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Merwin Clayton Sales Company: AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTED BY THE LATE ROBERT BROWN SECRETARY OF YALE OBSERVATORY, NEW HAVEN, CONN. (WITH OTHER PROPERTIES) COMPRISING SPECIMENS OF CELEBRATED AMERICAN AND FOREIGN HISTORICAL, DRAMATIC, MUSICAL AND LITERARY PERSONAGES INCL, 462,

Auction Details

Auction Date
May 13, 1912 - May 13, 1912
Page Size: 1327 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
802 EXCELMANS (BARON REMI J. I.--A General of Napoleon, distinguished at Austerlitz and Waterloo) L. S. Paris

1830

USD - 1.00
803 FAIN (A. J., BARON--Secly. to Napoleon) A. N. S. (in French).

USD - Unknown
804 FONTANES (COUNT LOUIS DE--French Statesman and Author) A. D. S.

USD - Unknown
805 FOUCHE (JOSEPH, DUC D'OTRANTO--Napoleon's Minister of Police) L. S. Paris

1808

USD - 2.25
806 FOY (MAXIMILIAN S.--One of Napoleon's Generals, served in Spain and at Waterloo) Short autograph letter signed on an official letter of recommendation. Paris

1823

USD - 1.75
807 GAUDIN (M. A. A., DUC DE GAELA--Napoleon's Minister of Finance) L. S. Paris

1811

USD - Unknown
808 GEORGES (MARGUERITE JOSEPHINE--Famous Actress and Mistress of Napoleon) A. L. S. (in French).

USD - 1.50
809 GOOMM (SIR W. M.--Eminent British Gen., served at Waterloo. D. S., Westminster, 1832; D. S., Windsor ...

USD - Unknown
810 GOURGAUD (BARON GASPARD--accompanied Napoleon to St. Helena) A. N. S.

USD - 1.00
811 GROUCHY (EMANUEL, MARQUIS--Marshal of France) A. L. S. Paris

1835

USD - 5.00
812 HOCHE (LAZARE--Able French General of Division--Poisoned) A. L. S. Paris

1796

USD - 2.25
813 HOHENLOHE-BARTENSTEIN (PRINCE--opposed Napoleon) L. S. Luneville

1820

USD - Unknown
814 JOMINI (BARON DE--Napoleonic General and deserted Napoleon in 1813) A. L. S.

USD - 1.00
815 JOURDAN (JEAN B.--Marshal of France) A.L.S. Paris

1816

USD - 1.75
816 JOURDAN (JEAN B.--Marshal of France) A.L.S.

1829

USD - 2.00
817 JUNOT (ANDOCHE, DUC D'ABRANTES--favorite Marshal of Napoleon) A. L. S.

USD - 5.00
818 KEANE (MAJOR GEN. JOHN--Eminent British General. Served in the War of 1812) D. S. Barbados

1814

USD - 1.00
819 KELLERMAN (F. C., DUC DE VALMY--Marshal of France) L. S.

1809

USD - 1.75
820 KELLERMAN (F. C., DUC DE VALMY--Marshal of France) Military Document, 1 p. folio. Strasbourg, 1790. Memoire . . . Service de Gemestre. Signed De ...

USD - 1.50
821 KLEBER (JEAN BAPTISTE--Napoleonic General, murdered in Egypt) L. S. Bonn

1796

USD - 2.50
822 LAMBERT (JOHN--Major-Gen. in the British Army, in Commd. at Waterloo) D. S. Isle Dauphin

1815

USD - Unknown
823 LAURISTON (J. A. B. L. DE, MARQUIS--Aide-de-Camp to Napoleon, Marshal of France) A. L. S. Paris

1833

USD - Unknown
824 LAVATER (JEAN GASPARD--Physiognomist) A. N. S.

1790

USD - Unknown
825 LEFEBURE (FRANCOIS J., DUKE OF DANTZICK--Marshal of France) A. L. S.

1807

USD - 4.50
826 MACDONALD (E. J. J., DUKE OF TARENTUM-- Marshal of France) A. N. S.

1820

USD - 1.85
827 MACDONALD (E. J. J., DUKE OF TARENTUM-- Marshal of France) D. S. Paris

1816

USD - Unknown
828 MAISON (NICOLAS J., COUNT--Marshal of France) L. S.

1804

USD - 1.20
829 MAITLAND (SIR FREDK. L.--Rear Admiral in the British Navy) D. S. Colombo

1800

USD - Unknown
830 MALESHERBES (C. G. DE LAMOIGNON--French Jurist, Counsel for Louis XVI) L. S. Malesherbes

1780

USD - 1.00
831 MARET (H. G., DUC DE BASSANO--Napoleon's famous Secy. of State) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
832 MARET (H. G., DUC DE BASSANO--Napoleon's famous Secy, of State) A. L. S.

