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140 - [GERMANY / RESTORATION] – A fine collection of correspondenc…
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Estimate €250 - €280
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[GERMANY / RESTORATION] – A fine collection of correspondence in French from Mr Monney of Vevey to Mr de Polier, Knight of the Order of Malta in Karlsruhe: 12 letters rich in detail on the events and figures of the period: Napoleon’s landing in Provence with ‘1,500 bandits’, the Restoration, Mr de Türck, Mr de Blonay, Madame de Staël, etc. ‘My dearest and most excellent friend, into what calamity we see humanity once again plunged: the landing that took place on the 1st of this month on the coast of Provence, of 1,500 bandits, and their march into the Dauphiné and on to Lyon, gives us a measure of the morality of the French people and of the justified fears that this undertaking must give rise to…’ (15 March 1815) ‘I doubt even more that the most misguided towns of France would resound with as many cheers for the successes of the great executor of divine vengeance, or utter as many crude insults against the all too unfortunate and virtuous King and his family as are hurled by the numerous Jacobins with whom our country is infested…’ (20 April 1815).
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About the sale Catalogue sale of antique and modern books, engravings and documents
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Auction time 09/29/2026 at 10:30 AM
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