Maréchal VAILLANT Jean-Baptiste Philibert (Dijon/ Côte d'Or - Lot 505

Maréchal VAILLANT Jean-Baptiste Philibert (Dijon/ Côte d'Or 1790 - 1872) Marshal of France in 1851, Senator, Minister of the Second Empire - Autograph letter signed VAILLANT, from DIJON November 19, 1823. 3 pages in-8°, to Mr ANSELIN, Libraire de la Garde Royale, N°9 rue Dauphine, about the publication of his work on military bridges. (Essai sur les principes et la construction des ponts militaires, et sur les passages des rivières en campagne ; par le général Howard Douglas ... translated from English by J. P. Vaillant, Capitaine du Génie, published in 1824.). "Sir. On my return from a short trip a few leagues from Dijon, I found your letter of the 15th of this month, in which you propose the deletion of the small warning at the head of Ponts Militaires, basing yourself on the fact that this warning would depreciate the work, which, in your opinion, already offers little chance of success..."