1796

USD - Unknown
833 MARMONT (A. F. L. V., DUC DE RAGUSA--Marshal of France) L. S.

1810

USD - 1.20
834 MARMONT (A. F. L. V., DUC DE RAGUSA--Marshal of France) A. L. (3rd person).

USD - Unknown
835 MARTIN (BON LOUIS HENRI--Eminent French Historian) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
836 MENOU (GENL. BARON J. F.--Celebrated French Genl., took command in Egypt after the Death of Kleber) A. L. S. Paris

1804

USD - 1.50
837 MERLIN DE DOUAI (P. A., COUNT--Councillor of State under Napoleon) L. S. Paris

1795

USD - Unknown
838 MIRABEAU (HONORE GABRIEL DE RIGNETTI--Famous French Orator of the Revolution) A. L. S.

1799

USD - 5.50
839 MOTHER (E. A. C. J., DUC DE TREVISO--Marshal of France) A. N. S.

USD - 1.10
840 MOLE (LOUIS MATHIEU, COMTE--Eminent French Statesman) A.L.S. Paris

1849

USD - Unknown
841 MONCEY (BON A. J., DUC DE CUNEGLIANO-- Marshal of France) L. S. Paris

1821

USD - 1.30
842 MONTALIVET (JEAN P., COMTE DE--Member of the Interior under Napoleon) L. S. Paris

1810

USD - Unknown
843 MONTHOLON (CHARLES T., MARQUIS--French General, with Napoleon at St. Helena) Portion of A.L.S.

USD - 2.60
844 MONTMORENCY-LAVAL (M. J. F., DUC DE-- noted French Gen.) L. S. Paris

1808

USD - 2.00
845 MOREAU (JEAN VICTOR--Eminent French General) A. L. S.

USD - 2.25
846 MOULIN (GENERAL I. A. F.--proposed that Napoleon be arrested as a deserter from Egypt and shot) Official D. S.

1794

USD - 1.00
847 MURAT (JOACHIM--Grand Admiral of France, Brother-in-Law of Napoleon) Portion of Document with Signature.

USD - Unknown
848 NESSELRODE (CHAS. ROBT., COUNT--Eminent Russian Diplomatist) D. S.

1844

USD - Unknown
849 NEUVILLE (G. G. HYDE DE--Active Royalist during the Republic and Empire; Minister to the United States, 1816-21) A. L. S. (in French).

USD - Unknown
850 NEY (MICHEL, DUKE OF ELCHINGEN--Marshal of France) A. L. S.

(1800)

USD - 10.00
851 NEY (MICHEL, DUKE OF ELCHINGEN--Marshal of France) Autograph Signature as Prince of Moskowa.

USD - Unknown
852 NOAILLES (LOUIS MARIE, VICOMTE--French Statesman) A. L. S.

1842

USD - 1.00
853 NOAILLES (LOUIS MARIE, VICOMTE--French Statesman) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
854 OUDINOT (CHARLES, DUC DE REGGIO--Marshal of France) L. S. Paris

1814

USD - 1.20
855 PALLOY (PIERRE F.--Famous in the Destruction of the Bastile) A. L. S.

1790

USD - Unknown
856 PERIGNON (DOMINIQUE C. DE, MARQUIS-- Marshal of France) A. N. S. Paris

1806

USD - Unknown
857 PIUS VII (POPE--whom Napoleon brought to Paris to crown him) Document endorsed by Pius VII.

USD - 1.50
858 POLIGNAC (A. J. A. M., PRINCE DE--Minister to Charles X, friend of Marie Antoinette) A. L. S.

1824

USD - 1.50
859 RAMPON (A. G., COUNT--Gen. of Division under Napoleon) A. L. S. Paris

1812

USD - Unknown
860 RAYNEVAL (F. M. G.-- Foreign Ambassador) L. S. Paris

1817

USD - Unknown
861 REGNIER (C. A., DUKE OF MESSA--Appointed Grand Judge by Napoleon) L. S. Paris

1803

USD - Unknown
862 REILLE (HONORE C. M. J., COUNT--Aide-de-Camp to Napoleon) L. S.

1832

USD - Unknown
863 REUBELL (J. B.--Member of the Directory) D. S.

USD - 1.30
864 REUBELL (J. B.--Member of the Directory) Fine stipple-plate bust portrait of Rewbell, engraved by Pian.

USD - Unknown
865 REUBELL (J. B.--Member of the Directory) L. S. Paris

1791

USD - 1.30
866 REVELLIERE LEPEAUX (M.--Pres. of the Executive Directory) L. S.

