L'HISTOIRE EN DIRECT - Mirabeau's funeral at the new Pantheo - Lot 309

L'HISTOIRE EN DIRECT - Mirabeau's funeral at the new Pantheon in 1791 / Unsigned autograph letter (3 p in-8 plus address page) from a count deputy to the Estates-General (the address bears the postal franchise of the National Assembly and a red wax seal broken by the opening with the count's crown), May 14, 1791, from Paris, to his uncle "Monsieur de Givry inspecteur de la manufacture d'armes de Maubeuge" (this is Casimir Lefevre de Givry): after giving family news, he turns to current events, "This morning, a magnificent service was held for the Comte de Mirabeau in the new Church of Sainte Geneviève.J. Rousseau and Mirabeau himself, who figured perfectly with the renowned men associated with him. Mr. Soufflot, architect of the newly-built church of Ste Geneviève, had the legend removed: "au Dieu tout puissant sous l'invocation de Ste Geneviève" (to God almighty, under the invocation of Ste Geneviève), to be replaced by this one: "aux grands hommes la patrie reconnaissante" (to great men, the grateful fatherland), thus changing the dedication of this superb edifice.