MANUSCRITS & AUTOGRAPHS - 19th century. Set of approxima - Lot 348

MANUSCRITS & AUTOGRAPHS - 19th century. Set of approximately 27 documents: BOUFFLERS, Mme de. L.A.S. S.l.n.d. 1 p. in-8. Her son has disappeared; BRUNET, Charles (1805-1878), French bibliographer. L.A.S. S.l., 14 Floréal year 12. 1 p. in-12. About Benjamin Franklin's Gazette, which carries "the list of letters remaining at the Philadelphia Post Office", unlike France, which burns them. Suggests doing the same; COLLET, Abbé. L.A.S. to Count Mathieu de Montmorency, at the Hôtel de Luynes. Compiègne, July 31, 1815. 3 pp. in-4. Claims housing from M. de Lancry, mayor of the town, and argues for his long and loyal service and that of his mother (who was concierge of Compiègne castle for thirty years), mentions a memoir his correspondent read before the King, mentions the rule exempting the clergy from the right to housing, etc.; D'ARNAULT, Ambroisine. L.A.S. 7 Frimaire an X. 3 pp. in-4. Fine red wax seal; DESBARROLLES, Adolphe (1801-1886), French writer, painter and palmist. 8 L.A.S. to various. 1846 to 1882. 9 pp. in-8. To painter Philippe-Auguste JEANRON. Recommendation for a gilder, he is commissioned to report on the Salon "in the journal founded by the editors of the Revue des Deux Mondes, Abel Rémusat, Alfred de Musset etc [...]"; FAUCHE-BOREL, Louis (1762-1829), fervent royalist. 3 L.A.S. "Bord du lac", July 25, 1796, Paris, March 6, 1820 and s.l.n.d. "June 15. 5 pp. in-4. Chipping. Moisture stains and tears to one document. Very interesting correspondence concerning the Duc de Richelieu, Duc Decaze, Prince d'Hardenberg, Pastor Marron, coded letter concerning Moreau and Pichegru, etc. Enclosed is a period copy of said letter from the Duc de Richelieu to the Prince of Hardenberg, Aix-La-Chapelle, November 13, 1818. 3 pp. ½ in-folio; FEYDEL, Gabriel (1756- April 22, 1840), French journalist. L.A.S. to GUYTON DE MORVEAU (1737-1816), chemist and one of the founders of the École Polytechnique. Paris, 4 Ventôse an 9. 1 p. in-4. About the spoliation of which he is a victim; FROCHOT. 2 L.S. addressed to LANEFRANQUE, physician to the Emperor and of the Bicêtre hospice. June 1806 and January 1807. 4 pp. ½ in-folio. Fine headpieces. Frochot discusses pharmaceutical experiments and analyses to be carried out on angustura bark as a remedy for certain diseases treated at Bicêtre; GREGORY, chevalier de, président de la Cour royale d'Aix. L.A.S. addressed to Count de MONTALIVET. Turin, November 18, 1836. 1 p. in-4. About his Imitation du Christ, princeps edition, intended for the King and its translation for the Queen; GUILLEMIN. L.A.S. addressed to the Marquis de Villette. Paris, September 23, 1854. 1 p. in-4: "La dame de Montmirail a été secourite par l'œuvre de St. Louis. I don't know if she still is. M. de St Didier was Naundorff's patron, one of Louis XVII's [...]"; LA MORICIERE, Christophe, Louis, Léon Juchault de (1806-1865). L.A.S. addressed to Bube, pharmacist at Mustapha Pacha. September 17, 1832. 1 p in-4. La Moricière requests his treatment with "the antidote of evil", i.e. sulfate and quinine grains; MARTRIN, Eugène de. Autograph letter followed by a story in his own hand, entitled "Le Tigre indépendant" ("The Independent Tiger"), addressed to M. de Labouisse. S.l.n.d. 3 pp. ½ in-4; MOLÉON, Jean-Gabriel-Victor de. L.S. to Alexandre Vattemare (1796-1864), renowned French ventriloquist and philanthropist, creator of a system of international scientific, literary and agricultural cultural exchange. Postmarks from December 1849. About the system of international exchanges with "the new world", he mentions New York libraries, the interest of having an American industrial agent in France, etc. MORELLET, André Morellet (1727-1819), French writer and encyclopedist. L.A.S. to Carbonnel. S.l., [November 26, 1809]. 1 p. in-8. About his Imitation d'Anacréon, set to music by Carbonnel; RÉMARD, Charles (1766-1828), librarian of the Château de Fontainebleau. Long L.A.S. addressed to the bookseller Merlin. Postmarked April 2, 1806. 3 pp. in-4. Small chips. Long letter on his work La Chézonomie ou l'Art, which Merlin published the same year, 1806. Rémard provides 5 lengthy articles of praise written by himself, on his own book, to promote it. The 5 texts follow; [RÉMARD]. VAN PRAET, Joseph. P.A.S. Paris, April 9, 1806. 1 p. in-4. Header of the Bibliothèque impériale. Receipt for two works by Charles Rémard entitled: La Chézonomie ou l'Art de Ch. Poëme didactique en 4 chants; TALHOUET DE BRIGNAC, abbé, aumônier du Roi. L.A.S. addressed to Patrice Gabriel Bernard de Montessus, comte de RULLY, pair de France. May 10, 1829. Beautiful account of his trip to Naples. He describes the marvels he admired there, Pompei for the first time,