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GALERIE DES VENTES D'ORLEANS - Maître Guillaume CORNET commissaire-priseur

122 - First RESTORATION: Proclamation by the Duke of Angoulême to …
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First RESTORATION: Proclamation by the Duke of Angoulême to the army, from Saint-Jean-de-Luz on 2 February 1814 (page 1), proclamation by the King of Naples (Joachim Murat) “The Emperor wants nothing but war” (page 2), Life of the Duke of Enghien (pages 3 and 4), printed sheet 18.5 x 11 cm – ‘To the French People’ by Lavaud, followed by a portrait of the tyrant Bonaparte, 16-page printed sheet, 1814 - Chronicle of events in Paris from 28 March to 3 April (1814): “28 March: the Empress and the King of Rome depart on the orders of Emperor Napoleon…” (4 pages) - *Journal des Débats* of 13 April, including the future King’s entry into Paris, Napoleon’s act of abdication and Cambacérès’s act of allegiance - *Journal des Débats* of 15 April, including the address to the army: “Soldiers! You no longer serve Napoleon, but you serve the fatherland...” - Bulletin des lois on the transition from the provisional lieutenancy to the Kingdom. Declaration by Louis XVIII on 2 May 1814: “called back by the love of our people to the throne of our forefathers...” - Engraved portrait of His Royal Highness the Count of Artois, brother of the King, drawn from life in England (before he became King) - Subsequent Bulletin of Laws: convocation of the Senate and the Legislative Body, followed by the proclamation of Louis XVIII on 6 and 9 May 1814 - Voucher for 44 francs issued by a lieutenant for a pension, to be paid upon the disbursement of his pay, 15 May 1814 - Decree from the Archbishop of Besançon ordering the Te Deum to be sung throughout his diocese to mark the return of His Majesty Louis XVIII to the capital of his kingdom, 19 May 1814 - Bulletin of Laws including the list of the 150 members of the Chamber of Peers, 4 June 1814 - Engraving ‘French bouquet’: portraits of Louis XVIII, the Duke of Angoulême, Henry IV, the Dauphin, Madame Élisabeth, the Duke of Berry… (22x17). - Consecration of France to the Blessed Virgin in renewal of Louis XIII’s vow, a two-page manuscript concluding with “indeed, on 1 April, the day of this feast, the reign of the foreigner came to an end and that of the Bourbons began anew”. A collection of 13 documents.
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About the sale FREEMASONRY – HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS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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