Lot no. 276
Joseph BONAPARTE. 5 minutes of letters, March-December 1828, to M. Presle 22 pages in-4. Interesting correspondence to his former secretary. One sees Joseph following attentively the publication of the works devoted to Napoleon, on the occasion of which he prepares clarifications, by regretting the loss of part of his archives, in particular of the letters of Napoleon; he speaks about his action in Spain, and of the generals Hugo, Pelet, Desprez, of the marshal Soult, etc. He hoped for a visit from Colonel Maingarnaud, to whom he could explain at length what had happened in Spain...
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