[TEXTILE LYONNAIS - MANUSCRIPT]. - Lot 73

[TEXTILE LYONNAIS - MANUSCRIPT]. "Copie de Lettres". Manuscript copy of early nineteenth-century letters in an in-folio volume, illustrated boards with title and merchant's mark "V. M. & F." on the front cover, half black cloth (period binding). Collection of over 335 pp. giving copies of more than 1,200 letters from a SOYEUX LYONNAIS, sent to his suppliers and customers (including: - AERTZ in Nancy, - AUGUSTE - CORBIE in Paris, - BIZET in Paris, - BABOIS MAILLE & LECOINTE in Rouen, - BLANC in Marseille, - BOULOUZE & Cie in Paris, - BRACHY & Cie in Turin, - CHAUDEL van WALBCEK in The Hague, - DAVID & PAUL, Toulouse, France, - DEMANCHE, Paris, France, - DESMAZIS, Paris, France, - ESTIENNE & DELAUNAY, Paris, France, - Eugène MAILLE, Paris, France, - GAY FRERES, Paris, France, - GERMAIN & ROUDIER, Paris, France, - GOHIER DUGAT, Paris, France, - GRILLET, Besançon, France, - HARTZ, Strasbourg, France, - KLIMERSTAT, Paris, France. Strasbourg, - KLIMERST, - KLIMRATH, - LAPORTE & Cie in Aix, - LAURENT in Amiens, - LENOTRE in Rouen, - Le ROUX de La SALLE in Paris, - MATHERON in Marseille, - NOURTIER in Paris, - OLLIVERY & MARCHERIO in Turin, - OPPERMAN MANDROT & Cie in Paris, - PLANTIN, -PRADEL & DUCLAP in Paris, - SABLE, - SCRIBE & BRUMARD in Paris, - VILLE-d'AVRAY, in Paris, - VAUTOUR VERSEPUY in Paris...) between June 21, 1813 and October 27, 1818. UNIQUE COLLECTION TRACING THE ACTIVITIES OF A LYONNAIS SILK MANUFACTURER UNDER THE EMPIRE AND RESTORATION. "The balance of your requests is being worked on, and we will let you have it as soon as possible, but we have just lost 8 days due to the presence of S.A.R. Monsieur, which will do us a lot of harm [...]" (Paris, September 24, 1814, Dautour Verspuy). - If the coronation of the Emperor of Austria, as King of Italy, is to take place in Milan in the near future, as is rumored, it is possible that we will be asked for something in this article" ]...[ (Paris, August 5, 1815, Vve Germain & Roudier). About twenty pages cut out, traces of fabric samples glued to the first few pages.