DS and an ALS. Notices, signed by Flourens, acknowledging receipt of materials sent by M. Vattemare, Mr. Macculloch, and A.D. Bache. He also writes to M. Sauve regarding the eulogy of M. Leruy.
DS and an ALS. Notices, signed by Flourens, acknowledging receipt of materials sent by M. Vattemare, Mr. Macculloch, and A.D. Bache. He also writes to M. Sauve regarding the eulogy of M. Leruy.
Letter (ALS). Reminds the addressee of his promise to write a chapter on the anatomy of the lungs and throat for a book Berard is preparing to publish.
Letter (ALS). Reminds the addressee of his promise to write a chapter on the anatomy of the lungs and throat for a book Berard is preparing to publish.
Letter (ALS). In this very cordial letter, apparently written to Maine de Biran after his exclusion from the Council of Five Hundred on suspicion of royalism, Cabanis, himself a member of the Council, admonishes him to continue with his work, promising him every assistence.
Letter (ALS). In this very cordial letter, apparently written to Maine de Biran after his exclusion from the Council of Five Hundred on suspicion of royalism, Cabanis, himself a member of the Council, admonishes him to continue with his work, promising him every assistence.
Holograph signed. Typed English translation available. Desault concludes that section of the pubis is not a dangerous operation and that in certain cases it is preferable to the Cesarean section.
Holograph signed. Typed English translation available. Desault concludes that section of the pubis is not a dangerous operation and that in certain cases it is preferable to the Cesarean section.
ALS. Writes of his theories on the treatment of vaporous affections, as they will appear in the seventh edition of his work Traite des affections vaporeuses des deux sexes. He speaks of general opposition to his doctrines.
ALS. Writes of his theories on the treatment of vaporous affections, as they will appear in the seventh edition of his work Traite des affections vaporeuses des deux sexes. He speaks of general opposition to his doctrines.
ALS. Applies for the position of tutor in zoology and botany at the preparatory school and submits his qualifications and publications. Addended is a letter of recommendation from the Baron de Villefosse.
ALS. Applies for the position of tutor in zoology and botany at the preparatory school and submits his qualifications and publications. Addended is a letter of recommendation from the Baron de Villefosse.
Business and professional correspondence of Pliny Earle, Sr., (1762-1832), inventor and cotton textiles manufacturer, and of Pliny, (1809-1892), physician and alienist, including a few personal letters to Miss Earle. Correspondence addressed to Earle, Sr., touches on politics, patent rights and carding machines. Correspondence addressed to Earle relates to mental illness and the institutional care of the mentally ill. He received letters from physicians, institutional administrators, and philanthropists, including a number of letters of introduction. Items, mostly ALS and 10 addressed envelopes, are arranged in roughly chronological order.
Business and professional correspondence of Pliny Earle, Sr., (1762-1832), inventor and cotton textiles manufacturer, and of Pliny, (1809-1892), physician and alienist, including a few personal letters to Miss Earle. Correspondence addressed to Earle, Sr., touches on politics, patent rights and carding machines. Correspondence addressed to Earle relates to mental illness and the institutional care of the mentally ill. He received letters from physicians, institutional administrators, and philanthropists, including a number of letters of introduction. Items, mostly ALS and 10 addressed envelopes, are arranged in roughly chronological order.
2 Linear Feet (2 volumes plus postcard plus shipping box)
Abstract Or Scope
Collection comprises Kingsolver's re-issued, two-volume, comb-bound typescript (485 pages) of PRODIGAL SUMMER, which had been first published in 2000. Includes photo-reproduced cover. Kingsolver reworked more than a dozen passages to remove any mention of mushrooms, and presented the resulting manuscript to her friend Margaret Randall. Includes an autographed postcard transmitting the gift, laid-in, along with the box Kingsolver used to mail the volumes to Randall in December 2002.
Collection comprises Kingsolver's re-issued, two-volume, comb-bound typescript (485 pages) of PRODIGAL SUMMER, which had been first published in 2000. Includes photo-reproduced cover. Kingsolver reworked more than a dozen passages to remove any mention of mushrooms, and presented the resulting manuscript to her friend Margaret Randall. Includes an autographed postcard transmitting the gift, laid-in, along with the box Kingsolver used to mail the volumes to Randall in December 2002.
ALS. Semelaigne and Henri Colin write about plans for the celebration of the centennial of the death of Philippe Pinel. Semelaigne was Pinel's grandnephew and head of the centennary committee.
ALS. Semelaigne and Henri Colin write about plans for the celebration of the centennial of the death of Philippe Pinel. Semelaigne was Pinel's grandnephew and head of the centennary committee.
Holograph, signed and addressed to Joseph Couthouy. An extract from the minutes of a meeting of the members of the South Sea Surveying and Exploring Expedition. Conveys the resolution to empower Couthouy to secure books and instruments for the Expedition in the Boston area.
Holograph, signed and addressed to Joseph Couthouy. An extract from the minutes of a meeting of the members of the South Sea Surveying and Exploring Expedition. Conveys the resolution to empower Couthouy to secure books and instruments for the Expedition in the Boston area.