Prince de TARENTE - CERCLE DES ACACIAS (Proustian universe: - Lot 263

Prince de TARENTE - CERCLE DES ACACIAS (Proustian universe: in 1865, the town of Neuilly granted a plot of land on the Pelouse de Madrid to a "skaters' club" to create two ponds for skating; a handsome Anglo-Norman pavilion was built; the club becomes "la société anonyme des Acacias", a private sports club where aristocrats and socialites meet to shoot pigeons) - Prince de TARENTE (Louis-Charles-Marie de la Trémoille Prince de Tarente, 1863-1921, politician, owner of Château Margaux) / Signed in his own hand, 1 p small in-4, drawn up on stamped paper on January 11, 1899: he authorizes Maurice Caillault (horse owner) to represent him at the extraordinary general meeting of the Société des Acacias.