USD - 1.40
867 REYNIER (JEAN LOUIS--French Gen.--Commanded at the Siege of Acre) A. L. S. Paris

1803

USD - Unknown
868 RICHELIEU (ARMAND E. DU PLESSIS, DUKE-- Statesman, Gov. of Odessa) A. N. (3rd person).

USD - Unknown
869 ROCHAMBEAU (VISCOUNT M. J. DE. VIMEUR--French Gen., with his father in the American Revolution at Yorktown) L. S. (in French).

1803

USD - 1.35
870 ROCHEFOUCAULD-LIANCOURT DE LA (FRANCOIS A. F., DUC--Liberal French Peer) A. L. S.

USD - 1.50
871 SARRAZIN (JEAN--General of Brigade) A. L. S. Paris

1814

USD - Unknown
872 SAVARY (A. J. M. R., DUC. DE ROVIGO-- Famous French Gen.) L. S. Paris

1806

USD - 1.50
873 SCHELLING (F. W. J.--Eminent German Philosopher) A. L. S. (in French). Stuttgardt

1810

USD - Unknown
874 SEBASTIANI (HORACE F., COUNT--Marshal of France) L. S.

1807

USD - 1.25
875 SECRET SERVICE EXPENSES. A. D.

USD - Unknown
876 SEGUR (PHILIPPE HENRI, MARQUIS--Minister of War and Marshal of France) L. S. Versailles

1781

USD - 1.20
877 SHERER (B. L. J.--French Gen., Minister of War) A. L. S. Paris

1797

USD - Unknown
878 SMITH (SIR WILLIAM SYDNEY--English Admiral, defeated Napoleon at St. Jean d'Acre) A. L. S. (in French). Paris

1824

USD - Unknown
879 SMITH (SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY--English Admiral.) A. L. S.

USD - 1.10
880 SUCHET (LOUIS G., DUKE OF ALBUFERA-- Marshal of France) A. L. S. Milan

[1801]

USD - 2.00
881 TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD (CHAS. M.--Celebrated French Diplomat) L. S. Bourbon

1793

USD - 1.25
882 THIERS (A.--President of France) A. N. S.

USD - Unknown
883 TREILLARD (J. B.--French Statesman) Fine stipple plate portrait.

USD - Unknown
884 VANDAMME (D. R., COUNT d'UNEBOURG--Marshal of France) L. S. Boulogne

1808

USD - Unknown
885 VICTOR (CLAUDE P., DUKE OF BELLINO-- Marshal of France) L. S. Paris

1822

USD - 1.00
886 WELLINGTON (ARTHUR W., DUKE--Hero of Waterloo) Portion of document dated Whitehall.

1834

USD - Unknown
887 CORRESPONDENCE OF A SPY. Six A. L. S. from Le Chevalier Philip Latroliere, a French spy in the pay ...

USD - Unknown
888 FRENCH GENERALS, STATESMEN, Etc. Autograph Signatares. Chabot, Maret, Marshal Mortier, Champagny ...

USD - Unknown
889 FRENCH GENERALS, STATESMEN, Etc. French Generals and Statesmen. Autograph Signatures. Corbiere ...

USD - Unknown
890 FRENCH GENERALS, STATESMEN, Etc. French Generals and Statesmen. Autograph Signatures. Gerard, Sault ...

USD - Unknown
891 FRENCH GENERALS, STATESMEN, Etc. French Generals, Statesmen, etc. Autograph Signatures. Marshal ...

USD - Unknown
892 FRENCH GENERALS, STATESMEN, Etc. French Generals, Statesmen, etc. Autograph Signatures. Pajol ...

USD - Unknown
893 FRENCH STATESMEN. Autograph Signatures. Duc de Richelieu, Chateaubriand, Montalivet, etc.

USD - Unknown
894 NAPOLEON'S OFFICERS, Etc. Autograph Signatures. Bourrienne (rare); Sir Hudson Lowe (in charge of ...

USD - 1.00
895 NECKER (JACQUES--Father of Mdme. de Stael and famous French Financier of Louis XVIth) D. S. Versailles

1781

USD - Unknown
896 NELSON (ANDREW) A. D. S. March 31, 1788.

1788

USD - Unknown
897 NELSON (VISCOUNTESS, DUCHESS OF BRONTE,--Widow of Lord Nelson) A. N., 3d person. Exmouth

1821

USD - Unknown
898 NEUFCHATEAU (N. FRANCOIS DE--Minister of the Interior) A. L. S. Paris

1798

USD - Unknown
899 NEWCOMB (VICTOR) Manuscript Poem, Virginia First.

USD - Unknown
900 NEWTON (JOHN--Fed. Gen.) Endorsement signed.

1863

USD - Unknown
901 NEW YORK. D. S. New York

1735

USD - Unknown
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