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live November 28 | 10:00 AM
Jack-Philippe Ruellan

43 - [LOUIS XVI]. Facsimile of the Will of Louis XVI, the only edition authorized by His Excellency the Minister of General Police as conforming to the original; engraved by Pierre PICQUET […] Included are facsimiles of an excerpt from 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.

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[LOUIS XVI]. Facsimile of the Will of Louis XVI, the only edition authorized by His Excellency the Minister of General Police as conforming to the original; engraved by Pierre PICQUET […] Included are facsimiles of an excerpt from 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. Includes the 4-page facsimile on loose-leaf sheets and the 2 plates. Handwritten note at the top of the first page: “Souvenir received from Monsieur Gueffier (the publisher’s son) Friday, August 21, 1857. Alexandre Bibesco.”

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Books & Documents
Saturday, November 28
10:00 AM
8, rue du docteur Joseph-Audic, zone d'activités du Ténénio
56001 Vannes, France

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Jack-Philippe Ruellan +33 2 97 47 26 32 info@ruellanauction.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 23,000 lots published

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