History in Manuscript: Letters and Documents from a Distinguished Collection
History in Manuscript: Letters and Documents from a Distinguished Collection
Antoine Joseph Santerre | Document signed, on the Fall of the Bastille, 26 July 1789
Lot Closed
April 13, 03:15 PM GMT
Estimate
700 - 900 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Antoine Joseph Santerre
Document signed
stating the names and addresses of the artillerymen who manned the cannons in the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré on the day the Bastille was taken, 1 page, 4to, two red wax seals at foot, one Santerre's, the other bearing the legent 'Vive la Liberte', Paris, 26 July 1789
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, London, 26 April 1990, lot 366