[Paul GACHET (1828–1909), physician and collector, patron of Van Gogh]. Collection of approximately 75 ephemera and 15 photographs, [circa 1850–1871]; in a reused cardboard slipcase. A curious collection of small documents. Transportation invoices and waybills; business cards; bulletins from the Compagnie générale des voitures in Paris and horse-drawn carriages, including fare schedules; a lottery ticket; a show program; letterhead papers (Office of the Prince President of the Republic); circulars; a Legitimist image; fashion illustrations; business cards (including Caumont, the Emperor’s hairdresser, Dr. Orfila, and the Siamese Twins); images of prize distributions; food ration cards from the Siege of Paris: bakery, butcher shop, rationing; an engraved image of “The Automated Writer, Draftsman, Calculator, and Musician”; etc. Some are in Gachet’s name: Swiss Postal Service bulletins (1854), admission card to the Masonic Conferences of the Grand Orient; calls for contributions, lodging receipts, and a hunting rifle registration form during the Paris Commune. Photographs (visiting-card size) of Napoleon III and Eugénie, Tom Pouce (Jean Hannema) with a promotional card, protagonists and victims of the Foederis Arca mutiny (1864, 2), view of Place Vendôme with the toppled column (and a pass), 2 photos of a soldier (one of which is colorized; possibly Gachet himself), fortifications during the Siege.