Autograph Letter by Camille Flammarion

Autograph Letter by the French astronomer Camille Flammarion (Montigny-le-Roi, 1842 - Juvisy-sur-Orge, 1925) from 1898.

Autograph letter signed “Flammarion” and dated “Paris le 5 déc 1898”. In this letter Flammarion addresses in French Pierre-Roger Des Varennes (1853 - ), writer and author of a Flammarion's biography: “…si j’ai un mérite, c’est de consacrer ma vie au progrès intellectuel de l’humanité, race encore bien barbare et bien sauvage…”. Flammarion takes advantage of the occasion to say: “…la nouvelle édition, gracieusement illustrée…de Lumen [histoire d’une comète] (1873) … et j’y ajoute les derniers Bulletins de la Société… car il me semble qu’il pourrait vous être agréable d’entrer dans ses rangs…”.

2 ½ pages. (13 cm x 21 cm), with front letter typewritten: “Société Astronomique de France”. In good conditions.

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Autograph Letter by the French astronomer Camille Flammarion (Montigny-le-Roi, 1842 - Juvisy-sur-Orge, 1925) from 1898.

Autograph letter signed “Flammarion” and dated “Paris le 5 déc 1898”. In this letter Flammarion addresses in French Pierre-Roger Des Varennes (1853 - ), writer and author of a Flammarion's biography: “…si j’ai un mérite, c’est de consacrer ma vie au progrès intellectuel de l’humanité, race encore bien barbare et bien sauvage…”. Flammarion takes advantage of the occasion to say: “…la nouvelle édition, gracieusement illustrée…de Lumen [histoire d’une comète] (1873) … et j’y ajoute les derniers Bulletins de la Société… car il me semble qu’il pourrait vous être agréable d’entrer dans ses rangs…”.

2 ½ pages. (13 cm x 21 cm), with front letter typewritten: “Société Astronomique de France”. In good conditions.

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SKU
T-127735
Artist
Camille Flammarion
Period
1890s
Signature
Hand Signed
Conditions
Good (minor cosmetic wear)
Writer/Sender
Camille Flammarion
Year
1898
Dimensions (cm)
21 x 13 x 0.1
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