FIRST EMPIRE PERIOD PORTFOLIO OF PIERRE CHABEUF (1755-1834), HEAD OF THE FINANCE DIVISION OF THE SEINE PREFECTURE In long-grained red morocco, decorated in gold with friezes of sphinxes, hippogriffs, melusines and urns. Inside flap decorated with interlacing friezes and signed by the maker "HEBERT PALAIS ROYAL N°20". The 1st plate stamped "M.CHABEUF CHEF DE DIVISION DE LA PREFECTURE DU DEPt DE LA SEINE". Clasp, lock plate with radiating entrance and reinforcing corners in cut silver, engraved with foliage decoration Inside with red morocco flap, lined with green silk, with five lined dividers en suite. 33 x 48 cm (13 x 19 in.) A.B.E. (Traces of wear mainly on the 1st board, damp stain on the spine). A portfolio of Pierre Chabeuf (1755-1834), Head of the Finance Division of the Prefecture of the Seine, dating from the First Empire Biography : Pierre CHABEUF (1755-1834) Called to the Committee of Public Safety by Carnot to the arms section. When the Seine prefecture was created, he was appointed head of the finance division. He remained in this post, where he worked closely with Frochot, until 1815. He died in Bèze in 1834.