NAPOLEON WRITES TO HIS ADVISOR THE DUC DE FRIOUL MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH
NAPOLEON I
(1769-1821, Emperor of the French)
Fine Letter Signed 'Nap[oleon]' in French with translation to the Duc de FRIOUL
Géraud-Christophe-Michel Duroc, 1772-1813, General and Diplomat, one of Napoleon's closest advisers) saying that he has been told that the wages of "the Lancers of the Guard is 666. f. and that of the second infantrymen of 765. f. - I understand very well that the old infantrymen who do their service by me have 765. f but my intention is that the second infantrymen, who are only ordinary soldiers who do not do the service by me have for first wage only 450. f. - would you draft for me a report and a project of decree. Second infantrymen and spearmen should not cost me more than 450. What is sufficient for hussar regiments should be for lancers and second hussars as well ...", 1 side 4to., Fontainbleau, 27th January
Item Date:
1813
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[NAPOLEON I
(Bonaparte, 1769-1821, 1st Consul 1799-1804, Emperor of the French)]
Bulletin of the Laws of the Republic No. 255, in French,
including 2 important decrees, No. 2398 on "The enjoyment and deprivation of Civil Rights", and No. 2404 on raising "2000 Conscripts for the service of the Arsenals of the Navy", drawn up by the Corps Législatif and proclaimed by "Bonaparte, in the name of the French people", and signed in print "Bonaparte, first Consul ... Secretary of State Hugues B. Maret [1763-1839] ... the Grand-Juge, Minister of Justice ... Regnier [Claude Ambroise, 1746-1814]", attractive woodcut heading of Justice and the Law, with 6 other short decrees concerning secondary schools and lyceés, 16 pp. 8vo. numbered 545-560 of the "3rd Series", Paris, Imprimerie de la République, 17-23 ventôse year XI, 8-14 March
folded from the printed sheet, 3 neat stab holes near inner margins without loss, top edge opened, others uncut, in fresh condition
Item Date:
1803
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51745
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NAPOLEON I
(1769-1821, Emperor of the French)
Decree Signed 'Napo[leon]'
as Emperor of the French, King of Italy, and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, in Italian with translation, saying that "on the Report of Our Minister of Foreign Relations of the Kingdom of Italy", Ferdinando Marescalchi (1754-1816, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Italy, 1802-1805, of the Napoleonic Kingdom, 1805-1814, Count, 1809), "Antonio Granelli, called Palinetto, native of Santa Maria del Taro, in the Department of the Appennines, accused of various crimes committed in the territory of Our Empire, previously condemned for contempt of court to the penalty of death by the French Tribunals, and now detained in the prison of Brescia, shall be placed at the disposal of the French Authorities", but only after being tried by the Italian "Court of Criminal Justice at Brescia", any non-capital punishment by the French not to exceed what the Italian courts would have stipulated, headed Royal Decree No. 350, 2 sides folio and conjugate blank, Imperial Palace of the Tuileries, 12th April
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Item Date:
1809
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FROM ABOUKIR BAY, 1798
[NELSON
(Horatio, Viscount, 1758-1805, Admiral)]
Fascinating Letter with secretarial signature 'Orazio Nelson',
in Italian with translation, to Sir William HAMILTON (1730-1803, from 1764 British Ambassador at Naples, Husband of Emma Hamilton), saying that "as the greater part of the Squadron will be running down the Mediterranean, we will not need all the ... wine and biscuit ... previously ordered, so it will be possible to cancel what has not yet been got ready. I will settle all these matters if I can stay alive till ... I see Naples again", he has "the satisfaction of telling with certainty that the French army is full of sickness caused by the heat, and by having nothing to drink except water - which will result in the greater part of them being buried in Egypt", ending "I am ever yours", 1 side 4to., no place but Aboukir Bay, 12th August
(Translation)
From Admiral Nelson to Sir William Hamilton. August 12 1798.
My dear Sir,
As the greater part of the Squadron will be running down the Mediterranean, we will not need all of the quantities of wine and biscuit which were previously ordered, so it will be possible to cancel what has not yet been got ready. I will settle all these matters if I can stay alive till the moment I see Naples again.
I have the satisfaction of telling you with certainty that the French army is full of sickness caused by the heat, and by having nothing to drink except water - which will result in the greater part of them being buried in Egypt. I am ever yours [secretarial signature in the same hand] Horatio Nelson.
Item Date:
1798
Stock No:
55711
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THE BATTLE OF THE NILE
[NELSON
(Horatio, Viscount, 1758-1805, Admiral)]
Fine and evocative Contemporary Copy of his official list of the English and French Forces at the BATTLE OF THE NILE,
fought 1st-3rd August 1798, with copy signature 'HORATIO NELSON', naming the 14 English vessels, headed by his flagship 'Vanguard' (74), their numbers of guns, men, killed and wounded, and the 19 French vessels, headed by Brueys' flagship 'L'Orient' (120), with their numbers of guns and men, also 'How dispos'd of', mostly Taken (11), the rest Burnt (3), Sunk (1) or Escaped, headed by 'Le Guillaume Tell' [Counter-Admiral Villeneuve], (4), while the French survivors 'Sent on shore ... as by Certificates from Captain Barry of L'Hecate Bomb', Escaped from the Timoleon ... L'Hecate Bomb, Officers, Carpenters, Caulkers, &c Prisoners aboard the Fleet, total only 3708 out of 8930, contemporary title on side 4 in Italian, 1 side large oblong folio and conjugate leaf, Vanguard, 13th September
Item Date:
1798
Stock No:
55712
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