Émile MARCO de SAINT-HILAIRE (1796-1887). Partially autograph manuscript, Habitations Napoléoniennes, [1844]; 302 oblong leaves in folio, attached in 20 quires, numerous erasures and corrections. Complete manuscript of his work published by Baudry in 1844. The writer had been page of Napoleon I. In the hand of a secretary, the manuscript presents numerous autograph corrections and additions by Saint-Hilaire's hand, among which several whole pages and notably, at the end of the manuscript, the entirely autograph Table of contents. The work begins with a kind of Introduction "Espèce d'avertissement ou d'avant-propos sans tire"; 11 chapters follow: I. L'École Militaire de Paris; II. The housing of the Quai Conti; III. The Hotel de Metz; IV. The Hotel of Human Rights; V. The room of the rue Michodière; VI. The Hôtel Mirabeau; VII. The Hôtel de la Colonnade ; VIII. The small house of the street Chantereine ; IX. The Palace of Luxembourg; X. The Tuileries Castle; XI. The Élysée Bourbon...
Estimate
€300 - €400
Result
€448
Buyer's premium
28%
Émile MARCO de SAINT-HILAIRE (1796-1887). Partially autograph manuscript, Habitations Napoléoniennes, [1844]; 302 oblong leaves in folio, attached in 20 quires, numerous erasures and corrections.
Complete manuscript of his work published by Baudry in 1844. The writer had been page of Napoleon I. In the hand of a secretary, the manuscript presents numerous autograph corrections and additions by Saint-Hilaire's hand, among which several whole pages and notably, at the end of the manuscript, the entirely autograph Table of contents. The work begins with a kind of Introduction "Espèce d'avertissement ou d'avant-propos sans tire"; 11 chapters follow: I. L'École Militaire de Paris; II. The housing of the Quai Conti; III. The Hotel de Metz; IV. The Hotel of Human Rights; V. The room of the rue Michodière; VI. The Hôtel Mirabeau; VII. The Hôtel de la Colonnade ; VIII. The small house of the street Chantereine ; IX. The Palace of Luxembourg; X. The Tuileries Castle; XI. The Élysée Bourbon...
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