Archaeologists, historians and scholars.... - Lot 215 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

Archaeologists, historians and scholars. 33 letters. - Alfred-Louis Delattre (1850-1932), missionary of the White Fathers and archaeologist, he spent more than fifty years of his life exploring the archaeological site of Carthage, particularly the necropolises and early Christian basilicas. 5 L.A.S. to the president of an archaeological society. Carthage and Saint-Louis-de-Carthage, February-May 1898. 14 pp. in-8. Headings of the Museum of Carthage and the Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) - primatial of Carthage. Archaeology in North Africa. Exchanges about the printing of a notice on the excavations of Carthage: sending of proofs, reprints, invitation to an assembly, correction of errors in the plates [In 1898, he published several notices on the excavations of Carthage]. In 1898 he published several notices on the Carthage excavations]. "If you send me a proof of the separate edition, as I have asked you to do, I would be grateful if you could tell me what the printer's opinion is. In any case, I would like to indicate underneath each item the Punic Necropolis from which it came out []". A final letter is dedicated to the death of the archaeologist Louis Demaeght (1831-1898), to whom he pays tribute. Enclosed is a brochure with an autograph signed by Father Delattre: Une Favissa à Carthage - Demeter figurines and votive incense burner. 12 pp. in-8. - Marcel Bouteron (1877-1962), librarian and historian of literature, specialist of Balzac. 13 L.A.S. in Boutillier du Retail, archivist in Troyes. 1904-1941. 17 pp. in-8. A draft reply and a letter from Louis Barthou are attached to the same. - 15 letters from historians, orientalists, numismatists and scholars of the 19th century: Émile Egger, Benjamin Gérard (2, one of which is of interest to Jules Desnoyers), François Just Marie Raynouard (2, letterhead of the Academy), Marcotte (letterhead of the Commission des Monnaies et Médailles, 1852, on the manufacture and distribution of test coins), Joseph Naudet (2, letterhead of the Bibliothèqu