MENUS - Jules MELINE (Remiremont 1838-1925, politician) / 1°) Menu for the December 19, 1918 dinner at the Présidence de la République, 4 p cardboard insert (11.5 x 10 cm) in the name of Monsieur Méline, concerning the visit to Paris of the Italian King Victor-Emmanuel III / 2°) Menu for the January 20, 1919 lunch offered by the Senate to US President Thomas Woodrow Wilson (4 p in-4, yellowing), including a panoramic aerial view of the Palais du Luxembourg, an official portrait of President Wilson, and a view of the Salle des Conférences where the luncheon took place (attended by 250 guests), the menu is personalized with the name of Senator Méline; enclosed: the program for the musical part (1 p in-4), in preparation for the Treaty of Versailles

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