Bidspirit auction | LUMIERE LOUIS: (1864-1948)

LUMIERE LOUIS: (1864-1948) - LUMIERE LOUIS: (1864-1948) French engineer who, with his brother Auguste, played a key role in the development of photography and cinema, inventing a successful animated photographic camera and projection device known as the cinematograph. A.L.S., Louis Lumiere , two pages (written to the first and fourth sides of the bifolium), 8vo, Cours Gambetta (Lyon), 2nd November 1921, to a doctor, in French. Lumiere informs his correspondent that he will be in Paris on the 7th & 8th November, adding ´Je vous serais très obligé de vouloir bien me fixer un rendez-vous pour l´examen de mes cordes vocales´ (Translation: ´I would be very grateful if you could arrange an appointment for me to have my vocal cords examined´ ) and further writing ´Je serai libre le lundi matin à partir de 9 heures et demi (j´arriverai à Paris par le train de nuit) et toute la journée du mardi jusqu´à 17h - car je compte reprendre le train du soir pour rentrer à Lyon et vous prie de réserver l´après-midi du lundi car Je désire assister à la séance de l´académie des sciences. Voulez-vous avoir l´obligeance de me fixer par un mot, par retour de courrier?´ (Translation: ´I will be available on Monday morning from 9:30 a.m. (I will arrive in Paris by night train) and all day Tuesday until 5 p.m., as I plan to take the evening train back to Lyon. Please reserve Monday afternoon for me, as I would like to attend the Academy of Sciences session. Would you be so kind as to confirm this by return of post?´ ). A few small, light traces of former mounting to the right edge of the final page, only very slightly touching a few words of text and not the signature, otherwise VG