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27 - BAINVILLE, Jacques. Signed autograph letter addressed to [Ab…
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BAINVILLE, Jacques. Signed autograph letter addressed to [Abel Bonnard]. Concerning his biography of Napoleon, specifically the chapter on St Helena. 2 pages in-12 (138 x 107 mm) on printed letterhead of “LA Revue universelle”, 8 August 1932. Reading Colonel Richardot’s *Nouveaux mémoires sur l’Armée Française en Égypte et en Syrie* (New Memoirs on the French Army in Egypt and Syria), published in 1848, irritates him. “How little the truth is loved! Richardot has not undermined a single legend. Sainte-Beuve, for his part, did not either [...] Beuve, more succinctly and infinitely better, also says that exile and martyrdom were the last blessing of fortune that Napoleon received.”
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About the sale Sale of collectable books and first editions – Varia III –
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Auction time 09/14/2026 at 2:00 PM
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