Victor YVART, Agronomist, Professor of Rural... - Lot 309 - Vermot et Associés

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Victor YVART, Agronomist, Professor of Rural... - Lot 309 - Vermot et Associés
Victor YVART, Agronomist, Professor of Rural Economy at the Veterinary School of ALFORT, Member of the Academy of Sciences (176?-1831). Letter A.S. from ALFORT (94) on June 15, 1817, addressed to Mr Louis Michel RIGAULT DE LISLE (Correspondent of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Agronomist, Senator of the Drôme in 1815), at his land of L'ISLE near CREST (Drôme). 3pp in-8°: "A terrible fire broke out in one of the farms I gave to my son...". "I hope you have printed your memory... I am transcribing a passage from an Itinerary of a part of Asia Minor which has just been published: The city of Alexandrette was renowned for the extreme unhealthiness of the air. A single night's stay near the port is often fatal. Crews of merchant ships often perish entirely from a malignant fever due to the pernicious vapors rising from the surface of the stagnant waters...". "It seems to me that your crops, which have suffered like ours, have been repaired by the rain..."
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