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ROUX DE LABORIE (Anatole). Eloge du Duc d'Enghien, speech that won the eloquence prize at the Société royale des bonnes-lettres, session of May 30, 1827. Paris, Trouvé, 1827, in-8, 52 pp. in long-grained fawn morocco, smooth spine decorated with gilt garlands, fillets and fleurs-de-lis, framed in septuple gilt fillet on the covers with fleurs-de-lis spandrels, gilt cross-hatching on the edges, gilt edges, garland of fleurs-de-lis framed on the inside covers (Simier). A copy bearing the coat of arms of Louis-Henri-Joseph de Bourbon (1756-1830), Prince de Condé [although he challenged the title on the death of his father] and father of the Duc d'Enghien. OHR 2637-3 (cites our work as a reference). The work also belonged to the library of the Duchesse de Berry in Rosny (ex-libris vignette pasted on the first endpapers) and to the collection of Eugène Chatoney. BONDED WITH: I. AUDIBERT (Louis-François-Hilarion) : Éloge du Duc d'Enghien, speech that won an eloquence prize at the Société royale des bonnes-lettres, session of May 31, 1827. Paris, C. J. Trouvé, 1827, 57 pp. - II. ROGER (Jean-François): Rapport sur les ouvrages qui ont concouru pour le prix d'éloquence [de la Société royale des bonnes-lettres] décerné dans la séance extraordinaire du 30 mai 1827. Paris, C. J. Trouvé, 1827, 20 pp. A fine copy. Simier's signature on spine and label on flyleaf.

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ROUX DE LABORIE (Anatole). Eloge du Duc d'Enghien, speech that won the eloquence prize at the Société royale des bonnes-lettres, session of May 30, 1827. Paris, Trouvé, 1827, in-8, 52 pp. in long-grained fawn morocco, smooth spine decorated with gilt garlands, fillets and fleurs-de-lis, framed in septuple gilt fillet on the covers with fleurs-de-lis spandrels, gilt cross-hatching on the edges, gilt edges, garland of fleurs-de-lis framed on the inside covers (Simier). A copy bearing the coat of arms of Louis-Henri-Joseph de Bourbon (1756-1830), Prince de Condé [although he challenged the title on the death of his father] and father of the Duc d'Enghien. OHR 2637-3 (cites our work as a reference). The work also belonged to the library of the Duchesse de Berry in Rosny (ex-libris vignette pasted on the first endpapers) and to the collection of Eugène Chatoney. BONDED WITH: I. AUDIBERT (Louis-François-Hilarion) : Éloge du Duc d'Enghien, speech that won an eloquence prize at the Société royale des bonnes-lettres, session of May 31, 1827. Paris, C. J. Trouvé, 1827, 57 pp. - II. ROGER (Jean-François): Rapport sur les ouvrages qui ont concouru pour le prix d'éloquence [de la Société royale des bonnes-lettres] décerné dans la séance extraordinaire du 30 mai 1827. Paris, C. J. Trouvé, 1827, 20 pp. A fine copy. Simier's signature on spine and label on flyleaf.

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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.