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VALENCIENNES, Achille (1794-1865). Letter in French to Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773-1854). 'Au jardin des plantes, ce 10 janvier'. 1 fold. leaf, r° & v°, signed. W. remnant of wax stamp.
In this letter Valenciennes introduces Mr. J.P. Gaimard, a naval officer and naturalist who is about to embark on a second world voyage to enrich French scientific collections, particularly from equatorial regions that Reinwardt had also explored. He asks Reinwardt to share any notes and or observations he may have made while reading Valenciennes' work on the flora of equatorial Africa, for the benefit of the Paris Museum.€ 150
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