REPUBLICAN BANQUET. Livre d'Or offered to Monsieur Maurice Berteaux, Minister of War and Member of Parliament for the 1st constituency of Versailles, by his constituents who attended the banquet given in his honour in Poissy on 7 May 1905. [Poissy, 1905] In-4, Italian style, brown morocco, five-ribbed spine, triple framed with gilt fillets in the centre ribbons and on the covers, gilt title on the first cover, gilt fillet on the edges, inner gilt lace, green tabis endpapers, gilt edges (Binding of the period). Banquet attended by 991 guests, including 22 members of the organising committee, 29 journalists (only 6 are listed by name) and La Lyre amicale de Poissy, represented by its director. 37 guests at the head table. Next, arranged by commune, were all the guests, most with their profession or status. The banquet was held in the Poissy market hall on the occasion of the official visit of the Prime Minister. A unique copy, all the names, communes and professions are handwritten.