Charles MARTINS (Paris 1806-1889), botanist, naturalist and - Lot 49

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Charles MARTINS (Paris 1806-1889), botanist, naturalist and - Lot 49
Charles MARTINS (Paris 1806-1889), botanist, naturalist and geologist, director of the Jardin des plantes de Montpellier, he maintained an abundant correspondence with Charles Darwin. 3 autograph letters signed to botanist and zoologist Nicolas Joly (1812-1885), and to botanist Gaetano Durando (1811-1892), in Algiers. 4 pp. in-8 and in-12, one on the letterhead of the Jardin botanique de Montpellier. Montpellier, 1872-1878. "We do not have Thapsia garganica L. in the Garden, the juice of which is used to make Thapsia plaster. I would be very grateful if you could send me a few strains with all their roots and also some ripe seeds [...]". "A German scientist, Mr Paul Mayer, resident at the zoological station in Naples (Italy), would like to know about and report on your memoir on Ephemerines [...]". An obituary by P. Magnus is enclosed (3 pp. in-4, in German).
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