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Onde vanno munite le sue aumentate considerazioni: lo terrò il più alto secreto\u003c\/em\u003e\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCreated between 1802 and 1806 in Rome, the statue of Napoleon as “Mars disarmed and peacemaker” was delivered to Paris for viewing by the Emperor in 1811. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFull transcript:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Per la gentilissima Sua del 17 decorso vengo a compere la positiva indeclinabile volontà dell'Imperatore, rapporto alla statua. 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The Gr., all things considered and for reasons that are only too plausible, has been unable to do what I asked of her. I come home overwhelmed with fatigue, having found only people as desolate as myself, because the shortage seems to be general, or only frozen people who have neither guts nor memory. I'm sick with grief, in body and mind. I hadn't intended to go out this evening, but I can't sit still knowing you're in the crisis you're in, and I'm going to track down an idea that comes to me. If I succeed, you'll hear from me early tomorrow. 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Puget de la Serre (1594-1665), a prolific author, ‘cultivated almost all historical and literary genres and composed more than one hundred works which earned him the title of historiographer of France’. (Kokkomelis).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOur copy presents 10 coloured figures representing princesses bearing the first name Anne, with a ruled text. All are enhanced with blue, white, red, green, gold and black inks. The motto is repeated 14 times in a sublime headband with a crowned eagle enhanced with the various inks listed above. In the same way, 14 letterheads, also enhanced, are repeated in the work; 13 letterheads show the letter A (gilt) for Anne with the crowned eagle on a blue background and 1 letterhead shows the letter M (gilt) for Madame with the crowned eagle and two floral representations. There are also 8 bas-de-lampe panels bearing the monogram of Anne of Austria, with its golden crown and floral representations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePuget de la Serre was often scorned by his contemporaries, and the book is one of his many panegyrics. He became a specialist in dedicatory epistles and made them his sole source of income (Banderier) and responded to criticism by saying ‘I am always in a hurry, when it comes to earning money; and I prefer the pistoles that make me live comfortably, to the chimera of a vain glory that would leave me miserable.’ (Banderier). 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Autograph letter signed (“Ney”) to General Kléber.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"281\" data-end=\"284\"\u003eGerresheim (Germany), 8 Brumaire, Year IV of the Republic [30 October 1795].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"362\" data-end=\"389\"\u003e1 page, 4to (215 × 195 mm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"861\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"546\"\u003eA fine and evocative letter from Ney — later “le Brave des braves” — expressing his attachment to General Kléber during the War of the First Coalition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"549\"\u003eWriting from Gerresheim, Ney reports that, since leaving the Lahn with the troops under his command, he has crossed the surrounding country to take up his current post under \u003cstrong data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"740\"\u003eGeneral Hatry\u003c\/strong\u003e, following the instructions of \u003cstrong data-start=\"772\" data-end=\"791\"\u003eGeneral Jourdan\u003c\/strong\u003e. Hatry has informed him that he will probably march again on the 9th.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"863\" data-end=\"1300\"\u003eNey confides to Kléber his \u003cstrong data-start=\"890\" data-end=\"934\"\u003edeep regret at being posted far from him\u003c\/strong\u003e, despite his esteem for Hatry, and voices his wish to \u003cstrong data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1045\"\u003ereturn as quickly as possible to Kléber’s état-major\u003c\/strong\u003e. He even ventures to ask whether Kléber might request his recall, adding that the fatigue he has suffered during the campaign would justify some respite. He closes “\u003cstrong data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1246\"\u003eavec le plus parfait dévouement\u003c\/strong\u003e”, and sends greetings to a comrade on Kléber’s staff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Gerresheim le 8 Brumaire, de l'an 4e de la République\u003cbr\u003eAu Général de division Kléber\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDepuis mon départ, de la lahn mon Cher général, avec le corps de troupes à mes ordres, j'ai parcouru le pays de [?] pour venir prendre poste où je suis sous les ordres du général hatry, d'après l'instruction du général Jourdan. J'ai vu hier le général hatry, qui m'a dit que je passerai probablement le 9e d'[?] - je serai au désespoir de me voir si loin de vous, j'estime infiniment le général hatry - mais je désirerai bien sincèrement de retourner au plus vite à votre Etat major.\u003cbr\u003eSi j'osai vous prier de me faire rappeler près de vous - Car la fatigue que j'ai éprouvé pendant la Campagne - mériterait bien de pouvoir prendre quelque repos.\u003cbr\u003eJe suis avec le plus parfait dévouement.\u003cbr\u003eMes compliments à mon camarade de votre Etat major.\u003cbr\u003eNey\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1454\" data-end=\"1495\"\u003eA well-preserved and attractive document.