Null (SOULT. Marshal). - Compte rendu au Roi sur l'exécution de la loi du 21 mar…

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(SOULT. Marshal). - Compte rendu au Roi sur l'exécution de la loi du 21 mars 1832 relative au recrutement de l'armée. Paris, France. Imprimerie royale. 1835. 1 volume in-4, long-grained red morocco, boards decorated with large central and angular cold fleurons in a gilded frieze, wide gilded frieze framing the boards, ornate smooth spine, gilded inner lace, gilded edges. VIII pp., 167 pp. 1 p. bl. First edition of the "Soult Law" on Army recruitment. Copy from the library of the Duc d'Orléans, stamped "Bibliothèque militaire de S.A.R. Mgr le Duc d'Orléans" on the title page. Minor rubbing and foxing.

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(SOULT. Marshal). - Compte rendu au Roi sur l'exécution de la loi du 21 mars 1832 relative au recrutement de l'armée. Paris, France. Imprimerie royale. 1835. 1 volume in-4, long-grained red morocco, boards decorated with large central and angular cold fleurons in a gilded frieze, wide gilded frieze framing the boards, ornate smooth spine, gilded inner lace, gilded edges. VIII pp., 167 pp. 1 p. bl. First edition of the "Soult Law" on Army recruitment. Copy from the library of the Duc d'Orléans, stamped "Bibliothèque militaire de S.A.R. Mgr le Duc d'Orléans" on the title page. Minor rubbing and foxing.

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NECKER (Jacques). Compte rendu au Roi. Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1781. In-4 of [2] ff. 116 pp. Half marbled basane, smooth spine decorated, title page (contemporary binding). Covers, spines and corners worn. First edition of this famous work illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece ("Le compte rendu" depicting Necker's bust resting on two books and a copy of Le Compte rendu, crushing the body of inverted envy, around which are scattered the various pamphlets against Necker), 2 color maps and a large fold-out table. Appointed Director General of Finance on June 29, 1777, Jacques Necker resorted to heavy borrowing to cope with a 30-million deficit and meet the expenses of the war with England in 1778. In 1781, he published Compte-rendu au Roi (Report to the King), which criticized the existing system and outlined the renovation projects that the revolution would follow. Copies of this work were sold in France to great acclaim: for the first time, the public was made directly aware of the country's financial state, and Necker was fired for it. The work is divided into 3 parts: The first is devoted to the state of finances, public credit, anticipations, accounting and the caisse d'escompte; the second to gifts, croups and pensions, the organization of receivers and the expenses of the King's household; the third to the various types of taxes.

Estim. 550 - 600 EUR

LA RIBOISSIÈRE (J.-A. Baston de). P.S. to Marshal Soult. Passau, June 6, 1806. Title and 12 pp. ½ in-folio on bluish paper. Important report on the "project for the formation of a flotilla on the Danube", written at the request of Marshal Soult, head of the reserve of the Grande Armée. This fleet was to be used to monitor the Danube from Passau, but above all to transport troops and allow armed soldiers to cross the river with their equipment, including horses. The memorandum begins with a census of all the boats anchored on the river and the state of the construction sites. The general then goes on to give technical and practical details for the construction of bridges using these boats. Finally, the general advocates the creation of a flotilla, which has the advantage of being easily assembled and equipped, attracting less attention from the enemy, mentioning the practical organization, details of troop embarkation and disembarkation, navigation on the Danube, landing points, etc. A former officer in the La Fère regiment, where the young Bonaparte was stationed, La Riboisière (1759-1812) was promoted to general in 1803, and appointed artillery commander of the 4th Corps under Soult. During the battle of Austerlitz, he directed his guns on the frozen Menitz pond, where the Russian columns were located, and distinguished himself again at Jena, repelling several infantry charges. The Emperor made him a divisional officer at the start of the Polish campaign, commanding the artillery of the Imperial Guard.

Estim. 450 - 500 EUR

MURAT (Joachim). L.S. "Joachim" to Marshal SOULT, and extract from the Grande Chancellerie de la Légion d'Honneur. Neuilly, July 20, 1806. 1 pp. folio and 1 pp. folio with simple letterhead from the Grande Chancellerie de la Légion d'Honneur. Request from the Grand Duke of Berg to exchange the 12th cohort, of which he is the holder, for the 4th; "My dear Marshal, you are no more destined than I am to ever inhabit the headquarters of your cohort. Your merit and the Emperor's benevolence will no doubt one day call you away from the department of Roêr. I therefore thought that you were no more attached to the 4th cohort than to any other, and I asked the Emperor to kindly allow me, with your approval, to change mine for yours. It is probable that I will make my residence in my states (...)." Attached is a copy of Murat's letter to the Grand Chancellor of the Légion d'Honneur concerning this exchange request: "(...) The Emperor has been good enough to consent to this arrangement. As I am about to leave to take up residence in my States, it would be a great pleasure for me to be close to the Cohort of which I would be the holder (...). I will write to Marshal Soult to propose this exchange (...). Made Marshal of the Empire in May 1804, Murat (1767-1815) had received the titles of Grand Admiral and Prince, Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honor, Head of the 12th Cohort in February 1805, Grand Dignitary of the Order of the Iron Crown, Grand Duke of Berg and Cleve in March 1806; he held this last title until July 1808, when Napoleon elevated him to the rank of King of Naples. The exchange does not appear to have taken place; for his brief stays in the principality, Murat took up residence in Benrath Castle and the Governor's Palace in Düsseldorf. Relying on the proclamation of the Confederation of the Rhine, the new Duke of Berg proclaimed his independence from the Holy Roman Empire in July 1806.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

[Hyde de Neuville] Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies, Compte rendu au Roi, par le ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, des recettes et des dépenses faites pour le service intérieur des Colonies, sur l'exercice 1826. Paris, imprimerie royale, January 1829. In-4, VIII-116p, [1]f. Precious account addressed to the King by Baron Hyde de Neuville, then Minister of the Navy, on the economic activity of the French colonies during 1826. Income and expenditure are calculated for Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyana and Mana, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Senegal and its dependencies, Bourbon (Reunion Island), Sainte-Marie-de-Madagascar, French settlements in India and Indian rent. Full shagreened basane, gilt roulette on the edges, gilt faux-nerve spine, gilt fleurons, red morocco title page, roulette on the edges. Corners dulled, beginning of split at bottom of upper spine, small black spot at top of upper spine.

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