Joseph DECAISNE (1807-1882), botanist, professor at the Musé - Lot 41

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Joseph DECAISNE (1807-1882), botanist, professor at the Musé - Lot 41
Joseph DECAISNE (1807-1882), botanist, professor at the Muséum, president of the Société Botanique de France. 3 autograph letters signed to botanist and mycologist Louis Questier (1810-1879), parish priest of Thury-en-Valois. 5 pp. in-8, Muséum letterhead. Paris, April 1-28, 1858. Solicitation to form a collection of Rubus (brambles) for the Muséum. "Having learned from M. Godron that you are particularly concerned with the study of the genus Rubus, I thought you would allow one of your colleagues from the Botanical Society, whom this same question interests, to ask for your help in forming as complete a living collection as possible of the species in the genus for the Muséum. I would be obliged if you could provide me, for the Establishment, with rooted feet of all the Rubus species you come across in the usual circle of your herborizations". Eight days later, he acknowledged receipt of his shipment of Rubus and thanked him warmly. "Since, like me, you are interested in Rubology, I will have samples of our Rubus from the Museum prepared for you in the appropriate season. I'm not talking about those I have in my herbarium, most of which are poorly determined [...]".
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