[Jérôme CHAMPION DE CICÉ (1735-1810) prelate and politician, archbishop of Bordeaux then Aix-en-Provence, appointed garde des sceaux by Louis XVI, he resigned after the Civil Constitution of the Clergy]. 35 letters and documents addressed to him or from his archives, 1791-1816.
Interesting set on the prelate's political and religious role, particularly during the Emigration. 
Antoine-Louis, comte d'Avaray (de Blankenburg). François de Bonal, bishop of Clermont (16, Bruxelles, Maestricht, The Hague, Altona and Fribourg, 1792- 1795, important and fascinating emigration correspondence, on the organization and life of the French clergy in exile, and on the civil constitution of the clergy, the Brussels assemblies, the execution of Louis XVI...). Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny, bishop of Saint-Malo then archbishop of Besançon (2 to a duke, Rome December 1815-April 1816, during his mission to Rome to negotiate the new Concordat). Jacques-André Émery, superior of the Sulpicians (January 18 [1801?], on the return to France of exiled bishops, and his conduct during the Revolution). Charles Erskine de Kellie, cardinal and diplomat (London 1801, defects, at the time of the signing of the Concordat). Trophime-Gérard de Lally-Tollendal. Maximilien marquis de Louverval. Charles duc de Maillé. Pierre-Victor Malouet (2, London April-September 1798, on the colonists of Saint-Domingue, the Treaty of Whitehall and the signing of the armistice in Saint-Domingue allowing the withdrawal of the English army; 3 letters attached relating to this affair). François-Emmanuel comte de Saint-Priest (Blankenbourg May 1, 1797, on Louis XVIII, and Necker's book on the Revolution). Cardinal Francesco de Zelada (Rome April 20, 1791, on the Pope's position on religious forced to leave the cloister). 
Plus 5 letters and documents concerning the Concordat, including a copy of a brief from Pius VII dated September 13, 1800 (carbon copy signed by Archbishop Arthur Richard Dillon of Narbonne), and a printed brief dated August 15, 1801, certified by the Patriarch of Jerusalem Michele Di Pietro, with a copy of Mgr Champion de Cicé's act of submission, and 2 long letters from a prelate devoted to the question of the Concordat and the return of bishops to France.
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[Jérôme CHAMPION DE CICÉ (1735-1810) prelate and politician, archbishop of Bordeaux then Aix-en-Provence, appointed garde des sceaux by Louis XVI, he resigned after the Civil Constitution of the Clergy]. 35 letters and documents addressed to him or from his archives, 1791-1816. Interesting set on the prelate's political and religious role, particularly during the Emigration. Antoine-Louis, comte d'Avaray (de Blankenburg). François de Bonal, bishop of Clermont (16, Bruxelles, Maestricht, The Hague, Altona and Fribourg, 1792- 1795, important and fascinating emigration correspondence, on the organization and life of the French clergy in exile, and on the civil constitution of the clergy, the Brussels assemblies, the execution of Louis XVI...). Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny, bishop of Saint-Malo then archbishop of Besançon (2 to a duke, Rome December 1815-April 1816, during his mission to Rome to negotiate the new Concordat). Jacques-André Émery, superior of the Sulpicians (January 18 [1801?], on the return to France of exiled bishops, and his conduct during the Revolution). Charles Erskine de Kellie, cardinal and diplomat (London 1801, defects, at the time of the signing of the Concordat). Trophime-Gérard de Lally-Tollendal. Maximilien marquis de Louverval. Charles duc de Maillé. Pierre-Victor Malouet (2, London April-September 1798, on the colonists of Saint-Domingue, the Treaty of Whitehall and the signing of the armistice in Saint-Domingue allowing the withdrawal of the English army; 3 letters attached relating to this affair). François-Emmanuel comte de Saint-Priest (Blankenbourg May 1, 1797, on Louis XVIII, and Necker's book on the Revolution). Cardinal Francesco de Zelada (Rome April 20, 1791, on the Pope's position on religious forced to leave the cloister). Plus 5 letters and documents concerning the Concordat, including a copy of a brief from Pius VII dated September 13, 1800 (carbon copy signed by Archbishop Arthur Richard Dillon of Narbonne), and a printed brief dated August 15, 1801, certified by the Patriarch of Jerusalem Michele Di Pietro, with a copy of Mgr Champion de Cicé's act of submission, and 2 long letters from a prelate devoted to the question of the Concordat and the return of bishops to France.

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€1,000 - €1,500
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€1,300
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[Jérôme CHAMPION DE CICÉ (1735-1810) prelate and politician, archbishop of Bordeaux then Aix-en-Provence, appointed garde des sceaux by Louis XVI, he resigned after the Civil Constitution of the Clergy]. 35 letters and documents addressed to him or from his archives, 1791-1816. Interesting set on the prelate's political and religious role, particularly during the Emigration. Antoine-Louis, comte d'Avaray (de Blankenburg). François de Bonal, bishop of Clermont (16, Bruxelles, Maestricht, The Hague, Altona and Fribourg, 1792- 1795, important and fascinating emigration correspondence, on the organization and life of the French clergy in exile, and on the civil constitution of the clergy, the Brussels assemblies, the execution of Louis XVI...). Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny, bishop of Saint-Malo then archbishop of Besançon (2 to a duke, Rome December 1815-April 1816, during his mission to Rome to negotiate the new Concordat). Jacques-André Émery, superior of the Sulpicians (January 18 [1801?], on the return to France of exiled bishops, and his conduct during the Revolution). Charles Erskine de Kellie, cardinal and diplomat (London 1801, defects, at the time of the signing of the Concordat). Trophime-Gérard de Lally-Tollendal. Maximilien marquis de Louverval. Charles duc de Maillé. Pierre-Victor Malouet (2, London April-September 1798, on the colonists of Saint-Domingue, the Treaty of Whitehall and the signing of the armistice in Saint-Domingue allowing the withdrawal of the English army; 3 letters attached relating to this affair). François-Emmanuel comte de Saint-Priest (Blankenbourg May 1, 1797, on Louis XVIII, and Necker's book on the Revolution). Cardinal Francesco de Zelada (Rome April 20, 1791, on the Pope's position on religious forced to leave the cloister). Plus 5 letters and documents concerning the Concordat, including a copy of a brief from Pius VII dated September 13, 1800 (carbon copy signed by Archbishop Arthur Richard Dillon of Narbonne), and a printed brief dated August 15, 1801, certified by the Patriarch of Jerusalem Michele Di Pietro, with a copy of Mgr Champion de Cicé's act of submission, and 2 long letters from a prelate devoted to the question of the Concordat and the return of bishops to France.
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