Emmanuel BONAFOS (1774-1854), naturalist,... - Lot 11 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

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Emmanuel BONAFOS (1774-1854), naturalist,... - Lot 11 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay
Emmanuel BONAFOS (1774-1854), naturalist, director of the Garden of plants of Perpignan. Autograph letter signed. 4 pp. in-4. Perpignan, 30 germinal year 5 [19 April 1797]. Inventory of the Jardin des plantes and the natural history cabinet of Perpignan, and constitution of the collections. When Bonafos became the head of the Jardin des plantes in June 1794, he found the garden and the collections of the natural history cabinet of Perpignan in a serious state of abandonment. He organized the rescue and protection of the collections. To this end, he drew up a "statement of the sums necessary for the most urgent needs of the plant garden and the natural history cabinet". "1° the two pavilions of the garden should be used to contain the boxes and foreign plants during the winter, but they are falling into ruin; the roofs and floors especially require repairs, and some windows need to be fitted with glass frames. We do not have a greenhouse, and these pavilions alone can temporarily take its place; it will hardly be possible to make these repairs with less than four hundred and fifty francs []. 5° The natural history cabinet is very poor. Independently of the objects that I can get either in my races, or by my correspondences, it is very essential to have some funds with the help of which it will be easier for me to find much more beautiful samples. I propose to prepare birds, snakes, fish, insects, I would also like to have samples of metals, half metals, salts, stones, crystals [] ".
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