POUCHET (Georges, Charles, Henri). - Lot 182

POUCHET (Georges, Charles, Henri). Born in Rouen. 1833-1894. Naturalist, friend of Guy de Maupassant, who dedicated his short story La mère sauvage to him in 1884. 2 L.A.S. and 1 card-letter A.S. "G. Pouchet" to Monsieur Noël, director of the Bibliothèque municipale de Rouen. Paris, February 27, 1889, and S.l.n.d. 2 pages in-12 and 4 pages in-16. Joint: 1 L.A. on Museum letterhead. EPISTOLARY EXCHANGES BETWEEN TWO STUDENTS ON THE SUBJECT OF PISCICULTURE:-Favorable weather, exclaims Pouchet, delighted, for trout trials, ...I remind you of the main one: a dozen small and medium-sized trout at my disposal. None will be destroyed (Gods! A pun!). In any stream I'll set up for three or four days a sort of trough made of three loose boards where the water will circulate. The trough will be held in place by a rope or stones, with no need to sink any parts. I'll have the trough made, of course. And I'll go and see the animals three or four hours a day for three or four days, that's all...- Pouchet informs his friend of the forthcoming publication of his work on trout. He adds ...Yes, the Museum's courses are published, and I hope that on your next trip you'll come and see my laboratory, which is superb...- Pouchet asks his friend for the address of a fish farmer. Pouchet asks his friend for the address of a fish farmer. He adds ...We'll talk about the rest of this and I intend to go and see him on my way back from Rouen, where I'll have the pleasure of shaking your hand, I believe... In the enclosed letter : Pouchet asks to be his interpreter ...to thank the Société Normande de Géographie for the honor it has bestowed on me by making me an honorary member...