Duke of MORTEMART. Casimir Louis Victurnien de ROCHECHOUART DE MORTEMART, Prince de TONNAY-CHARENTE, Duc de MORTEMART (Paris 1787 - 1875) General, President of the Council of Ministers of Charles X in 1830, Peer of France and Senator. - Autograph letter signed "Le Duc de MORTEMART", Paris June 6, 1839. To Mr Pierre GENTY DE BUSSY, 52 rue de Grenelle, Paris. 1p in-4°: "... I subscribe with as much pleasure to your work as I will later experience interest in reading it. As you have not given me a bookseller's address to put my name down, would you be so kind as to do so...".

Composed of several subsidiaries, the Drouot Group is a major player in the art market. Hôtel Drouot, located in the heart of Paris, has been the world's largest public auction center since 1852. 15 salerooms are available to more than 70 auction houses. The emulation generated by an annual offer of 230,000 artworks from 21 major specialities - from Antiquity to street art - attracts some 3,000 visitors every day. The Group's digital platform, Drouot.com, offers digital sales - Live auctions (live broadcasting and participation in auctions), Online-only auctions (dematerialised auctions) and Buy Now sales (sales of lots at fixed prices). Nearly 2 million items are offered annually by 600 auction houses. Auction news is reported every week in La Gazette Drouot, the leading weekly magazine for the art market and culture published by Auctionspress.