6 albums of miscellaneous correspondence relating... Lot 2

6 albums of miscellaneous correspondence relating to the Royal Numismatic Society of Belgium and its journal, bibliophily, the history of Hainaut and other related subjects. 19th c. Various sizes, on paper, in French, with the exception of a few letters in Dutch (various cond.). Black half-percaline with corners. 5 folders for Belgian correspondents, 1 for foreigners, i.e. ± 640 letters mostly addressed to Renier Chalon by ± 525 correspondents! Qqs names : Louis and Frédéric Alvin, curators at the Royal Library of Belgium; Jean-Olivier Andries, former member of the National Congress; Alphonse Balat, architect to Leopold II; Jules Bara, Minister of Justice; Auguste Bernard, Parisian historian; Jacques-Charles Brunet, French bibliographer; Ulysse Capitaine, Liège scholar; Hendrik Conscience, Flemish litterateur; Victor de Buck, bollandist; Théodore de Jonghe, bibliophile; Prince Alfred-Emmanuel de Croÿ; Thierry de Limbourg-Stirum, senator; Frédéric de Reiffenberg, curator of the Royal Library of Belgium; Count Maurice de Robiano, senator; James Edouard de Rothschild, Parisian banker; Gosuin de Stassart, president of the Senate; Léopold de Villiers, curator of the Mons archives; Paul Faider, curator of the Mariemont Museum; Arthur Forgeais, French archaeologist; François-Charles-Joseph Grandgagnage, First President of the Liège Court of Appeal; Félix-Victor Goethaels, genealogist; Antoine Héron de Villefosse, French archaeologist; John Lee, English astronomer; Joachim Lelewel, one of the fathers of modern numismatics; Alphonse Leroy, professor at the University of Liège; Jean-Baptiste Madou, painter and lithographer; Alfred Michiels, French essayist, to "Mon cher Agathopède"; Ludvig Müller, Danish numismatist; Jean-Pie Namur, librarian; Emmanuel Neefs, art historian; Félix Nève, professor at the University of Louvain; Charles Onghena, engraver; Alexandre Pinchart, archivist; Henri Pirenne, professor at Ghent University; Charles Potvin, journalist; Josse Schavye, bookbinder; Charles-François Trachsel, numismatist from Lausanne; Ferdinand van der Haeghen, curator at Ghent University Library. Jointly: 1 lot of ± 40 antique documents. 16th-19th c. (± 680 pcs)