LAS CASES (Pons-Emmanuel de) who followed... - Lot 479 - Vermot et Associés

LAS CASES (Pons-Emmanuel de) who followed his father to St. Helena and was Secretary to Napoleon I; Deputy of Finistère in 1830, returned to St. Helena with the Prince de JOINVILLE to collect the Emperor's ashes. (1800-1854) 3 Letters (2 L.A.S., 1 L.A) Paris and Passy 1833-1834 and s.d., to André DUPIN aîné, President of the Chamber of Deputies; 3 pages and a half in-4 or in-8, 2 addresses (the first one a little crumpled). December 29, 1833, recommending Amédée Thayer for the General Council of the hospices: his great fortune, "his phylantropic tastes, his administrative knowledge [...] are as many guarantees of the assiduity with which he will carry out his duties"... January 5, 1834, recommending the Treatise on Human and Comparative Phrenology by Dr. Vimont, laureate of the Institute which completed the work of Gall and Spinoza by adding comparative phrenology (animals, men). "You will find, for example, in the atlas, the head of the parricide Martin, (plate 98), and that of the Negro Belin (plate 113) who had the prize of virtue, deserved, and you will see that the difference of their instincts and faculties is related to the difference of their cerebral organization" . Wednesday night. Mr. "de Las Cases father", inconvenienced, regrets not being able to attend the invitation of the Dupins... Attached is a speech given at the annual meeting of the Phrenological Society, 1832.