LEBRUN, Charles-François (1739-1824), Third Consul, Duke of - Lot 140

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LEBRUN, Charles-François (1739-1824), Third Consul, Duke of - Lot 140
LEBRUN, Charles-François (1739-1824), Third Consul, Duke of Plaisance and Archtreasurer of the Empire. L.A.S. addressed to Joseph BONAPARTE. Institut National, 25 germinal an II [14 avril 1794]. 1/2 p. in-4. Joseph Bonaparte is admitted to the Académie. Lebrun announces to Joseph Bonaparte his acceptance into the Institut National, the future Académie française: "The citizen Joseph Bonaparte has been appointed member of the 3rd class of the Institut National by a plurality of 23 votes out of 32. 9 votes were lost on five or six other candidates. I offer my new colleague the assurance of my inviolable attachment [...]". He joined Chénier, Lebrun, David, Pajou, Oudon, Méhul, Molé, Daunou, Cambacérès, Laplace, Monge, Lalande, Haüy, Lamarck, Desfontaines, Daubenton, Lacépède and others. The third class of the Institut corresponded to literature and the fine arts, and included the following categories: grammar, ancient languages, poetry, antiquities and monuments, painting, sculpture, architecture, music and declamation.
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