Georges CLEMENCEAU (1841-1929). P.A.S., Paris May 9 and July 11, 1865; 2 1/2 pages in-8. Enclosed is a contemporary copy of a letter from Clemenceau as Mayor of the 18th arrondissement. Edition of his medical thesis. Clemenceau gives the Baillière booksellers the rights to print his "doctoral thesis in medicine entitled: De la génération des éléments anatomiques", in exchange for various works for 50 francs... Follows, on July 12, a receipt for two works on the nervous system and histology, with a request to send him the works by VIRCHOW, Pathologie cellulaire, and Claude BERNARD, Introduction à la médecine expérimentale, on publication; he gives his New York address. Enclosed is a contemporary copy of a letter from Clemenceau as Mayor of the 18th arrondissement, Mairie de la Butte-Montmartre (1 1/2 pages in-4 on headed paper), Paris December 30, 1870; during the siege of Paris, he addresses a "Citizen member of the Government", warning that his "war fund is empty", and complaining about Gustave Chaudey's conduct, pointing out that "the expenses of a sector arrondt are not the same as those of an interior arrondt", having to heat and light the posts... Etc.
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Georges CLEMENCEAU (1841-1929). P.A.S., Paris May 9 and July 11, 1865; 2 1/2 pages in-8.
Enclosed is a contemporary copy of a letter from Clemenceau as Mayor of the 18th arrondissement.
Edition of his medical thesis.
Clemenceau gives the Baillière booksellers the rights to print his "doctoral thesis in medicine entitled: De la génération des éléments anatomiques", in exchange for various works for 50 francs... Follows, on July 12, a receipt for two works on the nervous system and histology, with a request to send him the works by VIRCHOW, Pathologie cellulaire, and Claude BERNARD, Introduction à la médecine expérimentale, on publication; he gives his New York address.
Enclosed is a contemporary copy of a letter from Clemenceau as Mayor of the 18th arrondissement, Mairie de la Butte-Montmartre (1 1/2 pages in-4 on headed paper), Paris December 30, 1870; during the siege of Paris, he addresses a "Citizen member of the Government", warning that his "war fund is empty", and complaining about Gustave Chaudey's conduct, pointing out that "the expenses of a sector arrondt are not the same as those of an interior arrondt", having to heat and light the posts... Etc.
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