MDH 129
Rare collection of 45 Italian fascist period postcards and stamp booklets and adverts raising money to fight tuberculosis. Dated between 1933-1940, a number of both famous and obscure artists, such as Peppino Piccolo, Della Torre, Busi, Giueppe Casolaro, Antonio Venturini, Marina Battigelli, Giuseppi Latini, Marinetti, Petri and others. These materials are highly sought after by collectors.
Price: $4000.00
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MDH 128
Rare set of 8 Italian fascist period cardboard anti-tuberculosis adverts. Some important artists such as Mosca, Martinati, Pieratti, and others.
Price: $1900.00
MDH 127
Set of 5 early French gastronomy postcards using a child as the butcher.
Price: $150.00
MDH 126
A numbered copy of Album de Magie Moderne, by Andre Mayette. Only 3 European libraries hold this.
Price: $600.00
MDH 125
MDH 125
Photo album belonging to a German doctor assigned to a Mission hospital in China, late 19th century. Shows the hospital (indicating his office and operating room), local nurses, Chinese women with bound feet, performing an operation. Captions on reverse. The album was passed to his heirs living in Salem, Massachusetts, who posted photos inside from the turn of the century to 1923. 7 photos in China and 45 photos in the US, plus 2 greeting cards.
Price: $400.00
MDH 120
MDH 120Fascinating archive from the estate of Jean Pierre Freulon, who was the key person responsible for establishing a prosthetic workshop in Laos in 1959. He returned to help establish the Centre D’Orthopedie du Laos in the early 1960’s. Over 130 unique photos and an archive of correspondence from 1960-1963 between Freulon and the Laotian authorities as well as various French government ministries, correspondence with the director of the Bureau des Anciens Combattants, job descriptions for positions the government was seeking to fill, the list of 14 top Laotian government and military personnel meeting with Freulon, list of amputees by province, some letters marked TOP SECRET or CONFIDENTIAL, minutes of the meeting of the Rotary Club of Phnom-Penh held on March 24, 1971, May 26, 1971 and June 4, 1971, a list of designated suppliers and supplies showing contract amounts, a 6 page technical notice relating to the services to the Centre de Readaptation, photos of the small model of the new Center. The photos all focus on the production of prosthetics and rehabilitation as well as a visit by Bob Evans from the Asia Foundation. Prince Souvanna Phouma, premier of Loas, attends the opening of the Centre. The archive measures 26cm in height. A rare subject on the eve of US involvement in Vietnam.
Price: $9000.00
MDH 119
Photo album for teaching the anatomy of a horse: angiology, neurology and myology. 132 photos in all.
Price: $1000.00
MDH 118
Album de l'internat 1904-1905. Offert par la cie des eaux minerales de pougues et de carabana. Official album sponsored by the mineral water company of pougues and carabana. 29 photos of named interns at different hospitals, with a few photos at the back promoting the sponsor. It is an official album with the name of the owner, M. Esmein, inscribed on the cover.
Price: $1000.00
MDH 108
Collection “L’essentiel”. Mon Memento de Sciences. Ecoles Rurales de Garcons. Issued during the Vichy regime, it is intended to teach the basics of practical science across a wide range of interests.
Price: $180.00
MDH 105
French cardboard poster concerning tuberculosis. B
Price: $180.00