French historian and librarian (1826-1910). Autograph visiting card. N. p. Visiting card format. 3 lines.
$ 93 / 80 €
(45128/BN31200)
To congratulate the economist Alfred de Foville on his election as perpetual secretary of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques: "[Léopold Delisle] applaudit à la nomination du nouveau secrétaire perpétuel. Le vide effrayant qui s'était produit à la Commission centrale administrative ne pouvait pas être plus heureusement comblé". - On printed visiting card with mourning border. Marked with an X in black ink, possibly by the recipient following Delisle's death in 1910.