- Lot 389

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- Lot 389
[BATTLE OF WATERLOO] [Fulgence PARIS ]- Papers and chronicle of the Paris house, called "Château Tremblant" in Waterloo. 19th c. Notebook in-12 square, paper binding with blue glue of the time. Browning, some stains and russ. 69 pp. + 22 flyleafs in the same hand, pen and brown ink, a few additions in black pencil by another hand. An abundant collection of notes taken from memories and old documents, forming a veritable chronicle, going back to the 17th century, of this place made famous in 1815, when it was transformed into headquarters by Lord Uxbridge, who commanded the British cavalry under the Duke of Wellington. Badly wounded in the knee, Lord Uxbridge was taken back to his headquarters where he underwent amputation. The leg, buried by Hyacinthe Paris in his garden, became a reason for pilgrimage and the house was transformed into a museum. Our manuscript relates, among other things, the visits made by the Crown Prince of Orange and by the King of Prussia Frederick William III and his sons. With some pen drawings: Waterloo in 1634, wood from a map of 1639, view of a house ("Château Tremblant"?), of the Sainte-Anne chapel in 1853, 2 coats of arms, etc. ATTACHED: - Various notes by the same hand. XIXth c. 24 ff. in ff. same condition. Concerns methods of cultivation of cereals, vegetables, tobacco, etc., ephemeris, the tumuli of Noirmont (with a drawing), qqs pen drawings: church of the capuvins in Bruges ("taken in a wagon in the railway station"), church of Couture-Saint-Germain in 1840 (demolished in 1841), Tower of the Saracens in Vaux, plans of a cellar and of a ventilation system, etc. - 1 letter and 2 mortuary souvenirs. - 3 modern photos in color. : reproduce the portraits of Jean-Baptiste Paris, son of Hyacinthe, and his wife marie Alexandrine Pierchaut, as well as an old lithograph showing the Paris house.
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