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56533735342405,"sku":"0791","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_4711.jpg?v=1764713291"},{"product_id":"lettre-signee-talleyrand","title":"Autograph letter signed, Talleyrand","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"387\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"345\"\u003eTALLEYRAND-PÉRIGORD, Charles-Maurice de (1754–1838). 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Je vous prie de souscrire pour deux exemplaires dont l'un me serait adressé à Paris et l'autre au citoyen Reinhard à Hambourg et de m'envoyer les 6 derniers numéros.\u003cbr\u003e2 : Un exemplaire de l'ouvrage ayant pour titre an analytical essay upon the Greek alphabet, by Richard Payne Knight Londres 1791 - 1 volume in4° avec 11 gravures en planches.\u003cbr\u003eVous me ferez plaisir si vous voulez bien me procurer ces objets.\u003cbr\u003eJ'ai l'honneur de vous saluer\u003cbr\u003eCh. 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He reveals, in strict confidence, that \u003cstrong data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"876\"\u003eColonel Curto\u003c\/strong\u003e has already proposed him for a captaincy in the 8th Chasseurs à cheval, adding that the matter must remain secret should the appointment fail. Out of discretion, he therefore declines Sainte-Suzanne’s offer for the moment, noting also the likely influence of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1136\" data-end=\"1155\"\u003eColonel Lacroix\u003c\/strong\u003e with the Viceroy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1175\" data-end=\"1515\"\u003eGrouchy nonetheless asks to be alerted \u003cstrong data-start=\"1214\" data-end=\"1229\"\u003eimmediately\u003c\/strong\u003e if another captain’s post should fall vacant in the 9th Chasseurs, insisting on his desire to see his son serving under Sainte-Suzanne. The tone is warm, personal and strategic — emblematic of the tightly interwoven networks of favour and patronage within the Napoleonic officer corps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Vienne, le 27 juin 1809\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMes remerciemens, mon cher Ste Susane, de votre obligeant souvenir relativement a l'avancement de mon fils : une proposition a une place de capitaine dans le 8eme de chasseurs a cheval a déjà été faite en sa faveur, par le Colonel Curto : (ceci pour vous seul, je vous prie, attendu que si la chose manque, je désire qu'on l'ignore) d'après cela, je ne profiterai point de votre ouverture : d'ailleurs, il y a a parier que le colonel Lacroix aurait trop d'influence sur le vice roy, pour ne pas faire placer, de préférence, celui que déjà il a fait nommer capitaine a la suite.\u003cbr\u003eJe n'en suis pas moins touché, mon cher Ste Suzanne, de la preuve d'attachement, que vous me donnez, dans cette circonstance et vous prie, dans le cas où la demande faite par le Colonel Curto ne vous siroit pas, et qu'une autre place de capitaine viendrait a vaquer dans le 9eme, de m'en prévenir, afin que je ne perde pas un moment à la demande. 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The six million in paper assets, hidden in a chest and buried to escape police surveillance, were handed back to Joseph in London in 1832 on his first return from America. Joseph states that he has already used a substantial part of these assets but that four million francs remain. Lucien, he notes, also received two million directly from Napoleon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2206\" data-end=\"2828\"\u003eJoseph then sets out how he intends to dispose of what is left: one million for the surviving veterans of the Imperial Guard, and another million for purposes he associates with Napoleon’s presumed intentions, invoking with emotion the Emperor’s understanding that wealth ultimately comes from “la sueur du Pauvre et le Sang des braves”. He concludes that if they are to meet again in the next world, Napoleon will approve the use he makes of this trust. 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Foliated \u003cem data-start=\"286\" data-end=\"293\"\u003en°220\u003c\/em\u003e in her hand at upper left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"738\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"461\"\u003eLong, substantial letter written from exile at Frohsdorf, rich in family matters, charitable decisions and administrative instructions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"461\" data-end=\"464\"\u003eProbably addressed to \u003cstrong data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"512\"\u003eBaron Théodore Charlet\u003c\/strong\u003e, her private secretary, the letter shows Madame Royale at work, settling requests, granting modest subsidies, delivering condolences or congratulations, and responding to a multitude of appeals that reached her even in exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"740\" data-end=\"1312\"\u003eShe acknowledges the recipient’s letter of the 14th and confirms that “tout est en règle”, no further information being required from Bapst; she returns a touching plea from an unnamed correspondent, though \u003cem data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"981\"\u003e“on ne peut rien faire pour lui”\u003c\/em\u003e, explaining that her nephew has resolved to give no exceptions. She expresses emotion that he learned from the public news she had already prepared him for, an affair “si importante” which required “secret et promptitude”, and whose outcome, “grâce à Dieu”, turned out for the best. She hopes for the couple’s continued happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1314\" data-end=\"2047\"\u003eThe remainder of the letter reads almost like an agenda of royal stewardship. She asks him to write to several individuals:\u003cbr data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1440\"\u003eM. Nibelle, to