Lot n° 251
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400 - 500
EUR
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Result
: 448EUR
Fernand FLEURET (1883-1945). Autograph manuscript, Descripti - Lot 251
Fernand FLEURET (1883-1945). Autograph manuscript, Description des passages de Dominique Fleuret ; 65 pages in fol. bound bradel demi-percaline rouge, title piece on the spine (stamped in the Jean-Louis Debauve collection).
Enclosed is a copy of the Description des Passages de Dominique Fleuret (Paris, Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1929), sent to
André Thérive.
Complete manuscript of his transcription of the memories of his great-grandfather, born in 1787, a soldier of the Empire during the
Spanish
War
.
A note at the bottom of the last page states: "Copied by Fernand Fleuret in 1901 and published by Firmin-Didot in 1929, under the original title: Description des Passages de Dominique Fleuret". The manuscript was used to print the book, and presents a few erasures and corrections, as well as typographical indications and slight soiling. Fernand Fleuret's preface, "Rêverie sur de vieux papiers", does not appear in our man
uscript.
Fleuret scrupulously respected the singular turns of prose of his forefather. "So I existed at the Bertheléville auditory until I was eight years old. I left Bertheléville on December 8, 1793. ...] I left Ligny on April 25, 1807, to begin my military career, to which I was called to carry out my duty. ...] Incorporated on May 12, 1807, made corporal on July 26, 1807, and fell ill on August 15, 1807, the same. ...] I then stayed in hospital for six weeks. Finally, I left on February 25, 1808, to come to Spain. I crossed France via Montreuil, Neufchâtel, Rouen, Orléans, Tours, Angoulême, Poitiers, Bordeaux, Dax, Bayonne and Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Along the way, I passed the Emperor's magazine twice: once in Bordeaux, and the other time in Bayonne. ...] I entered Spain on April 27, 1808, under the number of the 13th provisional regiment. Entered by Tolosa, Mondragon, Vitoria, I stayed in Vitoria for two months. In the interval of these two months I saw the Spanish court pass through on its way to Fra
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