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live November 10 | 11:00 AM
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151 - [MARIE-ANTOINETTE & LOUIS XVI]. Set of 3 documents:

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€100 - 150

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25%

[MARIE-ANTOINETTE & LOUIS XVI]. Set of 3 documents: - The Queen’s Will or Facsimile. A perfect imitation of her handwriting, consistent with the copy distributed to both Chambers. Paris, published by Genty and Eymery, 1816. In-4 format, [2] folios, reproduced as a facsimile in its engraved publisher’s slipcase. With its original certificate of export for cultural property from the Ministry of Culture, accompanied by the original entry from the Charavay catalog, no. 815 (May 1996), No. 44935. - Facsimile of the Will of Louis XVI, the only edition authorized by His Excellency the Minister of General Police as conforming to the one made from the original; engraved by Pierre PICQUET [...] Included is a facsimile of a fragment of a writing by Madame Elisabeth, and the signatures of Queen Marie Antoinette and the young Louis XVII; accompanied by a historical note [...] by L.-E. AUDOT. Paris, Gueffier, Audot, Plancher, Picquet, undated. In-4, 16 printed pages, without the facsimiles described in the title but including the facsimile of Marie Antoinette’s will. - ARNNA (Jacques), The Two Faces of Marie-Antoinette, Dauphine and Queen, as Revealed by Her Handwriting. Paris, Blaizot, 1961. In-4, sky-blue cloth-bound cardboard with the queen’s gilded coat of arms (partially sun-faded). Numerous reproductions of autographs. First edition, printed in a run of 500 copies; no. 250.

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Bibliophilia - Books & Autographs
Tuesday, November 10
11:00 AM
17, rue de la Grange Batelière
75009 Paris, France

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Millon +33 1 47 27 95 34 rbeot@millon.com
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