[Maréchal PÉTAIN] / Book " Paris au Maréchal " of 1942, copy - Lot 237

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[Maréchal PÉTAIN] / Book " Paris au Maréchal " of 1942, copy - Lot 237
[Maréchal PÉTAIN] / Book " Paris au Maréchal " of 1942, copy of the Vice-President of the State Council Alfred Porché, ex-dono of the private secretary of the Maréchal Bernard Ménestrel, " Les Presses de l'Ecole Estienne, 1942, in-4 grape leaves under cover rempilé and under double emboitage, with 10 engravings in-text and 10 engravings hors-texte. Collective work ordered and printed by the City of Paris, with a total and unique edition of 200 copies, not put in the market. All copies were offered by the City of Paris to Marshal Pétain. This one is one of 117 copies on Arches vellum. The Marshal intended it for Alfred Porché, then Vice-President of the Conseil d'Etat, as attested by a typed letter signed by Bernard Ménestrel (1906-1947), doctor, private secretary and adviser to the Marshal in Vichy (1 p in-4, on the Marshal's letterhead, on Japanese paper with a watermark of 2 crossed marshal's batons with the initials "P.P."), from Vichy, January 1, 1944: "According to a centuries-old tradition that the City of Paris pays tribute to the Head of State with a work of art, a book devoted to the ties that unite Marshal Pétain with the Capital has been published. The City of Paris has made all the copies available to the Marshal, who wanted you to share in the pleasure he felt in receiving this gift. Copy no. 143, on Arches tinted vellum, has been reserved for you by the Head of State.
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