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Auction 18 January 2023 MANUSCRITS - AUTOGRAPHS - ARCHIVES - HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS - Part 1 - Lyon

Bid on the lot list Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay : 18 January 2023 - LOTS 1 À 380 : SCIENCES - RÉGIONALISME - ARCHITECTURE - PAPIERS DE COLLECTION Expositions publiques : <ul><li>17 janvier 2023 de 14h30 à 18h00</li><li>18 janvier 2023 de 09h30 à 12h00</li></ul> Lyon - Lyon

MANUSCRITS - AUTOGRAPHS - ARCHIVES - HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS - Part 1

Wednesday 18 January 2023 - 14:30 (CET) - Live

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Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

MANUSCRITS - AUTOGRAPHS - ARCHIVES - HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS - Part 1

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Lot n° 1

AGRONOMISTS AND BOTANISTS. 5 letters. Georges...

AGRONOMISTS AND BOTANISTS. 5 letters. Georges Louis Marie DUMONT DE COURSET (1818, on Bosc's dictionary of agriculture), Henri Alexandre TESSIER (Bazoches, 1824), Augustin François de SILVESTRE (1813, draft letter on the farmer's almanac and the activities...

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Lot n° 2

George James ALLMAN (1812-1898),...

George James ALLMAN (1812-1898), Irish naturalist and botanist. Autograph letter signed. 2 ½ pp. in-12. Edinburgh, February 26, 1858. " I write to ask you if you would kindly have a strong cord sketched across from gallery to gallery (if the chapel will...

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Lot n° 3

Joseph-Marie AMIOT (1718-1793),...

Joseph-Marie AMIOT (1718-1793), Jesuit and astronomer, missionary in China from 1750 to his death; he was one of the very last survivors of the Jesuit Mission in China. Autograph manuscript, 1 p. in-4, on China paper (small chips). Peking (China), 1786. Shipment...

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Lot n° 4

Joseph-Marie AMIOT (1718-1793),...

Joseph-Marie AMIOT (1718-1793), Jesuit and astronomer, missionary in China from 1750 to his death; he was one of the very last survivors of the Jesuit Mission in China. Autograph manuscript, 2 pp. in-4, on China paper (small chips and tears). Peking (China),...

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Lot n° 5

Giovanni Battista BALBIS (1765-1831),...

Giovanni Battista BALBIS (1765-1831), Italian botanist, he directed the botanical garden of Lyon. Autograph letter signed to a lady. 1 p. in-4. Turin, December 31, 1794. "You write me such obliging things, that I am far from being able to deserve. My...

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Lot n° 6

Charles-François BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRÉ...

Charles-François BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRÉ (1766-1854), hydrographer and cartographer, he participated in the d'Entrecasteaux expedition in search of La Pérouse; he is considered the father of modern hydrography. Manuscript with autograph corrections and additions....

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Lot n° 7

Jacques-Henri BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE...

Jacques-Henri BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE (1737-1814), botanist and writer, member of the French Academy. Autograph letter signed "the intendant of the national garden of plants and of his cabinet of natural history De Saint Pierre", to the citizen of Cormeille....

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Lot n° 8

Henri-Marie Ducrotay de BLAINVILLE...

Henri-Marie Ducrotay de BLAINVILLE (1777-1850), zoologist, he succeeded Lamarck in the chair of zoology of the Museum. L.A.S. to Félicité Robert de Lamennais. 1 p. in-4. Paris, April 19, 1826. Address on the back. He went to Montmorency to see the person...

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Lot n° 9

Émile BLANCHARD (1819-1900), French...

Émile BLANCHARD (1819-1900), French entomologist and ichthyologist, holder of the chair of Natural History of Crustaceans, Arachnids and Insects at the Museum. L.A.S. addressed to a "dear colleague". Paris, December 1, 1878. 1 p. ½ in-8. Two minimal marginal...

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Lot n° 10

Pierre-Henri-Hippolyte BODARD (1755-1826),...

Pierre-Henri-Hippolyte BODARD (1755-1826), physician and botanist, pupil of Jussieu, author of works of medical botany, in particular on the substitution of native plants for exotic ones. Autograph letter signed to Count Louis-Gabriel-Auguste d'Andigné...

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Lot n° 11

Emmanuel BONAFOS (1774-1854), naturalist,...

Emmanuel BONAFOS (1774-1854), naturalist, director of the Garden of plants of Perpignan. Autograph letter signed. 4 pp. in-4. Perpignan, 30 germinal year 5 19 April 1797. Inventory of the Jardin des plantes and the natural history cabinet of Perpignan,...

