CHARENTE-MARITIME. "FÊTE NATIONALE du 15 août (1865)" (La Saint Napoléon. Second Empire period), Program for August 14 and 15, 1865: "Cloches; Distribution du secours aux indigents. Te Deum; Free dance under the Petit-Bois; Ascent of a BALLON on the Champ-de-Foire, followed by a Feu d'Artifice; Illumination of public buildings and Chinese Illumination of the Place des Jacobins...". Vignette with crowned Imperial Eagle, striking with lightning. Saint-Jean-d'Angély, typographie Lemarié, rue de l'Horloge, 11, and place du Marche 6. Cupboard (55 x 45 cm) Condition A-

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