Miscellany: French language material, 19th-20th centuries

Material formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence, in alphabetical order.

Comprises the following:

MS.7317/1: Mariotte, Dr. (fl.1842); 1 autograph letter, signed, from Lieutenant-General Armedée Cubières (1786-1853) to Evrard de St. Jean, concerning Mariotte's request to be readmitted to the corps of military doctors. 1842.

MS.7317/2: Markuszewski, Michel (fl.1923), general practitioner; 1 autograph letter, signed, concerning a letter written by Dr. Gosselin (probably Léon Gosselin, 1815-1887). 1923.

MS.7317/3-5: Marmottan, Dr. (fl.1887-1889), physician and mayor of 16th arrondissement, Paris; 2 autograph letters, signed, and one visiting card with autograph note, signed, the last addressed to Mons. Viollet-Leduc. 1887-1889.

MS.7317/6-7: Marquais, Jean Théodore (1760-1818), military surgeon, Charité Hospital; 1 autograph prescription, signed, and manuscript obituary. 1806-1818.

MS.7317/8: Marquand, Dr. (fl.1838), Paris physician; 1 autograph letter, signed. 1838.

MS.7317/9-11: Marsoulan, Henry Thomas (b.1839), Parisian municipal councillor; 2 autograph letters, signed, and extract from newspaper outlining Marsoulan's career. Marsoulan was a founder of colleges and of workshops for the disabled.1880-1881.

MS.7317/12-13: de Martel, Thierry (1876-1940), neuro-surgeon; 2 autograph letters, signed. 1929.

MS.7317/14: Martin, Dr. (fl.1828); 1 autograph letter, signed, concerning his poems. 1828.

MS.7317/15-16: Martin, Dr. Aimé (fl.1878-1879); 2 autograph letters, signed. 1878-1879.

MS.7317/17: Martin, Dr. F. (fl.1884); 1 autograph letter, signed. 1884.

MS.7317/18-21: Martin, Dr. Georges (fl.1885-1886), senator; 4 autograph letters, signed, concerning the hygiene of cemetaries and the nomination of Ferdinand de Lesseps to the Senate. 1885-1886.

MS.7317/22: Martin, Honoré (fl.1828), geologist; 1 autograph letter, signed, with autograph endorsement by Mons. Brusson, manufacturing chemist and naturalist, concerning specimens. 1828.

MS.7317/23: Martin, P. (fl.1818), Secrétaire perpétuel de la Société Royale pour l'encouragement des sciences des lettres et des Arts de la ville d'Arras; 1 autograph letter, signed, to the Chevalier Alleut, announcing his nomination as a member of the society, plus certificate of membership, printed with manuscript insertions. 1818.

MS.7317/24: Martin, Stanislas (fl.1853-1873), pharmacist; Printed subscription form, with autograph insertions and signature, for 1 copy of the Dictionnaire des Médecins-Poètes de la France . 1873.

MS.7317/25: Martin Saint Ange, Gaspard Joseph (b.1803), scientist; 1 autograph letter, signed. 1843.

MS.7317/26-35: Martin-Solon, Ferdinand (1795-1856); 8 autograph letters, signed, to various corresponents 1839-1851 and n.d. (nos.26-33); 2 prescriptions, n.d. (nos.34-35). 1839-1851.

MS.7317/36-39: Mascart, Éleuthère Élie Nicolas (1837-1908), physicist:; 4 autograph notes, signed. 1862-1895.

MS.7317/40: Mascart, Jean (fl.1871), astronomer; 1 autograph letter, signed. c.1871.

MS.7317/41: Maspéro, Sir Gaston Camille Charles (1846-1916), Egyptologist; 1 autograph letter, signed, enclosing details of the restoration of the Temple of Luxor by Jean Marie Philippe Albert Gayet. 1887.

MS.7317/42: Massart, Jean (fl.1921); 1 autograph postcard, signed. 1921.