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Lot n° 12

BOTANY, HORTICULTURE, GARDENS....

BOTANY, HORTICULTURE, GARDENS. 8 pamphlets XVIIIth-XIXth. "Etablissement horticole d'Alexandre Chauvière - Prix courant pour 1846 de Dahlias, Géraniums et autres plantes variées " (40 pp. in-8, very numerous varieties offered). "Letter to M. De Laplace,...

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Lot n° 13

Louis de BROGLIE (1892-1987), physicist...

Louis de BROGLIE (1892-1987), physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize in Physics (1929) for the discovery of the wave nature of electrons. Autograph manuscript (3 pp. in-4), accompanied by an autograph card signed (2 pp. in-12, 1954, for sending the...

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Lot n° 14

Antoine-Louis BRONGNIART (1742-1804),...

Antoine-Louis BRONGNIART (1742-1804), chemist and apothecary. Autograph signed piece. 1 p. in-8 oblong. Paris, December 11, 1781. He acknowledges owing to M. Chomel de Séréville the sum of 300 livres which he promises to repay in February.

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Lot n° 15

Pierre-Joseph BUCHOZ (1731-1809),...

Pierre-Joseph BUCHOZ (1731-1809), botanist and naturalist, author of a monumental Histoire universelle des végétaux. Autograph letter signed. 1 p. ½ in-4. Paris, 6 frimaire year 6 26 November 1797. Very rare letter in a difficult to read handwriting....

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Lot n° 16

Adrien-Quentin, abbé BUÉE (1748-1826),...

Adrien-Quentin, abbé BUÉE (1748-1826), mathematician, author of works on complex numbers. Autograph letter (draft) to Chevalier de Sade Louis de Sade (1753-1832). 3 ½ pp. in-4. Circa 1815. Rare scientific letter on Laplace's theories, in response to the...

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Lot n° 17

Francis de CASTELNAU (1810-1880),...

Francis de CASTELNAU (1810-1880), naturalist and explorer of America. Autograph letter signed to the painter and lithographer Jean-Jacques Champin (1796-1860). 2 pp. in-4. Address on the back. Bahia (Brazil), September 12, 1853. Remainder of tab fixed...

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Lot n° 18

Robert-Aglaé CAUCHOIX (1776-1845),...

Robert-Aglaé CAUCHOIX (1776-1845), optician, manufacturer of astronomical glasses, he worked with Jean-Baptiste Biot on polarization. Autograph letter signed to the bishop of Cambrai. 2 pp. in-4. Paris, November 20, 1811. Address on the back with postmark. Beautiful...

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Lot n° 19

Louis de CHAMBRAY (1713-1783),...

Louis de CHAMBRAY (1713-1783), botanist and agronomist, author of L'Art de cultiver les pommiers, les poiriers. He carried out, on his lands of Chambray, systematic tests of culture for the improvement of the species. L.A.S. 2 pp. in-4. Chambray, April...

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Lot n° 20

Émilie du CHÂTELET. Jean-Jacques...

Émilie du CHÂTELET. Jean-Jacques Dourtous de MAIRAN (1678-1771), mathematician, astronomer and geophysicist, permanent secretary of the Academy of Sciences. Autograph manuscript. 1 p. in-4, "A Tremblay", September 22, 1738. Minute of answer to Emilie...

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Lot n° 21

Émilie du CHÂTELET. Alexis-Claude...

Émilie du CHÂTELET. Alexis-Claude CLAIRAUT (1713-1765), mathematician. Autograph manuscript, also annotated by Jean-Jacques DORTOUS de MAIRAN, who has inscribed at the top: "minute de l'écrit ajouté à la feuille de la Rép. précédente par M. Clairaut"....

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Lot n° 22

Edouard COLLOMB (Vevey 1801-1875),...

Edouard COLLOMB (Vevey 1801-1875), Swiss geologist, specialist of glaciers. Autograph letter signed to the geologist Charles-Frédéric Martins (1806-1889). 3 pp. in-4. Wesserling, May 6, 1847. Embossed letterhead. Beautiful letter dedicated to glaciers....

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Lot n° 23

Joseph-François Charpentier de...

Joseph-François Charpentier de COSSIGNY (Port-Louis 1736-1809), explorer and botanist; he introduced the lychee to the Bourbon and French islands after several trips to China and the Orient. Letter signed to Lazare Carnot (1753-1823), president of the...

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Lot n° 24

Simon-Louis-Pierre de CUBIÈRES...

