ANGOULÊME (duc d'). Handwritten ephemeris notebook from 1789 - Lot 30

ANGOULÊME (duc d'). Handwritten ephemeris notebook from 1789 to 1829. Small in-12, 8 x 13.5 cm, 44 ff. including 3 blanks, late 18th-century binding in red long-grained morocco, double cold fillet framing the boards, smooth spine, 3 flexible pencil loops, paper gusset on first counterplate. Moving personal relic of Louis de France (1775-1844), Duc d'Angoulême, eldest son of the Comte d'Artois, short-lived King Louis XIX in 1830. The notebook begins on July 17, 1789: "Left Versailles at 4 a.m., arrived in Lunéville at 8...". With rare comments: "Il a neigé" (Innsbruck, September 17, 1789); "Passé le Lac" (Lausanne, August 8, 1792); "Joint l'armée [des princes]" (Slad[t]bredimus, August 23-28, 1792); "Joint l'armée angloise" (Dukkenburg [Nijmegen], September 20-23, 1792); "Joint le Pce de Condé" (Ponte[b]ba, May 25, 1800), "Le 25 [mars 1801] au matin joint ma femme qui y est venu à ma rencontre (Raizins)", "Wanstead House, chez le Pce de Condé" (March 1-15, 1808), or sometimes "Au bivouac; En marche; En voiture; Dans la montagne (20 octobre 1800); À bord (avec le nom du navire); En mer; etc. " The manuscript details in great detail the Prince's entire itinerary, as he emigrated with his father and embarked on a long European journey through Belgium, the German principalities, Switzerland, northern Italy, Savoy, the Netherlands, then England in 1795, Scotland and finally Mittau in Courland in 1798-1799. Germany again, Switzerland, northern Italy, Austria in 1800 and 1801, Poland in 1801-1803, Alsace in 1804, England again from 1807 to 1814 with trips to the Continent, and finally, via Spain, France in 1814. Bordeaux, on March 12, is the only stop recorded in capital letters. The second part (14 pages), entitled "Séjours de ma femme" (Stays of my wife), details the life of Madame Royale (1778-1851), daughter of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, first cousin of the Duc d'Angoulême, whom she married in June 1799 in Mitau. The manuscript begins with her first summers, in 1779, 1780 and 1781, "at Montreuil with Mme de Guéméné", followed in 1782 by her "first trip [...] to the Grand Trianon. She learned to read there. This was followed by stays at La Muette, Petit Trianon, Fontainebleau and Saint-Cloud, the first time at the Comédie in Paris (in 1785), at Marly in June 1789, and then "leaving Versailles forever on October 6, at 1 p.m., having lived there for nearly 11 years". years", followed by stays at Saint-Cloud and Les Tuilleries, escape to Varennes, refuge at the Assembly on August 10, 1792, the Feuillants and arrival at the Temple, where she remained "locked up without leaving", then moved to the "grand tour du Temple" in November. The year 1793 is summed up as "without leaving the Temple tower", and 1794 as "without leaving her room". Finally 1795, "without leaving the Tower until June, then in the gardens and castle" then "without leaving the enclosure from mardy 14. august 92. to samday 19. december 95. at midnight. [That is] 3. years, 4. months, 5. days." His departure for Austria is then detailed: "Sorti du Temple à pied, puis voiture de louage; puis celle de poste sur les boulevards" with all the stages of the journey and some names of people accompanying him. "Left Huningue on Saturday 26. [December 1795] at 6 p.m., crossed the border, and exchanged at ......... at 7 p.m., stayed an hour, left France." Then "in Switzerland near Basle with the Prince de Gavre..." then Austria and Vienna on January 9, 1796 "at 6 a.m.". The third part (14 pages) continues the Prince's travels from November 25, 1818 (at Verdun) to the Spanish campaign: trips to northern France, Burgundy and Alsace, followed by stays at Saint-Cloud, Compiègne, Fontainebleau and Rambouillet. From January 6 to November 25, 1823 (in Mont-de-Marsan), all the stages of the Spanish expedition are listed. Finally, the last section (12 pages, upside-down from the rest of the notebook) is a liturgical calendar from February 25, 1810 to December 24, 1826. This is an exceptional document that appears to be unpublished. According to family tradition, it came from Prince Emmanuel d'Orléans, Duc de Vendôme (1872-1931). The first leaf has not been preserved, but the text is complete. One leaf (11th) detached. A few minor stains on the boards. Covers, spines and corners very slightly rubbed.