CHARCOT Jean (1867-1937) explorateur polaire.
2 L.A.S. "JB. Charcot", 1910-1912, [to Robert CHAUVELOT]; 2 oblong pages in-12 each, the first one addressed to him, the second one with the letterhead Second
French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-1910.
Bougival August 5, 1910. He thanks for the "so kind and charming sending", on his collaborator Rouch sent to him, and for the "flattering dedication"...
Neuilly December 7, 1912. He thanks his "dear Phoque" for the sending of his book Parvati, with his "kind dedication" [Parvati, a novel of contemporary Hindu mores]: "I started reading it immediately and I enjoyed it so much that it took me far into the night; I will have finished it tonight and I will regret it, but fortunately it will be there to be picked up again when my wife in her turn will have done as I did"...
