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Vermot et Associés

520 - Victor DURUY (Paris 1811–1894) Historian, Minister of Public Instruction 1863–1869. 2 Letters: Letter to A.S., March 15, 1854, following Mr. DUJARDIN’s definitive refusal to publish the volume of *History of the Sciences*. “.. This whole affair is extremely distressing to me, especially with regard to you; however, it must come to an end, for it has been going on for seven years now, and Mr. HACHETTE is no further along today than he was on the very first day...” – 1 page, in-8° + Letter from A.S. Victor DURUY, Minister of Public Instruction. Paris, October 10, 1866, to Mr. VÉRIEN, Professor at the Lycée Napoléon. Notice of Appointment of a Scholarship Recipient—Partially printed—1 p. in-4°: “I have the honor to inform you that... the Emperor has deigned... to appoint young Eugène Edouard MORAND, your grandnephew, as a government student on a half-scholarship at the Lycée Impérial Napoléon.”

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€100 - 150

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Victor DURUY (Paris 1811–1894) Historian, Minister of Public Instruction 1863–1869. 2 Letters: Letter to A.S., March 15, 1854, following Mr. DUJARDIN’s definitive refusal to publish the volume of *History of the Sciences*. “.. This whole affair is extremely distressing to me, especially with regard to you; however, it must come to an end, for it has been going on for seven years now, and Mr. HACHETTE is no further along today than he was on the very first day...” – 1 page, in-8° + Letter from A.S. Victor DURUY, Minister of Public Instruction. Paris, October 10, 1866, to Mr. VÉRIEN, Professor at the Lycée Napoléon. Notice of Appointment of a Scholarship Recipient—Partially printed—1 p. in-4°: “I have the honor to inform you that... the Emperor has deigned... to appoint young Eugène Edouard MORAND, your grandnephew, as a government student on a half-scholarship at the Lycée Impérial Napoléon.”

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Auction details

History & Regions of France
Tuesday, November 24
12:00 PM
5, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Vermot et Associés +33 1 71 19 42 16 info@vermotetassocies.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 220,000 lots published

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