862 - HISTORY & MISCELLANEOUS. A fine lot, in old calligraphic envelopes.

HISTORY & MISCELLANEOUS. A fine lot, in old calligraphic envelopes. SCHOELCHER, Victor (1804–1893), father of the abolition of slavery. Autograph letter on “our compatriots in Alsace and Lorraine who wish to remain French,” etc. 1872; [MONACO]. Invitation to a dinner in honor of the opera singer Marie Charbonnel (1880–1969) at the Palace of Monaco—on letterhead from the Aides-de-Camp Office of H.S.H. the Prince. February 23, 1906. The following day, February 24, Charbonnel premiered the role of VANINA at the world premiere of Camille Saint-Saëns’s opera *L’Ancêtre* at the Théâtre de Monte-Carlo; D’ARSONVAL, Arsène (1851–1940), physicist and inventor. C.V.A.S.; LAUBEUF, Maxime (1864–1939), engineer specializing in shipbuilding, father of submarines. Autographed business card; RAYMOND, Fulgence (1844–1910), neurologist. C.A.S.; RICHET, Charles (1850–1935), physiologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1913. Autographed business card on the pathology of diabetes and the “Bibliographia phisoioplogica” published by Alcan, which could bring order to the bibliography; RENAUT, Joseph (1844–1917), physician, anatomist, and professor of histology. Autographed calling card signed to his “most charming” student. 1900; ARLOING, Saturnin (1846–1911), director of the Lyon School of Veterinary Medicine. Autograph card; FIGUIER, Louis (1819–1894), pharmacist and prominent popularizer of science. Letter from the author. Reference to shooting stars: “I know of no work on shooting stars; their study being delicate and quite recent […]”; SIMON, Jules (1814–1896), philosopher and statesman. Set of 3 L.A.S. from 1886, 1889, and undated; FOUILLÉE, Alfred (1838–1912), philosopher. Set of 8 documents: 6 signed autograph letters, one signed card, and one signed note, 1888–1912; FOURNIER, François Ernest (1842–1934), vice admiral. Signed autograph letter. He invites the opera singer Marie Charbonnel; AUBERNON DE NERVILLE, Diane; wife of the painter Arthur Chaplin and granddaughter of the salon hostess Lydie Aubernon de Nerville. Letter to Ferdinand Bac; Paul DURRIEU (1855–1925), museum curator and art historian. Member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts; Ernest LAVISSE (1842–1922), historian. C.A.S.; Albert SOREL (1842–1906), historian. C.V.A.; Alphonse AULARD (1849–1928), historian. Letter on the Congress of Learned Societies.