Lot 195
Becquerel, Henri. "La radio-activité de la matière". In Le Radium (Publication Mensuelle) 1re Année, No. 1. Paris: Paul Dupont, January 1904. Photographic illustrations in text, including portraits of the Curies and Becquerel, and seven figures illustrating Becquerel's text. Original pictorial front wrapper inlaid. The first number of the earliest specialist radium journal, edited by Henri Farjas and containing an abridged version of Becquerel's important paper, "La radio-activité de la matière." It also includes a notice of the Nobel Prize shared by Becquerel and the Curies a few weeks before publication of the journal, a notice of Marie Curie's receipt of the 1903 Prix Osiris, and the famous 1904 photograph of the couple in their laboratory on the rue Lhomond. Additionally, instructions are given on the inside cover ("Avis Important") on how and where to send mineral samples to find out if they contain radium or possibly uranium or polonium. Housed in a custom-made black cloth case with red and gilt label on spine.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000.
Ex Christies, Oct. 4, 2002, Lot 13. Price realized was $2400.
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