Marconi invites ta physicist to “read a paper on Spectroscopy and Nuclear Moments”

184. Guglielmo Marconi Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “G. Marconi,” one page, 8 x 10, Reale Accademie d’Italia letterhead, June 3, 1931. Letter to physicist Samuel Goudsmit at the University of Michigan. In part: “I have to thank you for your kind acceptance of our invitation to the Meeting of Physics promoted by the ‘Volta Foundation’ and have much pleasure in informing you that the said Meeting will be held in Rome…In this connection I beg to inquire whether you would be willing to read a paper on Spectroscopy and Nuclear Moments…An early notice of your readiness to write the above paper would be greatly appreciated.” In fine condition, with a few light creases. Starting Bid $200

183. Guglielmo Marconi Document Signed. Partly-printed DS in Italian, one page, 11.75 x 15.75, September 15, 1932. As president of the National Research Council of Italy, Marconi nominates Prof. Vittorio Villavecchia to be a member of the “Comitato Nazionale delle Materie Prime.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by Guglielmo Marconi and countersigned by the secretary general. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

187. Henri Poincare Autograph Letter Signed. French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher of science (18541912) who famously formulated the ‘Poincare Conjecture,’ which went unsolved for nearly a century. ALS in French, signed “Poincare,” one page, 4.5 x 7, no date. Untranslated handwritten letter by the celebrated mathematician. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

185. Guglielmo Marconi Signed Photograph. Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Marconi in a head-andshoulders pose, neatly signed in fountain pen, “G. Marconi.” In fine condition, with some creasing toward the bottom edge. Starting Bid $200

186. Louis Pasteur Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 5.25 x 8, October 19, 1886. Handwritten letter by the important French chemist and microbiologist, with a reference to his groundbreaking studies on beer yeast in the final line. In part (translated): “On Tuesday the second I will ask to read a note immediately after the correspondence and I will run then to the Academy of Medicine to make the same reading at the time that the Bureau will indicate to me. The subscription has been very successful and has reached one million seven hundred francs. The English brewers are moving in recognition for the studies of the principals of their art.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

188. Carl Jung Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in German, signed “Dr. C. G. Jung,” penned on a 5.75 x 4 postal card that is postmarked at Küsnacht, Zurich in Switzerland, on July 14, 1926. A brief untranslated handwritten letter addressed to “Frau E. Linder-Preiswerk”; the latter surname was the maiden name of Jung’s mother, Emilie Preiswerk, who passed in 1923. In fine condition, with a central vertical fold. Starting Bid $200

189. Monaldo Leopardi Letter Signed. Italian philosopher, nobleman, politician, and writer (1776–1847) notable as one of the main Italian intellectuals of the counter-revolution and as the father of Giacomo Leopardi. LS in Italian, signed “Monaldo Leopardi,” one page, 8.5 x 12.75, September 22, 1846. Untranslated letter to a gentleman in Macerata. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and light foxing. Starting Bid $200

Scarce page from Rousseau’s lost work on the history of women

190. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Handwritten Manuscript. Unsigned handwritten manuscript by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, one page, 7.5 x 10, no date. An untranslated page from a projected work on the history of women that Rousseau undertook at the insistence of his patron Mme. Dupin, when he was employed as her secretary. The text contains an interesting reference to prostitution. In fine condition, with light edge toning. Starting Bid $200