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| Author: |
Napoleon Bonaparte. 1769-1821. |
| Title: |
Document Signed by Napoleon, appointing Antoine Claude Dominique Juste de Noailles as a Count of the Empire |
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Paris |
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| Date: |
27 September 1810 |
| Item # : |
208549 |
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424 |
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79 |
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| The Library of Roger Wagner |
| Sale Date |
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03/18/2010 |
| Price realized |
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$ 2280 |
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| Description: |
| Engraved document on vellum, filled out in ink, signed by Napoleon. 18x22, framed under glass. * Red wax seal, 4½" in diameter, with attached ribbon (torn). In shadow box, under glass, 9x9½. The original tin cylindrical document case, with a place for the wax seal as well, 23" high, accompanies the lot. |
| Napoleon appoints the nobleman Antonin Claude Dominique Just de Noailles (1777-1846) as the Count of Worsen. He thrived after Napoleon's downfall as well, serving as ambassador to Russia and and in the chamber of deputies. |
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| Document a little creased and discolored, 2" cut at left side, ink writing a beit weak in places, still very good. |
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