[QUEEN'S NECKLACE CASE ] Collection of 23 pieces from 1786 i - Lot 6

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[QUEEN'S NECKLACE CASE ] Collection of 23 pieces from 1786 i - Lot 6
[QUEEN'S NECKLACE CASE ] Collection of 23 pieces from 1786 in a large volume in-4, period calf, smooth spine A folding plate reproducing the Queen's necklace, 19 portraits reproduced in aquatint: the Count and Countess Cagliostro, the Count and Countess de la Motte, Madame de la Tour, Baron de la Fages, Father Loth, Father Mulot, Revaut de Villette, the Count de Précourt, Mr. Bassanges, Madame Lamotte's chambermaid, etc., and the Count and Countess Cagliostro. Meeting of 23 exhibits from the historic trial on the swindle of Queen Marie Antoinette's necklace, against Cardinal de Rohan, Jeanne de Saint-Rémi de Valois, wife of Count de la Motte, Count de Cagliostro and other defendants. A few titles: Memory for Count Cagliostro -Request for sieur Marc-Antoine Rétaux de Villette, former gendarme -Memory for François-Valentin Mulot -Memory for the young lady le Guay d'Oliva -Memory for Sieur de Bette d'Etienville - Summary for the countess de Valois-La Motte -Memory for Louis-René-Edouard de Rohan - Introductory request to the parliament by the Cardinal de Rohan -Memory for Sieur Vaucher, horloger & loque bijoutier - Memory for Sr de Bette d'Etienville - Answer for the Countess de Valois-La Motte - Memory for M. le Baron de Fages-Chaulnes - Second memoir for the young lady le Guay d'Oliva, etc. Until the parliament's decision, the Grand Chamber, meeting of 31 May 1786, etc., was in session. Rare with the portraits.
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