PAGET
(Sir James, 1814-1899, Surgeon, surgeon extraordinary to Queen Victoria)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Hollhouse'
regretting that he "cannot be at your Garden Party - I have promised to go to Godston where all my family are, and to spend with them the 31st & some following days ...",1 side 8vo., 1 Harewood Place, Hanover Square, 24th July
Item Date:
1875
Stock No:
41675
£65
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PAGET
(Sir James, 1814-1899, Surgeon, surgeon extraordinary to Queen Victoria)
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Atwood
saying he “would admit Mrs Campion but I am sure her tumour cannot be cured except by cutting it (and even then it will, probably, return) and I greatly doubt whether she is at all fit to undergo a severe operation. Perhaps if you could explain this to her she will not wish for the operation, but if she does, I will pursue her admission...”, I Harewood Place, Hanover Square, 18th June
Item Date:
1868
Stock No:
43518
£125
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AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS EXPERIMENTS ON RABIES, PASTEUR TREATS A RABID DOG
PASTEUR
(Louis, 1822-1895, French chemist, developer of pasteurisation)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed “L. Pasteur”, in French with translation
saying that he has “received today, from the hands of Mr. Savadon, a dealer in Gray, a dog that has been attacked by a rabid dog. It will not leave my kennel where I will try to make him resistant to rabies despite the bite being probably at least four days old...”, 1 side postcard, 28th January
Item Date:
1885
Stock No:
42205
£3750
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[PASTEUR
(Louis, 1822-1895, French chemist, developer of pasteurisation)]
Fine woodburytype photo by Walery,
showing him, three quarter length, standing leaning against a piece of furniture, with facsimile signature, accompanied by a printed biography, 16½" x 12", no place, no date,
library stamp in top left hand corner
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
25689
£475
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PAXTON
(Sir Joseph, 1801-1865, Architect of the Crystal Palace, Landscape Gardener at Chatsworth)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
saying that he has received their letter “and I reply without a moment’s delay - unfortunately the postage betwixt here and Manchester is so badly arranged that it requires 2 days to pass a letter from here to you - I should have been happy to furnish you with all the particulars of the Chatsworth Fete but have sent them to the Derby Reporter and I have requested them to forward you a paper which you will most likely receive as soon as you get this...”, 3 sides 8vo., Chatsworth, 4th November
Item Date:
1857
Stock No:
41907
£275
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