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CHARAVAY. Lettres autographes composent la collection de M. Alfred Bovet. Paris, Charavay,1887, large vol. in-4, navy blue half-rel. with corners, ribbed spine decorated with gilt caissons, gilt head, covers and spine preserved. Numbered copy.

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CHARAVAY. Lettres autographes composent la collection de M. Alfred Bovet. Paris, Charavay,1887, large vol. in-4, navy blue half-rel. with corners, ribbed spine decorated with gilt caissons, gilt head, covers and spine preserved. Numbered copy.

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BESENVAL (Pierre Victor de). Autograph letter signed and autograph pieces, one with autograph apostille signed (crossed out), from art dealer Philippe-François Julliot, who specialized in Asian objects. A Swiss officer in the service of France and a wealthy collector, Baron de Besenval, as lieutenant-general, chaired one of the four sub-committees of the Comité de la Guerre founded by the Secretary of State for War and future Marshal Philippe-Henri de Ségur - the latter's wife was also his mistress. Very wealthy, he owned a handsome private mansion in Paris, where he amassed an extensive collection of art objects, notably Japanese and Chinese. - Autograph. S.d. Extract from a catalog of his Japanese and Chinese porcelain: bottles, pagodas, urns, vases, roosters, carps, etc. Baron de Besenval specifies that an urn was given to him by the Comte d'Artois, and that he obtained two pieces of antique porcelain in exchange for another piece given to him by the Duc d'Orléans (2 pp. in-8 square). - Autograph. S.d. List of various objects, mainly pendants. With autograph apostille signed (crossed out) by Philippe-François Julliot: "Je reconnois avoir à Mr le baron de Bezenval les objets cy-dessus détaillés composant un lustre de cristal de roche que Mr le baron m'a confié. In Paris, December 4, 1786." - Autograph letter signed. Paris, December 14, 1781. Convocation (one p. in-8 square).

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Etienne CHARAVAY Autograph letters from the collection of Mr Alfred Bovet, Edition Librairie Charavay Frères, Paris, 1887. Cloth. (Uncollated, as is).

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*PATRIMOINE] - TILLET (L. M.) - Bretagne romane - Sans lieu ; La Nuit des Temps, Collection Zodiaque, 1982 - 1 volume In-8° - Rich iconography in and out of text in black and in color - Publisher's apricot cloth binding in color illustrated dust jacket - A very good copy with autograph letter signed by the author to Tanguy Daniel - 1 autograph letter signed by the author to the same addressee is enclosed.

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