AISNE. POUGENS, Marie Charles Joseph (Paris 1755-1833) Liter - Lot 512

AISNE. POUGENS, Marie Charles Joseph (Paris 1755-1833) Literary scholar, linguist, archaeologist and member of the Institut. Natural son of one of the Princes de Conti, he was also the Literary Correspondent of the Empress Dowager of RUSSIA and the Grand Duke CONSTANTIN - Autograph letter signed as Member of the Institut De France. VAUXBUIN (02) near SOISSONS, July 9, 1814, addressed to M. MILLIN Archéologue de l'Institut de France. 1 page in-4° - He asks him to welcome Chevalier De RAULIN, a highly distinguished military officer, to his assemblies to talk about RUSSIA: "...le Chevalier de RAULIN...parle à merveille de la RUSSIE où il a fait un très long séjour; sa manière de juger est claire, précise, impartiale et ne peut manquer à plaire à un homme doué d'un aussi bon esprit que le vôtre...".