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Vermot et Associés

168 - VAUCLUSE. AVIGNON. CAVAILLON. 7 Letters (1783–1814), namely: Letter from CAVAILLON dated November 5, 1783, signed by the Abbé de CROUSNILHON, Provost of CAVAILLON Cathedral and executor of the will of the Abbé de GUAST, addressed to Mr. de BRESSE, son, at Le Thor (LE THOR, Vaucluse), wax seal bearing the coat of arms + A long letter from Avignon dated February 13, 1786, signed by RAOUSSET-BOULBON, addressed to the Marquis de RAOUSSET SEILLONS, Counselor to the Parliament of Provence in Aix-en-Provence, in search of his ancestry + 2 business letters containing accounts from Futailles de Blache Frères et Cie, of Avignon, dated 1810 and 1817, owed by Messrs. Guérin of Lyon + Letter from Carpentras (postmark: Avignon) dated December 8, 1787, from a father, addressed to Mr. D’OLIVIER on Rue des Franc-bourgeois in Paris + a letter from Avignon dated March 4, 1815, signed by BOISSET, to his friend TEULLIÉ, Captain in the Royal Corps of Engineers in Grenoble. He gives him news of the Avignon garrison, the officers, and the city, which is a frozen wasteland: “There weren’t very many balls during Carnival… During his visit, MONSIEUR (the Duke of Orléans) awarded 20 Legion of Honor decorations and 4 Crosses of St. Louis to the 6th Regiment… ” + Letter from Avignon, April 29, 1814, signed by FOGASSE DE LA BASTIE, to a merchant in Lyon.

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€100 - 150

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VAUCLUSE. AVIGNON. CAVAILLON. 7 Letters (1783–1814), namely: Letter from CAVAILLON dated November 5, 1783, signed by the Abbé de CROUSNILHON, Provost of CAVAILLON Cathedral and executor of the will of the Abbé de GUAST, addressed to Mr. de BRESSE, son, at Le Thor (LE THOR, Vaucluse), wax seal bearing the coat of arms + A long letter from Avignon dated February 13, 1786, signed by RAOUSSET-BOULBON, addressed to the Marquis de RAOUSSET SEILLONS, Counselor to the Parliament of Provence in Aix-en-Provence, in search of his ancestry + 2 business letters containing accounts from Futailles de Blache Frères et Cie, of Avignon, dated 1810 and 1817, owed by Messrs. Guérin of Lyon + Letter from Carpentras (postmark: Avignon) dated December 8, 1787, from a father, addressed to Mr. D’OLIVIER on Rue des Franc-bourgeois in Paris + a letter from Avignon dated March 4, 1815, signed by BOISSET, to his friend TEULLIÉ, Captain in the Royal Corps of Engineers in Grenoble. He gives him news of the Avignon garrison, the officers, and the city, which is a frozen wasteland: “There weren’t very many balls during Carnival… During his visit, MONSIEUR (the Duke of Orléans) awarded 20 Legion of Honor decorations and 4 Crosses of St. Louis to the 6th Regiment… ” + Letter from Avignon, April 29, 1814, signed by FOGASSE DE LA BASTIE, to a merchant in Lyon.

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Auction details

History & Regions of France
Tuesday, November 24
12:00 PM
5, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Vermot et Associés +33 1 71 19 42 16 info@vermotetassocies.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 220,000 lots published

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