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live November 17 | 02:00 PM
Oger - Blanchet

1 - THE NECKLACE AFFAIR

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€200 - 300

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31.8%

THE NECKLACE AFFAIR An important collection of documents relating to the Queen’s necklace affair. A printed document titled “Petition on behalf of Mr. Marc Antoine Rétaux de Villette, a former gendarme, against the Attorney General.” A handwritten document titled “The Necklace Trial or the Trial of Cardinal de Rohan, 1785–1786.” A printed document titled “Second Memorandum for Mademoiselle le Guay d’Olivia: Analysis and Results of the Investigations and Confrontations” against the Attorney General. An autograph document signed “Bohmer” addressed to Monsieur Grand, a banker. He informs him of his visit that very evening. A printed document titled “Memoir on Mademoiselle le Guay d’Olivia, a minor who has attained legal age, accused against the Attorney General in the presence of Cardinal de Rohan, Madame de la Motte-Valois, and Sieur de Cagliostro” A collection of handwritten documents relating to the De la Motte de Valois Saint-Rémy couple, including genealogical information. An autograph letter signed by Bette d’Etienville. Various 19th-century documents, including letters and newspaper clippings from the year 1902.

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Auction details

In Gratitude to Women in Literature—A Library Dedicated to Women's Literature
Tuesday, November 17
02:00 PM
22, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Oger - Blanchet +33 1 42 46 96 95 contact@ogerblanchet.fr
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 86,000 lots published

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