30. [Bruneteau de Sainte Suzanne]. Le Baron Bruneteau-de-Ste - Lot 30

30. [Bruneteau de Sainte Suzanne]. Le Baron Bruneteau-de-Ste. Suzanne (Alexandre-François). Composite collection (29 x 21 cm), [4] f. v., [45] f., [4] f. v., stiff vellum with ornate smooth spine, triple gilt fillet framing on covers, gilt crowned numerals stamped in spandrels, guilloche edges, interior gilt roulette, Remarkable collection of documents relating to the life of Alexandre-François de Sainte Suzanne (1769-1853): a handwritten biographical note, a printed biographical note, a manuscript genealogical certification (1775), a handwritten document on stamped paper from the generality of Champagne (1675), a handwritten document of admission to the military school (1781), a printed mathematics examination subject (1788), two handwritten accessits (1789), nomination de chirurgien ds armées à entête de la république française (An IX), a handwritten nomination to the position of sous-préfet (An XI), a printed extract from the bulletin des lois (An XII), an imperial decree appointing him to the position of préfet (1806), an imperial decision appointing him to the post of prefect (1810), a handwritten elevation to the title of Baron d'Empire (1811), a Legion of Honor certificate (1814), an imperial decision appointing him to the post of prefect (1815), a royal decision appointing him to the post of prefect (1831), a handwritten elevation to the title of Officer of the Legion of Honor (1833), a handwritten appointment to the title of Conseiller d'Etat (1833), a printed obituary, a handwritten biography of the descendants and two postmarked envelopes. All the documents have been bound on openwork paper to facilitate the elegance of the binding. Armorial bookplate affixed to the rear cover of Baron Emile-Victor-Charles de Boyer de Sainte-Suzanne (1824-1884), Prefect of the Empire and Governor General of the Principality of Monaco. A few traces of fungus on the plate, other defects are minor.