Lot 88
[Napoleon I] Ministers/Administrators Who Served Under Napoleon While He Was First Consul and Emperor. Large group of over 30 letters and documents. Includes Minister of the Interior: Joseph Fouché (also Head of Secret Police); Lazare Nicolas Carnot (also Minister of War); Jean-Pierre Bachasson; Jean-Antonin-Claude Chaptal; and Jean-Baptiste Champagny (also Minister of Foreign Relations). Financier of the Consulate, Jean-Pierre Collot, Minister of War: Henri Clarke, due de Feltre. Secretary of State: Hughes Bernard Maret (also Minister of Foreign Relations); and Jean-Pierre Daru. Minister of Foreign Relations: Karl Friedrich Reinhard; Charles Maurice de Talleyrand; and Armand-Augustin-Lois Caulaincourt. Minister of Justice: Jean-Jacques de Cambacérès; André-Joseph Abrial; Claude-Ambroise Regnier; and Mathieu-Louis Mote. Minister of Police: Joseph Fouché; and Anne-Jean-Marie Savary. Minister of Finance: Martin-Michel-Charles Gaudin. Secretary of the Treasury: François de Barbe-Marbois; and Nicolas-François Mollien. War Administration: Jean François Aimée Dejean; and Jean Gérard Lacuée. Marine & The Colonies: Marc-Antoine Bourdon de Vatry; Pierre Alexandre Forfit; and Denis Decrès. Minister of Religion: Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis; and Felix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Préameneu. Manufacture & Commerce: Jean-Baptiste Collin. Other items include letters signed by Geraud Duroc, grand marshal of the palace; Agathon Jean François Fain, first secretary and archivist; Dominique Larrey, surgeon-general; Louis Philippe de Ségur, grand master of ceremonies; and Jeanne Genet Campan, tutor to the younger Bonapartes. All items are in fine condition. This lot should be examined personally to be appreciated. Collection is housed in a leather and canvas sleeved folio with many of the manuscripts having expert translations and some biographical information. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP
The Richard A. Basler Collection.
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