Portal, Baron Antoine (1742-1832), anatomist, physician to Louis XVIII and Charles X, medical historian

Material formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence. Comprised of the following:

MS.7418/1-15: Letters, mainly autograph, signed by Portal, 1795-1831

MS.7418/16: Letter to the Minister of War, with autograph endorsement by Portal, 1822

MS.7418/17-26: Medical certificates, signed by Portal with other medical men, 1799-1829

MS.7418/27: Account of medical service performed, signed by Portal, 1778

MS.7418/28-31: Autograph notes by Portal on medical cases, 1797-1828

MS.7418/32: Autograph note by Portal on medical progress, 18th century - 19th century

MS.7418/33: Manuscript note of proceedings of a special sitting of the Société Académique de Médecine, on the relation of that group with the Académie, 1810

MS.7418/34: Manuscript note on Portal's published work, author unknown, 19th century

MS.7418/35: Dealer or collector's note on Portal and on some of the items listed above, 19th century

1778-1831

1 file

Purchased from: Charavay, Paris, December 1927 (acc.67371), August 1928 (acc.48654), October 1928 / April 1929 (acc.63700), June 1929 (acc.67382), October 1931 (acc.64700), January 1933 (acc.66024), 1935 (acc.68515); H. Barral, Montpellier, June 1928 (acc.57024); Sotheby's, London, November 1928 (acc.56133) and November 1933 (acc.67469); an unknown vendor, Paris, April 1930 (acc.67391); R. Bonnet, Viroflay, November 1930 (acc.63439); Heck, Vienna, August 1932 (acc.65895); probably Desgranges or Charavay, Paris, circa October 1933 (acc.66365).

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.