Vintage leather-bound autograph album, 6 x 4, signed inside by numerous important French scholars, scientists, politicians, and military and public figures, with many having signed on cards affixed to the pages, including: Emile Ripert (adding a six-line poem entitled ‘Toulon’); Albert Francois Lebrun; Louis Lumiere; Rene Waldeck–Rousseau; Charles-Edouard Brown-Sequard; Emile Picard; Jean–Martin Charcot; Jean Aicardi; Pierre Loti; Hubert Lyautey; Clara Longworth de Chambrun; Pierre Boisson; Georges Philippar; and Raoul Follereau. In very good to fine condition, with many pages separated from the binding.
