QUICHERAT (Jules Étienne, Joseph), French archaeologist, Pro - Lot 539

QUICHERAT (Jules Étienne, Joseph), French archaeologist, Professor, specialist in the Middle Ages. One of the founders of the École des Chartes Society (Paris 1814 - 1882) - Letter A.S. Paris, February 20, 1861 (Postmark) - to M. Taxile DELORD, rue Pigalle, à Paris - 2pp ¼ in-8°: "Monsieur. I have just read your review of the Histoire de Sainte-Barbe, printed in LE SIÈCLE, the day before yesterday... You have given value to this book of such limited interest by presenting it from one of those sides which can appeal to the public. Allow me also to say that I fully associate myself with the wish you express at the end, to see the youth of our time show something of the same ardor for learning that the youth of the Middle Ages burned with. Everyone chased science when it was just a gaunt old thing, and now that it presents itself with all the attractions of youth and beauty, it's as if by grace that we give it a moment's attention. It is up to men like you, Monsieur, who direct the minds of the masses, to preserve them from the downfall that would infallibly follow the abandonment of Intellectual Culture..."