Null [LOUIS XVII (1785-1795)]. Print: Notice intéressante..., Tours 21 janvier 1…

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[LOUIS XVII (1785-1795)]. Print: Notice intéressante..., Tours 21 janvier 1818 (Tours, impr. de Letourmy); 2p. in-4. Notice published in Rouen "Sur l'origine d'un Imposteur connu sous le nom de Mathurin Bruneau, fils d'un sabotier, du canton de Cholet, qui a eu l'audace d'emprunter le nom auguste de Charles de Navarre, et de se faire passer pour le Dauphin, fils de Louis XVI. - His arrest. - His trial before the courts".

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[LOUIS XVII (1785-1795)]. Print: Notice intéressante..., Tours 21 janvier 1818 (Tours, impr. de Letourmy); 2p. in-4. Notice published in Rouen "Sur l'origine d'un Imposteur connu sous le nom de Mathurin Bruneau, fils d'un sabotier, du canton de Cholet, qui a eu l'audace d'emprunter le nom auguste de Charles de Navarre, et de se faire passer pour le Dauphin, fils de Louis XVI. - His arrest. - His trial before the courts".

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