Lot 174
Napoleonic Wars - Switzerland and the Cisalpine Republic - a collection of 35 letters and documents, including
£400
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT
Description
2 letters signed by Barthelemy, ambassador to Switzerland, a letter by the Mayor of Geneva, one by the Mayor of Zurich, letters by Chateaubriand, Cuvier and Louvois (13 items, various sizes, some with engraved headings, some with papered seals, one on vellum, 1690 and 1792-1819), also 15 documents relating to the Cisalpine Republic (20 pages, folio, mainly in Italian, 1798-1806), also four documents about the Duke of Reichstadt, including a page of accounts listing payments to surgeons and physicians and a list of gifts presented by Marie Louise to members of the household in 1832 (7 items) (35)
