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a pile of old newspapers sitting on top of each otherseveral old black and white photographs of men and women on a streeta black and white drawing of a man in uniforman old book with a drawing of a map and a drawing of a rivertwo old photos of men working on a trainphotograph of a black and white photo of a house with a dog in front of itan old photo of a farm with a horse drawn carriagetwo pages of handwritten letters on a piece of papera close up of two papers with handwriting on them on a white surface
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[Militaria] Emile Driant (1855–1916), military officer, Member of Parliament, son-in-law of General Boulanger; died for France in 1916 A collection of documents and photographs that belonged to Emile Driant, captain of the 4th Zouave Regiment, commander of the 1st Battalion of Chasseurs, son-in-law and aide-de-camp to General Boulanger, Member of Parliament for Meurthe-et-Moselle Emile Driant’s academic and military training: 8 sheets of school drawings (map of France, geometry) produced at the Reims Grammar School, 1875; 14 plates of drawings produced at the Saint-Cyr Special Military School (map surveying, fortification cross-sections, entrenchments, basic ground movements, etc.) A set of 34 maps of Napoleonic battles and those of 1870–1871, zinc engravings, 1887–1888, intended for the courses taught by Major Ferré, a training officer at the War College, preserved in rolled form Incoming correspondence, 26 letters from others (L.A.S.) and letters to others (L.S.), 1883–1915, including: Letter from Maurice Barrès, Member of Parliament for Paris, 1910 - Letter from the sender, 1915, Tristan Bernard (1866–1947), writer and playwright, 6 pages, in-8; a long letter addressed to the Member of Parliament and Lieutenant-Colonel Émile Driant concerning the physical training of the 1917 intake - L.A.S. 1915 Joseph Chaumet (1852–1928), jeweller - L.S. 1916 Sir Edwin Cornwall (1863–1953), English Liberal MP - 3 autograph letters, 1897–1898, from Edouard Detaille (1848–1912), painter and president of the Société de la Sabretache - etc... 23 posters Portrait of General Boulanger, CDV-format photographic print, with a handwritten dedication on the reverse signed by General Boulanger: ‘To my aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Driant of the 4th Zouaves, as a token of my warmest regards’ 12 photographs of ceremonies featuring Émile Driant, Member of Parliament for Meurthe-et-Moselle, including a visit to the stricken Zeppelin airship in Lunéville on 4 April 1913; Sketch, 11 x 13 cm, group of demonstrators, Driant in the front row, railway workers’ strike in Dombasle in 1910? Portrait of Major Driant (lithograph), signed and inscribed, 1906, 41.5 x 32.5 cm Mobilisation experiences: 2 photographs mounted on thick card: an overview of the field bakery at Carcassonne; a pair of mobile ovens with a baking trolley 6 photographs, 21 x 28 cm, mounted on heavy card, documenting the various stages of the construction of a metal railway bridge by the military engineers between 25 April and 16 May 1884 7 photographs of school classes: Troyes school (3); Saint Louis de Gonzague school in Paris, 1909–1911 (3); Sainte-Geneviève school in Paris, 1902 The Driant family’s residence, photograph by J. David FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE
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Auction time 10/08/2026 at 2:00 PM
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