[NAUNDORFF CASE] Certified copy of the "Mémoire BREMOND" on - Lot 123

[NAUNDORFF CASE] Certified copy of the "Mémoire BREMOND" on the "Orphelin du Temple", King Louis XVII, "responding to an accusation and offering to make known the facts and circumstances demonstrating that he is the son of Louis 16" produced in Vevey in 1895. 47ff. handwritten, each watermarked with the arms of the Canton of Vaud, each bearing a wet and dry stamp of the Canton of Vaud. The last sheet signed by the Clerk of the District Court of Vevey, dated August 15, 1895, with the District Court's stamp, certifying that it is "the faithful reproduction of a duplicate issued to Monsieur Albert de Montet, in Vevey, this latter duplicate having been taken from the original deposited in the archives of this district"; also signed and stamped by the Chancellery of the State Council of the Canton of Vaud and by the French Consulate General in Geneva. This report is broken down as follows: p.1-4 Commission rogatoire; p.4-32 Mémoire-réponse de M. Brémond; p.32 to 72 letter attached to the file and signed M.J.B. La Prade Prêtre; p. 72 to 77 the "Suite de la lettre à M. le Duc de M."; p. 77 to 87 "Copy" of a document written in M. Brémond's hand up to the passage beginning with the words "En 1724 __ le reste est écrit mais faisant suite, par une autre main"; p87 to 93 letter from Mme de Génères dated July 18, 1837. Together bound in-4 in bradel-style burgundy half-cornered percaline, spine smooth and blind, hinge split on the first board for about 11cm from the tail, some traces of rubbing, inside fresh. Enclosed are an autograph letter signed by Alain DECAUX and one from Bâtonnier Joseph MALZIEUX, as well as 3 copies of letters addressed to them by the document's then-owner, Jules DEVRON, concerning the document: its presentation and a proposal for sale. 4 p. in-4 and 1e in-8 recto verso