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several old letters and pictures of women and children on a white backgroundseveral pages of french newspapers with drawings of people on theman old handwritten letter is open on a piece of paperseveral old handwritten letters on a piece of paper on a white surfacesome old papers and old letters are on a white surfacetwo pages of old papers with writing on them on a white surfaceseveral old letters and papers are stacked on top of each other
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236 - [Brittany – Patriotism]
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Estimate €300 - €600
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[Brittany – Patriotism] Théodore Botrel (1868–1925), author, composer, performer and military singer A rare collection of over 30 letters, postcards and miscellaneous items, 1904–1921, addressed to Émile Driant and his wife Marcelle Boulanger, daughter of General Boulanger Photo postcard signed by Botrel, Marie Elisabeth Schreiber and our little Lenaïk (3 months old) – Photo postcard of Marie Elisabeth Schreiber wearing traditional Alsatian costume (originally from Colmar), Botrel’s second wife, and their daughter Léna, born in 1920 Draft verses dedicated to Madame Driant – *Le rêve du Tzar*, Fréjus, printed by Cisson, 1904, 2 pp. in-4, with Botrel’s handwritten signature - The Songs of Botrel, a volunteer in the 41st Infantry Regiment, presented by the French Institute in Milan to the soldiers of the Army of Italy, 2 pp., folio, with a handwritten and signed dedication - ‘Songs of Battle and Victory’ by Théodore Botrel, a volunteer and 1st-class A.H. chasseur in the 24th and 68th Battalions, 2 pp., folio - Selected pages from the service record of Théodore Botrel, a volunteer in the 41st Infantry Regiment, attesting to almost daily lectures and recitals at the front (over 350 by 31 December 1915), typescript, 4 pp., quarto - Programme for the lecture and recital held in Strasbourg on 15 December 1918, 2 pp., quarto, with a signed handwritten dedication Programme for Botrel’s farewell evening, Salle Patria, 10 May 1921, 4 pp., in-4, with a signed handwritten dedication - Botrel’s songs, 4 pp., in-8, with a signed handwritten dedication Leur Jour de Gloire, 14 July 1919, 2 pp., in-8, with a signed handwritten dedication Etc... 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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