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[NAPOLEON I, Emperor of the French]. A collection of letters and documents by opponents of Napoleon, including: Gebhard Lebrecht von BLÜCHER, Marshal, Prince of Wahlstadt (1742-1819). Autograph letter signed ('Bluch') to Schwenke, inspector of his estates at Krieblowitz, ?Berlin, 19 October 1814, giving him instructions on animal husbandry and other matters connected with his estate, 2 pages, 4to, integral address leaf, traces of red wax seal (occasional light spotting, slightly duststained, small old repair in central vertical fold); with four engraved portraits and other printed material.
With:
letters of Klemens, Prince von METTERNICH (letter signed to Richard, Marquis Wellesley, 1810), Sir Hudson LOWE (1825), a document with stamped signature of LOUIS XVIII (countersigned by Clarke as Duke of Feltre), a fragment of a document with a secretarial signature of Louis XVI (1786, countersigned by Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince de Condé) and an envelope containing a 'sprig' from Napoleon's grave on St Helena. (5)
With:
letters of Klemens, Prince von METTERNICH (letter signed to Richard, Marquis Wellesley, 1810), Sir Hudson LOWE (1825), a document with stamped signature of LOUIS XVIII (countersigned by Clarke as Duke of Feltre), a fragment of a document with a secretarial signature of Louis XVI (1786, countersigned by Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince de Condé) and an envelope containing a 'sprig' from Napoleon's grave on St Helena. (5)
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