CAMBACERES family / Inventory after the death of Count Louis - Lot 116

CAMBACERES family / Inventory after the death of Count Louis de Cambacérès (1832-1868) : notarial deed (expedition), 72 p in-4, dated October 24, 1868, drawn up at the request of Count Etienne Armand de Cambacérès, father of the deceased, acting on behalf of his 2 granddaughters Zénaïde and Jeanne (from a first marriage, their mother Bathilde Bonaparte having died) on the one hand and Elise Victorine de Montesquiou-Fezensac, his widow from a second marriage, an inventory was made of the Hôtel particulier at 41 Quai d'Orsay, Paris, and of the estate's various assets. Auctioneer Pierre-Emile Sibire appraised the furnishings in all rooms (from the cellar to the servants' quarters): Burgundy and Bordeaux wines (20 bt of Château Margaux), Champagne, furniture, silverware, porcelain, crystal, curtains, carpets, clocks, chandeliers, linen (including the MP's suit), lace, shotguns, boots, books, jewelry etc., The accounts are very detailed and show the elements of Princess Bathilde Bonaparte's estate, the dotes, the widow's contributions to the marriage, inventory of capital, securities, shares and breakdown of liabilities (wages of footmen, cooks, coachmen, suppliers' invoices, grocer, butcher, craftsmen, glazier, upholsterer, florist, bookbinder etc.).), noting the various sums advanced by Count de Cambacérès on the death of his son in Chamonix (hotel expenses on site, various expenses on site, transport of the body, funeral expenses etc.) / Enclosed: Marriage contract of Count Louis de Cambacérès with Elise Victorine de Montesquiou-Feznsac drawn up on July 19, 1864, notarized deed, copy made in 1868 to draw up the inventory of the Count's estate (16 p in-4 on vellum).