Pierre-Joseph BUCHOZ (1731-1809), botanist and naturalist, a - Lot 9

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Pierre-Joseph BUCHOZ (1731-1809), botanist and naturalist, a - Lot 9
Pierre-Joseph BUCHOZ (1731-1809), botanist and naturalist, author of the monumental Histoire universelle des végétaux. Autograph letter signed. 1 p. ½ in-4. Paris, 6 frimaire an 6 [November 26, 1797]. Very rare letter in difficult-to-read handwriting. About the steps he is taking for the pension he has been granted. "It has been referred to you by the Provisional Council concerning a pension granted to me, which has unfortunately been reduced [...]". [Heavily in debt, Buchoz was forced to sell his collection of natural history books, after cataloguing them. In 1793, he petitioned the Convention, which granted him a pension of 1,537 livres; however, forgetting a formality caused him to withdraw it; he had to submit a second petition supported by Pessart, but was only granted 1,000 livres].
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