thank him and his family; Mme Hermant at Fontainebleau; M. Louis de Bourmont, to offer condolences on the death of his father; M. de Laitre, to congratulate him and his wife on their granddaughter’s marriage; and to grant approval for the marriage requested by M. d’Épinay Saint-Hue. She authorises modest financial help in several cases: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1794\" data-end=\"1808\"\u003e300 francs\u003c\/strong\u003e to Richard Wagner (not the composer), recently married and seeking funds to begin a new life; \u003cstrong data-start=\"1903\" data-end=\"1917\"\u003e100 francs\u003c\/strong\u003e to the widow Marsel of Versailles; further assistance to the chevalier Coulain and to a disabled petitioner, the duc de Verneuil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2049\" data-end=\"2235\"\u003eThe letter closes with warm wishes for the health of her correspondent and his family, and with her constant affection: “vous recevrez tous mes sentiments pour vous qui ne changent pas”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2049\" data-end=\"2235\"\u003e\"J'ai reçu bien vite votre réponse du 14 tout est en règle puisque les devis ne sont [?] il n'y a plus d'autres renseignements à demander à Bapst j'ai les papiers en règle des autres plaies [?] en 1831. Je vous renvoie la lettre de M. de [?] je suis bien touchée mais on ne peut rien faire pour lui. Mon neveu s'est fait la règle de ne donner aucun [?] pas exprimer lui mes regrets et combien je suis touchée de son désir et de l'attachement qu'il me continue : je suis touchée que vous ayez appris par le public la nouvelle à laquelle je vous avais préparé mais il fallait du secret et de la promptitude pour faire éclipser une affaire si importante qui grâce à Dieu [?] au mieux les qualités de l'un et de l'autre. Il faut espérer la continuation de leur bonheur il faut plus demander que des [?] qui je ne doute pas seront accordées à tant de prières. Je charge Mr Anne de cette lettre il est arrivé le jour de la noce et l'a vu. Voilà mes commissions : écrire à Mr. Nibelle, j'ai reçu sa lettre. Le remercier lui, sa femme, sa fille [?]\u003cbr\u003e2. à Me Hermant a fontainebleau écrire [?]\u003cbr\u003e3. a Mr [?]\u003cbr\u003e4. Ecrire a Mr Louis de Bourmont qui m'a fait part de la mort de son père, l'assurer de mes regrets de [?], a leur mort, à ses 4 fils au chateau de Bourmont\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e5. a Mr de Laitre j'ai recu sa lettre où il me fait part du mariage de sa petite-fille Vencay avec son cousin, lui en fait bien mon compliment et à Mde de Laitre.\u003cbr\u003e6. M d'Epinay St Hue à Villers les Maney, Meurthe, demande l'agrément pour le mariage de son fils avec Mlle de Chevisy : accord et compliments.\u003cbr\u003e7. Richard Wagner : s'est marié [?] à l'hotel [?] demande des fonds pour commencer, je ne puis donner que 300 fr.\u003cbr\u003e8. la veuve Marsel à Versailles due du 5 [?] demande des [?] est bien misérable. 100 fr.\u003cbr\u003e9. Le chevalier coulaine [?] recu des sceaux en demande encore 200 fr au petit montrouge [?].\u003cbr\u003e10. M. [?] duc de Verneuil n°21 a recu l'année dernière, demande encore étant estropié 100 fr\u003cbr\u003eVoilà pour le moment tout ce que j'ai a vous dire. J'espère que votre santé est bonne et celle de votre Excellente femme. Mille compliments à elle et votre famille. Adieu, vous recevrez tous mes sentiments pour vous qui ne changent pas\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2237\" data-end=\"2449\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2384\" data-end=\"2387\"\u003eSome crossings-out and small stains, otherwise well preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56533824995653,"sku":"0474","price":580.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_4856_jpg.jpg?v=1764714916"},{"product_id":"lettre-autographe-signee-merimee-1","title":"Autograph letter signed, Mérimée","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"259\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"230\"\u003eMÉRIMÉE, Prosper. Autograph letter signed “P. Mérimée”, Paris, 52 rue de Lisle, 1 August 1857.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"230\" data-end=\"233\"\u003e4 pp., 8vo (207 × 133 mm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"261\" data-end=\"446\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"261\" data-end=\"444\"\u003eA major working letter in which Mérimée delivers an exceptionally precise survey of British legal and parliamentary history, correcting one by one the assertions submitted to him.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"907\"\u003eHe reports the \u003cstrong data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"502\"\u003eresults of his latest verifications\u003c\/strong\u003e, having consulted the \u003cem data-start=\"525\" data-end=\"539\"\u003eState Trials\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"562\"\u003eAnnual Register\u003c\/em\u003e and Howard’s \u003cem data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"595\"\u003eStatutes at Large\u003c\/em\u003e in order to establish facts with absolute accuracy. No lawyers were sentenced in 1793, despite the abundance of political trials that year. No proceedings against journalists took place in 1773, although he recalls a 1774 action brought by the House of Commons against the Reverend John Horne and his printer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"909\" data-end=\"1541\"\u003eOn the prosecution of \u003cstrong data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"940\"\u003ePaine\u003c\/strong\u003e, Mérimée confirms that nothing occurred in 1791 but that Paine was indeed condemned in \u003cstrong data-start=\"1028\" data-end=\"1036\"\u003e1792\u003c\/strong\u003e for a