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Thomas Enchères et Expertises

203 - Set of 13 documents from the Revolutionary period and the First Empire, including:

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€150 - 300

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24%

Set of 13 documents from the Revolutionary period and the First Empire, including: 1-Certificate of civic conduct issued in Perpignan “at the Town Hall” (October 26, 1793); numerous signatures and a wax seal. 1 p., in-8; good condition. 2-Elaborately engraved discharge certificate issued in Lapiétra on 30 Ventôse, Year 4 [March 20, 1796] concerning a soldier from the Drum Major Company in Montauban. Numerous signatures, including that of Augereau (Commanding General), and a wax seal. 2 pp., in-8 oblong; fine copy. 3-Section of the French Pantheon. Certificate of voluntary enlistment dated 17 Messidor, Year 2 [July 5, 1794] “for the Vendée expedition,” signed by Desgranges [secretary-clerk of the Section of the French Pantheon]. 1 page, oblong in-12, bearing an oval black seal. Fine copy. 4-Handwritten laissez-passer (Manche department) dated March 4, 1806, signed by the mayor of Granville and bearing an imperial administrative seal (1 p., in-4; fine copy) 5-Certificate of non-emigration “(…) from the commune of Savigny-sur-Orge dated 4 Frimaire, Year 2 [November 24, 1793]. 2 pp., in-4, handwritten; numerous signatures and a red wax seal; fine copy. 6-Receipt for change of residence dated November 17, 1797; signatures and seal. 1 p., in-12 oblong; fine copy. 7-“1st Battalion of Reserve Volunteers.” Army of Italy/Second Company. Certificate of conduct “as a true republican” issued in Ferrara on 29 Floréal, Year 9 [May 19, 1801]; numerous signatures and seal. 1 p., in-4 oblong; fine copy. 8-“1st Battalion of the Charente Chasseurs.” Certificate of conduct for “the courage and fearlessness of a true republican,” issued on the 4th of Frimaire, Year 5 [November 24, 1796]. 1 p., oblong in-4; fine copy. 9-Hospital discharge slip (October 14, 1793) followed (on the reverse) by the “Report on the illnesses or infirmities that necessitated this patient’s discharge without being cured”; numerous signatures, including “Laennec of the Hôtel-Dieu” (Guillaume-François Laennec, uncle of the inventor of the stethoscope). 2 pp., in-12; tape across the fold.

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Auction details

Antique books, autographs, and various documents: Collection of Mr. L and others
Thursday, November 26
02:00 PM
96, avenue Félix-Geneslay
72000 Le Mans, France

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Thomas Enchères et Expertises +33 2 43 23 36 11 thomas@72encheres.com
On Drouot for 2 years avec More than 12,000 lots published

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