Empire. 16 letters. - Pierre Daru (1767-1829).... - Lot 244 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

Empire. 16 letters. - Pierre Daru (1767-1829). Set of 10 L.S. to Édouard Bignon (1771-1841), diplomat then general administrator in Austria. Vienna, November 1 - 13, 1809. 9 pp. in-folio. Address on the back, traces of stamp. Some freckles. Correspondence between the Intendant General of the Conquered Countries, Pierre Daru, and the General Administrator of Austria, Édouard Bignon: commercial markets, passage of a war flotilla on the Danube, requisition of horses, state of the salts and tobacco, a porcelain manufacturing project, etc. - Emmanuel, Count de Las Cases (1766-1842), historian, the author of the Saint Helena Memorial. L.A.S. to Count Marc-René-Marie de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1771-1842), at the Château des Ormes. Vienne], "Hôtel de l'Etoile d'Or aux Ormes", March 20, 1842. 1 p. in-4. Address on the back. Pretty letter from Las Cases, written a few weeks before his death (on May 15, 1842) who, having gone to Poitou, had gone to see d'Argenson at his Chateau des Ormes, and who found the door closed. "An old but very old acquaintance of Monsieur d'Argenson, who has kept the most pleasant and dearest memories of him, passing through Les Ormes as if miraculously, had been delighted to meet perhaps the master of his beautiful castle. Unfortunately he did not find himself there, but he wants, at least, to leave here the obvious proof of his eagerness and good will; giving to a happier occasion, if ever it is met, the pleasure of embracing him tenderly, and of expressing to him all the feelings that he keeps for her". - [François VII de Beauharnais (1756-1846), Lieutenant General and Ambassador under the First Empire]. 5 letters addressed to him. Florence, 1807. Letters received at the time of his embassy in Florence (except one), by his adopted daughter, friends, as well as an interesting unsigned one, evoking the affairs of the time in Florence and a drawing by ANNIBAL CARRACHE. "I send to V.E. the drawing that I have drawn.