Gabriel-Pierre-François MOISSON DE VAUX (Caen 1742-1802), bo - Lot 46

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Gabriel-Pierre-François MOISSON DE VAUX (Caen 1742-1802), bo - Lot 46
Gabriel-Pierre-François MOISSON DE VAUX (Caen 1742-1802), botanist and politician; he traveled throughout France planting trees and studying various agricultural methods. Autograph letter signed [probably to naturalist and entomologist Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756-1814)]. 1 p. in-4. Colombelle near Caen, 2 frimaire an 10 [18 december 1801]. "It has fallen into my hands, sir, the prospectus you have just spread, of a new Dictionary of Natural History". He wishes to subscribe to the work. "I have also just obtained, through Mr. Magimel, a copy of your Histoire naturelle des insectes, pap. vel. fig. coloriées, and the way it is executed gives me the desire to acquire the Botanical part that you are soon to publish. This book interests me even more [...]".
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