Null Czernin, Ottokar Graf,
Austro-Hungarian diplomat. Diplomat, k.K. Minister o…

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Czernin, Ottokar Graf, Austro-Hungarian diplomat. Diplomat, k.k. Minister of Foreign Affairs (1872-1932). Hon. Letter with signature (abbreviation OCz ?), dat. Berlin 6.11.(19)17 (?.). Gr.8°. 2 p., 3 p. inscr. Folded several times. On a letter sheet of the Hotel Adlon in Berlin, with printed head, supposedly to his wife: "Yesterday only Hindenburg & Ludendorff, whole fellows both, especially the latter but damned hard to treat for their self-esteem. Then audience with the Emperor, Order of the Black Eagle, very gracious... - Included: Telegram, dat. Brest-Litovsk, February 9, 1918, for His Majesty. Peace with the Ukraine has just been signed at 2 o'clock in the morning... (Was forwarded to Count Demblin). 4°. 1 sheet, folded several times. D

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Czernin, Ottokar Graf, Austro-Hungarian diplomat. Diplomat, k.k. Minister of Foreign Affairs (1872-1932). Hon. Letter with signature (abbreviation OCz ?), dat. Berlin 6.11.(19)17 (?.). Gr.8°. 2 p., 3 p. inscr. Folded several times. On a letter sheet of the Hotel Adlon in Berlin, with printed head, supposedly to his wife: "Yesterday only Hindenburg & Ludendorff, whole fellows both, especially the latter but damned hard to treat for their self-esteem. Then audience with the Emperor, Order of the Black Eagle, very gracious... - Included: Telegram, dat. Brest-Litovsk, February 9, 1918, for His Majesty. Peace with the Ukraine has just been signed at 2 o'clock in the morning... (Was forwarded to Count Demblin). 4°. 1 sheet, folded several times. D

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[Duc ENGHIEN] / Nice set of correspondence addressed to lawyer André Marie Jean-Jacques DUPIN, known as Dupin aîné (1783-1865), member of the Académie française, concerning the execution of the Duc d'Enghien (shot in the Vincennes pits on March 21, 1814), following the publication of Dupin's 1823 work entitled "Pièces judiciaires et historiques relatives au procès du Duc d'Enghien": 1°) Princess Charlotte de ROHAN (1767-1841, whom the Duc d'Enghien loved and married in secret, she witnessed her husband's abduction in 1804), autograph letter, 1 p. in-4, Paris, [1823], red wax seal with her coat of arms, back from the countryside, she "has the greatest desire to see Monsieur Dupin [...]" - 2°) Jean-Guillaume Hyde de NEUVILLE (1776-1857, politician, royalist agent who braved the imperial police, minister), letter signed as French ambassador to Portugal. [Circa 1823]. 2 p in-4, "The copy intended for Her Majesty the Queen (Charlotte-Joachim de Bourbon, Infanta of Spain) was delivered to her immediately, and its reading brought tears to the eyes of Louis XIV's granddaughter. I have been asked by Her Majesty herself to express her thanks to you [...]. Your work, so eminently French, can only interest all the souls of humanity, justice and the Bourbons: it has touched me deeply [...]" - 3°) Joseph-François Louis Charles Duc de DAMAS (1758-1829, one of Louis XVI's loyal followers, peer de France, lieutenant general during the Restoration), 2 autograph letters signed, 1p in-4 and 1p in-8, Tuileries November 4 and 8, 1823.1 p. in-8, He makes an appointment and "I have received Monsieur the four copies you kindly sent me of your work on the assassination of M. le Duc d'Enghien. Your just indignation against this heinous crime does honor to your heart [...]. I have just sent a copy to M. le comte de Rully [...]" - 4°) Hyacinthe Louis comte de QUELEN (1778-1839, archbishop of Paris, Peer of France, member of the Académie française), autograph letter signed, 1 p. large in-4, red wax seal, Paris, November 19, 1823, thanks - 5°) Denis Antoine Luc FRAYSSINOUS (1765-1841, bishop of Hermopolis, first chaplain to Louis XVIII, peer of France, member of the Académie française), autograph letter signed, 1 p in-4, Paris, November 20, 1823, thanks - 6°) Jean-Jacques Régis de CAMBACÉRÈS (1753-1824, archchancellor of the Empire, he had sought to divert Napoleon from executing the Duc d'Enghien), signed letter, 1 p in-8, November 10, 1823, thanks - 7°) Baron de SAINT-JACQUES (Former secretary to the Duc d'Enghien, became aide-de-camp to the latter's father), letter signed, 1 p in-4, Palais Bourbon, November 4, 1823, to the Duc de Damas, autograph apostille signed "D" from the Duc de Damas redirecting the letter to Dupin, about an appointment - 8°) François-Auguste FAUVEAU de FRENILLY (1768-1848, poet, writer and royalist agent), autograph letter signed, 1 p in-12, Paris, November 28, 1823, "I have read, Monsieur, with extreme esteem and satisfaction the honorable work you have printed on the unfortunate Duc d'Enghien. The truth of a noble and beautiful soul shines through [...]. I have sometimes heard it said that our opinions were not the same. Since reading you, I find it hard to believe. Be that as it may, sentiments such as yours reconcile them all [...]" - 9°) Chevalier Charles de VASSAL (He had fought under the Duc d'Enghien and was then attached to the Duc d'Angoulême), 2 autograph letters signed, Paris, chq 1 p in-8, January 8 and November 8 1823, thanks," [...] I had the honor of serving under the Duc d'Enghien and the end of this young prince inspired the same indignation in all honest people, whether in France or in foreign countries [...]" / Enclosed: 9 other letters, notes, prints, engravings relating to the Duc d'Enghien and Dupin's book.

