SICARD, Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard dit l'abbé (1742-1822) - Lot 110

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SICARD, Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard dit l'abbé (1742-1822) - Lot 110
SICARD, Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard dit l'abbé (1742-1822), French ecclesiastic who devoted his life to the education of the deaf and dumb. Set of 2 L.A.S.the first addressed to Abbé Lecointre, the second to M. de Bouillé. S.l. and [Paris], September 15, 1816 and January 20, 1818. About his successor, Abbé Perrier. On the letterhead of "l'Institution royale des sourds-muets de naissance"; appointment at the library of the Institut; Sicard proposes to Bouillé "the person best suited to fulfill the views of his parents. It will be the greatest sacrifice on my part, the most important service I can render them [...]". Attached is a L.A.S. from Joseph-Marie de Gérando (1772-1842), French linguist, pedagogue and philanthropist, then chairman of the board of the Institution des sourds-muets de Paris. Letter addressed to Baron Charles Dupin, concerning the Institution des sourds-muets, and a sheet of illustrated manual alphabet (1861).
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