DRAWING BOOKET ORNATED WITH THE MONOGRAM... - Lot 345 - Coutau-Bégarie

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DRAWING BOOKET ORNATED WITH THE MONOGRAM... - Lot 345 - Coutau-Bégarie
DRAWING BOOKET ORNATED WITH THE MONOGRAM OF PRINCE EUGÈNE DE BEAUHARNAIS. Bound in red morocco, with the monogram of Prince E (Eugène) under the royal crown in the centre of each plate, framed by a frieze of foliage with small irons. Containing numerous ink and graphite drawings, representing portraits, sketches and reproductions of paintings, a few pages bear handwritten annotations in French and Italian, including sonnets, poems, including one by Giuseppe Parini (1729-1793), a musical score and even a recipe for poisoning written by several hands. Re-bound period binding. Uses of time, as is. H.: 13 cm - L.: 16 cm. Text part: "A first love is like a first fight, one must win at all costs. If you are weak in a first engagement, men will make fun of you and women will not value you. Never be envious, it's a nasty flaw. It's better to be envied. Don't be in a hurry to reveal your character to the woman you want to love. Be careful to know hers is the one you'll give yourself. If she is lively, you will be lively; if she is sweet, you will be calm; if she is melancholy, you will be sad. There is only one exception: if she talks a lot, be mute and listen; if she talks little, always talk. Don't make the mistake of rising too high except at your first interview, the next day you will have to come down. Follow the opposite course. Do not fear women but always pretend to fear them. They like to see men tremble" - "The poison of the Borgias," contemporary authors say, "was of two kinds: powder and liquid. The powdered poison was a kind of impalpable white flour that tasted like sugar, and was called Cautorelle. The composition was unknown. As for the liquid poison, it was prepared in a strange enough way that it could not be ignored. We report to the rest what we (...) and take nothing (...) for fear that science might give us a denial. A boar was made to swallow a high dose of arsenic, then, when the poison began to act, the animal was hung by the feet; soo
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