Simon-Louis-Pierre de CUBIÈRES (1747-1821), naturalist and botanist. Autograph letter signed to citizen Duchesne, secretary of the Agricultural Society in Versailles. 3 pp. in-4. Versailles, the 1st brumaire year 8, October 23, 1799. Publication of his...

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Lot n° 25

Louis DAUBENTON (1716-1800), naturalist,...

Louis DAUBENTON (1716-1800), naturalist, collaborator of Buffon, member of the Academy of Sciences. Autograph letter signed to Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. 1 p. ½ in-4. Paris, May 9, 1793. Address on the back with broken wax seal. When he received his letter...

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Lot n° 26

René Louiche DESFONTAINES (1750-1833),...

René Louiche DESFONTAINES (1750-1833), botanist, director of the Museum. Autograph letter signed to the botanist Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier (1717-1799). 2 pp. in-4. Paris, March 2, 1786. Interesting letter written on the return of his great expedition...

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Lot n° 27

René Louiche DESFONTAINES (1750-1833),...

René Louiche DESFONTAINES (1750-1833), botanist, director of the Museum. Autograph letter signed to Philippe Pinel (1745-1826), famous alienist doctor. 1 p. in-8. Address on the back "chief doctor of the hospice of the Salpêtrière". Paris, May 1st. Letter...

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Lot n° 28

René Louiche DESFONTAINES (1750-1833),...

René Louiche DESFONTAINES (1750-1833), botanist, director of the Museum. Autograph letter to the count of Chatenay-Lanty. 1 p. in-4. Paris, April 17. Address on the back. Having inquired of various doctors, he assures his correspondent that there is neither...

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Lot n° 29

Philogène Auguste Joseph DUPONCHEL...

Philogène Auguste Joseph DUPONCHEL (1774-1846) French entomologist, specialist of lepidoptera. 2 L.A.S. one to the Strasbourg entomologist and printer Gustave Silbermann (1801-1876), the other to the entomologist and librarian Étienne Mulsant (1797-1880)....

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Lot n° 30

André Étienne d'Audebert, baron...

André Étienne d'Audebert, baron FÉRUSSAC (1786-1836), naturalist, zoologist and malacologist; he founded the Bulletin général et universel des annonces et des nouvelles scientifiques. Autograph letter signed to the naturalist Magnard, in Moras (Drôme)....

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Lot n° 31

André Étienne d'Audebert, baron...

André Étienne d'Audebert, baron FÉRUSSAC (1786-1836), naturalist, zoologist and malacologist; he founded the Bulletin général et universel des annonces et des nouvelles scientifiques. - Autograph letter. 1 p. in-16. Collection stamp "SSP". On the sending...

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Lot n° 32

Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von FISCHER...

Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von FISCHER 1782-1854), German botanist in the service of the Russian Empire, he directed the Botanical Garden of Saint-Petersburg from 1823 to 1850. Autograph letter signed to the Swiss botanist Heinrich Wydler (1800-1883). 1 p....

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Lot n° 33

Pierre FLOURENS (1794-1867), biologist,...

Pierre FLOURENS (1794-1867), biologist, father of experimental neuroscience, he was Cuvier's substitute at the Museum of Natural History, which he later directed. Set of 3 documents: - L.A.S. addressed to the printer Jules Claye. S.l., April 7, 1852....

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Lot n° 34

Victor FONTANIER (1796-1857), traveler,...

Victor FONTANIER (1796-1857), traveler, naturalist and diplomat, he carried out important missions in the East. Autograph letter signed probably to Jules Janin. 4 pp. in-8 in fine handwriting. December 6, 1850. Rare letter which reveals the other side...

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Lot n° 35

Pierre-Antoine vicomte de FOUCAULT,...

Pierre-Antoine vicomte de FOUCAULT, botanist, friend of Lamarck. Autograph letter signed to the botanist Charles-Louis Lhéritier (1746-1800). 3 pp. in-4. Villers-Cotterêts, decadi 2 prairial, around 1795. Fading. Address on the back. On a trip he plans...

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Lot n° 36

Étienne Louis GEOFFROY (1725-1810),...

Étienne Louis GEOFFROY (1725-1810), French entomologist and naturalist. He established a classification of beetles. L.A.S. addressed to Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu (1748-1836). Chartreuve, 10 floréal year 6 29 April 1798. 3 pp. in-4. Address on the reverse...

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Lot n° 37

GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE (family)....

GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE (family). 3 documents. - Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844), zoologist. Autograph piece, 1 p. in-4 oblong. " old discovery of Goethe, telling his master Camper the denial that such a bone should be against Camper's feeling...

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Lot n° 38

Albert GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE (1835-1919),...

Albert GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE (1835-1919), zoologist, director of the Jardin d'Acclimatation from 1865 to 1893. Son of Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and grandson of Etienne. 6 L.A.S. addressed to H. Lunel, his provider of animals and especially of birds...

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Lot n° 39

Isidore GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE...

Isidore GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE (1805-1861), zoologist, member (1833) then president (1856) of the Academy of Sciences. Founder of the Société d'acclimatation. L.A.S. to Lebreton. Paris, March 29, 1838. 3 pp. in-8. Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire lists...

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Lot n° 40

Isidore GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE....

Isidore GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE. 3 letters addressed to him, circa 1850-1860. Letter of 4 pp. in-8 signed with an initials, about an attempt to acclimatize alpacas and llamas in the Alps and which proves to be a failure for the latter. Letter of 4 pp....

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Lot n° 41

GUÉRIN-MÉNEVILLE, Félix Édouard....

GUÉRIN-MÉNEVILLE, Félix Édouard. BORSARELLI, Pietro Antonio (1805-1878), Piedmontese chemist and pharmacist. L.A.S. to the French entomologist Guérin Méneville (1799-1874). Torino, July 1, 1847. 1 p. in-4. Header of the Reale accademia d'Agricoltura of...

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Lot n° 42

Alexander von HUMBOLDT (1769-1859),...

Alexander von HUMBOLDT (1769-1859), naturalist and explorer. Autograph letter signed to a geologist probably Alexandre Brongniart. 3 pp. in-16. Undated 1822. Very beautiful letter on lignites, illustrated with a geological sketch. "Read, my invaluable...

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Lot n° 43

Alexander von HUMBOLDT (1769-1859),...

Alexander von HUMBOLDT (1769-1859), naturalist and explorer. Autograph letter signed to an orientalist. 2 pp. in-8. Berlin, June 2, 1832. He thanks him for his "instructive letter" and agrees to pay the 1200 #. "I am deeply distressed by the state of...

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Lot n° 44

Alexander von HUMBOLDT (1769-1859),...

Alexander von HUMBOLDT (1769-1859), naturalist and explorer. Autograph letter signed to the chemist Ferdinand Hoefer (1811-1878). 1 p. in-8. June 1841. Address on the back. After the publication of Hoefer's first work, Éléments de chimie générale, précédés...

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Lot n° 45

Alexander von HUMBOLDT (1769-1859),...

Alexander von HUMBOLDT (1769-1859), naturalist and explorer. Autograph letter signed probably to the painter Marguerite Gérard (1761-1837). 1 p. in-8. "I am infinitely sensitive, Madame, to the kind marks of your interest and to the delicacy of the gift...

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Lot n° 46

François JACQUIER (1711-1788),...

François JACQUIER (1711-1788), mathematician and physicist, Jesuit, member of the Academy of Sciences, he commented on the edition of Newton's Principia. Autograph letter (minute) to Voltaire. 2 pp. in-8. Rome, February 18, 1777. Letter of recommendation...

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Lot n° 47

Hippolyte JAUBERT (1798-1874),...

Hippolyte JAUBERT (1798-1874), botanist and politician, he had constituted a very important herbarium and participated in the creation of the Botanical Society of France. 5 autographed letters (+ 1 autographed visiting card) to the publisher Jean-Baptiste...

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Lot n° 48

Bernard Germain Étienne comte de...

Bernard Germain Étienne comte de LACÉPÈDE (1756-1825), zoologist, grand chancellor of the Legion of Honor. 3 letters signed to the chemist Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin (1763-1829). 4 pp. in-folio, headings of the Legion of Honor. Paris, messidor year 13 -...

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Lot n° 49

Bernard Germain Etienne, count...

Bernard Germain Etienne, count of LACÉPÈDE (1756-1825), French naturalist, zoologist and herpetologist. L.A.S. probably addressed to the count of Milly. Agen, April 30, 1789. 1 p. in-4. "I had asked you not to make any use of my memoir, I will nevertheless...

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Lot n° 50

Jean-Baptiste de LAMARCK. Julie...

Jean-Baptiste de LAMARCK. Julie Mallet (1768-1819), his wife. Autograph letter signed "Mallet de Lamarck" to the publisher Agasse. 2 pp. in-4. 20 (June ?) 1807. Address on the back. Claims to Lamarck's printer for the payment of what is due to him. "My...

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