THE RARE "ROSETTE" MARK ON COVER ADDRESSED TO GENERAL KLEBER...

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£1,500

THE RARE "ROSETTE" MARK ON COVER ADDRESSED TO GENERAL KLEBER WHO BECAME C-IN-C AFTER NAPOLEON; 1799/1800 E (one side-flap removed; must have been dated after 22nd Aug. 1799 - when Napoleon left and made Kleber C-in-C - and before Kleber's assassination on 14th June 1800) addressed "Au Général en Chef Kleber au Caire" and endorsed "G[ener]al. Menou" in a fancy manuscript frame on the front (to authorise this as a letter free from postal charges), having a mostly very fine strike of the rare "ROSETTE" mark in black nicely placed above the address. Remarkable item directly connecting two famous French Generals. Plus 3 prints of Menou or Kleber. (1 cover + 3 prints). [Ex Firebrace; illustrated in his "19th Ce. Wars", p.19. Cavendish May 2001 lot 1062; realised £632.]Cross Reference: MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR, EGYPT, FRANCE, AUTOGRAPHS