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832 - Certificate of patron membership in the “Société générale des naufrages et de l'union des nations” issued to Mrs. L'Olivier of Brussels. Paris, lith. by L. Houbloup, 1836. Lithograph, 43.7 x 53 cm, laid paper with D. & C. Blauw watermark, ornate frame enhanced with watercolor, handwritten inscriptions and the artist’s signatures in black ink, red seal of the society (creases from shipping, a few minor holes in the creases and beneath the title band, a few minor foxing spots). Rare diploma from an international humanitarian organization founded in Paris in 1834 by Count Callistus-Augustus de Godde de Liancourt (a signatory of the diploma) and J.-Hippolyte Daniel de Saint-Anthoine, with the aim of preventing shipwrecks at sea and rescuing shipwrecked persons of all nations. A “Belgian Royal Section” was presided over by General Arnold-Ferdinand Donckier de Donceel, one of the signatories of this document, commander of the garrison of Liège, and inventor of various at-sea rescue systems. Ref. Biogr. nat. VII:121–122. Enclosed: Godde de Liancourt, C.-A. de—Letter to Mrs. L’Olivier. Paris, April 15, 1836. 1 p., bifolio on the Society’s letterhead, with seals (small tear in the blank page caused by opening the envelope). A fine accompanying letter to the diploma.
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Certificate of patron membership in the “Société générale des naufrages et de l'union des nations” issued to Mrs. L'Olivier of Brussels. Paris, lith. by L. Houbloup, 1836. Lithograph, 43.7 x 53 cm, laid paper with D. & C. Blauw watermark, ornate frame enhanced with watercolor, handwritten inscriptions and the artist’s signatures in black ink, red seal of the society (creases from shipping, a few minor holes in the creases and beneath the title band, a few minor foxing spots). Rare diploma from an international humanitarian organization founded in Paris in 1834 by Count Callistus-Augustus de Godde de Liancourt (a signatory of the diploma) and J.-Hippolyte Daniel de Saint-Anthoine, with the aim of preventing shipwrecks at sea and rescuing shipwrecked persons of all nations. A “Belgian Royal Section” was presided over by General Arnold-Ferdinand Donckier de Donceel, one of the signatories of this document, commander of the garrison of Liège, and inventor of various at-sea rescue systems. Ref. Biogr. nat. VII:121–122. Enclosed: Godde de Liancourt, C.-A. de—Letter to Mrs. L’Olivier. Paris, April 15, 1836. 1 p., bifolio on the Society’s letterhead, with seals (small tear in the blank page caused by opening the envelope). A fine accompanying letter to the diploma.
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