Marshal VAILLANT. 1865. APICULTURE. Letter signed Jean-Bapti - Lot 510

Marshal VAILLANT. 1865. APICULTURE. Letter signed Jean-Baptiste Philibert VAILLANT Maréchal de France, Ministre de la Maison de l'Empereur et des Beaux-Arts, to Mr Émile BLANCHARD, Zoologist, Membre de l'Institut. Palais des Tuileries, October 11 1865. 2 pp in-4°: "Mon Cher Confrère, I have read with great interest your letter ... concerning the distribution of awards following the Exposition des insectes utiles et des insectes nuisibles... Among all the subjects offered to the public's curiosity, Apiculture would have particularly attracted my attention, and I would very much like to know if Mr VIGNOLE, whose bee education won him the Emperor's prize, has published any work on Apiculture? I lack a simple, practical manual on the subject for beginners...".