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FRANCE - 12 DENIERS FRANCOIS ( G 15 ) - 1792 A an 4 de la Liberté. Bust of Louis XVI King of the French - "The Nation, the Law, the King". RARE VARIANTE different Leopard and Rose - TTB -

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FRANCE - 12 DENIERS FRANCOIS ( G 15 ) - 1792 A an 4 de la Liberté. Bust of Louis XVI King of the French - "The Nation, the Law, the King". RARE VARIANTE different Leopard and Rose - TTB -

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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.

FRANCE - 12 DENIERS FRANCOIS ( G 15 ) - 1792 A an 4 de la Liberté. Bust of Louis XVI King of the French - "The Nation, the Law, the King". RARE VARIANTE different Leopard and Rose - TTB -

FRANCE - 12 DENIERS FRANCOIS ( G 15 ) - 1792 A an 4 de la Liberté. Bust of Louis XVI King of the French - "The Nation, the Law, the King". RARE VARIANTE different Leopard and Rose - TTB -

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