Official Invitation To The Coronation Of Napoleon I For Brigadier General Bertrand

EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENT FROM 1804. HANDWRITTEN LETTER SIGNED BY HUGUES MARET (1763-1839), DUKE OF BASSANO, THEN SECRETARY OF STATE TO NAPOLEON I. DOCUMENT DONE AT SAINT CLOUD ON 4 BRUMAIRE YEAR 13 (25 OCTOBER 1804). INVITING BRIGADIER GENERAL BERTRAND, STATIONED AT THE CAMP OF BOULOGNE. THIS HIGH-RANKING OFFICER FOLLOWED THE EMPEROR FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE ARMY OF ITALY, THE BATTLES OF THE PYRAMIDS, DAUSTERLITZ, JENA, EYLAU, WAGRAM, AND ESLING. GRAND EAGLE OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, COUNT OF THE EMPIRE, GRAND MARSHAL OF THE PALACE, HE FOLLOWS THE EMPEROR TO THE ISLAND OF ELBA, THE HUNDRED DAYS, AND TO SAINT HELENA. EXCEPTIONAL HISTORICAL DOCUMENT, EXTREMELY RARE IN ORIGINAL CONTEXT RELATING TO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE FIRST EMPIRE. CEREMONY IMMORTALIZED IN DAVID'S FAMOUS PAINTING "THE CORONATION"