Napoléon Ier (1769-1821) - Lot 14

Lot n° 14
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Napoléon Ier (1769-1821) - Lot 14
Napoléon Ier (1769-1821) L.S. " Bonaparte ", Lyon 10 messidor VIII [June 29, 1800], " to the Consuls of the Republic " CAMBACÉRÈS and LEBRUN; the letter is written by Bourrienne; 1 page in-4, engraved vignette with the name of Bonaparte Ist Consul of the Republic. [39] Reconstruction of the Place Bellecour in Lyon. "I arrive in Lyon, Citizens Consuls. I stop there to lay the first stone of the facades of the place Bellecour that we are going to restore. This only circumstance could delay my arrival in Paris. But I did not hold on to the ambition of accelerating the restoration of this place that I saw so beautiful and which is today so hideous. I am made to hope that in two years it will be entirely completed. I hope that before that time the trade of this city, which was the pride of all Europe, will have resumed its first prosperity"...
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