Prince d'ARENBERG - CERCLE DES ACACIAS (Proustian universe: - Lot 264

Prince d'ARENBERG - CERCLE DES ACACIAS (Proustian universe: in 1865, the town of Neuilly granted a plot of land on the Pelouse de Madrid to a "skating club" to build 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 Pierre d'ARENBERG (1871-1919, son of Prince Auguste d'Arenberg and Jeanne Greffulhe, he married Emma de Gramont) / Signed in his own hand, 1 p small in-4, drawn up on stamped paper on March 9, 1899: he gives power of attorney to Maurice Caillault (horse owner) to represent him at the general meeting of the Société des Acacias.