Sales catalogue 494: Maggs Bros

Date:
1927
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/51
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 494: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1765 NAPOLEON I. | LETTER SIGNED “ BONAPARTE,” TO GENERAL CHABOT. \-page, folio. ‘‘ Au Quartier-Général de Goritz, 5 Germinal, An. V @6th March, 1707). £25 Written during his campaign in Austria, ordering General Chabot to personally review his artillery and report on its condition. 1766 NAPOLEON I. AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE AND NOTES BY NAPOLEON ON A LETTER FROM THE DUC DE FELTRE, WAR MINISTER UNDER NAPOLEON I. 1 page, folio. 20th July; 1310. £21 - The Maréchal Duc de Conegliano wishes one-third of the Brigades of the 30th Legion of the Gendarmerie to be composed of native soldiers. Also General Radet asks that the strength of the said Legion might be brought to 92 horse and 44 foot Brigades. 1707 NAPOLEON I. SIGNATURE ‘‘ N,’”? AND AUTOGRAPH NOTE OF SIX WORDS ON. Ao le ETER “ADDRESSED. LO7 HIMSELE. .BY. GENERAL NANSOUTY. 1 page, folio. Paris, 7th January, 1810. £15 15s Nansouty’s letter concerns some question which had arisen over the salary of M. D’Assigny, the assistant governor of the pages. He desires to know from which of the Emperor’s private funds the salary is to be paid. Napoleon’s signed autograph note, which is dated January 23rd, reads:— (Trans.) :—‘‘ From the reserve fund of the Grand Equerry.”’