Galerie
Napoléon
- Paris - Collection of the Manuscripts

The history of France at the end of the feather

Collection of ancient manuscripts and parchments from the 14th to the 19th century

A collection of ancient manuscripts of the time. Now available online.

XVIIth Century
Manuscript - Louis XIV Period (1649) | Portrait of Louis XIV of France (Charles Le Brun)

Louis XIV
(1649)
Inventory N° : FR-02088

Handwritten document (3 pages) on watermarked laid paper written in 1649 (Louis XIV)

XVIIth Century
Manuscript - Louis XIV Period (1650) | Portrait of Louis XIV of France (Henri Testelin)

Louis XIV
(1650)
Inventory N° : FR-02087

Handwritten document on watermarked laid paper written in 1650 (Louis XIV)

XVIIth Century
Manuscript - Louis XIV Period (1674) | Equestrian portrait of Louis XIV of France (Charles Le Brun)

Louis XIV
(1674)
Inventory N° : FR-02086

Handwritten document on watermarked laid paper written in 1674 (Louis XIV)

XVIIth Century
Manuscript - Louis XIV Period (1652) | Portrait of Louis XIV of France - The Sun king (Hyacinthe Rigaud)

Louis XIV
(1652)
Inventory N° : FR-02085

Handwritten document (2 pages) on watermarked laid paper written in 1652 (Louis XIV)

XIXth Century
Diploma - 1875 - Bachelier - Law - French Republic

IIIrd Republic
(1875)
Inventory N° : FR-02084

Document on vellum dated 24 October 1875

XIXth Century
Diploma - 1877 - Licentiate - Law - French Republic

IIIrd Republic
(1877)
Inventory N° : FR-02083

Historical Document on vellum paper dated 28 June 1877

XIXth Century
July Monarchy - Louis Philippe I - 1836 - Inner Passport for a Artillery Captain of the Navy

Louis-Philippe Ier
(1836)
Inventory N° : FR-02082

Historical Document on watermarked paper (Louis Philippe I King of the French) dated 18 February 1836

XVIIIth Century
French Revolutionary Wars - 1794 - Alençon - Certificate of creation of the third battalion of volunteers of Orne on September 14, 1792

National Convention
(1794)
Inventory N° : FR-02081

Historical Document on laid paper with watermark dated 1794 (26 Prairial An II) bearing the wax seal of the Département de l'Orne

XVIIIth Century
French Revolution - 1797 - Requisition Leave - Dispensation of Service in the Army for the Citizen André Lamperiere

Directorate
(1797)
Inventory N° : FR-02080

Historical Document on laid paper with watermark dated 1797 (4 Germinal An V) bearing the wax seal of the Commissaire Général de l'Orne, biography and antique print of Jacques Claude Martin Rocquet

XVIIIth Century
French Revolution - 1794 - Army of the Rhine - Gendarmerie Nationale - Certificate of service, probity and patriotism for the Brigadier Laurent Godequin

National Convention
(1794)
Inventory N° : FR-02079

Historical Document on laid paper with watermark dated 1794 (20 Germinal An II), biography and antique print of Louis Florentin Bertèche

XVIIIth Century
French Revolutionary Wars - 1794 - 74th Infantry Regiment- Certificate of Service for the Citizen Michel Germain

National Convention
(1794)
Inventory N° : FR-02078

Historical Document on laid paper with watermark dated 1794 (11 Germinal An II) bearing the wax seal of the 74th Infantry Regiment, biography and antique print of Bozonnier de Lespinasse

XVIIIth Century
French Revolutionary Wars - 1794 - Army of the West - Battalion of Dieppe - Certificate of Service for Lieutenant Etienne Fortin

National Convention
(1794)
Inventory N° : FR-02077

Historical Document on laid paper with watermark dated 1794 (25 Nivôse An II) bearing the wax seal of the Battalion of Dieppe, biography and antique print of Devaux

XVIIIth Century
French Revolutionary Wars - 1793 - Army of the West - Battalion of Dieppe - Certificate of Service for the Citizen Jacques Duputel and his son

National Convention
(1793)
Inventory N° : FR-02076

Historical Document on laid paper dated 1793 bearing the wax seal of the Battalion of Dieppe, biography and antique print of Antoine Arnaud

XVIIIth Century
French Revolutionary Wars - 1794 - Army of the Alps - Battalion of Aude - Certificate of service and good Republican for Sergeant Pierre Crevasse of Carcassonne

National Convention
(1794)
Inventory N° : FR-02075

Historical Document on laid paper with watermark dated 1794 (4ème des Sans-Culottides An II) bearing the wax seal of the Battalion of Aude, biography and antique print of Louis Stanislas Xavier Soyez

XIXth Century
Napoleon - First French Empire - 1813 - Italy - Florence - Housing Authorization of a Military Citizen

Napoleon Ier
(1813)
Inventory N° : FR-02074

Historical Document on laid paper with watermark dated 1813, biography and antique print of Baptiste-Pierre-François Bisson

