Victor DURUY, Historian, Minister of Public... - Lot 554 - Vermot et Associés

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Victor DURUY, Historian, Minister of Public... - Lot 554 - Vermot et Associés
Victor DURUY, Historian, Minister of Public Education from 1863 to 1869 (Paris 1811 - 1894). 6 Letters or Notes A.S. from 1870 to 1888, in-8° and in-12° : Letters written from VILLENEUVE-ST-GEORGES (Val-de-Marne) and from 5 rue de Médicis in PARIS : " My dear friend. We could meet at the Library of the Institute... I am so overwhelmed with work that I do not know where to turn. As for the question that must occupy us, it is quite simple, the first volume of the Memoirs of the Maréchal is finished; the whole copy is even composed and in sheets in the hands of Madame la Maréchale. But do we need maps? Before having seen this work very closely, I asked for a general map of Algeria and a very detailed map of Kabylia reproducing all the geographical names in the text... ". + I have the honor of sending to Baron Larrey a letter from the professor of chemistry at the Faculty of Science in Strasbourg concerning the disinfectant power of Ozone... + Dear Sir. I have been asked at the Academy to remove the name of Napoleon from the Portrait of Caesar. I willingly agree... "
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