SAINT CLOUD - Beauregard castle - Lot 239

SAINT CLOUD - Beauregard castle Interesting collection of documents on the Château de Beauregard and La Celle Saint-Cloud. -Album in-4,(31x24cm.) green chagrin 49ff. on strong paper.various documents are pasted on the leaves. Photos of Château de Beauregard, interior, ruined castle and the various stages leading up to its destruction and the development of the park. Various correspondence relating to this journey. The château was once the property of Miss Howard, Napoleon III's mistress in London, about whom Madame André Maurois wrote a book, "Miss Howard la femme qui fit un empereur" Gallimard 1956. This explains the correspondence of Madame André Maurois contained in the album. Numerous press clippings and letters. Provenance Visconti, last guardian of Beauregard. Joint 1 blue cardboard album 28x36cm, "Souvenirs de La Celle Saint-Cloud" exhibition April-May 1979. Numerous photos, letters to Madame Visconti.