BONAPARTE (family). Set of 11 letters. 1798-1847... Lot 40

BONAPARTE (family). Set of 11 letters. 1798-1847 and s.d. - BONAPARTE (LOUIS). Autograph letter signed "LBonaparte" to citoyen Wandelaincourt, professeur de dessin à Paris. "Le Caire en Égypte", 17 fructidor [an VI-3 septembre 1798]. RARE LETTER FROM EGYPT. " ... Please give me the enclosed letters to my brother at rue des Sts-Pères [Joseph Bonaparte]. You will oblige me. You can easily guess why, when MY LETTERS HAVE TO CROSS ENEMY ESCADRES, I put them under your address... P.S. Have my 5 mathematics notebooks been completed?" (one p. 1/4 in-12, preserved envelope made from a folded Arabic print). He left for the Orient in the wake of his brother Napoleon Bonaparte, and took part as captain in the capture of Malta and Alexandria, before being commissioned in November 1798 to bring the flags he had conquered from the enemy to the Directoire. - BONAPARTE (LUCIEN). Autograph letter signed with his initials, addressed to André Campi. S.l., "15 germinal". "I have received your letters - take care of my affairs; don't think about places and make yourself forgotten by those who don't like you - you will always be part of my family... Put all my accounts in order and send me my balance sheet and that of Mercury. I kiss you..." (1/2 p. in-4; ink a little faded). A childhood friend of the Bonaparte brothers, André Campi (1765-1819) was particularly close to Lucien, who made him general secretary of his Ministry of the Interior (1799-1800), took him with him as secretary on his embassy to Madrid (1800-1802), and chose him as best man at his second wedding (1803). André Campi's brother Toussaint Campi followed a military career, becoming a baron in 1810 and a general in 1813. - BONAPARTE (LOUIS). Letter signed "Louis Bonaparte". Paris, 18 germinal an XIII-8 avril 1805. Concerning the fate of a former military man without fortune (3/4 p. in-4). Plus a copper-engraved portrait of Louis Bonaparte. - BONAPARTE (PAULINE). Letter signed "Pauline" with a 1/2 line autograph, in Italian, addressed to her lawyer and businessman Giuseppe Vannutelli. Bagni-di-Lucca, June 25, 1823. On his dispute with Prince Borghese (they were reconciled later), but also on the vases and chairs in his villa: "... Avete fatto benissimo di pagar' le sedie. Desidero solo sapere quello che sono costate. Mi sorprende infinitamente sentire che la causa con Borghese non sia ancora incominciata, andando cosi non si finirà mai, ed in conseguenzia mai potrò tornare in Roma... Bisogna dunque assolutamente attacarlo giudizialmente al più presto possibile... [In his own hand:] Addio, Vanutelli. Fate qualche cosa per Borghese..." (2 pp. in-8, address on spine; small tear to address leaf due to opening without damage to text, faint marginal spotting). - BONAPARTE (JÉRÔME). Autograph letter signed "Jérôme" to one of his nieces. Rome, April 23, 1825. "I am sending my niece what she asked me for, and reiterating to her the assurance of my attachment. Her affectionate uncle..." (1/3 p. in-12). - BONAPARTE (CAROLINE). Letter signed to her "dear brother". Trieste, July 7, 1825. " ... I dare to ask you a favor. I need someone willing to take on my power of attorney to FOLLOW IN TOSCANY AND IN THE LUCK STATES AFFAIRS CONCERNING THE SUCCESSION OF OUR DEAR AND POOR PAULINE FOR WHAT RELATES TO ME [Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese, had just died on June 9, 1825]..." (one p. in-4). The deposed Queen of Naples lived in exile after the Empire until her death, initially under surveillance in various parts of Austria, including Trieste for seven years (1824-1831). - BONAPARTE (CAROLINE). Letter signed to the lawyer and businessman Giuseppe Vannutelli. Trieste, July 11, 1825. She requests his help in settling certain points of her sister Pauline's estate, particularly concerning her own daughter Letizia Murat, Marquise Pepoli; she then asks that he take information on Count Giulio Rasponi, whom her other daughter, Louise Murat, is to marry (3 pp. 1/4 in-4, address on back, heavy wetness and a few tears). - BONAPARTE (LOUIS). Letter signed "C. de St Leu" to "Messieurs François Borri comp." Florence, March 4, 1827. " ... I beg you to carry on your books the funds I have with you, from which I shall receive the interest of one-sixth per cent per month... I forgot to tell you that I cannot, however, consent to the 15-day period for withdrawing my funds; I only consent to such a small interest in order to always have my funds at my disposal" (3/4 p. in-4, address on back, cut to address leaf due to opening without affecting text). - FESCH (Joseph