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CANCAN - ROSE-POMPON(Elvire Hamelin épouse Bonzé dite, n1824-1895, lorette and French-cancan dancer, she was a fixture of demi-mondain Paris, with her friends-rivals Modeste Mogador, Nini-patte-en l'air, Rigolboche, Reine Pomaré and other "Lionnes", of her rocky life she published her memoirs) / Exceptional autograph letter signed, 4 p in-8, on armorial letter paper (dry), Bucharest, April 3 [circa 1853-54, at the height of the Crimean War], to Amédée Achard [1814-1875, journalist, novelist and playwright], the expression is rambling, the spelling uncertain and the punctuation non-existent: he will be surprised to receive a letter from her, from a country that will interest the man of spirit that he is, "the idea doesn't seem funny to you that a drolesse of my kind is in Bucharest, in the middle of wars", "I saw everything, two years ago inMoldavia,by love I became Greek, today by war I become Russian", "the idea seems funny to you, and you dear Achard, won't you also come to see this country", "I assure you that you would have subject, and a lot, to make feuilletons". "Frankly, I'm getting very bored. I've been living in Bucharest, Calafat and the whole Bucharest area for 7 months now, and I'm still talking about the same things: war and politics", "I must tell you that I fired the cannon at Giurgevo [now Giurgiu, southern Romania], you should have seen it! I can't tell you everything I've done, what I think, and a thousand other things, as my letter won't reach you", "I wrote to my friend Romieu [Auguste Romieu the director of the Beaux-Arts and also a writer, who frequented the grisettes] a few months ago, if by chance you see him, send him a letter and in the meantime a thousand kind things from me, etmes bons amis je vous engage à diner dans six semaines, vu que je quitte ces fameuses principautés qui occupe toute l'Europe aujourd'hui", "J'espère bien que les journaux vont annoncer mon arrivée, que de chose que j'ai vu ici, sauf la guerre mais entre autres", "Je suis de l'avis russe et j'ai pris le v. russe (virus) en fort mauvais calembourg. Ah well, wartime! At the moment I'm the mistress of Prince Gortchakoff [nb: Alexander Gortchakov, 1798-1883, eminent Russian politician, diplomat who played an important role in the Crimean War, hence the embossed letterhead]whose card I'm sending you", "Take it in the right sense, it can be taken in many senses, it's sensually silly what I'm saying, it doesn't make common sense and on top of that I'm making you do bad blood", "Send this to the censor", "If I listened to myself I wouldn't stop, but on the other hand my letter would be stopped", "Drink to my health, go and kiss my Romieu for me, if you meet any friends who tell you about me, tell them that no ball and chain has reached me yet", "In the meantime my dear Amédée, I remember you well.Announce my arrival. I'll write to you", "Your friend Rose-Pompon in the warring Principalities".

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