Null Set of 5 Balzac forgeries:
Les chouans. Brussels, Meline, Cans et compagnie…

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Set of 5 Balzac forgeries: Les chouans. Brussels, Meline, Cans et compagnie, 1837. Volume 1 only. Paperback. Scènes de la vie parisienne. Bruxelles, Hauman, 1834. Vol. 3 only, damaged boards (one cover missing, one cover detached). Ursule Mirouet. Bruxelles, Jamar, 1841. Vol. 1 only. Modest hardback. Der doctor Benassis. Berlin, Keimer, 1837. 2 volumes in 1 volume, paperback, first cover almost detached, back cover missing. "nach" (after) Balzac's country doctor. Scene della vita privata. Milano, Truffi, 1836. Volume 2, full vellum, frontispiece engraving.

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Set of 5 Balzac forgeries: Les chouans. Brussels, Meline, Cans et compagnie, 1837. Volume 1 only. Paperback. Scènes de la vie parisienne. Bruxelles, Hauman, 1834. Vol. 3 only, damaged boards (one cover missing, one cover detached). Ursule Mirouet. Bruxelles, Jamar, 1841. Vol. 1 only. Modest hardback. Der doctor Benassis. Berlin, Keimer, 1837. 2 volumes in 1 volume, paperback, first cover almost detached, back cover missing. "nach" (after) Balzac's country doctor. Scene della vita privata. Milano, Truffi, 1836. Volume 2, full vellum, frontispiece engraving.

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CÔTES D'ARMOR. Letter signed by the Commandant in Saint-Brieuc, 1 p. in-folio with vignette and letterhead. Headquarters in Saint-Brieuc, 3 floréal year 4. Chouannerie. He urges us not to weaken in the hunt for the Chouans. "If I were convinced that there was a gathering of Chouans, I would send a detachment [...]. I have been told that they landed at Plouha; I would like to have reliable information on this [...]".

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Ecole française du XIXe siècle

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(CHOUANNERIE) General BAILLOT-FARAL (Antoine-Raymond) Gramat/Lot 1741 - 1818 - Piece signed "BAILLOT" General of Cavalry (Wax seal) in the Army of the WEST - Piece signed by 8 Prisoners of War. 1p in-folio oblong: "Certifions que Silveste PIERREL Chasseur à Cheval au 16° Régiment, natif des Vosges,.... was taken on the road from RENNES to Alençon to rejoin his Corps on 20 brumaire an 4°, by the CHOUANS and taken to the headquarters of BOURREMONT; from where he was then transferred to the Château de St MARC, guarded by the Chouans. A few days later, some scoundrels came to his window and fired a shot during the night, wounding the aforementioned Pierrel in the shoulder and left hand... We attest to the pure safety of his Republican principles, which he held out to us in LES PRISONS DE ST MARC..." - Confirmed as true in ANGERS (49) on 15 Germinal year 4 (4 April 1796)

Estim. 30 - 40 EUR

Lot of four works published by Pléiade: - BALZAC. La Comédie humaine. Volumes I and II. - VERLAINE. Œuvres poétiques complètes. - VERLAINE. Complete prose works.

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