[Louis DEMAËGHT (1831-1898) officer and archaeologist, found - Lot 208

[Louis DEMAËGHT (1831-1898) officer and archaeologist, founder of the Musée d'Oran]. 29 letters or documents addressed to him or concerning him, 1854-1888; mostly in-4 or in-fol. with numerous headings. Appointments, certificates and letters of service on his military career, mainly in Algeria, and his decorations; signatures of marshals: Pélissier duc de Malakoff (4), Randon (2), Vaillant, generals: du Barail, Castelnau, Détrie, Martimprey, Valensi, and ministers (J. Cambon, for the decoration of Nichan Iftikhar)... A letter from J. Castagnary concerns the state of abandonment of antiquities in the Oran region (1888). A letter from A. Mouliéras, of the Musée d'Oran, thanks the widow Demaëght for her donation (1901). Plus various attached docs, including an ancient map of Mauretania and Numidia.