FLAMMARION CAMILLE: (1842-1925) French Astronomer, and prolific Author. A fine A.L.S., `Flammarion´, one page, small 4to, Paris, 24th March 1909, ...

PARMENTIER ANTOINE AUGUSTIN: (1737-1813) French Agronomist well remembered for promoting the potato as a food source in France and Europe. Among h...

GRAY JOHN EDWARD: (1800-1875) British zoologist and philatelist. A.L.S., J. E. Gray, three pages, 8vo, Brit[ish] Mus[eum], (London), 9th June 1857...

LEVI-STRAUSS CLAUDE: (1908-2009) French anthropologist and ethnologist. T.L.S., Claude Levi-Strauss, one page, 8vo, Paris, 27th July 1956, to 'Mon...

PEIXOTO JULIO AFRANIO: (1876-1947) Brazilian physician, writer, politician & historian. Manuscript D.S., Afranio Peixoto, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d...

BESSEMER HENRY: (1813-1898) Englis inventor whose steel making process would become the most important technique for making steel in the 19th cent...

GILLES DE LA TOURETTE GEORGES: (1857-1904) French neurologist and the namesake of Tourette syndrome, whose main contributions in medicine were in ...

MCCULLOCH JOHN RAMSAY: (1789-1864) Scottish economist and author. A brief A.L.S., J. R. McCulloch, one page, 8vo, Southampton Street, Fitzroy Squa...

HUMBOLDT ALEXANDER VON: (1769-1859) German polymath, geographer, naturalist and explorer. A.L.S., Alexander Humboldt, one page, 8vo, n.p., (Paris)...

‘If you do not think it appropriate to grant me this favour, allow me, Monsignor, to try to drag myself along with my crutches and drop myself at...

SCORESBY WILLIAM: (1789-1857) English Arctic Explorer and Scientist. A very fine A.L.S., `Wm. Scoresby´, two pages, 8vo, Field House, 9th October ...

LANDER RICHARD: (1804-1834) English Explorer. Lander and his brother were the first Europeans to follow the course of the river Niger and discover...

CHARCOT JEAN BAPTISTE: (1867-1936) French Polar Scientist and Doctor. A.L.S., `J.B.Charcot´, one page, 4to, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 25th January 1912, ...