libel whose title is not given in the records. Regarding the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1104\" data-end=\"1171\"\u003eRoyal Proclamation against writings hostile to the Constitution\u003c\/strong\u003e, he corrects the date as 21 May 1792. He identifies no trace of a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1238\" data-end=\"1302\"\u003e1792 bill against political news hostile to the Constitution\u003c\/strong\u003e, concluding that the supposed measure is a confusion with the proclamation itself, though the same year saw strict legislation against provisioning or corresponding with France, even extending to the purchase of property on French soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1543\" data-end=\"1954\"\u003eFor the reference to the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1568\" data-end=\"1593\"\u003e1800 restrictive bill\u003c\/strong\u003e, Mérimée identifies the act of 19 February 1800, intended to prevent sedition within the armed forces and essentially a renewal of the 1797 act. Similarly, the bill said to date from 1818 must in reality be placed in \u003cstrong data-start=\"1811\" data-end=\"1819\"\u003e1817\u003c\/strong\u003e, a statute reviving and making perpetual previous acts aimed at deterring attempts to “seduce” His Majesty’s forces from their duty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1956\" data-end=\"2115\"\u003eHe ends with his customary politeness and availability, inviting further questions: \u003cstrong data-start=\"2040\" data-end=\"2113\"\u003e“J’attends les nouvelles questions que vous voudrez bien m’adresser.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1956\" data-end=\"2115\"\u003e\"Monsieur\u003cbr\u003eVoici le résultat de mes dernières retouches :\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e\"1793, deux avocats écopés déportés.\"\u003cbr\u003eJ'ai inutilement cherché à cette date dans la collection des state trials de Horwell qui contient tous les procès politiques pour libelle ou pour sédition. Il y a beaucoup de procès cette année, mais pas d'avocats condamnés.\u003cbr\u003e\"1773 Journalistes poursuivis pour publication des séances du parlement.\"\u003cbr\u003eAucune affaire de ce genre à cette date.\u003cbr\u003eEn 1774, le 4 Février, une procédure a été commencée dans la chambre des Communes contre le Révérand John Horne, pour un libelle contre le speaker. L'imprimeur a été également poursuivi. L'un \u0026amp; l'autre après quelques jours de détention ont été mis en liberté pour amende.\u003cbr\u003e\"1791. John Payne poursuivi pour la publication des Droits de l'homme.\"\u003cbr\u003eRien d'autre les State Trials. En revanche 1792, Jh. Payne a été condamné pour un libelle dont on ne donne pas le titre.\u003cbr\u003e\"1791. Proclamation royale contre les livres hostiles à la constitution.\"\u003cbr\u003eElle est du 21 mai 1792..\u003cbr\u003eV. L'annual Register, année 1792, p.156.\u003cbr\u003e\"1792. Bill contre les nouvelles politiques hostiles à la constitution.\"\u003cbr\u003eJe ne [?] rien de semblable dans les [?], je suppose qu'on a confondu la proclamation avec ce prétendu Bill. Mais la même année on a promulgué des lois très sévères contre les personnes qui fournissaient des provisions de guerre à la France, ou qui seraient en correspondance avec les ennemis de l'angleterre. On y déclare coupable de haute trahison quiconcque acheterait une propriété en France.\u003cbr\u003e\"1800. Bill restrictif de la liberté de la Presse et contre les [?] illicites.\"\u003cbr\u003eC'est probablement le bill \"for the better securing and punishing such persons as should attempt to seduce H.M. subjects.\"\u003cbr\u003epromulgué le 19 Fév 1800. V.Howard's Statutes et large. 10e armée de Georges III C. 16, tome 12, p. 493.\u003cbr\u003eC'est le renouvellement d'un bill du 6 Juin 1797. 37e Geo.III.C.70.tome 11, p.270. Il s'agit surtout de prévenir et de [?] toute tentative de séduction à [?] des soldats.\u003cbr\u003e\"1818 Bill analogue au précédent.\"\u003cbr\u003eNon pas en 1818, mais en 1817, [?]. Le bill est intitulé : An act to revive and make perpertual two acts of the 37th year of H. present M., the one in the Parliament of Great Britain, the other in the Parliament of Ireland for the better prevention and [?] of attempts to seduce persons in H. M. forces by sea and land [?] their duty and allegiance to H.M. or to incite them to Muting and disobedience.\"\u003cbr\u003e57e. Geo.III.C.7. tome 57 p.11\u003cbr\u003eJ'attends les nouvelles questions que vous voudrez bien m'adresser.\u003cbr\u003eVeuillez agréer Monsieur l'expression de tous mes sentiments dévoués\u003cbr\u003eP. 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With engraved blue crown and ribbon bearing the inscription \u003cem data-start=\"407\" data-end=\"417\"\u003eBrunnsee\u003c\/em\u003e; envelope with stamps preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"452\" data-end=\"619\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"452\" data-end=\"619\"\u003eA warm and intimate letter to the second wife of the “modern Bayard”, centred on the shared theme of motherhood and the lively tumult of their respective families.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"1192\"\u003eMarie-Caroline gratefully acknowledges her correspondent’s kind words regarding \u003cem data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"720\"\u003e“ma petite Veuve”\u003c\/em\u003e, who is staying with her until mid-October with all her children. She rejoices to learn that the Duchesse de Reggio will also be reunited with hers in September. The duchess mentions her imminent departure for Frohsdorf, where she will meet Louise and Marguerite before returning to Brunsee, where \u003cstrong data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1066\"\u003eher own children and fourteen grandchildren\u003c\/strong\u003e await her: \u003cem data-start=\"1078\" data-end=\"1192\"\u003e“je vous assure [ils] font un beau bruit… vous savez que j’aime les enfants ainsi je n’en suis pas effarouchée.