Null [CARTES-DE-VISITE]: A good collection of thirty vintage unsigned carte-de-v…

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[CARTES-DE-VISITE]: A good collection of thirty vintage unsigned carte-de-visite photographs of various nineteenth century chemists, physicists, physiologists, surgeons, naturalists, mathematicians and other scientists, many of them French, each contained in a contemporary album, the sepia albumen prints including Michel Eugene Chevreul (1786-1889) French chemist whose early work with animal fats revolutionised the manufacture of soap and candles, Claude Bernard (1813-1878) French physiologist, Marcellin Berthelot (1827-1907) French chemist, Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist and microbiologist; two images, Armand Trousseau (1801-1867) French internist; two images, Etienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904) French scientist, a pioneer of photography and cinema, Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville (1818-1881) French chemist; two images, Edmond Fremy (1814-1894) French chemist, Auguste Andre Thomas Cahours (1813-1891) French chemist and scientist whose contribution to organic chemistry was one of the greatest in history, Louis Hubert Farabeuf (1841-1910) French surgeon, Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817-1884) Alsatian French chemist, Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888) German physicist and mathematician, considered one of the central founders of the science of thermodynamics, Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry, Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) English biologist and anthropologist, known as 'Darwin's Bulldog', Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) German zoologist and naturalist who promoted and popularised Darwin's work in Germany, Charles Darwin (1809-1882) English naturalist, famous for his theory of evolution published in On the Origin of Species; two images, Eduard von Hartmann (1842-1906) German philosopher, Ernst Viktor von Leyden (1832-1910) German internist, Henry Thompson (1820-1904) British surgeon and polymath, Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) German physicist and physician, Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902) German physician, known as the 'father of modern pathology', Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774-1862) French physicist, astronomer and mathematician, John Tyndall (1820-1893) Irish physicist, Paul Broca (1824-1880) French physician, anatomist and anthropologist, and a few others. Photographers include Cyrus Anatole Pougnet, Jean-Nicolas Truchelut, Charles Reutlinger, Emil Koch, Barraud & Jerrard, Elliott & Fry etc. Each of the sitters are identified in pencil to a panel beneath the images. The album with raised decorations to the covers and spine and with two metal clasps. All edges gilt. Some light overall age wear and a few of the images with some spotting. G

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[CARTES-DE-VISITE]: A good collection of thirty vintage unsigned carte-de-visite photographs of various nineteenth century chemists, physicists, physiologists, surgeons, naturalists, mathematicians and other scientists, many of them French, each contained in a contemporary album, the sepia albumen prints including Michel Eugene Chevreul (1786-1889) French chemist whose early work with animal fats revolutionised the manufacture of soap and candles, Claude Bernard (1813-1878) French physiologist, Marcellin Berthelot (1827-1907) French chemist, Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist and microbiologist; two images, Armand Trousseau (1801-1867) French internist; two images, Etienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904) French scientist, a pioneer of photography and cinema, Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville (1818-1881) French chemist; two images, Edmond Fremy (1814-1894) French chemist, Auguste Andre Thomas Cahours (1813-1891) French chemist and scientist whose contribution to organic chemistry was one of the greatest in history, Louis Hubert Farabeuf (1841-1910) French surgeon, Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817-1884) Alsatian French chemist, Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888) German physicist and mathematician, considered one of the central founders of the science of thermodynamics, Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry, Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) English biologist and anthropologist, known as 'Darwin's Bulldog', Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) German zoologist and naturalist who promoted and popularised Darwin's work in Germany, Charles Darwin (1809-1882) English naturalist, famous for his theory of evolution published in On the Origin of Species; two images, Eduard von Hartmann (1842-1906) German philosopher, Ernst Viktor von Leyden (1832-1910) German internist, Henry Thompson (1820-1904) British surgeon and polymath, Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) German physicist and physician, Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902) German physician, known as the 'father of modern pathology', Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774-1862) French physicist, astronomer and mathematician, John Tyndall (1820-1893) Irish physicist, Paul Broca (1824-1880) French physician, anatomist and anthropologist, and a few others. Photographers include Cyrus Anatole Pougnet, Jean-Nicolas Truchelut, Charles Reutlinger, Emil Koch, Barraud & Jerrard, Elliott & Fry etc. Each of the sitters are identified in pencil to a panel beneath the images. The album with raised decorations to the covers and spine and with two metal clasps. All edges gilt. Some light overall age wear and a few of the images with some spotting. G

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7 VISIT CARDS: Henriette POINCARÉ, wife of the President of the Republic. Henriette Adeline Benucci (1858-1943) was the natural daughter of Italian coachman Raphaël Benucci and Louise Mossbauer, a young domestic servant. On August 17, 1904, she married Raymond Poincaré, future President of the French Republic, in his 3rd marriage. Undated P.A.S. concerning an appointment at the salon de thé. Carte de visite to "Madame Raymond Poincaré" Signed "Henriette Poincaré" + Madame Jules Ferry. Unsigned carte de visite to Madame Jules Ferry. Congratulatory note. Eugénie Risler is the sister of politician Charles Risler. She married Jules Ferry, a French statesman who served as President of the Senate, Minister and Mayor + Unsigned carte de visite to Madame Camille FLAMMARION, Officier de l'Instruction publique, President of the Association La Paix et le Désarmement par les femmes. Word of condolence for the death of the woman of Letters Henry Gréville. Sylvie Pétiaux, wife of Camille Flammarion (born 1836), was a feminist who founded the Association La Paix et le Désarmement par les femmes in 1899. She married astronomer Camille Flammarion in 1874. She died of Spanish flu + Madame Georges BIDAULT. Unsigned carte de visite to Madame Georges Bidault. Congratulatory note. Suzanne Borel (1904-1995) was a French writer and diplomat. She was the daughter of a polytechnician, and the granddaughter of physician Jules Fontan, who in 1900 invented the first cardiac suture. She married Georges Bidault (1899-1983), French Resistance fighter and statesman, President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic + Unsigned carte de visite to Madame Jules FAVRE written in 1902. Greetings for the New Year. (Jules FAVRE, French lawyer and politician) + Blanche RICHEL wife of Paul DOUMER, President of the French Republic. Marie Céline Blanche Richel (1859-1933) was the daughter of Clément Laurent Richel, a teacher, and Clémence Léontine Sampité. On August 13, 1878, she married Paul Doumer (1857-1932), who became President of the French Republic in 1931. Doumer was assassinated in 1932. Blanche Richel lost 4 of her 5 sons in the 1914-1918 war. Autograph signed visiting card written in Paris on November 05, 1931 to Madame Paul Doumer. Note concerning an order for hats. Signed "B.R." + Unsigned carte de visite to Mr. and Mrs. Albert LEBRUN written in 1947. Congratulatory wishes for a wedding. Albert Lebrun (1871-1950) was the son of Ernest Nicolas Lebrun, Mayor of Mercy-le-Haut, and Anne Marie Navel. He married Marguerite Nivoit on February 05, 1902. In 1932, he became President of the French Republic.

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