MS.7317/43-44: de Massary, Ernest (fl.1915), doctor at the Hôpital Lariboisière; 1 autograph letter, signed, concerning cold bath treatment, and 1 visiting card with autograph note. 1915.

MS.7317/45: Masson, Antoine (1806-1860), physicist; 1 autograph letter, signed. 19th Century.

MS.7317/46: Mathesius, C. Frédéric (fl.1813), physician to the hospital at Naumburg, Prussia; Certificate concerning Joseph Gabriel Pierre, infantry lieutenant, wounded at the battle of Lützen. 1813.

MS.7317/47: Mathieu, Dr. (fl.1850), member of Frech Academy of Medicine; 1 autograph letter, signed. 1850.

MS.7317/48-52: Mathieu, Albert (1855-1917), specialist in neurasthenia; 4 autograph letters, signed, and 1 autograph postcard, signed. 1909-1916.

MS.7317/53-57: Mathieu, Claude Louis (1783-1875), astronomer; 3 autograph letters, signed, 1838-1845 (nos.53-55); 1 government document concerning application by Claude Martin for a post, signed by various persons including Mathieu, 1843 (no.56); printed biographical details of Mathieu, mounted, n.d. (no.57). 1838-1845.

MS.7317/58: Mathieu de la Drôme, Philippe Antoine (1808-1865), politician; 1 autograph letter, signed, plus small printed cartoon of frogs presenting wreaths to Mathieu, and printed outline of his life. 1853.

MS.7317/59-64: Mathieu de Dombasle (1777-1843), Christophe Joseph Alexandre, agriculturalist; 5 autograph letters, signed, 1817-1831 and n.d. (nos.59-63); note of agricultural process described by Dombasle in journal Cultivation, 1836-1837 (no.64). 1817-1831.

MS.7317/65-70: Mathon, Dr. (fl. 1871-1876), Beaune physician; 6 autograph letters, signed. 1871-1876.

MS.7317/71: Mauban, René Marie (b.1768), physician; Certificate, signed, attesting to examining Philibert Joseph Jean Caumier. 1813.

MS.7317/72-91: Mauclaire, Placide (b.1863), orthopaedic surgeon; 20 autograph notes to La Presse Médicale concerning forthcoming lectures at the Pitié and Charité Hospitals. 1919.

MS.7317/92: Mauffler, A. (fl. 1865), doctor at Guadaloupe; 1 autograph letter, signed, to the Colonial Ministry. 1865.

MS.7317/93: Maugras, Dr. (fl.1802); Certificate, signed, attesting to examining Jean Charles Mel. 1802.

MS.7317/94: Maunoir, Charles Théophile (1770-1830), Swiss-born surgeon, brother of Jean Pierre Maunoir (no.95).; "Observations sur une blessure de l'artère axillaire gauche..." 19th century

MS.7317/95: Maunoir, Jean Pierre (1768-1861), Swiss-born surgeon and ophthalmologist, brother of Charles Théophile Maunoir (see no.94).; 1 autograph letter, signed. 19th century

MS.7317/96: Maurel, Professor (fl.1917), Professor of Medicine, Toulouse; 1 autograph letter, signed. 1917.

MS.7317/97: Maurin, Dr. Alcide (fl.1868); 1 autograph letter, signed. 1868.

MS.7317/98-100: Mauvais, Félix Victor (1809-1854), astronomer; 1 signature and 2 autograph letters, signed. 1848-1850.

MS.7317/101-102: Mayet, Dr. (fl.1867), pathologist, Lyon; 2 autograph letters, signed. c.1867.

MS.7317/103: Maygrier, Charles (b.1849), professor of obstetrics; 1 autograph letter, signed, found in a copy of Accouchers et sages-femmes célébres: esquisses biographiques (1891?) by Gustave Joseph Witkowski (1844-1923) to Witkowski setting out his relationship to various figures in the book. For other documents relating to G.J. Witkowski see MSS.5036-5088. 1891.

