Lot n° 82.01
Estimation :
300 - 300
EUR
KLEBER. - Lot 82
KLEBER.
Signed letter to General Sanson. One page
in-4°, on headed paper printed with his name
with vignette, at headquarters
Giseh, 13 prairial an 8 (June 2, 1800).
Kleber was commander-in-chief in Egypt
after Bonaparte's departure (August 1799) and was
was assassinated in Cairo on June 14, 1800 by a
Syrian student. This letter was therefore signed
a few days before his death.
Provenance: Pierre Cardon collection with
stamp on verso.
From the same collection, with the same
engraved portrait of the general.
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