Alphonse-Eugène Hubert (1797-1841) - Lot 1

Alphonse-Eugène Hubert (1797-1841) A collection of documents on photography and the life and activities of Eugène Hubert, 1836-1841. - Alphonse-Eugène Hubert (1797-1841) The daguerreotype considered from an artistic, mechanical and picturesque point of view. By an amateur. Paris, 1840. Autograph manuscript bearing the author's monogram, 36 pages. 31 x 21 cm - Charles Farcy (1792-1867) Letter addressed to Eugène Hubert evoking Louis Daguerre's reaction to Hubert's publication in Le Journal des artistes, c. 1836. Autograph manuscript leaf folded in two. 16 x 20 cm - Alphonse-Eugène Hubert (1797-1841) M. H. Fizeau's process for fixing photographic images. Extract from a paper he presented to the Académie des Sciences in August 1840. Autograph manuscript, 8 pages. 21 x 16 cm - Alphonse-Eugène Hubert (1797-1841) Compte-rendu des séances de l'Académie des Sciences, January 6, 13, 20. February 10, 24. March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. May 25, 27, 1840. Autograph manuscripts, 28 pages. - Unidentified sender Letter to Eugène Hubert requesting material for a scientific experiment, January 6, 1841. Autograph manuscript leaf folded in two. 21.5 x 27 cm - Alphonse-Eugène Hubert (1797-1841) Letter to President Lamoignon announcing the shipment of his photographic process, n.d. Autograph manuscript leaflet. 16 x 21 cm - Alphonse-Eugène Hubert (1797-1841) Drafts and texts on the invention of sundials, n.d. Three (3) autograph manuscript leaves. 32.5 x 20.5 cm - Alphonse-Eugène Hubert (1797-1841) Letter concerning an architectural project (recipient unknown), May 6, 1834. Autograph manuscript sheet. 26 x 21 cm - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis (1792-1843) Letter addressed to Eugène Hubert for the loan of a photographic print reproducing a lithograph or a second depicting a crouching Venus, November 27, 1839. Autograph manuscript leaf folded in two. 20 x 25.5 cm - M. Brilland Letter to Eugène Hubert thanking him for his photographic portrait, November 15, 1839. Autograph manuscript leaf folded in two. 22 x 33 cm - Noël-Paymal Lerebours (1807-1873) Letter to Eugène Hubert about the commission for a darkroom, December 20. Autograph manuscript sheet. 16 x 21 cm - Alfred Donné (1801-1878) Letter addressed to M. Soleil for the loan of the bust of François Arago belonging to Eugène Hubert, n.d. Autograph manuscript leaf folded in two. 17 x 21.5 cm - Alfred Arago (1815-1892) Letter to Eugène Hubert about his brother's production of a proof of a bust of François Arago. Autograph manuscript leaf. 21 x 13.5 cm - Louis-Isidore Duperrey (1786-1865) Communication à la société philomatique sur la provenance de l'astrolabe présenté à l'Académie des sciences le 15 février 1841, February 27, 1841. Autograph manuscript leaf folded in two. 37 x 24 cm - Three volumes: - Abbé de Vertot, Révolutions de Portugal, Paris, Imprimeur Delalain, 1805 (handwritten note from Eugène Hubert's schoolteacher certifying 1st prize in spelling). - Joseph-Aimable Grégoire, Itinéraire de l'artiste et de l'étranger dans les églises de Paris, Paris, Chez l'auteur, 1833. - Constantin Dubos, Les fleurs idylles morales, Paris, Léopold Collin, 1808 (handwritten note certifying Eugène Hubert's 1st prize in arithmetic). - Documents and personal items Red leather binder containing a blank notebook. Brown leather organizer pouch with brass clasp. Lithographic herbarium plate. Element of the Hubert family tree. Authorization to wear a national guard decoration. Permit to carry hunting weapons for the Aube department.