Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814), botanist and writer, traveller and academician, succeeded Buffon as intendant of the King's Garden. L.A.S. to the botanist André Thouin (1747-1824). January 23, 1793. ½ p. in-8.
"I pray Mr. Thouin to send me a couple of flowerpots this morning to adorn my room where ladies are to come for dinner today. These flowers will be there as warmly as in the greenhouse, where I will send them back as soon as they have been deflowered [].
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