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1194\" data-end=\"1450\"\u003eThe tone is affectionate, familial, and deeply sincere, ending with warm regards to Louise, Caroline and \u003cem data-start=\"1299\" data-end=\"1320\"\u003e“vos belles filles”\u003c\/em\u003e, and a final declaration of enduring friendship: \u003cem data-start=\"1370\" data-end=\"1450\"\u003e“quant à vous… je vous embrasse de tout mon cœur, croyez à ma vieille amitié.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1452\" data-end=\"1686\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\"Le 24 septembre 1863\u003cbr\u003eMa chère amie, la lettre que vous m'avez écrite le 8 aout m'ont bien touchée pour ce que vous me dites sur ma petite Veuve qui est pris de moi avec ses enfants jusqu'à la mi-octobre. Je vois que vous aurez aussi tous vos enfants avec vous en septembre. Moi je vais après demain à Frohsdorf où je trouverai Louise et Marguerite pour quelques jours. Après je reviendrai ici où je trouverai mes enfants et les 14 petits enfants que je vous assure font un beau bruit. Vous savez que j'aime les enfants ainsi j en'en suis pas effarouchée. Je vous prie de milles amitiées à Louise, Caroline, et vos belles filles quant à vous vous savez bien combien je vous aime je vous embrasse de tout mon coeur croyez à ma vieille amitié.\u003cbr\u003eMarie Caroline.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1452\" data-end=\"1686\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1593\" data-end=\"1596\"\u003eSmall stain not affecting the text.\u003cbr data-start=\"1631\" data-end=\"1634\"\u003eFrom the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1643\" data-end=\"1685\"\u003eGuerrand-Hermès collection (1940–2016)\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56533971960133,"sku":"0766","price":250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_4787_jpg.jpg?v=1764715771"},{"product_id":"lettre-autographe-signee-duchesse-de-berry-a-son-cher-ned","title":"Autograph letter signed, Duchess of Berry to her dear Ned","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"217\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBERRY (Duchess of), Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Siciles (1798–1870).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"117\"\u003e Autograph letter signed “Marie Caroline”, to her “cher Ned”.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"117\" data-end=\"120\"\u003eBrunsee, 24 May 1869.\u003cbr data-start=\"141\" data-end=\"144\"\u003e3 pp., 12mo (125 × 97 mm), with engraved and hand-coloured monogram “MC”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"219\" data-end=\"431\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"219\" data-end=\"431\"\u003eA late and deeply moving letter, written less than a year before her death, in which the Duchesse de Berry speaks candidly of solitude, failing eyesight, and her anxiety over the political situation in Paris.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"832\"\u003eWriting from Switzerland, she apologises for her silence: \u003cem data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"564\"\u003e“Je suis seule, personne pour répondre et je n’y vois pas aujourd’hui…”\u003c\/em\u003e She notes that her sight has slightly improved, enabling her to take up the pen. Her concern for her correspondent’s health is immediate, followed by her own apprehension regarding events in Paris: \u003cstrong data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"832\"\u003e“je suis bien anxieuse d’avoir des détails… de tous, et de tout.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"1114\"\u003eDespite her physical frailty and isolation, the tone remains warm and affectionate: she sends \u003cem data-start=\"928\" data-end=\"954\"\u003e“milles tendres amitiés”\u003c\/em\u003e to her correspondent’s wife and encloses a note recommending someone to his attention. She closes with an intimate assurance: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1081\" data-end=\"1114\"\u003e“Croyez bien à notre amitié.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1116\" data-end=\"1304\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\"Mon cher Ned\u003cbr\u003eJe n'ai pu écrire encore ny répondre à votre si bonne lettre du jeudi saint hélas ! Je suis seule, personne pour répondre et je n'y vois pas aujourd'hui je vais un peu mieux et de Suisse je prends la plume pour vous écrire. J'espère que vous allez mieux je vous remercie de vos nouvelles après tout qu'il y a a Paris, je suis bien anxieuse d'avoir des détails. De tous, et de tout ne m'oubliez pas milles tendres amitiés à votre bonne femme je vous envoie une petite note dont je vous recommande la personne.\u003cbr\u003eCroyez bien a notre amitié.\u003cbr\u003eMarie Caroline\"\u003cbr data-start=\"1253\" data-end=\"1256\"\u003eFrom the Guerrand-Hermès Collection (1940–2016).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56533975105861,"sku":"0765","price":250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_4784_jpg.jpg?v=1764716071"},{"product_id":"lettre-autographe-signee-littre","title":"Autograph letter signed, Littré","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"143\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"84\"\u003eLITTRÉ, Émile. Autograph letter signed “E. 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When the Government of National Defence moved first to Tours, he offered his services—“\u003cem data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1071\"\u003etout ce qu’un vieillard pourrait faire\u003c\/em\u003e”—and Gambetta replied warmly, though initially without any official assignment. 