BERNARD (Claude). Centenary of Claude Bernard (1813-1913). Speech. Le Matin, 1914. Plaquette in-8, bound with 4 autograph texts mounted on ff. in-4 in an album in-4, vellum decorated with framings of green and gold fillets with foliage at the corners, portrait of Claude Bernard in medallion on the first plate (Painted binding signed A. Toubine, Paris). This precious album contains the autograph manuscripts of the speeches given on 30 December 1913 in the amphitheatre of the Collège de France in the presence of the President of the Republic, R. Poincaré, and numerous other personalities. 1) Speech by Maurice CROIZET (administrator of the Collège de France). 4 pp. in-4. 2) Speech by René VIVIANI (Minister of Education and Fine Arts). 8 pp. in-4. 3) Speech by M. DASTRE (Professor of Physiology at the Sorbonne). 11 pp. in-8. 4) Speech by M. HENNEGUY (Professor of Comparative Embryogenics at the Collège de France). 8 pp. in-4.