Gilbert du Motier marquis de LA FAYETTE (1757-1834), general - Lot 34

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Gilbert du Motier marquis de LA FAYETTE (1757-1834), general - Lot 34
Gilbert du Motier marquis de LA FAYETTE (1757-1834), general, hero of the American War of Independence. Autograph letter signed to Frédéric CUVIER. ½ p. in-4. No place or date. Exchange of golden pheasants with the Muséum. "I have the honor of greeting Monsieur Frédéric Cuvier, whom an indisposition has so far prevented me from going to see; he will perhaps think that we must not delay any longer in exchanging one of Lagrange's male golden pheasants for one of the females at the Jardin des plantes. I'll send for him when he sees fit, unless he authorizes me to send for a female, and the same cage, which would be better suited to the Jardin des Plantes, would bring back the male [...]".
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