MS.7317/104-107: Mayor, Mathieu Louis (1775-c.1847), Swiss surgeon; 4 autograph letters, signed. 1829-1833.

MS.7317/108: Maysonnable, Dr. (fl.1809); 1 autograph letter, signed. 1809.

MS.7317/109: Mechin, Baron Alexandre Edmé (1762-1849), politician; 1 autograph letter, signed, to the Minister of War. 1821.

MS.7317/110: Mège, Dr. (fl.1843), friend of Talleyrand; 1 autograph letter, signed. 1843.

MS.7317/111: Meige, Henry (1866-1940), anatomist, Editor of the Nouvelle Iconographie de la Salpêtrière and the Revue Neurologique; 1 autograph letter, signed, excusing himself from writing on the iconography of the leper. 1930.

MS.7317/112-114: Meilhac, Paul (fl.1865), physician of Argentat (Corrèze); 2 autograph letters, signed; also (no. 114) one fragment, signed, apparently by a different, earlier person of the same surname and town. Subjects mentioned include paralysis of the pharynx, catalepsy, geology and observation of the sun. 1865.

MS.7317/115-116: Meillière, Mons. (fl.1914), hydrotherapist; Manuscript note announcing Mellière's presentation of two reports to the Académie de Médecine, and notes on the chemical composition of various mineral waters. c.1914.

MS.7317/117-124: Meillon, A.E. (fl.1901), Belgian balneologist at the Établissement Hospitalier de Cauterets; 1 autograph letter, signed (no. 117), 1 printed invitation to a dance with manuscript insertions and evelope (no. 118), 1 printed prospectus for the hospital at Cauterets (no. 119), 5 autograph prescriptions, signed (nos. 120-124). All material sent to Mons. Hippert. 1901.

MS.7317/125-131: Mélier, François (1798-1866), physician and writer on hygiene; 7 autograph letters, signed. 1846-1857.

MS.7317/132: Méline, Félix Jules (1838-1925), politician; 1 autograph letter, signed, to Dr. Lietard. 1879.

MS.7317/133: Ménard, Louis (1822-1901), scientist, artist, poet, discoverer of collodeon; Autograph poem, "Le Soir". 19th century.

MS.7317/134: Ménard de la Groye, François Jean Baptiste (1775-1827), geologist and palaeozoologist; 1 autograph letter, signed, written in Milan and describing travels in France, Germany and Switzerland. 1812.

MS.7317/135: Mendelhof, Dr. (unidentified, Russian); 1 autograph letter in French, signed, inviting the apparently French recipient to dine with him. 19th century.

MS.7317/136: Menessier, Mons. (fl.1860), physician to Prince Napoleon (later Napoleon III); 1 autograph letter, signed. 1860.

MS.7317/137-140: Menière, Émile A. (1839-1905), otologist, son of the otologist Prosper Menière (see nos.141-147); 3 autograph letters, signed, and 1 printed visiting card. 1889-1897.

MS.7317/141-147: Menière, Prosper (1799-1862), otologist, father of the otologist Émile. A. Menière (see nos.137-140); 5 autograph letters, signed (no. 141 describing travels through Germany), 1 autograph prescription, 1 autograph medical opinion. 1851-1861.

MS.7317/148: Mequignon, P.A. (fl.1851), Dijon surgeon-dentist; 1 autograph letter, signed. 1851.

MS.7317/149-153: Mérat de Vaumartoise, François Victor (1780-1851), medical writer and botanist; 4 autograph letters, signed, and 1 manuscript certificate concerning a case of epilepsy, signed by Mérat, Dubois (possibly Antoine Dubois, 1756-1837) and Henri Marie Husson (1772-1853). 1828-1850.

