REGICIDE - Giuseppe FIESCHI(1790-1836,Corsican conspirator, - Lot 244

REGICIDE - Giuseppe FIESCHI(1790-1836,Corsican conspirator, perpetrator of an attempt on July 28, 1835 to assassinate Louis-Philippe and the Royal Family using the "infernal machine". The King and his family escaped, but 18 were killed, including Marshal Mortier, and 43 wounded, He was sentenced to death and guillotined on February 19, 1836) / 1°) Signed autograph letter, written with approximate spelling, 2 p in-8, from Conciergerie prison, January 23, 1836 (one week before the opening of his trial before the Chambre des Pairs), to Monsieur Sagout, huissier de la Chambre des Pairs: "Je vous exorte au nom de l'umanité de me faire parvenir 4 billets dont un pour une dame" (We know that during his trial he was particularly arrogant and eager to draw attention to himself, so it's not unexpected to see him asking for tickets to his trial as if to attend his show) / 2°) Amazing relic: "Attentat du 28 juillet 1835 - Morceau du tison qui a servi à Fieschi, à mettre le feu à la machine infernale" (July 28, 1835 assassination attempt - piece of the firebrand used by Fieschi to set fire to the infernal machine), the piece is set in paper laminated on a small in-4 sheet (17 x 22 cm, traces of a sticky paper strip), sealed with an armorial wax seal, captioned in the hand of Docteur Boucher-Dugua (prison physician), who presented it on April 6, 1836 to his friend Boulay-Paty (Evariste, 1804-1864, poet) - These 2 documents are preserved in the original folder of autograph dealer Eugène Rossignol, who captioned it in his own hand (1960s) / Attached: "Historia" of February 1961 with a 10-page illustrated article by André Castelot devoted to "La "machina" du "rezisside" Fieschi, le saltimbanque de l'assassinat".