Nicolas Caritat, marquis de CONDORCET (1743-1794) mathematician, philosopher and economist; deputy, conventionnel (Aisne), he was arrested as Girondin and poisoned himself. L.A.S., [to botanist André Thouin]; 1 page in-12. About plants for the Duchess of Enville. "The gardener of the Duchess will present you with seeds from England, asking you to sow them, to take care of them, and when they are ready to be planted, to give him plans of them. At the same time, I beg you to ask one of your boys to show her your nurseries"... [The Duchess of Enville (1716-1797), a woman of the Enlightenment, friend of Voltaire, Turgot and the physiocrats, held a literary salon and welcomed Condorcet in her castle of La Roche-Guyon.]