794), scholar... - Lot 18 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

Nicolas de Condorcet (1743-1794), scholar and philosopher of the Enlightenment, perpetual secretary of the Academy of Sciences from 1776 to 1793. L.A.S. [to the botanist André Thouin (1747-1824)]. S.l.n.d. 1 p. in-12. Acclimatization of plants for the Duchess d'Enville. "The gardener of Me la Duchesse will present you with seeds from England, asking you to sow them, to want to care for them, and when they have come to give him plans for them. At the same time I beg you to ask one of your boys to show him your nurseries.... The Duchess d'Enville (1716-1797), a woman of the Enlightenment, friend of Voltaire, Turgot and the physiocrats; she held a literary salon and welcomed Condorcet to her castle at La Roche-Guyon.