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BONAPARTE, LUCIEN. Partly printed document signed, n.p. [Paris], [1800], 2 pages, folio, two political appointments -- BONAPARTE, ELISA. Letter signed, n.p., [1796], 1 page, 4to, a note accompanying a letter forwarded from Lucien Bonaparte -- NAPOLEON I. Document with secretarial signature for Napoleon, countersigned by Maret and the Minister of the Interior, St. Cloud, [1802], 1 page, folio, blind-stamp seal . Bound in dark green half morocco gilt album, with engraved portraits . William Loring Andrews, bookplate -- MARIE-LOUISE. Letter signed to "mon cher chevalier" (Neipperg?), Parma, 30 November 1841, 2 pages, 8vo, pictorial stationery , discussing the health of friends -- NEIPPERG, Husband of Marie-Louise (ALS, Parma, 20 March 1825). Bound in red morocco gilt with arms of Marie-Louise, with engravings .

BONAPARTE, LUCIEN. Partly printed document signed, n.p. [Paris], [1800], 2 pages, folio, two political appointments -- BONAPARTE, ELISA. Letter signed, n.p., [1796], 1 page, 4to, a note accompanying a letter forwarded from Lucien Bonaparte -- NAPOLEON I. Document with secretarial signature for Napoleon, countersigned by Maret and the Minister of the Interior, St. Cloud, [1802], 1 page, folio, blind-stamp seal . Bound in dark green half morocco gilt album, with engraved portraits . William Loring Andrews, bookplate -- MARIE-LOUISE. Letter signed to "mon cher chevalier" (Neipperg?), Parma, 30 November 1841, 2 pages, 8vo, pictorial stationery , discussing the health of friends -- NEIPPERG, Husband of Marie-Louise (ALS, Parma, 20 March 1825). Bound in red morocco gilt with arms of Marie-Louise, with engravings .

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$600–$800 hammer
Result
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Christie's — BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL PICTURES, London (South Kensington) · 19 May 1998
Record ID
TB-2026-6653260
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BONAPARTE, LUCIEN. Partly printed document signed, n.p. [Paris], [1800], 2 pages, folio, two political appointments -- BONAPARTE, ELISA. Letter signed, n.p., [1796], 1 page, 4to, a note accompanying a letter forwarded from Lucien Bonaparte -- NAPOLEON I. Document with secretarial signature for Napoleon, countersigned by Maret and the Minister of the Interior, St. Cloud, [1802], 1 page, folio, blind-stamp seal . Bound in dark green half morocco gilt album, with engraved portraits . William Loring Andrews, bookplate -- MARIE-LOUISE. Letter signed to "mon cher chevalier" (Neipperg?), Parma, 30 November 1841, 2 pages, 8vo, pictorial stationery , discussing the health of friends -- NEIPPERG, Husband of Marie-Louise (ALS, Parma, 20 March 1825). Bound in red morocco gilt with arms of Marie-Louise, with engravings ., BONAPARTE, LUCIEN. Partly printed document signed, n.p. [Paris], [1800], 2 pages, folio, two political appointments -- BONAPARTE, ELISA. Letter signed, n.p., [1796], 1 page, 4to, a note accompanying a letter forwarded from Lucien Bonaparte -- NAPOLEON I. Document with secretarial signature for Napoleon, countersigned by Maret and the Minister of the Interior, St. Cloud, [1802], 1 page, folio, blind-stamp seal . Bound in dark green half morocco gilt album, with engraved portraits . William Loring Andrews, bookplate -- MARIE-LOUISE. Letter signed to "mon cher chevalier" (Neipperg?), Parma, 30 November 1841, 2 pages, 8vo, pictorial stationery , discussing the health of friends -- NEIPPERG, Husband of Marie-Louise (ALS, Parma, 20 March 1825). Bound in red morocco gilt with arms of Marie-Louise, with engravings . Christie's, 19 May 1998, lot 6. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6653260.

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BONAPARTE, LUCIEN. Partly printed document signed, n.p. [Paris], [1800], 2 pages, folio, two political appointments -- BONAPARTE, ELISA. Letter signed, n.p., [1796], 1 page, 4to, a note accompanying a letter forwarded from Lucien Bonaparte -- NAPOLEON I. Document with secretarial signature for Napoleon, countersigned by Maret and the Minister of the Interior, St. Cloud, [1802], 1 page, folio, blind-stamp seal . Bound in dark green half morocco gilt album, with engraved portraits . William Loring Andrews, bookplate -- MARIE-LOUISE. Letter signed to "mon cher chevalier" (Neipperg?), Parma, 30 November 1841, 2 pages, 8vo, pictorial stationery , discussing the health of friends -- NEIPPERG, Husband of Marie-Louise (ALS, Parma, 20 March 1825). Bound in red morocco gilt with arms of Marie-Louise, with engravings ., BONAPARTE, LUCIEN. Partly printed document signed, n.p. [Paris], [1800], 2 pages, folio, two political appointments -- BONAPARTE, ELISA. Letter signed, n.p., [1796], 1 page, 4to, a note accompanying a letter forwarded from Lucien Bonaparte -- NAPOLEON I. Document with secretarial signature for Napoleon, countersigned by Maret and the Minister of the Interior, St. Cloud, [1802], 1 page, folio, blind-stamp seal . Bound in dark green half morocco gilt album, with engraved portraits . William Loring Andrews, bookplate -- MARIE-LOUISE. Letter signed to "mon cher chevalier" (Neipperg?), Parma, 30 November 1841, 2 pages, 8vo, pictorial stationery , discussing the health of friends -- NEIPPERG, Husband of Marie-Louise (ALS, Parma, 20 March 1825). Bound in red morocco gilt with arms of Marie-Louise, with engravings . Christie's, 19 May 1998, lot 6. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6653260.

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