Pons-Emmanuel de LAS CASES, who followed... - Lot 495 - Vermot et Associés

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Pons-Emmanuel de LAS CASES, who followed... - Lot 495 - Vermot et Associés
Pons-Emmanuel de LAS CASES, who followed his father to St-Helena and was Secretary of Napoleon I; Deputy of Finistère in 1830, returned to St-Helena with the Prince of JOINVILLE to look for 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 1st 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 so many guarantees of the assiduity with which he will fulfill his functions"... January 5, 1834, recommending the Traité de phrénologie humaine et comparée by Dr. Vimont, laureate of the Institute who 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) which has been awarded the prize for virtue, deservedly so, and you will see that the difference in their instincts and faculties is related to the difference in their cerebral organization."... Wednesday evening. Mr. "de Las Cases père", unwell, regrets not being able to attend the Dupins' invitation... - A speech delivered at the annual meeting of the Phrenological Society, 1832, is attached.
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