[COLLEC. ADOLPHE THIERS] RARE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNE Ca 1839 CHARLES MIRBEL Botaniste For Sale

[COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPHED DOCUMENTS - NATURAL SCIENCES - ADOLPHE THIERS - 1830/1840 - JULY MONARCHY - BGANIC - JARDIN DES PLANTES - PARIS - Brisseau de Mirbel 1776-1854
FunctionPresident of the Academy of SciencesJanuary 1 - December 31, 1829 Botanist, university professor, politician, naturalist Faculty of Sciences of ParisNational Museum of Natural History
 Charles François Brisseau de Mirbel, born March 27, 1776 in Paris and died September 12, 1854 in Champerret, is a French botanist and politician.
BiographyAt the age of 20, he became a naturalist assistant at the National Museum of Natural History. In 1802, he published an important Treatise on Plant Anatomy and Physiology which made him considered the father of cytology and plant physiology. In 1803, he obtained the position of garden steward of the Château de Malmaison. His publications earned him, in 1808, entry into the Academy of Sciences and the chair of botany at the Sorbonne.
During the Restoration, his friend Élie Decazes, then Minister of the Interior, offered him a position as general secretary. But the fall of the government in 1829 marked the end of his political ambitions and he found a chair at the National Museum of Natural History.
His second wife, Lizinska de Mirbel, was a miniaturist famous in court circles.
In 1877, part of rue de l'Abbé-de-l'Épée in the 5th arrondissement of Paris becomes rue de Mirbel in homage.
Partial list of publicationsNatural, general and particular history of plants, 1802-1806Exposition of the theory of plant organization, 1809Treatise on plant anatomy and physiology, 1813Elements of plant physiology and botany, 1815
- NEUMANN Joseph, Henri, Françoisborn July 16, 1800 in Montrouge (Hauts-de-Seine), died October 20, 1858 in Paris Horticulture
Son of a farmer from Montrouge and grandson of a German farmer, Neumann entered in 1818 at the botany school of the Jardin des Plantes. He was sent in 1821 on a horticultural mission to Reunion, where he worked for three years in the Bréon botanical garden. Returning to the Museum in 1824, Neumann found himself first assigned to the temperate greenhouses, before being named head gardener of the hothouses in 1838. He carried out a mission on English soil in 1842 and died sixteen years later following a long illness. Neumann was the father of two sons, Auguste and Louis, who, like him, were gardeners at the Museum.
The naturalist was described as modest and benevolent.
A specialist in the horticultural field, Neumann was interested in the multiplication of tropical plants, to the cultivation of Orchids, Ferns, how to pack plants for travel, as well as the art of taking cuttings or building greenhouses. He wrote various publications concerning these subjects. Furthermore, Neumann brought back to the Museum, from his trip to Reunion, a large collection of exotic plants: Areca rubra, Latania borbonica, Ligustrum nepalense, Acer oblongum, Jasminus heterophyllum, etc. He finally collaborated on several horticultural journals, which he helped to found.
BibliographyGroenland (J.), “Obituary notice on M. Neumann”, Revue horticole, 1858, pp. 622-624.  The amphitheaterof the Plant Garden
 The history of this amphitheater is linked to that of the king's botanical garden, renamed Jardin des Plantes during the Revolution. From 1739, the Count of Buffon, botanist, mathematician and biologist, administered the king's garden and gave it a new dimension.
A teaching amphitheater
In 1787, shortly before his death, Buffon entrusted the architect Edme Verniquet with the construction of a large amphitheater intended for teaching botany.The amphitheater is an elegant building of neoclassical inspiration. Its entrance is marked by a portico: two Doric columns are surmounted by a sculpted group. The decorative elements are very sober: walls with horizontal slits, cornice with modillions, triangular pediment.
The amphitheater of the Jardin des Plantes
Illustrious teachersThe building was enlarged in 1794 by Jacques Molinos. Semi-circular pavilions house laboratories while the large room is enlarged. The last steward of the Jardin des Plantes is the famous Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, author of "Paul and Virginie". The amphitheater has seen illustrious professors pass through: Antoine de Jussieu, Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Georges Cuvier, Louis Joseph Gay-Lussac, Claude Bernard and Henri Becquerel…And Charles Mirbel...
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We sell here
A rare and excellent autograph letter signed by Charles Mirbel, addressed to Mr. Neumann, so that he would take care to heat the amphitheater and prepare all the samples necessary for the course...
