Claude Anthime CORBON (1808-1891). French sculptor and polit - Lot 24

Claude Anthime CORBON (1808-1891). French sculptor and politician. A Saint-Simonian, he was mayor of the 15th arrondissement during the 1870-71 war, and later a senator. - L.a.s. " A. Corbon" Paris November 9, 1878, 3 PP. in-8 A long, beautiful letter about sculpture, but also about atheism and religious beliefs. Henri MARTIN (1810-1886). Republican and freethinker, he was editor-in-chief of Le Siècle. He was mayor of Paris's 16th arrondissement in 1870, and again from 1880 to 1883. Elected to the Académie française to replace Adolphe Thiers. - Set of documents concerning his teaching appointments, including a letter signed by Minister Hippolyte CARNOT appointing him to teach a course in modern history at the Faculté des lettres in Paris, in May 1848. - L.a.s. "H. Martin" Paris January 19 (1882) 2 pp. in-12. Short letter addressed to Léon GAMBETTA: "... You alone can pull us out of this crisis out of all proportion to its causes and so dangerous ... Yours sincerely. H. Martin. Provenance: - Estate of Henri MARTIN (1810-1886). - By descent to the present day