CARRUTHERS
(William, 1830-1922, F.L.S., F.R.S., F.G.S., Keeper of the Botanical Department at the British Museum, President of the Linnaean Society 1886-1890 and of the Royal Microscopical Society 1900-1901)
Autograph Letter Signed to Alfred William BENNETT ,
(1833-1902, Lecturer in Botany at Bedford College and St. Thomas' Hospital), telling him that "on referring to the date of Heer's paper I find it was not so early, as I thought ... so if you will say simply 'some time after' ... I wrote Wright that I was going to attribute the 'strong facts' to his patriotism - and to this he does not object", 2 sides 8vo., British Museum, 21st May
slight crease at foot, trace of mounting at foot of conjugate blank verso
Item Date:
1872
Stock No:
13880
£35
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CARUEL
(Teodoro, 1830-1898, Director of the Royal Botanical Institute, Florence, from 1880)
Autograph Letter Signed in English, to 'My dear Sir', (Alfred William BENNETT , F.L.S.,
1833-1902, lecturer in Botany at Bedford College and St Thomas' Hospital) saying he believes "you are on the staff of 'Nature' which I receive in return for my Giornale botanico", and asking for certain back numbers from 1881 which he has not received, "I have thought you might be so obliging as to look into the matter for me" as he had not had a reply from the editor, 2 sides 8vo., Botanical Museum, Royal Institute of Higher Studies, Florence, 8th February
laid down, small defects at corners and tear in lower fold, all without loss
Item Date:
1882
Stock No:
13945
£25
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CHADWICK
(Sir James, 1891-1974, Physicist, Winner of the 1935 Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery of the Neutron)
SIgnature on a headed card
4¼" x 3½", George Holt Physics Laboratory, The University, Liverpool, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
41344
£125
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CHAPTAL
(Jean Antoine Claude, 1756-1832, French Chemist and Statesman)
Document signed 'Chaptal' as Minister of the Interior (in succession to Lucien Bonaparte), in French with translation, to Citizen Cubières
at 16 rue Cerutti, asking him "to be so kind as to hand the books he has collected over to the Bibliothèque Nationale", printed heading and woodblock effigy of the Republic, 1 side 8vo, address on conjugate leaf which is laid down at one corner, 11th floréal l'an X (1st May
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(Translation) The Minister's Private Office. Paris, the 11th floréal, year X [1st May 1802] of the single and indivisible French Republic. The Minister of the Interior is pleased to hear that Citizen Cubières has returned - he is anxious to hear that he has completely recovered - and he asks him to be so kind as to hand the books he has collected over to the Bibliothèque Nationale. He is entirely at his service. [Signed] Chaptal
Item Date:
1802
Stock No:
11666
£75
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CHRISTIE
(Sir William Henry Mahoney, 1845-1922, Astronomer Royal 1881-1910)
Autograph Letter in the third person to Sir William Treloar,
(1843-1923, Lord Mayor), accepting his invitation "to dinner ... to meet Old Boys of King's College School", 1 side 8vo, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 12th April
light traces of laying down on blank fourth side
Item Date:
1907
Stock No:
16900
£25
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