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197 - MASSENA, André, Marshal of the Empire, Duke of Rivoli, Princ…
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MASSENA, André, Marshal of the Empire, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling, born in Nice on 6 May 1758 (then in the County of Nice, Kingdom of Sardinia) and died in Paris on 4 April 1817. A collection comprising a handwritten document from the Army of Italy and seven books or pamphlets devoted to Masséna. - A two-page handwritten document in oblong in-4 format, bearing the autograph signatures of Masséna, Dupuy, La Harpe and Bertaud. On the letterhead of the 21st Half-Brigade of the New Formation. Leave granted to Citizen Jean Baptiste Labroué, a lieutenant in the Grenadiers, who found himself supernumerary following the reorganisation of the Army, to travel to Toulouse, Haute-Garonne. Dated 4 Germinal, Year 4 of the Republic. Contains Lieutenant Labroué’s service record. Masséna has signed in the margin beneath the words ‘approved by me, General, Commander of the Vanguard of the Army of Italy’. The document also bears the signatures of members of the 21st Brigade as a token of sympathy for the lieutenant. Red wax seal on the document (crumbling). The document is preserved folded into quarters, with the dusty folds becoming brittle. - Enclosed: MASSÉNA, Marshal. Memoir by Marshal Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling, on the events that took place in Provence during the months of March and April 1815; followed by supporting documents and a map. Paris, Delaunay, 1816; 8vo, paperback, (4) – 89 pp. 1 fold-out map; period pink paper half-leather binding, handwritten title (paper missing from the spine, untrimmed copy). First edition. Included is another copy of the same work, bound: Memoir by Marshal Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling, on the events that took place in Provence during the months of March and April 1815; followed by supporting documents and a map. Paris, Delaunay, 1816; 8vo, paperback, (4) – 89 pp. and 1 fold-out map; contemporary light brown half-basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, title gilt on a patch of olive morocco. Coat-of-arms bookplate on the half-title page (two handwritten annotations in ink from the period within the text and a crossed-out printed note; binding browned at the foot of the spine). A fine copy. - Response of the people of Marseille to the so-called justificatory memorandum by Marshal Masséna. Marseille, printed by Dubié, 1816; in-8, paperback, (2) – 136pp. Unmarked grey-blue paper cover from the period. -FIGHIERA Charles-Alexandre. The Levens Ancestors of Marshal André Masséna. 8vo pamphlet, 23 pp. (2 full-page photographs). Extract from *Nice historique*./ CAPPATTI, Louis. André Masséna held the Fougasse camp from August to November 1793. Levens, Festival Committee, 1939; 8vo paperback, 45 pp.; printed cover./ CAPPATTI, Louis. André Masséna commanded the left wing of the Army of Italy. Levens, Festival Committee, 1939; 16-page in-8° paperback./ VALENTIN, René. Marshal Masséna (1758–1817). Paris, Charles Lavauzelle, 1960; 8vo, paperback, 339 pp.; illustrations as inserts. Very good condition. / Includes one plate: Nice. Statue of Masséna (taken from *Littoral de la France*).
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About the sale Nice and the French Riviera: Over 200 lots – Mr X’s Collection – Antique books, pamphlets, documents, manuscripts and collectable historical papers, photographs and tourist posters
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