XIXth Century
Napoleon - The Consulate - 1800 - Caen - Housing Authorization of a Military Citizen - Rue Egalité Section Liberté

Consulate
(1800)
Inventory N° : FR-02073

Historical Document on laid paper dated 1800 (26 Germinal An VIII), biography and antique print of Charles Pierre François Augereau

XVIIIth Century
French Revolutionary Wars - 1796 - 8th Regiment of Artillery - Certificate of Service as Chief Artificer

Directorate
(1796)
Inventory N° : FR-02072

Historical Document on laid paper with watermark dated 1796 (4 Prairial An IV) bearing the wax seal of the 8th Regiment of Artillery, biography and antique print of Jean Aulay de Launay

XVIIIth Century
French Revolutionary Wars - 1795 - 14th Battalion of Seine-et-Oise - Attribution of a Pension by the city of Fourqueux to the widow of a captain killed in action

National Convention
(1795)
Inventory N° : FR-02071

Historical Document on laid paper with watermark dated 1795 (21 Nivôse An III) bearing the wax seal of Fourqueux, biography and antique print of Pierre Riel de Beurnonville

XVIIIth Century
French Revolutionary Wars - 1794 - 1st Battalion of Mayenne et Loire - Certificate of Bravery and good republican for the citizen of the battalion Jacques Martin

National Convention
(1794)
Inventory N° : FR-02070

Historical Document on laid paper with watermark dated 1794 (30 Vendémiaire An III) bearing the wax seal of the Battalion of Mayenne et Loire, biography and antique print of Jean-Baptiste Broussier

XIXth Century
French Revolutionary Wars - 1803 - 82th Infantry Half-Brigade - Certificate of Service for a Captain with his Campaigns

Consulate
(1803)
Inventory N° : FR-02069

Historical Document on laid paper dated 1803 (2 Floréal An XI) bearing the stamp of the 82th Infantry Half-Brigade, biography and antique print of Jacques Darnaud

XVIIIth Century
French Revolution - 1796 - Order for a Volunteer Citizen to join his Regiment

Directorate
(1796)
Inventory N° : FR-02068

Historical Document on laid watermarked paper dated 1796 (4 Ventose An IV), biography and antique print of Louis Étienne Dulong de Rosnay

XIXth Century
Napoleon - The Consulate - 1801 - Châteaubriant - Provision of Bread for the Prisoners

Consulate
(1801)
Inventory N° : FR-02067

Historical Document on laid watermarked paper dated 1801 (2 Ventose An IX), biography and antique print of Louis Nicolas Davout

XVIIIth Century
French Revolution - Grenoble - 1795 - Certificate of non-registration on the list of emigrants

National Convention
(1795)
Inventory N° : FR-02066

Historical Document on laid paper dated 1795 (28 Vendémiaire An IV) bearing the stamp of Grenoble, biography and antique print of Jean Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul

XIXth Century
Napoleon - The Consulate - 1802 - Bordeaux - Amnesty Granted to a Deserter

Consulate
(1802)
Inventory N° : FR-02065

Historical Document on laid paper dated 1802 (22 Thermidor An X) bearing the stamp of Barsac. Biography and antique print of Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte

XIXth Century
Napoleonic Wars - 1811 - Artillery - General of Division St Laurent - Permission granted to the Battalion Commander

Napoleon Ier
(1811)
Inventory N° : FR-02064

Historical Document on laid paper with watermark dated 1811 bearing the stamp of the divisional general St Laurent, biography and antique print of Jacques-Antoine-Adrien Delort

XVIIIth Century
French Revolution - Dieppe - 1793 - Citizens, The Homeland Needs Soldiers, Weapons and Gunsmiths: Take Action

National Convention
(1793)
Inventory N° : FR-02063

Historical Document on laid paper dated 1793, biography and antique print of Rose-Alexandrine Barreau

XVIIIth Century
French Revolutionary Wars - 1794 - 13th Battalion of Seine-et-Oise - Certificate of Courage and Bravery for a Lieutenant Following an Injury

National Convention
(1794)
Inventory N° : FR-02062

Historical Document on laid paper with watermark dated 1794 bearing the wax seal of the 13th Battalion of Seine-et-Oise, biography and antique print of Jacques Denis Boivin

XVIIIth Century
French Revolutionary Wars - 1797 - 81th Infantry Half-Brigade - Order to Join the General Meunier in Brest

Directorate
(1797)
Inventory N° : FR-02061

Historical Document on laid paper with watermark dated 1797 bearing the wax seal of the 81th infantry half-brigade, biography and antique print of Jean-Baptiste Bompard

XVIIIth Century
French Revolutionary Wars - 1794 - 141th Infantry Half-Brigade - Termination of Payment of the Salary of the Chief of Brigade

National Convention
(1794)
Inventory N° : FR-02060

Historical Document on laid paper with watermark dated 1794 bearing the wax seal of the 141th infantry half-brigade, biography and antique print of Jacques-Antoine de Chambarlhac

