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Catalyst for the Geneva Convention.- Dunant (J. Henry) Un Souvenir de Solferino, second (first public) edition, presentation copy signed by the author to Sir Thomas Longmore, double-page map, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, upper cover detached, 8vo, Geneva &c., Joel Cherbuliez, 1862.
*** A superb association copy. This copy inscribed to and with the bookplate of General Sir Thomas Longmore, one of the two British delegates to the 1864 Diplomatic Conference in Geneva which led to the Geneva Convention. Tipped in is a 4-page autograph letter signed by Dunant to "Cher Monsieur", concerning the Convention and dated Geneva, November 15th 1866; together with a letter from General Brackenbury (December 1876) to Longmore regarding his paper on the subject and with a copy of this paper ("On the Geneva Convention of 1864, in relation to the aid afforded by voilunteer societies to sick and wounded soldiers...").
Henry Dunant (1828-1910), a Swiss philantropist and founder of the International Red Cross, was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901. He travelled to the seat of the war between France and Austria to witness the battle of Solferino (24 June 1859). The casualties were appalling, totalling almost 40,000 on both sides, with very little by way of treatment for the victims. Dunant's account of the state of the affairs, disarmingly entitled 'Un souvenirdeSolferino', produced immediate results and led to an official conference at which the Geneva Convention was drawn up and signed on 22 August 1864.
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Catalyst for the Geneva Convention.- Dunant (J. Henry) Un Souvenir de Solferino, second (first public) edition, presentation copy signed by the author to Sir Thomas Longmore, double-page map, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, upper cover detached, 8vo, Geneva &c., Joel Cherbuliez, 1862.
*** A superb association copy. This copy inscribed to and with the bookplate of General Sir Thomas Longmore, one of the two British delegates to the 1864 Diplomatic Conference in Geneva which led to the Geneva Convention. Tipped in is a 4-page autograph letter signed by Dunant to "Cher Monsieur", concerning the Convention and dated Geneva, November 15th 1866; together with a letter from General Brackenbury (December 1876) to Longmore regarding his paper on the subject and with a copy of this paper ("On the Geneva Convention of 1864, in relation to the aid afforded by voilunteer societies to sick and wounded soldiers...").
Henry Dunant (1828-1910), a Swiss philantropist and founder of the International Red Cross, was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901. He travelled to the seat of the war between France and Austria to witness the battle of Solferino (24 June 1859). The casualties were appalling, totalling almost 40,000 on both sides, with very little by way of treatment for the victims. Dunant's account of the state of the affairs, disarmingly entitled 'Un souvenirdeSolferino', produced immediate results and led to an official conference at which the Geneva Convention was drawn up and signed on 22 August 1864.
