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105 - EMPIRE and Consulate: 50 documents: Circular from the direct…
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Estimate €250 - €300
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EMPIRE and Consulate: 50 documents: Circular from the director of the Carrara Museum offering busts of Napoleon; a letter signed by Count Molé in his capacity as Minister of Justice in 1813 (missing); a circular concerning the 1810 conscription; engraved portrait of Eugène de Beauharnais and Auguste Amélie (in colour), engraved portrait of Joseph Bonaparte by Noël, signed letter from the Prefect of Lozère on eagle-headed letterhead dated 1808, Decrees, Circulars, the Act of January 1798 authorising a loan for the expedition to England, the Decree conferring upon Princess Elisa the general governorship of Tuscany in 1809, Napoleon’s proclamation appointing his brother Louis as King of Holland in 1806, Treaty of Paris between France and the Allies on 30 May 1814; a series of engravings depicting the Napoleonic epic from the Louis-Philippe era; Decree concerning the Emperor’s oath of office and coronation in 1804; Decree organising the vote to legitimise the Empire, 1804; letters on letterhead, including one sent from Napoleon (La Roche-sur-Yon) in 1812 and one from the Army of the Rhine to headquarters in Hanover in 1809; A circular from the Prefect of Pas-de-Calais in February 1814: ‘The enemy has just defiled our territory…’, a circular from the Prefect of Léman in Geneva in Year 10, a document from the Army of Dalmatia concerning a doctor’s compensation, etc.
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About the sale FREEMASONRY – HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
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Auction time 07/23/2026 at 10:10 AM
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