Collection of some eighty letters, orders, notes, certificates and other documents pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte, his marshals and general officers, in French, covering the period of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, including:

Autograph endorsement ("Np") on a letter to the "Aide-de-Camp of the late General Valhubert of the staff of the Great Army", from Lieutenant Desdorides, in French, saying he was knocked down and wounded at the General's side at the battle of Austerlitz and asking for a promotion to captain ("...I have lost my second father..."), annotated instruction in another hand to M. Tabarie to expedite this as per the Emperor's decision, one page, dust-stained, edges frayed, loss to upper left corner, remains of old tape, fragile, folio (380 x 232mm.), 19 January 1806; autograph endorsement ("Np") on a recommendation signed by Cardenau, to Moreau, general in chief of the army of the Rhine, for the post of "chef de bataillon titulaire" of the 2nd Battallion, 2 pages, remains of seal, 4to (260 x 200mm.), Strasbourg, 24 January 1800;

together with a large collection of documents signed by Napoleonic Marshals including Berthier, Ney (2), Kellerman (5), Jourdan (3), Macdonald (3), Mortier (5), de Grouchy (4), Moncey, governor of the Invalides (3), Augereau (3), Soult (2), Oudinot (2), Brune (2), Davout (2), Victor (2), Drouet, Clark, Duroc, Murat, Bernadotte, Bessieres, de Marmont, Junot and others; various generals and officers including Marchand (Bonaparte's valet), Marceau, Kleber and Beurnonville, c.90 pages, some on engraved forms and a variety of letterheads, some with seals and receipt stamps, two bearing ownership stamp 'Autograph Collection of Dr Max Thorek Chicago', dust staining, marks, fraying to edges, folio and smaller, c.1795 to 1834;

with autograph letter from Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith signed ("W. Sidney Smith"), to Paul Barras, of the Directory Regime, in French, complaining of harsh treatment as a prisoner of war, endorsed by Barras, 2 pages, folio, "A la Tour du Temple", 15 September 1796; receipt for pay from British army for Frederick von Arentsschildt, Commander of the 7th Cavalry Brigade at Waterloo, signed by the recipient, 29 April 1815; and autograph letter signed ("Picton"), to "my dear General", in English, written six days before his death at Waterloo, a letter of encouragement confirming safe embarkation of horses, hoping to arrive in time to take part in the campaign, 3 pages, 4to, Ramsgate, 12 June 1815.