Louis de CHAMBRAY (1713-1783), botanist and agronomist,... Lot 19

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 17, 1761. He sends the memorandum of what he has provided "to the baron". "I beg you to give him four hundred livres. If Mde Daubenton has not paid you the whole, she may have paid you a part of it [] ". He gives her instructions for the payment. Rare.