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Enfin je sais que vous avez échappé aux périls et aux souffrances. Ce n'est rien [?] satisfaction, si l'on peut donner le nous de satisfaction à ce que l'on éprouve en ces horribles temps.\u003cbr\u003eJe vous remercie des nouvelles de Mme Comte. Je n'en ai pas eu depuis l'[?] de Rouen. Les communications postales ne sont pas encore rétablies entre Bordeaux et la Seine-inférieure. Quand elles seront rétablies, je lui écrirai.\u003cbr\u003eQuand la délégation du gouvernement arriva à Tours, je me mis à la Déposition pour quoi qui le fût qu'un vieillard pourrait faire M. Gambetta me répondit par une excellente lettre ; mais, [?], on ne m'envoya pas. Toutefois, au commencement si j'envie -, M. Gambetta me nomma, professeur d'histoire à l'Ecole polytechnique provisoirement établie à Bordeaux. Un homme doit tenir sa parole.\u003cbr\u003eJe la tiens, en effet, et je me rendis à Bordeaux de Saint-Brienne, avec ma femme et ma fille. 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La réquisition qui frappe ces bois ne peut donc pas recevoir son exécution. Je suis avisé que vous devriez faire procéder à l'enlèvement de ces bois demain matin à 9 heures.\u003cbr\u003eJe vous prie de vouloir bien renoncer complètement à cet enlèvement.\u003cbr\u003eJe vous envoie, au [?], en même temps que cette lettre, six cents exemplaires d'une affiche que je vous prie de faire apposer dans votre arrondissement.\u003cbr\u003eVous pouvez vous convaincre, en la lisant, que par suite de l'ouverture des chantiers énumérés dans cette affiche, les bois de charpente de la rue des Acacias peuvent être aisément remplacés et qu'en conséquence la nécessité de satisfaire aux besoins du génie militaire ne vous causera aucun préjudice.\u003cbr\u003eRecevez, Monsieur le Maire, l'assurance de mes sentiments fraternels.\u003cbr\u003eJules Ferry\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1279\" data-end=\"1310\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eA clean and attractive example.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-center\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56533983002949,"sku":"0788","price":230.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_4836_jpg.jpg?v=1764716562"},{"product_id":"lettre-autographe-signee-maurras-a-monsieur-lalouelle","title":"Autograph letter signed, Maurras to Mr Lalouelle","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"209\" data-end=\"321\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"209\" data-end=\"321\"\u003eMAURRAS, Charles (1868–1952), Autograph Letter Signed “Ch. 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He expresses gratitude for the “good offices” extended to him over many months and for the recipient’s indulgence toward his continual delays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"995\"\u003eMaurras then takes the opportunity to request the loan of \u003cstrong data-start=\"781\" data-end=\"816\"\u003eJules Vallès’ novel \u003cem data-start=\"803\" data-end=\"814\"\u003eL’Insurgé\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, which he wishes to reread after learning that Lalouelle had recently gone through it. The tone remains courteous and intimate, ending with renewed thanks and cordial sentiments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"20 octobre 1949\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCher monsieur Lalouelle,\u003cbr\u003eJe suis désolé d'avoir manqué votre visite ce matin !\u003cbr\u003e[?] la veille !! On a toujours tout le temps de se rendormir dans 1 lieu de délires, et l'on se [?] l'occasion de serrer la main à un ami l'esprit [?] vous.\u003cbr\u003eMerci de votre pensée et merci de tous vos bons offices depuis tant de mois ! Merci encore de votre indulgence pour mes retards indéfinis.\u003cbr\u003eJ'en profite une fois de plus. On me dit que vous avez lu [?] l'Insurgé de Jules Vallès, que j'aimerais à relire ! vous [?] il pourrait me l'envoyer ? Je vous en remercie très respectueusement.\u003cbr\u003eBien cordialement à vous, cher monsieur Lalouelle, reste tout [?] vous prie de recevoir le retour,\u003cbr\u003eCh. 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You really are most [?] to send me these each year, and I am deeply grateful. Will you tell James Keillor that they are arriving, as his name is on the parcels.\u003cbr\u003eWe have been having a trying time in Europe. In all my experience I have never known anything so bungled as the Suez Canal affair.\u003cbr\u003eMy very best wishes to you and your wife. I will be in New York in May next and will ask Bill Griffin to fix that we meet.\u003cbr\u003eyours always\u003cbr\u003eMontgomery of Alamein.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56534108176709,"sku":"0772","price":300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_4728_jpg.jpg?v=1764719688"},{"product_id":"les-douze-cesars-traduction-inedite-de-joseph-esteve-preface-de-louis-barthou-de-lacademie-francaise","title":"Les Douze Césars. Traduction inédite de Joseph Estève. 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Je suis bien connu de M. le général Michaud, dont j'ai été aide de camp, de M. le général Mathieu Dumas, qui m'a employé dans Moscou, et de M. le comte Daru. J'ai été à la section de la guerre de 1811 à 1814, lorsque Son Excellence Monseigneur le Maréchal Gouvion-Saint-Cyr était conseiller d'État à la même section.\u003cbr\u003eMaintenant je me trouve absolument sans ressources autres que ma petite place dans le commerce. Le corps des Commissaires des guerres étant supprimé, je suis dans une position différente de celle de messieurs les officiers à demi-solde qui, d'un jour à l'autre, peuvent être remis en activité.