Edmond BOISSIER (Geneva 1810-1885), one of the most importan - Lot 6

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Edmond BOISSIER (Geneva 1810-1885), one of the most importan - Lot 6
Edmond BOISSIER (Geneva 1810-1885), one of the most important Swiss botanists, described several thousand new species; author of Flora orientalis (5 volumes, 1867-1884), his herbarium and library are preserved at the Geneva Conservatory and Botanical Garden. Autograph letter signed to "mon cher monsieur". Valeyres (Switzerland), Nov. 13, 1873. Sends him a money order in payment "for Delaunay plants" and thanks him for the information provided on the Warion collections. "I am always very anxious to complete my herbarium with material from countries with vegetation as interesting as that of Algeria, and I have written to M. Warion immediately".
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