Nov 01, 2016 - Sale 2428

Sale 2428 - Lot 94

Price Realized: $ 292
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Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
(NAPOLÉON.) BONAPARTE, JOSEPH. Autograph Letter Signed, to Mr. de Meaux[?], in French, encouraging him to inspire his subordinates to greater victories. 1 page, tall 4to, with integral blank; faint foxing at upper and lower edges, moderate toning overall, folds. Paris, [21 December 1805]
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'. . . [I]t is very important, Sir, that you press these works more than ever, that you stimulate the zeal of all your subordinates; however great the successes they have obtained, it is necessary that they obtain more of them . . . . [I]t is necessary that at the moment of the greatest successes . . . they see our armies more complete, more flourishing than at the beginning of the campaign. . . .'