MS.7317/154-159: de Méric, Victor, F.R.C.S. (1811-1876), surgeon to German and Royal Free Hospitals, London, President of the Medical Society of London; 4 autograph letters, signed (no. 154 in English and concerning a testimonial for Thomas Madden Stone of the Royal College of Surgeons Library), 1 manuscript list of books, 1 manuscript note apparently recording money spent. 1853-1854.

MS.7317/160-162: Mérimée, Jean François (1775-1836), painter and chemist, father of the otologist Prosper Mérimée (see nos. 141-147); 3 autograph letters, signed. 1824-1830.

MS.7317/163-164: Merklen, P. (fl.1921), Professor of Surgery, Strasbourg; 1 autograph letter, signed 1921. Also certificate that a woman has been treated for hepatic colic, signed by possibly a different P. Merklen. 1889.

MS.7317/165-172: de Merolla, Ernest (fl.1848-1852); 8 autograph letters, signed. 1848-1852.

MS.7317/173-190: Merthes, Dr. (fl.1801-1805); 18 prescriptions. 1801-1805.

MS.7317/191: Mesnet, Ernest Urbain (1825-1898), specialist in mental illness; 1 autograph letter, signed. 1867.

MS.7317/192-195: Mettais, Dr. H. (fl.1873-1880); 3 autograph letters, signed, plus printed subscription form, with autograph insertions and signature, for 1 copy of the Dictionnaire des Médecins-Poètes de la France . 1873-1880.

MS.7317/196-203: Mettemberg, Joseph (fl.1804-1839), military surgeon, inventor of "Eau de Mettemberg" against psoriasis; 8 official letters, to and from Mettemberg. 1804-1839.

MS.7317/204-205: de Metz, Mons. (fl.1841-1842), philanthropist; 2 autograph letters, signed. 1841-1842.

MS.7317/206-208: Meugur, Dr. (fl.1912-1913); 3 autograph letters, signed. 1912-1913.

MS.7317/209-234: Meulsant, Mons. (fl.1841-1866), botanist and librarian, Lyon; 26 autograph letters, signed, to Mons. le Mercier at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. 1841-1866.

MS.7317/235-237: Meunier, Amédée Victor (1817-1903), naturalist, director of La France Scientifique; 3 autograph letters, signed. 1871.

MS.7317/238-243: Meunier, Étienne Stanislas (b.1843), naturalist, geologist; 5 autograph letters, signed, plus 1 undated printed summary of Meunier's career. 1871-1913.

MS.7317/244: Meuriot, André Isidore (fl.1887), of the Maison de Santé du Dr. Blanche; 1 autograph letter, signed. 1887.

MS.7317/245: Meux, Lucien (fl. c.1910), medical writer for Le Correspondant Médical; 1 autograph letter, signed, to Gustave Joseph Witkowski (1844-1923), concerning a biography and a bad review. For other documents relating to G.J. Witkowski see MSS. 5036-5088. c.1910.

MS.7317/246: Micé, Dr. L. (fl.1872), Bordeaux; 1 autograph letter, signed. 1872.

1801-1930

1 file (in 5 parts)

Most items purchased in Paris: from Charavay, between December 1927 and April 1936 (acc.55098, 55099, 63700, 64700, 64715, 64716, 67097, 67129, 67372, 67374, 67375, 68515, 69128, 69220 and 69426); from Desgranges, between July 1930 and April 1933 (acc.63453, 63459, 64689, 64702, 65635, 65659 and 66041); either from Desgranges, Paris, January 1936 or Glendining, London, circa 1932 (acc.69292); from an unknown vendor in Paris, April 1930 (acc.67391). Other sources include: purchased from Sotheby's, London, November 1933 (acc.67473); presented by Boulangé, January 1928 (acc.67389); found in a copy of Accouchers et sages-femmes célébres: esquisses biographiques [1891?] by Gustave Joseph Witkowski, purchased from Le François, Paris, c.1930 (acc.55101). Accession details of a few items not recorded.

Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.