\u003cbr\u003eA ces titres, je supplie Votre Excellence :\u003cbr\u003e1° De décider que je toucherai à Grenoble l'arriéré de la demi-solde d'adjoint aux commissaires des guerres à partir du 1er octobre 1817.\u003cbr\u003e2° De m'accorder un congé afin que dorénavant je puisse toucher cette demi-solde sans être toujours présent à Grenoble, ou du moins en me présentant une fois par an. Cette présence à Grenoble me coûtera annuellement 3 ou 400 francs; mes affaires comme commis-voyageur de la maison Robert me retiennent toute l'année sur les grandes routes de Lyon à Milan, Livourne, Naples.\u003cbr\u003eJe reconnais que j'ai besoin d'un peu de grâce; mais l'État ne pouvant donner à un Français de trente-six ans et qui sert depuis l'âge de dix-sept ans, qu'un secours de 900 fr., voudra-t-il m'empêcher de faire un métier pour vivre, surtout l'État ayant supprimé le corps dans lequel ce Français servait ? Si la pension suffisait à le faire vivre, ou si le corps n'était pas supprimé, le cas serait différent. J'ose donc espérer qu'en considération des douze campagnes que j'ai faites, Votre Excellence\u0026nbsp;daignera m'accorder le payement de 900 fr. par an, montant de la demi-solde qui m'est due comme adjoint aux commissaires des guerres depuis 1807.\u003cbr\u003eJe suis, avec un profond respect, Monseigneur, de Votre Excellence, le très humble et très obéissant serviteur.\u003cbr\u003eL'adjoint aux Commissaires des Guerres,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-ansi-language: FR;\"\u003eH. Beyle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-ansi-language: FR;\"\u003eM. Beyle, adjoint, à Grenoble,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-ansi-language: FR;\"\u003eGrande-Rue-Neuve, n°13\u0026nbsp;»\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56904442741061,"sku":"0260","price":6000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/Image5_3f0ade4f-f0ed-4757-8b68-bcadefb2136b.jpg?v=1768775170"},{"product_id":"il-sole-e-cieco","title":"Il Sole è Cieco","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMALAPARTE (Curzio). \u003cem\u003eIl Sole è Cieco\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFlorence: Vallecchi\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e1947.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctavo (196 × 133 mm). 184 pp., (1) f. Original wrappers and spine preserved.\u003cbr\u003eModern half lemon morocco, smooth spine, author stamped in red, title in black.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"383\" data-end=\"426\"\u003eExtremely rare first edition in Italian\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"428\" data-end=\"499\"\u003ewith a fine signed presentation inscription by the author in French\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"537\"\u003eSuperb inscription by Malaparte\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"à Madame \/ Janine Misraki \/ ce roman défendu par Mussolini sur le coupable \/ [?], Il Sole è Cieco \/ très amicalement \/ Curzio Malaparte \/ Vill. St Este 5 Août 1948\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn \u003cstrong data-start=\"711\" data-end=\"764\"\u003eautobiographical narrative of the Alpine campaign\u003c\/strong\u003e, first published in serial form in \u003cem data-start=\"800\" data-end=\"807\"\u003eTemps\u003c\/em\u003e in January and February 1941, before appearing in book form in this \u003cstrong data-start=\"876\" data-end=\"912\"\u003escarce Vallecchi edition of 1947\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very fine copy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56907183849797,"sku":"0802","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_5550.png?v=1768812331"},{"product_id":"memoires-de-guerre","title":"Mémoires de Guerre","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDE GAULLE (Charles). \u003cem\u003eMémoires de Guerre\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis: Plon,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e1954-1959.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 volumes, octavo (227 × 145 mm), T1 - (4) ff., 680 pp., (4) ff., T2 - (4) ff., 712 pp., (2) ff., T3 - (4) ff., 653 pp., (3) ff.\u0026nbsp;Original wrappers.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eUncut and unopened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"468\"\u003eExceptional set, inscribed by Charles de Gaulle to the son of the first head of the French secret services\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"474\" data-end=\"512\"\u003eone of 425 copies on pur fil paper\u003c\/strong\u003e (second paper issue).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMagnificent presentation inscription: \"A Thierry Dewavrin \/ avec le voeu qu'il \/ sauve la France aussi bien \/ que l'a fait son père. \/ C. de Gaulle \/ 10 Novembre 1954.\" (\u003cem\u003eTo Thierry Dewavrin \/ with the wish that he \/ saves France as good as \/ did his father \/ C. de Gaulle \/ November 10, 1954\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished between 1954 and 1959, the \u003cem data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"762\"\u003eMémoires de guerre\u003c\/em\u003e constitute \u003cstrong data-start=\"774\" data-end=\"828\"\u003ethe foundational text of de Gaulle’s autobiography\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"833\" data-end=\"900\"\u003eone of the major monuments of 20th-century political literature\u003c\/strong\u003e. Through their scope, narrative construction and symbolic ambition, these volumes definitively establish the Gaullist interpretation of the Second World War, from the Appeal of 18 June to the Liberation, and inscribe the figure of the General within a consciously shaped historical dimension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1195\" data-end=\"1268\"\u003eThis copy has outstanding historical resonance through its recipient.