Null Xavier BICHAT (1771-1802). L.A.S., to citoyen Rousille-Chamesern, physician…

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Xavier BICHAT (1771-1802). L.A.S., to citoyen Rousille-Chamesern, physician in Paris; 1page in-4, addressed. Very rare letter from this great physician who died at the age of 31. He recommends a young soldier who wishes to be discharged; "the obliging interest you have shown me has emboldened me". Bichat then adds: "He is the brother of a man to whom the doctors of the Hotel-Dieu have great obligations; for he is busy from morning to night covering up their nonsense. He is the brother of the gravedigger of Clamart".

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Xavier BICHAT (1771-1802). L.A.S., to citoyen Rousille-Chamesern, physician in Paris; 1page in-4, addressed. Very rare letter from this great physician who died at the age of 31. He recommends a young soldier who wishes to be discharged; "the obliging interest you have shown me has emboldened me". Bichat then adds: "He is the brother of a man to whom the doctors of the Hotel-Dieu have great obligations; for he is busy from morning to night covering up their nonsense. He is the brother of the gravedigger of Clamart".

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[Autographs]. [Nobility. History]. Collection of pieces and letters written between 1570 and 1925: ESTRÉE, Jean d' (1486-1571), Grand Master of the Artillery of France, grandfather of Gabrielle d'Estrée. Signed document, dated November 19, 1570, 2/3 page folio. Concerns the management of his affairs, giving a payment order to his receiver Pascal. Attached is a portrait of J. d'Estrée engraved in the 19th c. SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE-FÉNELON (Louis I), bishop of Sarlat from 1579 to 1598. Signed document, dated [March 21, 1597]. 2 pages in-4, later armorial seal (small burn on qq. letters). CATELIN (de, 18th c.). Extract from a batême register concerning him, 1713, one page in-4, signed "Louis Pierre évêque de Toulon", dry stamp of the bishopric, stamp of the Cabinet d'Hozier. MONTMORENCY, maréchal de (18th c.). L.A.S. "Le Mal de Montmorency", January 21, 1737, 2 ½ pages small in-4, about the transformation of a road and a toll benefit. Mention of reply in another hand addressed to Mr. Desmottes. TENCIN, Pierre-Paul Guérin de (1680-1758), cardinal, archbishop of Lyon. Letter signed, [addressed to the Duc de Nivernais], dated Versailles, February 3, 1749. 3 ½ pages small in-4. BELLE-ISLE, Charles Fouquet, duc de (1684-1761), marshal of France, academician. L.S. to Figuières, his treasurer. Versailles, May 7, 1749. 1 page in-4. Reply to a request for help. FÉNELON, J.B.A. Salignac de (1714-1794), chaplain to Marie Leszczynska (assumed author). Autograph bill signed "Fénelon", addressed to a clerk, undated. 3 lines on a page in-4, autograph address and stamp on v° (faded, part of one leaf missing). LEBRUN, Charles-François (1739-1824), Duc de Plaisance, politician, one of the three consuls appointed by Bonaparte. L.A.S. to the Princesse de Berghe, dated October 20, 1807. 1 page in-4. - Enclosed: a L.A.S. from one of his sons, signed "LB. de Plaisance", addressed to Count Orloff, ½ page in-4, address on v°. LACÉPÈDE, Bernard Germain Étienne de Laville-sur-Illon de (1756-1825), zoologist, politician, Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor. Letter signed "b.g.é. etc de lacépède", addressed to Monsieur Monnier, dated December 10, 1812, on the letterhead of the Legion of Honor. 1 folio page (tears, holes in some letters). DURAS, Amédée-Bretagne-Malo de Durfort, duc de (1771-1838), maréchal de camp, pair de France. Bill signed, at the Tuileries, March 3, 1822, to the Marquise de Villeneuve and Countess Mathilde de Villeneuve, warning them that they would be presented to the King the following day, by the Marquise de Biron and Countess de Gontaut. ½ page in-4, printed letterhead of the King's Chamber. Attached, from the same source, 3 L.A.S. and a signed Letter, one addressed to the poet Guiraut, another to the Count de Coupigny d'Hem. Also includes a portrait of his ancestor Jacques Henry de Durasfort engraved on copper by N. de Larmessin in 1680. BONAPARTE, Victor, known as Prince Napoléon (1862-1926). L.A.S., addressed to "Mon cher Baron", Brussels, January 10 [18]87. 1 page in-12. [CHARLOTTE, Princess of England, attributed to]. Two autograph letter fragments preserved as relics; possibly in the hand of Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1796-1817). NIEL, Adolphe (1802-1869), Marshal of France. L.A.S., to a lady, n.d., 1 page in-8; he asks her for the address of the tailor "who makes your pants in cloth for riding [...] My daughter wants one like yours...". (tear not missing). ORLÉANS, Philippe d' (1869-1926), Count of Paris. L.A.S. to "Mon bon général", dated February 16 [18]97. 6 pages on 2 f. in-4, mourning paper (2 versos a little rubbed). LA TOUR-DU-PIN MONTAUBAN (marquis de). Copy of his letter of resignation addressed to the Chambre des Pairs, [19th c.], one page in-4. ORLÉANS, Robert d' (1840-1910), Duke of Chartres. L.A.S., to a lady, dated October 27 [18]95. 1 page in-12. ORLÉANS (d'). Autograph invitation bill signed, addressed to "Mon cher Duc", dated F[aubourg] S[aint] Honoré 129, January 16, 1878. One page in-16, mourning paper. BONAPARTE, Marie (1882-1962), woman of letters and psychoanalyst. L.A. signed "Marie, P[rince]sse de Grèce", addressed to a researcher, dated May 9, 1925. 2 pages in-12. "I find, Sir, on my return [...] the fascicles you kindly sent me [...]. She suggests that her correspondent visit her to talk about the "admirable work you have devoted yourself to [...]".

