Winter Autograph, Art and Sports Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/26/2015
Partly-printed vellum DS, in French, signed “Napole,” one page, 23.25 x 16.25, April 5, 1812. A nobility deed granted to Nicolas Michel Flosse, Baron de Notre Empire. Signed at the conclusion by Napoleon and countersigned by Cambaceres. Document also bears an exquisite gilt and watercolor crest of the Flosse family. In good condition, with intersecting folds, with the central vertical fold passing through first letter of Napoleon’s signature, portion of Napoleon’s signature very light and only partially legible, scattered creases and wrinkles, light soiling, and damp staining to upper right.
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