Jean-Sylvain BAILLY (1736-1793) scholar and astronomer, firs - Lot 148

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Jean-Sylvain BAILLY (1736-1793) scholar and astronomer, firs - Lot 148
Jean-Sylvain BAILLY (1736-1793) scholar and astronomer, first mayor of Paris, he was guillotined. 3 L.A., 3 P.S., and 3 letters to him, 1791-1793. 3 L.A., 1791-1792 (3 p. in-8 or in-4). September 22, 1791, about two substitute positions at the tribunal de cassation. December 11, 1792, minute of letter about the accounts of the Municipality. December 27, 1792, minute of letter to ROLAND about the accounts of the Municipality of Paris which have not yet been examined; Bailly thus delays his trip to Paris... * 3 P.S., Nantes 1792-1793; certificates of residence established by the Municipality of Nantes (stamps, numerous signatures) at the time of the arrival of Bailly in Nantes in October 1792; he resides initially Cours Saint-André then Rue Vignolle; one of the documents carries his description: "aged fifty six years, wearing a wig, height of five feet eight inches, long and thin figure, long and aquillain nose, eyes, hair, beard and gray eyebrows" (one attaches 2 other unsigned certificates). * 3 L.A.S. from Louis TASSIN to Bailly, December 11, 1792-June 19, 1793 (6 p. in-4, adr.), about the auditing of the accounts of the Municipality of Paris after the administration of Bailly (plus various documents). Attached is a printed booklet (in-8): Procès de Jean-Silvain Bailly, Ex-Maire de Paris... Former Patrice Hennessy collection.
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