Undated (around 1838/39)
Very interesting letter linked to the activity of Botanist of Mirbel, and his role as a great teacher at the Jardin des Plantes
On the first part of the cover (superscription)
"[To] Mr. Neumann in his absence Mr. Panché (?)I hope that at this moment there is a big fire in the amphitheater..."
Double-sided letter 
"On the front: I ask Mr. Neumann to heat the large amphitheater strongly.Without this precaution, it would be impossible for the public to attend my lessons, and I myself wouldn't hold on to it! Here are the samples I need for my Tuesday lesson[follows the numbered column list of 10 different plants...]TSVP
On the reverse:Abnormal stems  Calycanthus floridus - I deposited some at the botanical gallery in 1825 or 26Bauhinia from BrazilConvolvulus nervosius Sapindaceae
and other samples showing anomalies
Oak CupHorse chestnut cuttingRobinia cutting pseudo
Have you thought about shipments to Algeria?" 
 1 sheet, folded in half forming 4 pages 3 handwritten pages(Recto/Verso) 
Very rare piece
1 free sheet, size approximately 20.5x13.5 cm,folded before delivery to the recipient
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Attached to this letter is a second small leaflet who was attached to it (fixed by glue point)
Anonymous, perhaps partly by the hand of the minister or his secretary, blank back
The text obviously concerns the famous shipment to Algeria what Mirbel mentioned at the end of her letter above
Top left:
"November 3 Liliaceae 50 sp. / Trees 36 sp."
In the center:
"To the maritime prefect of Toulon, please send this bundle to Mr. Edouard Guilmot, cavalry captain, orderly officer of the governor in Algiers"
And to finish probably on another hand:
“Request made to Mr Mirbel by Mr Martin du Nord (The Minister)”
Before becoming Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice and Religious Affairsbetween October 29, 1840 – March 12, 1847 (6 years, 4 months and 11 days)under Louis-Philippe I, Nicolas Martin of the North wasMinister of Public Works,Agriculture and Commercebetween September 19, 1836 – March 31, 1839 (1 year, 7 months and 13 days)
This makes it possible to date these rare autograph pieces more precisely.

Good general condition, barely yellowed, quite clean,small creases, ink stains, dirt, small losses of paper on the edges of the sheets,  or usual minor friction, otherwise very sound paper
The page was visibly detached (not by me, I found it that way) from the autograph book by Adolphe Thiers currently sold in my store, remnants of blue paper stuck to the left edge of the sheet
cf. visuals...
very rare set, sold in described condition, as found  where he worked for three years in the Bréon botanical garden. Returning to the Museum in 1824, Neumann found himself first assigned to the temperate greenhouses, before being named head gardener of the hothouses in 1838. He carried out a mission on English soil in 1842 and died sixteen years later following a long illness. Neumann was the father of two sons, Auguste and Louis, to the cultivation of Orchids, Ferns, how to pack plants for travel, as well as the art of taking cuttings or building greenhouses. He wrote various publications concerning these subjects. Furthermore, Neumann brought back to the Museum, from his trip to Reunion, a large collection of exotic plants: Areca rubra, Latania borbonica, Ligustrum nepalense, Acer oblongum, Jasminus heterophyllum, etc. He finally collaborat Recommended products Provided by [COLLEC AD. THIERS] RARE SIGNED AUTOGRAPH 1839 POULAIN Insurrection Poland 1830 View product [COLLEC. AD. THIERS] Rare Autograph Signed Ca 1840 Prof. Achille Valenciennes View product [COLLECTION ADOLPHE THIERS] Superb Signed Autograph Document Emile Babeuf 1840 View product [COLLEC AD. THIERS] RARE "LETTRE D'UN BERGER AUX RENTIERS" Ca 1830/1840 Pamphlet View product [COLLECTION ADOLPHE THIERS] FAC SIMILE AUTOGRAPH COLIGNI / Ed. 1830 (Litho) View product [ADOLPHE THIERS COLLECTION] FAC SIMILE AUTOGRAPH BIRAGUE / Ed. 1830 (Litho) View product [COLLECTION ADOLPHE THIERS] FAC SIMILE AUTOGRAPH DUMOURIEZ / Ed. 1830 (Litho) View product [COLLECTION ADOLPHE THIERS] FAC SIMILE AUTOGRAPH BUFFON / Ed. 1830 (Litho) View product