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KING OF NORWAY KING OF NORWAY - Set of 2 menus relating to the visit of King HAAKON VII of Norway and Queen Maud (daughter of King Edward VII of England) to France: - Menu for the dinner offered by President Armand FALLIÈRES to the King and Queen of Norway, May 27, 1907 at the Palais de l'Élysée, 4 pp. in-4 under a BELLE COUV. ILLUTRÉE in color by Albert Maignan featuring a young woman in traditional costume draped in a Norwegian flag in a fjord setting with the royal coat of arms embellished in gold and the emblem of the Republic, menu with program opposite engraved by Devambez and held in place by a red cord tied with bangs, laminated on card (the second plate illustrated with flags remains visible). In his Livre des menus, Auguste ESCOFFIER used this 16-course meal as an example of a grand presidential reception. - Menu for the luncheon offered to the King and Queen on May 29, 1907 at the Château de VERSAILLES, 4 pp. in-8, menu and program facing each other in frames with cherubs in corners, engraved by Devambez, trace of folding, qqs very slight stains. Also included: - Menu d'un déjeuner de 6 plats daté du 27 mai 1907 [Ministères des Affaires étrangères ?], 1 f. in-8 avec encadrement, engraved by Stern, small marginal hole. - Menu d'un déjeuner de 6 plats daté du 28 mai 1907 [Ministères des Affaires étrangères ?], 1 f. in-8 avec encadrement, engraved by Stern. - An artistic program dated May 29, 1907, 1 f. in-4 with frame, engraved by Devambez. Freshly independent since its separation from Sweden (1905), Norway was a major geostrategic issue in the European diplomatic ballet of pre-1914. France was particularly concerned about its neutrality in the face of Wilhelm II's German appetites. During a visit to the park of Versailles after the meal served in the Galerie des Batailles, the carriage carrying the Queen of Norway and the wife of the French President had an accident, resulting in the death of a horse (Bibliothèque municipale de Dijon).

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KING OF NORWAY KING OF NORWAY - Set of 2 menus relating to the visit of King HAAKON VII of Norway and Queen Maud (daughter of King Edward VII of England) to France: - Menu for the dinner offered by President Armand FALLIÈRES to the King and Queen of Norway, May 27, 1907 at the Palais de l'Élysée, 4 pp. in-4 under a BELLE COUV. ILLUTRÉE in color by Albert Maignan featuring a young woman in traditional costume draped in a Norwegian flag in a fjord setting with the royal coat of arms embellished in gold and the emblem of the Republic, menu with program opposite engraved by Devambez and held in place by a red cord tied with bangs, laminated on card (the second plate illustrated with flags remains visible). In his Livre des menus, Auguste ESCOFFIER used this 16-course meal as an example of a grand presidential reception. - Menu for the luncheon offered to the King and Queen on May 29, 1907 at the Château de VERSAILLES, 4 pp. in-8, menu and program facing each other in frames with cherubs in corners, engraved by Devambez, trace of folding, qqs very slight stains. Also included: - Menu d'un déjeuner de 6 plats daté du 27 mai 1907 [Ministères des Affaires étrangères ?], 1 f. in-8 avec encadrement, engraved by Stern, small marginal hole. - Menu d'un déjeuner de 6 plats daté du 28 mai 1907 [Ministères des Affaires étrangères ?], 1 f. in-8 avec encadrement, engraved by Stern. - An artistic program dated May 29, 1907, 1 f. in-4 with frame, engraved by Devambez. Freshly independent since its separation from Sweden (1905), Norway was a major geostrategic issue in the European diplomatic ballet of pre-1914. France was particularly concerned about its neutrality in the face of Wilhelm II's German appetites. During a visit to the park of Versailles after the meal served in the Galerie des Batailles, the carriage carrying the Queen of Norway and the wife of the French President had an accident, resulting in the death of a horse (Bibliothèque municipale de Dijon).

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