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Document 23791

JEAN J. JUSSERAND. ANS: "Multi pertransibunt et augebitur scientia/(Bacon)/Jusserand", 1p, 6½x4¼. The Latin quotation is from one of Francis Bacon's works and means "Many shall pass through and learning shall be increased". Lightly creased, not at signature, else fine condition. With his 4x2 card engraved "L'Ambassadeur de France", upon which Jusserand has written "with sincere compliments/from". Fine condition. Jusserand served as France's Ambassador to the United States from 1902-1925. He was awarded the first Pulitzer Prize for History in 1917 for With Americans of Past and Present Days. Two items.

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