Vincent AURIOL Set of 54 menus for the Présidence de la République during Vincent AURIOL's term of office between 1950 and 1953, including several meals with international leaders (King of AFGHANISTAN, Prince of MONACO, Prime Minister of CANADA, Queen of DENMARK, Princess of NORWAY, King of CAMBODIA, Queen of the NETHERLANDS, King of LAOS...), 2 menus for the President, 5 hunting menus at Rambouillet, etc. Unless otherwise indicated, these are illustrated cartons (indicated below as "C") or place cards ("M-P"), folding in-12 cartons, cover illustrated with gilded ears of wheat and rooster with guest's name, printed or typewritten menu on a laminated sheet with vignette depicting the Ile de la Cité after Berthold MAHN. Unless otherwise indicated, menus include wine lists. Contextual information (guests, locations) comes mainly from handwritten notes on the back of the menus or on copies attached to them. - Luncheon for Mohammad Zaher Shah, KING OF AFGHANISTAN, January 10, 1950 (M-P), half of box missing, f. of menu intact, menu by Mme FORGEOT. - February 9, 1950 dinner for members of the Conseil économique et de l'Union française, (M-P), menu by M. LAFFARGUE. - Lunch on February 24, 1950 for Johannes Hoffmann, Minister-President of SARRE, (M-P), menu by M. GRANDVAL, 6 place settings, Pavillon de Marly. - Luncheon on March 21, 1950 for Alexandre Bogomolov, [USSR Ambassador to France], (M-P), menu by Mme P. O. LAPIE. - Dinner on March 30, 1950 in honor of the major INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, (M-P), 152 place settings in the Salle des fêtes, followed by a 600-person party. - Luncheon on April 20, 1950 for Francis CARCO [writer], [André] DIGNIMONT [illustrator, painter and engraver], [André] SAURET [publisher], (M-P), menu by Francis CARCO, 11 covers, Leleu dining room, coll. Émile ROULIER, maître d'hôtel at the Élysée at the time. - Luncheon on April 25, 1950 in honor of PRINCE MANSOUR AL SAOUD, [Saudi Minister of Defense], (M-P), menu by M. Abdul LATIF JAZZAR, 18 place settings, salon Murat. - Déjeuner du 2 mai 1950 en l'honneur du PRINCE DE MONACO, (M-P), 1 f. du menu, une moitié de couv. au nom d'Edouard HERRIOT et une carte de visite avec mot manuscrit de ce dernier, le tout contrecollé sur papier cartonné. - October 10, 1950 meal in honor of the SULTAN OF MOROCCO, (M-P), part of cover missing but menu f. intact, handwritten text. - Déjeuner du 23 novembre 1950 en l'honneur de chansonniers, (M-P), menu by Robert ROCCA, [chansonnier], 20 covers, salle à manger Leleu. - Déjeuner du 14 décembre 1950 en l'honneur de M. [Alekseï] PAVLOV, ambassadeur d'URSS, (M-P), menu by MONSIEUR LE PRESIDENT, handwritten text, 5 place settings, salle à manger Leleu, coll. E. ROULIER. - Déjeuner du 28 décembre 1950 en l'honneur du GRAND PRIX DE ROME, (M-P), menu de M. JAUJARD [haut fonctionnaire de l'administration des Beaux-Arts], 23 place settings, salle à manger Leleu. - Luncheon on January 9, 1951 in honor of the city of Ouro Preto in BRAZIL, (M-P), menu by M. BURON. - Luncheon on January 13, 1951 in honor of Mr. [Louis] St-Laurent, Prime Minister of CANADA, (M-P), menu by Mr. Jacques DUMAINE. - Déjeuner du 15 mars 1951 en l'honneur de la REINE ALEXANDRINE DE DANEMARK, (C) in-8 with engraved vignette featuring a view of the Tuileries Gardens by Marcel ROCHE, typed text. - Luncheon on May 8, 1951 in honor of M. and Mlle ROUAULT, (M-P), menu by MADAME LA PRESIDENTE, 10 place settings, Leleu dining room. - Dinner on June 9, 1951 in honor of General [Hoyt Sanford] VANDENBERG, [Chief of Staff, US Air Force], (M-P), menu by Mme VENDENBERG, small stains on cover, 19 place settings, salle à manger Leleu, reception by Mme PAUL AURIOL. JACQUELINE AURIOL, wife of President Auriol's son, himself Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency, was an aviatrix. In May 1951, she set a world speed record over 100 km aboard a Vampire-Mark-5; in 1955, she became France's second female test pilot. - Luncheon on June 20, 1951 in honor of PRINCESS RAGNHILD OF NORWAY, (M-P), menu by Mme NICOLAYSEN. - Déjeuner du 10 novembre 1951 en l'honneur des autorités locales de RAMBOUILLET, (C) in-12 with gilded frame and republican emblem (cockerel and initials RF). - Déjeuner du 16 décembre 1951 au château de Rambouillet, (C) in-8 decorated with an engraved frame by Robert CAMI featuring the château and its grounds, typed text, HUNTING in the presence of personal friends of the President, 20 place settings, coll. E. ROULIER. - Déjeuner [of December 27, 1951 in honor of Alexandre BOGOMOLOV, former ambassador to France and USSR Deputy Foreign Minister], 4 pp. in-12, mute cover with gilded frame and Republican emblem, undated handwritten menu, 43 place settings, salon Murat. - Dinner of March 5, 195