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CARRIER (Jean-Baptiste). Autograph Apostille signed as Conventionnel en mission auprès de l'armée de l'Ouest (Nantes, December 1793, 3 lines) addressed to the bureau des classes de Nantes, on a letter addressed to him by Adjutant-General Jean François Xavier Mangen (Nantes, 23 frimaire an II - 13 décembre 1793, une p. in-folio , address au dos, deux petits manques de papier dus à l'ouverture sans atteinte au texte). Rare reminder of the terrible Carrier's presence in Nantes. When General Charette took Noirmoutier in October 1793, the Republicans feared that the island would be used by the English to organize a raid on France, and General Turreau organized an operation to recapture it. He entrusted brigade commander Nicolas-Louis Jordy and general Nicolas Haxo with the task: on the night of January 3 to 4, 1794, the royalists were defeated and Noirmoutier returned to the Republic. Jean François Xavier Mangen wrote to Jean-Baptiste Carrier: "You will please give the order to have the bureau des classes [in charge of Navy personnel] publish to all citizens who are part of the armament of the gabarres, and other vessels, concerning the attack on Noirmoutier, to join at once at the place of their destination at Paimbœuf [Nantes' main outport in the Loire estuary], under the most severe penalties, because according to the interview I just had with the chief engineer of the Navy, everything is ready and even most of the ships are already in Paimbœuf, and if it weren't for an end wind we would leave today to go there; The citizen named Degay [Marine engineer Pierre de Gay] has put into this operation all the intelligence and activity of a true republican. I have also informed General Haxo..." Jean-Baptiste Carrier forwarded the letter to the class office, with the following injunction in his own handwriting: "The class office will immediately comply with the contents of this letter and will report back to the people's representative within the day...". A person from the class office then noted for the record: "Donné ordre sur le champ de publier l'énoncé de la présente, et instruit le même jour le r[eprésentant] du p[euple] que son ordre avoit été mise à exécution."

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Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançois de LALANDE (1732-1807) astronomer. L.A.S. "Lalande Inspector of the Collège de France and Director of the Observatory", 14 brumaire IV (November 5, 1795), to a Citizen Representative; half-page in-4. Collège de France. "Le college de France est l'etablissement le plus celebre et le plus utile de l'univers à l'instruction publique. We are going to start our courses again; but if we don't have wood, we won't have listeners". He asks to be granted 3 cords of wood, and the carriages to transport it... Attached is a P.S. by 6 professors at the Collège de France, 1er pluviôse IV (January 21, 1796; half-page in-4). "We, the undersigned professors at the Collège de France, in order to comply with the law, declare that we are all sincerely attached to the Republic and that we have an eternal hatred of royalty"... Signed, in addition to Lalande: Édouard Bosquillon, Antoine de Cournand, Jean-Baptiste Gail, Pierre-Charles Lévesque, Nicolas Sélis.

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