GROUCHY EMMANUEL DE: (1766-1847) Marshal of France. Marquis de Grouchy. An unusual and interesting A.L.S., `Le M[arech]al M[arqu]is de Grouchy´, a bold and good example signature, signed twice, one page, 4to, Paris, 20th May 1833, to Georges Cuvier, in French. De Grouchy explains to his naturalist correspondent that four months earlier he injured a bird of prey in his property in Normandy, and although he took good care of it and managed to recover the bird, `..on my vehicle, carefully protected, and carried in a sort of cage of birth similar to the ones used for parrots, the bird died during the trip. Even so I have instructed to send it to you, because if this bird which I have never seen is a rare specimen, you might kindly cover with stuff it for me…´ With blank address leaf, `To Monsieur Cuvier - at the King´s garden´, signed beneath by Grouchy, and bearing a red wax seal. Very small overall age wear, folded, otherwise VG £80-120 Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) French Naturalist and Zoologist. Widely considered a founding father of paleontology.