Scheuer, Victor (fl.1874-1908), Belgian physician: Autograph Collection and Personal Papers

Papers - his collection and some associated documentation - were all previously held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence.

1894-1908

88 items

The majority of the collection purchased from Charavay, Paris, April 1931 (acc.64715 and 64716): in general, these accession numbers are not carried on the items themselves. The remainder of the collection purchased from: Seine stalls, Paris, July 1930 (acc.63924); Charavay, Paris, September 1930 (acc.63925), September 1934 (acc. 67126), November 1934 (acc.67129), January 1936 (acc.69286) and at an unknown date before 1937 (acc.69806).

Victor Scheuer was a Belgian physician based at Spa, where he attended the Princes d'Orléans and other European nobility. He was a collector of autographs and his professional correspondence, involving contact with various notables, contributed to his collection.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.