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    Succession de feus Monseigneur le Comte de Paris et Madame la Comtesse de Paris

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    14 October 2008

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    • DEUX DIPLOMES DE LOUIS-PHILIPP
    Lot 249

    DEUX DIPLOMES DE LOUIS-PHILIPPE, PREMIER COMTE DE PARIS (1838-1894)

    ETATS-UNIS, XIXEME SIECLE

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    EUR 438

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    EUR 100 - EUR 200

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    DEUX DIPLOMES DE LOUIS-PHILIPPE, PREMIER COMTE DE PARIS (1838-1894)
    ETATS-UNIS, XIXEME SIECLE
    L'un certifiant que Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, capitaine et aide de camp du général McClellan lors de la guerre de sécession, est membre de la 'Society of the Army of the Potomac'. L'autre daté du 10 décembre 1875 nommant Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, comte de Paris membre honoraire de la 'Massachussets Historical Society'
    Dimension du plus grand des diplômes: 37 x 44 cm. (14½ x 17¼) (3)

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    Lot Essay

    Ces diplômes rendent hommage à l'engagement du premier comte de Paris dans les rangs des armées nordistes lors de la guerre de sécession. A la suite de cette aventure aux Etats-Unis, le Comte de Paris rédigera une Histoire de la Guerre civile en Amérique.

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    No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT payable at 19.6% (5.5% for books) will be added to the buyer’s premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis


    Post Lot Text

    TWO AMERICANS DILPOMA DELIVERED TO LOUIS-PHILIPPE, FIRST COUMT OF PARIS


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