Gustave FLAUBERT Autographed letter signed with addition by Marcellin Berthelot

  
Autographed letter from Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) signed to Marcellin Berthelot with handwritten additions by Marcellin Berthelot. One page in-8 on blue paper. Fine restoration on the left margin. Unpublished letter in the correspondence of the Pléiade. One of the few that has survived from Gustave Flaubert to the great scientist who entered the Panthéon in 1907.

Size: 20.7 x 13.8 cm. I am taking care of you.

Tell me which members of the Academy of Sciences you are unsure about. Enclosed are the two vials I mentioned to you. [In the handwriting of Marcellin Berthelot:] Hydrate of ferruginous alum, mixed with some crystals of sea salt. Flaubert resided at 42 Boulevard du Temple from 1856 to 1869. He left this apartment for 4 Rue Murillo facing Parc Monceau. These two lines in the handwriting of Marcellin Berthelot are likely the results of chemical analysis of the two vials mentioned by Flaubert: "Mineral soap. Hydrate of ferruginous alum, mixed with some crystals of sea salt." Gustave Flaubert, who had connections with many scientists, repeatedly supported Marcellin Berthelot's academic endeavors with the Academy of Sciences. The latter awarded the scientist the Jocker Prize in 1861 for his research on the artificial reproduction of organic compounds through organic synthesis. Two years later, the main professors of the Collège de France and the members of the chemistry section of the Academy of Sciences requested the government to create a chair of organic chemistry at the Collège de France for the young preparator. The Minister of Public Instruction, Mr. Victor Duruy, welcomed this initiative, and on August 8, 1865, the chair was created, which Mr.

Berthelot occupied continuously since that time.