Subasta Bidspirit | [AUGEREAU CHARLES PIERRE FRANÇOIS]: (1757-1816)

[AUGEREAU CHARLES PIERRE FRANÇOIS]: (1757-1816) Marshal of France, Duc de Castiglione. A - [AUGEREAU CHARLES PIERRE FRANÇOIS]: (1757-1816) Marshal of France, Duc de Castiglione. A good and unusual 16 x 21 original printed public notice, one page, Caen, 18th March 1815, in French. The Affiche announcement, issued during Napoleon´s exile on the island of Elba, bears the printed heading ''Proclamation - His Excellency Marshal Augereau, Pair of France and Duke of Castiglione, to the people of Normandy and to the Army'' beneath a printed vignette of a coat of arms. The proclamation pleads in favour of rallying citizens and soldiers in favour of King Louis XVIII, warning them about the terrible impact that a civil war would provoke in French families, and the risks of foreign armies invading French territories. Augerau, as Governor and Commander of the 14th military division under the service of the King of the French, encourages French citizens to fight for peace and points out that the King is the only guide and leader to achieve that goal. The proclamation concludes with ''The King, our Homeland and Liberty. Long Live the King''. Folded, overall creasing with edges slightly trimmed, otherwise G Only two days after the present affiche was issued and affixed to walls in Normandy, Napoleon Bonaparte returned from the island of Elba, starting the historical period known as The Hundred Days war, or the War of the Seventh Coalition which lasted from 20th March to 8th July 1815, and ended with the second restoration of King Louis XVIII.