Comte Charles-Louis de BOURCIER 6 paper documents: * Drawing in ink and watercolor entitled "Plans, Sections and Profiles of a new mode of Cartridges with interior chimneys suitable for all the Rifles with Rocker and of a system of Rifle with Piston invented by the undersigned Cte L. de Bourcier has Bathelémont, Comne of St Médard, district of Château-Salins (Meurthe), this October 15, 1847". 31 x 46 cm. * Drawing in ink entitled "Plans, section and profiles of a rocker with drawer making leave the cartridges of the gun. Made in Bathelémont, Commune of St Médard, arrondt of château salins (Meurthe), on April 10, 1849. L of Bourcier". 26 x 37.2 cm. * Request for a certificate of addition to the patent of invention taken on October 28, 1847 for a rifle with double percussion, for a new system of safety and release of the departure of the blow only when the weapon is shouldered, delivered by the Ministry for the Interior, Agriculture and Trade to Count Charles-Louis de BOURCIER, in Bathelemont (Meurthe). Dated September 29, 1852. - Statement explaining the improvement of the rifle safety system for which the undersigned obtained a patent in 1847. Dated August 4, 1852. * Application for a certificate of addition to the patent of invention taken on October 28, 1847 for a rifle with double percussion, for a new system of firing by [central] percussion on a cartridge with interior chimney, issued by the Ministry of the Interior, Agriculture and Trade to Count Charles-Louis de BOURCIER, in Bathelemont (Meurthe). Dated October 16, 1855. - Exposé explaining the new system of firing by percussion on a cartridge with interior chimney for the rifle of which the undersigned obtained a patent of invention in 1847. Dated June 30, 1855. * two drawings, one in pencil of a percussion breech and the other in ink showing two sections of the interior of a rifle with a piston cocking system [?] 4 x 15 cm - 22 x 17.4 cm. Stains, pitting, wetness, soiling, folds, some cut corners for the 6 pieces. ATTACHED: Three photos of the facade of the armory C. MODE, former establishment LEFAUCHEUX, at 91 [avenue de Richelieu, Paris 2nd].