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Vincent AURIOL Set of 24 menus for the Presidency of the Republic under the mandate of Vincent AURIOL between 1947 and 1949, including several meals with international leaders. Unless otherwise indicated, these are 9.5 x 15 cm cartons (indicated below by "C") with gilded republican emblem (rooster and initials RF) or place card menus (indicated below by "M-P"), folding in-12 cartons, cover with gilded wheat ears and rooster as well as handwritten guest name, menu on laminated f. with vignette depicting the Ile de la Cité after Berthold MAHN. Unless otherwise indicated, menus include wine lists. Contextual information comes mainly from handwritten notes on the back of the menus. - Déjeuner du 20 février 1947 en l'honneur de la PRINCESSE DE GRÈCE, 19 couverts dans le Salon Murat, (C) manuscript. Attached is a reproduction of the menu with handwritten wine list. - March 28, 1947 luncheon, (C) typed without wine list. - Lunch on April 2, 1947, in the presence of Ministers and the Offices of the City Council and General Council, (C) typed. - Dinner, April 9, 1947, (C) typed. - Luncheon on June 29, 1947 in honor of Elpidio Quirino, [VICE-PRESIDENT] of the PHILIPPINES, (C) manuscript. - Meal on November 3, 1947 in honor of Mr. DUFF COOPER, British Ambassador, 4 pp. in-12, handwritten menu and wine list. - Déjeuner de chasse du 9 novembre 1947 au Château de Rambouillet, (C) typescript. Attached is a reproduction of the menu with handwritten annotations (26 place settings). - Déjeuner du 27 novembre 1947 en l'honneur de [Douglas] CLIFTON BROWN, [Président de la Chambre des communes du ROYAUME-UNI], (C) manuscript. - Luncheon of December 9, 1947, (C) manuscript. - Dinner of February 5, 1948 in the presence of members of the Bureaux of Parliaments, (C) typescript. - Meal [of February 17, 1948 in the presence of members of the Bureaux of the French Union and the Economic Council (58 covers)], (M-P) undated manuscript, menu by M. LAKHDARI. - Meal [of February 19, 1948 in honor of the diplomatic corps], 4 pp. in-12, blank cover, undated handwritten menu. - August 2, 1948 meal in honor of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, CHAH OF IRAN, (M-P) manuscript, menu by M. R. GROUSSET. - Luncheon of October 23, 1948, (C) manuscript. Attached is a reproduction of the menu with handwritten annotations: "Notabilités de RAMBOUILLET, 20 couverts, Château de Rambouillet". - Luncheon, November 14, 1948, (C) handwritten. - Luncheon on November 28, 1948, (C) manuscript. - Lunch, December 19, 1948, (C) manuscript. - Dinner, February 16, 1949, (M-P) printed, menu by Roger MONNIN, meal given in the Salle des fêtes at the Élysée. - Luncheon on March 3, 1949, given to the former President of the Republic, Albert LEBRUN, (M-P) manuscript, menu by Mme. GROSSIN. 2 reproductions of the menu are attached. - Luncheon on March 8, 1949 in the presence of UNESCO representatives, (M-P) printed, menu by M. SEYDOUX. - Dinner, March 16, 1949, (M-P) printed, menu by Colonel SOUARD. - Lunch, March 26, 1949, (M-P) handwritten, menu by Jean FORGEOT. - Luncheon, June 8, 1949, (M-P) manuscript, menu by His Excellency Sir Olivier HARVEY. - Luncheon of July 5, 1949, (M-P) manuscript, menu by M. Pierre DAC. 4 name cards are attached.
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Vincent AURIOL Set of 24 menus for the Presidency of the Republic under the mandate of Vincent AURIOL between 1947 and 1949, including several meals with international leaders. Unless otherwise indicated, these are 9.5 x 15 cm cartons (indicated below by "C") with gilded republican emblem (rooster and initials RF) or place card menus (indicated below by "M-P"), folding in-12 cartons, cover with gilded wheat ears and rooster as well as handwritten guest name, menu on laminated f. with vignette depicting the Ile de la Cité after Berthold MAHN. Unless otherwise indicated, menus include wine lists. Contextual information comes mainly from handwritten notes on the back of the menus. - Déjeuner du 20 février 1947 en l'honneur de la PRINCESSE DE GRÈCE, 19 couverts dans le Salon Murat, (C) manuscript. Attached is a reproduction of the menu with handwritten wine list. - March 28, 1947 luncheon, (C) typed without wine list. - Lunch on April 2, 1947, in the presence of Ministers and the Offices of the City Council and General Council, (C) typed. - Dinner, April 9, 1947, (C) typed. - Luncheon on June 29, 1947 in honor of Elpidio Quirino, [VICE-PRESIDENT] of the PHILIPPINES, (C) manuscript. - Meal on November 3, 1947 in honor of Mr. DUFF COOPER, British Ambassador, 4 pp. in-12, handwritten menu and wine list. - Déjeuner de chasse du 9 novembre 1947 au Château de Rambouillet, (C) typescript. Attached is a reproduction of the menu with handwritten annotations (26 place settings). - Déjeuner du 27 novembre 1947 en l'honneur de [Douglas] CLIFTON BROWN, [Président de la Chambre des communes du ROYAUME-UNI], (C) manuscript. - Luncheon of December 9, 1947, (C) manuscript. - Dinner of February 5, 1948 in the presence of members of the Bureaux of Parliaments, (C) typescript. - Meal [of February 17, 1948 in the presence of members of the Bureaux of the French Union and the Economic Council (58 covers)], (M-P) undated manuscript, menu by M. LAKHDARI. - Meal [of February 19, 1948 in honor of the diplomatic corps], 4 pp. in-12, blank cover, undated handwritten menu. - August 2, 1948 meal in honor of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, CHAH OF IRAN, (M-P) manuscript, menu by M. R. GROUSSET. - Luncheon of October 23, 1948, (C) manuscript. Attached is a reproduction of the menu with handwritten annotations: "Notabilités de RAMBOUILLET, 20 couverts, Château de Rambouillet". - Luncheon, November 14, 1948, (C) handwritten. - Luncheon on November 28, 1948, (C) manuscript. - Lunch, December 19, 1948, (C) manuscript. - Dinner, February 16, 1949, (M-P) printed, menu by Roger MONNIN, meal given in the Salle des fêtes at the Élysée. - Luncheon on March 3, 1949, given to the former President of the Republic, Albert LEBRUN, (M-P) manuscript, menu by Mme. GROSSIN. 2 reproductions of the menu are attached. - Luncheon on March 8, 1949 in the presence of UNESCO representatives, (M-P) printed, menu by M. SEYDOUX. - Dinner, March 16, 1949, (M-P) printed, menu by Colonel SOUARD. - Lunch, March 26, 1949, (M-P) handwritten, menu by Jean FORGEOT. - Luncheon, June 8, 1949, (M-P) manuscript, menu by His Excellency Sir Olivier HARVEY. - Luncheon of July 5, 1949, (M-P) manuscript, menu by M. Pierre DAC. 4 name cards are attached.
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