\u003c\/strong\u003e André Dewavrin, the father of the dedicatee, known under the nom de guerre \u003cstrong data-start=\"1344\" data-end=\"1361\"\u003eColonel Passy\u003c\/strong\u003e (1911–1998), was \u003cstrong data-start=\"1379\" data-end=\"1451\"\u003ethe founder and first head of the Free French secret services (BCRA)\u003c\/strong\u003e, created in London at de Gaulle’s initiative. A key figure of the Resistance and direct interlocutor of the Allies, Passy played a decisive role in structuring intelligence and clandestine networks throughout the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA few minor flaws to the covers, with some cracking at the bottom edge of the front cover of the first volume, and a slightly creased signature page; otherwise superb copies with exceptional historical and symbolic provenance and provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56907265933637,"sku":"0800","price":7800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_5520_jpg.png?v=1768812886"},{"product_id":"piece-signee-khrouchtchev-a-nikita-khrouchtchev-camarade-secretaire-par-le-parti-communiste-dukraine","title":"Document signed by Khrushchev, Communist Party of Ukraine to Nikita Khrushchev","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNikita KHRUSHCHEV (1894-1971), Document signed with autograph apostille, green ink, on typed document addressed to Khrushchev by the Communist Party of Ukraine, Ukraine, 3 December 1949; letterhead of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine, ink receipt stamp, in Russian.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1page In-folio (300 x 195 mm - frame: 470 x 360 mm).\u003cbr\u003eAn extremely rare document from Khrushchev, then First Secretary of the Party in Ukraine since 1937. The letterhead is signed in green ink and Khrushchev has written the names of Comrades Korniyets and Roudnytsky, along with his signature and the date ‘8\/XII\/49’ (8 December 1949). The Poltava Regional Committee gives a very positive assessment of the rebuilding of livestock stocks since the war, but alerts Khrushchev to the critical situation regarding fodder supplies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"КОММУНИСТИЧЕСКАЯ ПАРТИЯ (большевиков) УКРАИНЫ\u003cbr\u003eПОЛТАВСКИЙ ОБЛАСТНОЙ КОМИТЕТ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eСекретарю ЦК КП(б)У\u003cbr\u003eтоварищу ХРУЩЕВУ Н. С.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eВыполняя решения партии и правительства о развитии животноводства, трудящиеся колхозов и совхозов области добились, что в настоящее время количество крупного рогатого скота превосходит уровень довоенного 1940 года, примерно на 35 % или на 90 тыс. голов. 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Вместе с тем, этот завод выпускает большое количество сухого жома, который по нарядам Министерства отгружается за пределы нашей области. Таким образом, если учесть, как количество сухого жома в переводе на свежий жом отгружается за пределы области, плюс необходимое количество жома, которое потребляется для круглогодовой работы пункта государственного откорма скота, то завод не имеет возможности отоварить жомом все колхозы за сданную им свеклу.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eТаких сахарных заводов, что вырабатывают сухой жом три: им. Сталина, им. 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The number of pigs has increased noticeably; in particular, the number of pigs being fattened in the collective and state farms has risen sharply in order to fulfil, with this category of livestock, the State plan for meat deliveries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1015\" data-end=\"1244\"\u003eHowever, in view of the unfavourable climatic conditions of this year, the fodder balance in the collective and state farms of our region is very strained, and a number of collective and state farms are experiencing difficulties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1246\" data-end=\"1487\"\u003eA major contribution to the fodder balance is provided by sugar-beet pulp, but its delivery to the beet-growing collective farms is associated with great difficulties, and for collective farms remote from the railway it is almost impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1489\" data-end=\"2299\"\u003eMoreover, the Stalin Sugar Factory, which processes up to 35,000 centners of beet per day, receives beet from a number of districts and collective farms situated at the opposite end of the region, to which the shipment of fresh pulp by rail transport is difficult. At the same time, this factory produces a large quantity of dried pulp, which, according to the allocations of the Ministry, is shipped beyond the boundaries of our region. Thus, if one takes into account the quantity of dried pulp converted into its equivalent in fresh pulp that is shipped outside the region, plus the necessary quantity of pulp consumed for the year-round operation of the State cattle-fattening station, the factory has no possibility of supplying pulp to all the collective farms in exchange for the beet delivered by them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2301\" data-end=\"2599\"\u003eThere are three such sugar factories producing dried pulp: the Stalin Factory, the Ilyich Factory, and the Gramkov Factory, which are required to produce 35,000 centners of dried pulp and to ship it to other regions, which, when converted into fresh pulp, amounts to approximately 450,000 centners.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1949, Khrushchev was one of the main figures responsible for the reconstruction of Soviet agriculture in Ukraine, against a backdrop of chronic shortages and extremely rigid planning. 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