[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) ALBA DUKE OF (1878-1953)
[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-193…

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[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) ALBA DUKE OF (1878-1953) [CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. ALBA DUKE OF (1878-1953) Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart. Spanish peer, diplomat, politician, art collector and Olympic medallist. One of the most important aristocrats of his time, the Duke was considered by some as the legitimate heir to the Scottish throne, and served as the Foreign Minister of Spain 1930-31. T.L.S., Alba, one page, 4to, Hans Place, London, 13th February 1939, to Howard Carter ( ´My dear Carter´). The Duke writes, in full, ´I rang you up this morning to ask if you could lunch with me one day, and I hear that you are laid up and have a nurse in attendance. I hope it is nothing very serious, and I shall be glad to have news of you´. With an unrelated pencil annotation in the hand of Carter to the verso, being the address and telephone number of a bank on King William Street in London. A few minor spots of foxing, some creasing to the edges and a small tear to the centre of the right edge, G Carter died from Hodgkin´s disease on 3rd March 1939, just a few weeks after receiving the present letter.

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[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) ALBA DUKE OF (1878-1953)

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MONTFICAUD (Marc de). Les Romantiques. Paris, sn, 1878. Signed binding by R. Petit. With the coat of arms of Constantin HARYET, comte de GENEVET (1842-1907), son of Elisabeth Ann HARYET dite Miss HOWARD, châtelaine de Beauregard (à la Celle-Saint-Cloud). Miss Howard was the financial supporter and mistress of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte. She was annobled Countess of Beauregard by Napoleon III in 1865. Constantin was also annobled by Napoleon III by decree of January 9, 1865. Spine faded, spine a little cut, otherwise a good copy.

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RICARDO MADRAZO (Madrid, 1852-1917). "The guardian of the harem". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 46 x 35 cm; 74.5 x 64 cm (frame). Ricardo de Madrazo was Federico's son and Raimundo's brother. He was formed in the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando, where he had as teachers, besides his own father, Joaquín Espalter and the sculptors Ricardo Bellver and Ponciano Ponzano. In 1866 he met Mariano Fortuny, who would become his brother-in-law and would have a powerful influence on his pictorial style. In 1868 he traveled with Fortuny to Rome, where he attended the Academia Chigi. In 1869 he settled in Paris, where he had the opportunity to visit the workshop of Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier. In Paris he also devoted himself to studying the great masters, whose works are preserved in the Louvre, copying numerous paintings. The Franco-Prussian War forced him to return to Spain between 1870 and 1872, and he settled in Granada with his sister and brother-in-law. The two painters took advantage of the occasion to paint a plein air in the Alhambra and the Albaicín. Many painters came to Fortuny's house, as if it were a free academy. From there they made a trip to Morocco in the company of José Tapiró and later went to Rome. The artist's life continued to be linked to that of his brother-in-law until the latter died unexpectedly in 1874 and he had to take charge of the study, cataloguing and auction of Fortuny's works, held at the Drouot Hotel in Paris. Afterwards, he spent some seasons in Tangier in company of Tapiró, and alternated his stays between Paris and Madrid, participating alternatively in the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts of both capitals. In 1885 he settled definitively in Madrid, traveling annually to Venice and Paris. From that year on, following the family tradition, he specialized in landscape and portrait painting. His Madrid studio was visited by Queen María Cristina, Archer Milton Huntington, Lázaro Galdiano, Durand-Ruel and William Howard Taft, who commissioned him to paint The Parnassus. His extensive knowledge of antiquity made him a valuable artistic advisor to important Spanish and American collectors.

Estim. 1 300 - 1 500 EUR

FERMI, Enrico. On the calculation of ion spectra. On the theory of hyperfine structures. The s orbits of the elements. Rome, 1930-1934. In4to; 3 extracts, independently printed with their own covers and pagination, from "Memoirs of the R. Accademia d'Italia"; printed editorial covers. Perfect specimens. Three independently printed first editions. These three important memoirs pertaining to modern physics were published by Fermi under the auspices of the Academy of Italy within the "Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Italy: Class of Mathematical and Natural Physical Sciences," before his departure for the United States.The orbit s of the elements is a work by Enrico Fermi, the other two were written with the collaboration of E. Segrè and E. Amaldi. Enrico Fermi (1901 - 1954), Italian physicist, gained the Nobel prize for physics in 1938 for research on the making of artificial radioactive substances. In 1934 he was the first to bombard nuclei of heavy elements with neutrons and thus to obtain transmutations. Since 1939 he has been professor of physics at Columbia University. In 1942 he was responsible for the construction of the first atomic pile" (Howard). 4to, 3 extracts, printed independently with covers and own paging, from "Memoria della R. Accademia d'Italia"; editorial covers. Excellent conditions. Three first editions printed on their own. These three important memoirs relating to modern physics were published by Fermi under the auspices of the Accademia d' Italia within the "Memorie della Reale Accademia d' Italia: Classe di scienze fisiche matematiche e naturali ", before his departure for the United States. Le orbite s of the elements is a work of Enrico Fermi, the other two were written with the collaboration of E. Segrè and E. Amaldi. Enrico Fermi (1901 - 1954), Italian physicist, gained the Nobel prize for physics in 1938 for research on the making of artificial radioactive substances. In 1934 he was the first to bombard cores of heavy elements with neutrons and thus to obtain transmutations. Since 1939 he has been professor of physics at Columbia University. In 1942 he was responsible for the construction of the first atomic pile."

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