DEDICATION DU PRINCE IMPÉRIAL - Letter signed Baron DAMAS-HINARD Secrétaire...

DEDICATION DU PRINCE IMPÉRIAL - Letter signed Baron DAMAS-HINARD Secrétaire des Commandements de l'IMPÉRATRICE EUGÉNIE - Hôtel des Pyramides May 14, 1862 - addressed to the Comtesse LEZAY-MARNÉSIA Dame du Palais honoraire - in response to a request from the Marquis de FOLIN for the Prince Impérial's dedication of a work. "As you know, Madame, the Empress would have been delighted to be able to please you. But She has imposed upon herself the absolute Law of not accepting any dedication either for Herself or for the Prince Her Son..." - 1 page in-4° - (Printed on letterhead)