exceptional set, expanded to three times its original size by the addition of over 1700 prints and over 100 autograph items relating to the revolutionary and napoleonic periods. The prints--mostly 19th-century, some hand-colored, double-page, or folding--comprise portraits, military and other historical scenes, costume plates, city views, maps, battle plans, and manuscript facsimiles. The autograph material consists mainly of Documents and Letters Signed by French, English, and other European notables of the time, including French royalty and nobility, members of the Bonaparte family, many of the Marshals of France created by Napoléon, and miscellaneous military and political figures. Some examples are:
Bonaparte, Napoléon. Letter Signed "Bonaparte" as First Consul of the Republic, addressed to the Minister of War, concerning the garrisoning of various regiments. 1 1/2 pages on letterhead, 4to. Paris, 4 Germinal An II [24 March 1794].
Paoli, Pasquale, Corsican patriot. Autograph Letter Signed, in Italian, to Gianpasquino Giampietri, ordering restrictive measures following abuses and violence committed by soldiers. One page with integral address leaf, 8vo. Murato, Corsica, 24 [?] 1793.
Necker, Jacques, finance minister to Louis XVI. Letter Signed, to M. de La Garde, fermier général, on bureaucratic matters. One page, folio. Paris, 3 April 1780.
Louis XVI, King of France. Document Signed, a warrant of payment. One page, folio. Paris, 3 December 1789.
Toussaint L'Ouverture, François-Dominique, Haitian independence leader. Document Signed, a "procès-verbal" or statement giving an account of military operations. 1 1/4 pages, folio. Artibonite, Haiti, 8 Ventose An III [26 February 1795].
Charles X, King of France. Document Signed as Comte d'Artois, a brevet de valet de chambre. One page on vellum, oblong folio. Np, 26 January 1781.
Bonaparte, Lucien, brother of Napoléon. Letter Signed, addressed to the Minister of War, regarding the political situation in the Haute Loire and the mainentance of public order. 2 pages on letterhead, 4to. Paris, 12 Nivose An VIII [2 January 1800].
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor. Letter Signed, in German, to Georg Carl von Fechenbach, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, informing him of the birth of the Emperor's son, Archduke Franz Karl Joseph. 2 pages with integral blank bearing remnant of wax seal, folio. Vienna, 7 December 1802.
Ney, Michel, Prince of Moscow. Final portion of a Letter Signed, in French, requesting a pension for the widow of a soldier killed in the Tyrol in 1806. One page, oblong small 4to. Np, nd.
Alexander I, Tsar of Russia. Letter Signed, in Russian, to Major Baron Bot , awarding him the Order of St. Vladimir for his bravery at the battle of Austerlitz. One page with integral blank, folio; with sealed envelope. St. Petersburg, 29 December 1806.
George III, King of England. Letter Signed, in French, to "Madame ma soeur" (further identified as "la Reine de Sardaigne" on the address leaf), informing her of the birth of his son (Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge) the previous evening. One page with integral address leaf bearing wax seals, small 4to. St. James's Palace, 25 February 1774.
Fox, Charles James. Letter Signed while Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to the diplomat Francis James Jackson, Esq., transmitting an account of the naval victory over the French in the Bay of Santo Domingo by the British fleet under Admiral Duckworth. Downing Street, 25 March 1806.
Friedrich II, King of Prussia (i. e., Frederick the Great). Letter Signed, in German, to the Berlin bookseller Haude, declining his request for a commission to supply churches with the fifth and subsequent parts of Betrachtungen über die Augspurgische Confession. One page, 4to. Potsdam, 14 May 1743.
Maximilian Joseph I, King of Bavaria. Letter Signed, in French, to André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, flatteringly acknowledging the latter's arrival in Bavaria and expressing the desire for a meeting. One page, 4to. Munich, 23 March 1809.
Beauharnais, Eugène de, Viceroy of Italy and stepson of Napoléon. Letter Signed "Eugene Napoleon," in French, to the Duke of Feltre, regarding the composition of the 1st Foreign Regiment. One page, 4to, on paper with circular watermark showing profile bust of Napoléon wearing crown of laurels with surrounding legend "Napoléon Empereur des Français Roi d'Italie." Verona, 23 December 1813.
Metternich, Klemens von, Prince, Austrian diplomat. Autograph Note Signed, regarding the time of a meeting. Np, 26(?) June 1813.
Blücher, Gebhard von, Field Marshal. Letter Signed, to "Herrn Präsident und Geheime Rathe," on a legal matter. One page, folio. Münster, 31 August 1796.
Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia. Document Signed, in German, naming First Lieutenant von Natzmer to the Prussian Order of St. John. One page, 4to. Charlottenburg, 24 September 1813.
Lowe, Hudson, Sir. Autograph Letter Signed while Governor of St. Helena, to an unnamed recipient, requesting the shipment of various periodicals and books in English and French (for Napoléon?). 3 full pages, 4to. St. Helena, 30 August 1819.