XIXth Century
Pont-Audemer - Year IX - 1800 - Court - List of Offenses Committed

Consulate
(1800)
Inventory N° : FR-02059

Historical Document on laid paper of 1800, Year IX of the French Republic, biography and antique print of Louis Charles Antoine Desaix

XIXth Century
Historical Document - Napoleon - 1806 - Passport

Napoleon Ier
(1806)
Inventory N° : FR-02058

Historical Document on laid paper of 1806 and Portrait of the Marshal Joachim Murat

XXth Century
Freemasonry - 1948 - Masonic Symbols - Master Diploma - Grande Loge de France

XXth Century
(1948)
Inventory N° : FR-02057

Antique Diploma of Freemasonry. 1948

XIXth Century
Ministry of War - Napoleon - 1807 - Pension granted to the widow of a dead officer in Saint-Domingue (Haiti)

Napoleon Ier
(1807)
Inventory N° : FR-02056

Historical Document on watermaked laid paper of 1807 and Portrait of the Marshal Ney

XVIIIth Century
Historical Document - Passport - 1780 - Amboise - Reign of Louis XVI

Louis XVI
(1780)
Inventory N° : FR-02055

Original document of 1780 on laid paper and view of the royal Château at Amboise

XVIIth Century
Historical Document on Parchment - Reign of Louis XIII of France - 1634 - France XVIIth Century

Louis XIII
(1634)
Inventory N° : FR-02054

Historical handwritten document dated March 8th, 1634 and Portrait of Jean de La Bruyère, an original steel engraving engraved by Delannoy

XVIIth Century
Historical Document on Parchment - Reign of Louis XIV of France - 1652 - France XVIIth Century

Louis XIV
(1652)
Inventory N° : FR-02052

Historical handwritten document dated September 5th, 1652 and an original steel engraving after Robert Bonnart

XVIIth Century
Historical Document on Parchment - Reign of Louis XIII of France - 1604 - France XVIIth Century

Henry IV
(1604)
Inventory N° : FR-02051

Historical handwritten document dated January 20th, 1604 and an original steel engraving

XVIIth Century
Historical Document on Parchment - Reign of Louis XIII of France - 1636 - France XVIIth Century

Louis XIII
(1636)
Inventory N° : FR-02050

Historical handwritten document dated October 13th, 1636 and an original steel engraving after Robert Bonnart

XVIIth Century
Historical Document on Parchment - Reign of Louis XIII of France - 1609 - France XVIIth Century

Henry IV
(1609)
Inventory N° : FR-02049

Historical handwritten document dated October 13th, 1609 and an original steel engraving after Robert Bonnart

XVIIth Century
Historical Document on Parchment - Reign of Louis XIII of France - 1637 - France XVIIth Century

Louis XIII
(1637)
Inventory N° : FR-02048

Historical handwritten document dated August 24th, 1637 and an original steel engraving

XIXth Century
Historical Document - French Revolution - 1801 - 20th Military Division - Military Discharge for Medical Reasons

Consulate
(1801)
Inventory N° : FR-02047

Historical original document dated 1801 and Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte

XVIIIth Century
Historical Document - French Revolution - 1798 - Letter of the Minister for the War to the Directors of the Fortifications

Directorate
(1798)
Inventory N° : FR-02046

Historical document dated 14 Brumaire Year 7 of the French Republic (November 4th, 1798) and Portrait of Lafayette

XVIIIth Century
Historical Document - French Revolution - 1799 - Letter of the Minister for the War to the Directors of the Fortifications

Directorate
(1799)
Inventory N° : FR-02045

Historical document dated 6 Floréal Year 7 of the French Republic (April 25th, 1799) and Portrait of Jean-Paul Marat

XVIIIth Century
Historical Document - French Revolution - 1792 - License of Hawker

Louis XVI
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-02043

Historical original document dated July 24th, 1792 and Portrait of Jean-Paul Marat

XIXth Century
Historical Document - First French Empire - 1809 - Nizza - Montenotte - Italy - License of Merchant

Napoleon Ier
(1809)
Inventory N° : FR-02042

Historical original document dated 1809, stamp with imperial eagle and Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte

XVIIIth Century
Historical Document - French Revolution - 1794 - Auction of Goods Confiscated to an Emigrant

National Convention
(1794)
Inventory N° : FR-02041

Historical handwritten document dated October 29th, 1794 and Portrait of Jean-Paul Marat, an original steel engraving engraved by Pelée

XIXth Century
Historical Document - Louis XVIII of France - 1819 - Infantry - Order of Mission

Louis XVIII
(1819)
Inventory N° : FR-02040

Original document dated July 19th, 1819 and Portrait of Louis XVIII of France, original lithograph

XIXth Century
Historical Document - Reign of Napoleon I of France - 1813 - First French Empire

Napoleon Ier
(1813)
Inventory N° : FR-02039

Original document in the name of the Empereur and King De Part sa Majesté l'Empereur et Roi printed one year before the fall of the first french empire, dated April the 1st 1813