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10 - [Jean BERNADOTTE (1763–1844)]. A SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION of d…
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[Jean BERNADOTTE (1763–1844)]. A SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION of documents relating to him; in a slipcase. 10 contemporary copies of letters and orders, and two proclamations (1790–1799). – A poster of Bernadotte’s bilingual proclamation to the ‘Peoples of Germany’ (Mannheim, 30 Ventôse Year VII). 7 files of old copies of letters: - 1794–1797 (20 letters, mainly to Kleber); - 1811 (11 letters, to the Tsar, to Napoleon, etc.); - 1812 (30 letters, to the Tsar, to the Count of Lowenhjelm, etc.); - 1813 (36 letters, to the same recipients, to the Prince Regent of England, to the Emperor of Austria, etc.); - 1814 (60 letters, to the same recipients, to Oscar, Duke of Sudermania, to Charles XIII of Sweden, etc.). 12 letters, notes or copies concerning Bernadotte, Crown Prince of Sweden, 1812–1823, some by Joseph Izarn, addressed to or collected by Saint-Albin. A collection of autograph notes by Alexandre-Charles ROUSSELIN CORBEAU DE SAINT-ALBIN (1772–1847), intended for a biography of Bernadotte, covering his early life up to 1820 (approx. 150 pp. in-8; plus a few attached documents). Manuscript of a biographical note (probably by Agricol Châteauneuf for his *Histoire des généraux français*; 70 pp. folio, plus 13 ff. added). 12 lithographic facsimiles, including letters from Napoleon to Bernadotte. Plus 2 printed items. Ex-libris from the Library of Dr LUCIEN-GRAUX (9th sale, 26 June 1959, lot 298).
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About the sale AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS – PENNED BY HISTORY’S GREAT FIGURES
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Auction time 09/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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