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Wonderful collection of glorious
letters
of French Historical
Personnalities
from 1555 to
1875:
A complete collection of letters signed by all the Kings
and Emperors of France from Louis XIII to Napoleon III
* More Informations (Recapitulation) of this collection:
This collection is presented in 7 Lindner albums . She contains 201 documents, especially letters with autographs of great personnalities.
Here are in details, the principal types of letters included in this collection :
She contains:
25 official letters of Royal Dirigeants and Emperors: Charles IX 2, Henri IV 1, Louis XIII 2, Louis XIV 2, Louis XV 4, Louis XVI 3, Napoleon I 2, Franz I 1; Maximilian I 1, Louis XVIII 1, George IV 1, Charles X 2, Louis-Philippe 2, Napoleon III 1.
42 official letters of very close to the Dirigeants and famous High Personnalities: Duke of Maine (son of Louis XIV) 2, Marshal Segur 1, Danton 1, Minister Vincent Ramel 1, Marshal Lefebvre 2, Minister Cambaceres 1, Joseph Fouche 3, Lucien Bonaparte 2, Marshal Berthier 1, Minister Dejean 1, General Rapp 1, Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand 1, Marshal Kellermann 1, Caroline Bonaparte 1, Minister Lacuee 1, Minister Quinette 1, Prince Alexander 1, Marshal Clarke 2, Marshal Mortier 1, Marshal Soult 1, Minister Elie De Cazes 2, Minister de Martignac 2, Minister de Villele 1, Duke of Doudeauville 1, Marshal Maison 1, Marshal Oudinot 1, Minister Achille Fould 1, Marshal Vaillant 1, Prince Walewski (son of Napoleon I) 1, Marshal Bosquet 1, General Trochu 1, General Bourbaki 1, Prince Metternich 1, Cardinal Lambruschini in name of Pope Gregorius XVI.
4 official letters (superb) of Cardinals from the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries.
53 official letters from Ministers in activity: before the Revolution : 2, Revolution and Directory : 11, under Napoleon 1er : 10, Kings of 19th C. : 18, under Napoleon III :12.
43 official letters (sub-ministerial) of General Direction, Commissions, National Treasury, Prefects, Honnor Legion (especially 19th C)
3 rare military letters of ancient wars: War of 30 years 2 letters, War of 7 years 1 letter.
19 Letters under the Royalty ancient regime especially of Nobles (Marquis, Senechal, Counts, Dukes, Connetables) and rare cancellations (the first) from the 18th Century from the cities of Nantes, Bordeaux or Paris.
2 letters high quality with First Stamp (World and France) : 1 letter of the Duke of Argyle GB with Black Penny of 1840, 1 letter with Very fine Ceres 20c dark bull (scarce) from 1849.
2 very rare letters of Paris 1870 (a letter-gazette des Absents by flying balloon Ville d'Orleans which has flown from Paris until Norway! (November 1870) and one lettre juste writen during the revolution of the Commune April 1871)
2 Very fine and old Notarial actes one from 1555 and the second from (year) 1700.
1 letter with extraordinary correspondence betwen (descending direct of) Montesquieu et (Direct ancestor of) St-Exupery.
5 letters and divers documents (assignats, nice Citoyenne letter from Malta, letter from the central postal office of Paris, Officiel Newspaper under Commune (bloody week), abdication acte of Napoleon in fac simily).
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