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QUESTIONABLE FATE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE
PALACE OF TRIANON, JULY 1, 1815
Chamber of Representatives -- July 1.
A letter was read from M. Burdier, ex
Librarian to the Emperor Napoleon, stating that his Majesty, some
days after his abdication, testified a wish of taking with him
into his retreat, the library of the palace of Trianon,
consisting of about 2200 volumes, with the grand descriptions of
Egypt, and the Greek Iconography of M. Visconti. The printing of
these two latter works was due to the magnificence of the Emperor,
and it was very natural he should wish to preserve a copy. As to
the library of Trianon, it formed only a very small part of the
books collected by his orders in the imperial palaces.
The letter was sent to the Commission charged to report on the
fate of Napoleon and his family.
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