Maurice WEIL (1845–1924, military officer and historian; his - Lot 383

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Maurice WEIL (1845–1924, military officer and historian; his - Lot 383
Maurice WEIL (1845–1924, military officer and historian; his name is inextricably linked to that of his friend, Commander Esterhazy, who was involved in the Dreyfus Affair) / 1°) Correspondence consisting of 4 signed autograph letters totaling 6 pages in-8, December 1923 / June 3, 1924 (one month before his death), to Gaston Pringet (1858–1933, diplomat and historian), regarding Pringet’s historical work on the Campaign of 1814, 3 envelopes preserved (including 2 with the postmark from the 1924 Paris Olympic Games); one of the letters is written on the back of a 2-page autograph, signed letter from Austrian Feldmarschall-Leutnant Maximilian von HOEN (1867–1940, military historian and director of the Vienna Military Archives), conveying the response to an inquiry / 2°) An autograph letter signed by his widow Henriette, dated November 23, 1924 (a direct descendant of the Rothschilds), with an obituary / 3°) An autograph manuscript of 141 pages in large 8vo format by Gaston PRINGET: “Notes taken on Commander Weil’s 1814 Campaign to clarify my translation of Prince Auguste de Tour-et-Taxi’s War Diary” r482
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