Letters from Silvestre, signed, mostly autograph

Correspondents include the physiologist [Joseph] Achille Comte (1802-1866) (nos. 23 and 25). Many letters concern the business of the Société d'Agriculture de Départment de la Seine, later the Société Royale et Centrale d'Agriculture; no. 22, concerning courses run by the Société des Méthodes d'Enseignement, is accompanied by 2 printed course timetables and a manuscript draft.

1799-1844

27 items

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts