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autograph letter signed, postmarked on the envelope 23.7.1952, by the french painter and printmaker. she became an important figure in the parisian avant-garde. a member of both the circle of pablo picasso, and cubists associated with the section d'or, such as jean metzinger, albert gleizes, robert delaunay, henri le fauconnier, and francis picabia, exhibiting with them at the salon des independants (1910\u20131911) and the salon d'automne (1911\u20131912), and galeries dalmau (1912) at the first cubist exhibition in spain. she became romantically involved with the poet guillaume apollinaire, and has often been identified as his muse. in addition, laurencin had important connections to the salon of the american expatriate and lesbian writer natalie clifford barney. addressed to jean denoël (1902 - 1976), regarding certain irregularities on his stay on u.s. soil and an upcoming exhibition: \u201c\u2026helas le juge n\u2019a pas rendu sa decision. tout est ocule. les adversaires ont d\u2019abord trouve que je n\u2019etais pas française ensuite histoire de passeport auquel il manque quatre feuillets. defaut de fabrication m\u2019a t-on dit rue des saussaies \u2013 et en tous cas passeport pas signe (\u2026) je partirai pour st-benoit-sur-loire le 31 juillet \u2026 1 er aout. nous prendrons train et autocad \u2013 on nous attend la bas. et puis ces sacres expositions celle de petrides j\u2019ai prete des tableaux. il faut que je m\u2019en occupe\u2026\u201d. after having signed \u201cmarie\u201d, she continues: \u201c\u2026le juge president monsieur legendre doit faire faire une enquete par huissier pour savoir depuis quand j\u2019habite 7 rue masseran. la partie adverse veut prouver que je n\u2019ai pas besoin de mon appartement, maintenant ce sont les vacances ils sont gagne trois mois\u2026\u201d. 3 pp. in-8. envelope with autograph address included."},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"9","title":{"en":"[art] - 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barbara cartland \u2013 the queen of romance writes back\nsigned photographs and letters from one of the world\u2019s most widely translated authors"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/61000/lot/25174/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_Ephemera","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":50,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:57:04.409Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£100 - £150","internalCatalogNumber":"25174","currency":"GBP","id":25174,"category":{"en":"AUTOGRAPH"},"estimateMin":100},{"startPrice":150,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25175/002/002.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"chateaubriand fran&ccedil;ois-rene de - beautiful autograph letter signed, dated \u201c5 mai 1835\u201d by the french writer and politician, french ambassador. descended from an old aristocratic family from brittany, chateaubriand was a royalist by political disposition. in an age when large numbers of intellectuals turned against the church, he authored the \u201cgenie du christianisme\u201d in defense of the catholic faith. his works include the autobiography \u201cmemoires d'outre-tombe\u201d (memoirs from beyond the grave), published posthumously in 1849\u20131850. peer of france in 1815, he was ambassador to berlin and london, then minister of the foreign affairs and ambassador in rome. a political orator and publicist, he exerted a considerable influence on french literature. \n the note and the verses of his correspondent found the poet very unwell and he could not have the honor of responding immediately: \u201c\u2026j\u2019ai lu ce charmant recueil: heureux, monsieur, qui comme vous peut se consoler avec les souvenirs du printemps et pleurer sur les tristes jours de l\u2019automne. malheureusement j\u2019en suis a l\u2019hiver\u2026\u201d. 1 p. in-8. ink faded."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"34","title":{"en":"[literature] - \u201cfrom spring to winter: chateaubriand\u2019s melancholy reflections\u201d"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/61000/lot/25175/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_Ephemera","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":150,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:57:07.556Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£200 - £300","internalCatalogNumber":"25175","currency":"GBP","id":25175,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"AUTOGRAPH"},"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":100,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25176/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25176/005/005.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25176/006/006.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"crofts freeman wills - typed letter signed, dated \u201c14th january 1950\u201d by the irish engineer and mystery author, remembered best for the character of inspector joseph french. a railway engineer by training, crofts introduced railway themes into many of his stories, which were notable for their intricate planning. crofts addresses mr. stone: \u201c\u2026i am giving myself the pleasure of sending you a copy of my new book on the gospels, and though i don\u2019t know wether or not this is in your line. there was some hold up about it and for some weeks i could not get a copy, but now it is in the shops again (\u2026) there will certainly be room for a life of austin freeman, somewhat on the lines of dickson carr\u2019s life of conan doyle. would you not do this? you seem to have a vast amount of valuable information about the man, perhaps enough for the purpose? 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pour quelles ne perdurent rien de leurs caractere primitif qui etais tous guerrier. les elections se faisaient a cheval et le sabre au cote. plus d\u2019une fois les partis opposes en viennent aux mains et le elections furent le resultats d\u2019une victoire sanglante et non d\u2019un vote pacifique\u2026\u201d. at the end, dumas notes \u201cla suite a demain\u201d. 3 pp. 1/2. in-4."},"estimateMax":2500,"lotNumber":"36","title":{"en":"[literature] - \u201cthe romance of poland: a passionate tale of freedom\u201d"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/61000/lot/25177/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_Ephemera","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":800,"soldPrice":800,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:57:14.067Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£1,500 - £2,500","internalCatalogNumber":"25177","currency":"GBP","id":25177,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"AUTOGRAPH"},"estimateMin":1500},{"startPrice":6000,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25178/002/002.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"einstein albert - autograph poem signed \u201calbert einstein\u201d, dated \u201c1926\u201d. \n 1 p. in-4. \n condition: two minor tears at the margins; 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jean genet: the cursed poet writes from the bristol in lugano"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/61000/lot/25181/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_Ephemera","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":240,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:57:23.749Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£250 - £300","internalCatalogNumber":"25181","currency":"GBP","id":25181,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"AUTOGRAPH"},"estimateMin":250},{"startPrice":100,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25182/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25182/004/004.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"hope anthony - autograph letter signed, dated \u201c1th may 04\u201d by the british novelist and playwright. he is best remembered for his two books \u201cthe prisoner of zenda\u201d (1894) and its sequel \u201crupert of hentzau\u201d (1898). hope addresses a gentleman: \u201c\u2026i regret to say that i have no prospect of being able to visit st. louis this year, and of being able to \u2026 your kind proposal\u2026\u201d. 1 p. in-8. with letterhead \u201c41, bedford square w.c.\u201d."},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"41","title":{"en":"[literature] - 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mirabeau on music: revolutionary thoughts on the art of sound"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/61000/lot/25191/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_Ephemera","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":200,"soldPrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:56:58.250Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£200 - £300","internalCatalogNumber":"25191","currency":"GBP","id":25191,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"AUTOGRAPH"},"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":100,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25192/002/002.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"robbe-grillet alain - autograph letter signed, dated \u201cmesnil au grain le 25 septembre\u201d by the french writer and filmmaker. he was one of the figures most associated with the nouveau roman trend of the 1960s, along with nathalie sarraute, michel butor and claude simon. to a lady friend: \u201c\u2026je reçois votre pneumatique aujourd\u2019hui, a la campagne ou' je reste jusq\u2019aux premiers jours d\u2019octobre. soyez gentille de m\u2019excuser aupres de maurice cazeneuve [theater director, 1923 - 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a meeting in london with henry monteith"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/61000/lot/25196/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_Ephemera","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":900,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:57:17.317Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£1,000 - £1,500","internalCatalogNumber":"25196","currency":"GBP","id":25196,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"AUTOGRAPH"},"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":50,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25197/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25197/005/005.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25197/006/006.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"ward arthur s., a.k.a. sax rohmer - rare autograph letter signed, dated \u201capril 17, 1913\u201dby the english novelist. he is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal fu manchu. the first three fu manchu books were published in the four years between 1913 and 1917; but it was not until 1931 (some 14 years after the third book in the series) that rohmer returned to the series with daughter of fu manchu. the reason for the long interval was that rohmer wanted to be rid of the series after the si-fan mysteries. the first three books had been successfully filmed by stoll in the twenties as a pair of serials. to general scriven, wishing him \u201cgood health and long life\u201d and congratulations on his new job: \u201c\u2026\"i think the job is to be congratulated as well as you. i have just been over to griffiths where i had a quoff from that fine tankard, the whiskey bottle that he said you had presented him while in washington. well general we surely miss you all very much, but what is our loss is washington's gain. things are going on their tropical way here...new faces every-where... the newly arrived do not seem to take hold as the old ones did...\" says he misses the early morning rides and that the rarebits at mrs. smith's have \"gone begging\". of his writing activities, ward continues: \"i am still wielding a few pen scratches but not much local work. i find the states periodicals are the best medium. have never been busier in my life than during the past year, but i find manila a good place to work and the heat never bothers me\u2026\u201d. with letterhead \u201cuniversity club, manila\u201d. 4 pp., in-8."},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"56","title":{"en":"[literature] - sax rohmer \u2013 rare lines from the father of fu manchu\na 1913 autograph letter from manila, full of wit, longing, and literary insight"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/61000/lot/25197/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_Ephemera","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":50,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:57:20.254Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£100 - £150","internalCatalogNumber":"25197","currency":"GBP","id":25197,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"AUTOGRAPH"},"estimateMin":100},{"startPrice":2400,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25198/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25198/005/005.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25198/006/006.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"zweig stefan - very important autograph letter signed, postmarked [london 10 may 1939] by the austrian writer. in 1934, as a result of the nazi party's rise in germany and the establishment of the ständestaat regime in austria, zweig emigrated to england and then, in 1940, moved briefly to new york and then to brazil, where he settled. in his final years, he would declare himself in love with the country, writing about it in the book brazil, land of the future. nonetheless, as the years passed zweig became increasingly disillusioned and despairing at the future of europe, and he and his wife lotte were found dead of a barbiturate overdose in their house in petropolis on 23 february 1942. while in london, zweig write a friendly letter to the celebrated italian conductor arturo toscanini (1867 - 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beautiful autograph letter signed, dated \u201c12 fev. 07\u201d by the french composer. a famous co-founder of the schola cantorum, he was also known as a teacher and composer, who saw teaching as a vocation rather than a livelihood and willingly provided the necessary funds for his school from his own pocket. he preached, for example, his belief that a musical education should train the whole musician, meaning that the student should acquire a good knowledge of the theory and history of music as well as cultivate the practical side and technique, which ran counter to what was taught at the conservatoire. his correspondent (a lady, most probably elvire thomas) must absolutely not count on the composer for a conference or a talk on \"l'etranger\" or on one of his works: \u201c...j\u2019ai en horreur de parler de moi, et du reste, je vous avoue que je ne saurais absolument pas quoi dire (...) si vous voulez, je garderai le sujet que je vous donnerais dans la lettre que je vous envoi mais alors, il vaudrait bien memem garder aussi le projet du programme que je vous donnais et qui illustrait tres bien la causerie. c\u2019est tres dommage que vous l\u2019ayez abandonne, et vous m\u2019aviez prevenu de cela a temps je vous aurais envoye ce qui manque de destouches (...) pour la matinee vallas a lauquelle je me suis engage avec lui arrangez la chose avec w. hkauski, mais je n\u2019ai le temps, partant ce soir pour moscou...\u201d. 1 p. 1\u20442 in-8. on mourning paper."},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"59","title":{"en":"[music] - 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[charles] drysdale has warmly advocated the same view. as putting it forward i wished just that a question of such great importance should be thought over and discussed for of course there is no likelihood of its becoming a practical question for along time...\u201d. 4 pp. in-8."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"85","title":{"en":"[science and medicine] - physical, sexual, and natural religion in the time of queen victoria."},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/61000/lot/25218/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_Ephemera","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":440,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:56:58.253Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£500 - £600","internalCatalogNumber":"25218","currency":"GBP","id":25218,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"AUTOGRAPH"},"estimateMin":500},{"startPrice":1500,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25219/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25219/004/004.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"fermi enrico - autograph letter signed, dated \u201cgottingen, 7. 6. 1923\u201d by the italian physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, the chicago pile-1, and a member of the manhattan project. fermi was awarded the 1938 nobel prize in physics for his work on induced radioactivity by neutron bombardment and for the discovery of transuranium elements. during his semester at the university of gottingen, where he met werner heisenberg and pascual jordan, fermi writes to his friend, fellow student at the scuola normale di pisa, the italian mathematician luigi fantappie (1901 - 1956): \u201c\u2026la vita che faccio qui presenta molta analogia con quella che facevo l\u2019anno scorso a pisa, e quindi puoi press\u2019a poco immaginartela; mi sono comprato una nuova bicicletta, con la quale probabilmente a suo tempo, cioe tra un paio di mesi, tornero' in italia pedalando. qui e ancora abbastanza freddo, e piove quasi tuti i giorni, ma la gente fa finta di non accorgersene ed io, come tu sai, sono anfibio, e cosi e come se splendesse un limpido e tiepido sole primaverile; e si ha per di piu' il vantaggio che oltre che di poincare, del governo di c\u2026 etc. si puo' parlar male anche del tempo\u2026\u201d. 1 p. 1/2. on postcard."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"86","title":{"en":"[science and medicine] - \u201cbetween rain and science: the european youth of enrico fermi\u201d"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/61000/lot/25219/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_Ephemera","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":1500,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:56:58.274Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£2,000 - £3,000","internalCatalogNumber":"25219","currency":"GBP","id":25219,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"AUTOGRAPH"},"estimateMin":2000},{"startPrice":100,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25220/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25220/004/004.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"huxley julian - autograph letter signed, dated \u201cnov 18th 1954\u201d by the eminent english evolutionary biologist. he was a proponent of natural selection, and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth-century modern synthesis. he was secretary of the zoological society of london (1935\u20131942), the first director of unesco, a founding member of the world wildlife fund, the president of the british eugenics society (1959\u20131962), and the first president of the british humanist association. his brother was the famous novelist aldous. huxley addresses sherman d. wakefield of the american humanist association: \u201c\u2026i am so glad that you felt my lecture was valuable (\u2026). your organizational efforts on behalf of the a.h.a. must have appreciably helped toward the success of the evening at the ethical culture building. i leave today for 7 more lectures ( ! ) and when i get back to new york shall only have a very brief & very full time before sailing\u2026\u201d. 1 p. 1/4. in-4."},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"87","title":{"en":"[science and medicine] - julian huxley on tour: science between lectures and humanism"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/61000/lot/25220/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_Ephemera","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":100,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:57:01.307Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£100 - £150","internalCatalogNumber":"25220","currency":"GBP","id":25220,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"AUTOGRAPH"},"estimateMin":100},{"startPrice":2000,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25221/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25221/004/004.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"jacquemont victor - autograph letter signed, dated \u201cparis, 31 juillet 1824\u201d by the french naturalist and explorer. after an initial exploration of america in 1826, he stayed with his brother frederic in haiti. there he met joseph cordier, who will later be governor of pondicherry. after being invited by the jardin des plantes to collect plant and animal specimens from a country of his choice for 240 pounds a year, jacquemont traveled to india leaving brest in august 1828. he arrived at calcutta on may 1829. he went to delhi on march 1830 and went onwards towards the western himalayas. he visited amber in rajputana, met with the sikh emperor ranjit singh at his capital of lahore, and visited the kingdom of ladakh in the himalaya. he also visited bardhaman (burdwan) in bengal in november 1829. in march 1831, he paid a visit to lahore during the reign of ranjit singh of the sikh empire and met with the ruler. he died of cholera in bombay beautiful intimate letter addresses to his friend giuditta pasta: \u201c\u2026je n\u2019aurais pas attendu l\u2019aimable lettre que j\u2019ai reçu hier de vous, pour aller voir votre chère enfant; depuis votre depart, j\u2019ai vraiment laisse passer quinze jours sans faire le voyage de chaillot, et si je ne vous ai pas écrit c\u2019est que j\u2019ai toujours trouve la clelia charmante de santé et de gaité, et ses maitresses charmés d\u2019elle et de son caractère (\u2026) si j\u2019ai bien compris une histoire assez embrouille de mme de rumford [marie-anne pierrette paulze (1758 - 1836) first wife of lavoisier and in 1805 to benjamin thompson, count of rumford] qui je rencontre souvent chez des gens de mes amis, elle vous aurait adressé, il y a quelques jours, une lettre pour le docteur wollaston [the chemist and physician william hyde wollaston (1766 - 1828)], qui est le plus savant homme de l\u2019angleterre, et qui pretend quérir fort bien le strabisme. ne manquez pas de l\u2019aller voir et de lui conter votre peine\u2026\u201d. he then expresses his views on the relationship between the british and art: \u201c\u2026ces anglais si mal organises pour les arts sont les gens les plus orgueilleux et les plus riche du monde; et pour prouver qu\u2019il les sentent, ils les applaudissent plus fort, et surtout, les récompensent plus magnifiquement que tous les autres (\u2026) un ami maladroit a eu l\u2019indiscretion d\u2019écrire dans un journal quelques une des ces choses qui n\u2019étaient bonne a dire qu\u2019entre nous: le journaliste, comme de raison, n\u2019a pas manque d\u2019ajouter pour nous autres français, les éloges les plus impertinents, et tout cela fait un petit article assez ridicule dont ces pauvres anglais pourraient s\u2019offenser s\u2019ils le connaissaient\u2026\u201d . 4 pp. in-8. the pages have some slight moisture stains."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"88","title":{"en":"[science and medicine] - extraordinary letter to giuditta pasta from one of stendhal's best friends"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/61000/lot/25221/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_Ephemera","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":2000,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:57:01.432Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£2,200 - £3,000","internalCatalogNumber":"25221","currency":"GBP","id":25221,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"AUTOGRAPH"},"estimateMin":2200},{"startPrice":100,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25222/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25222/004/004.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-07-08","available":false,"description":{"en":"le verrier urbain - letter signed with long autograph addition, dated \u201cparis le 13 avril 1864\u201d by the french astronomer and mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics and is best known for predicting the existence and position of neptune using only mathematics. addressed to the french geologist and meteorologist, director of the saint-maur-des-fosses observatory. le verrier addresses the french geologist and meteorologist, director of the saint-maur-des-fosses observatory emilien renou (1815 - 1902): \u201c\u2026quelques personnes se reuniront lundi 18 avril, 8h du soir, a l\u2019observatoire pour discuter les bases d\u2019une association libre pour l\u2019avancement de l\u2019astronomie et de la meteorologie. elles m\u2019ont charge de vous prier de vouloir bien assister a cette reunion\u2026\u201d. at the end of the letter, le verrier adds by his hand: \u201c\u2026le temps necessaire pour m\u2019assurer qu\u2019on ne nous en trouverais pas a fond de reporter la conference de vendredi a lundi. nous comptons sur vous, et je vous prie de rappeler a mr. 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