Charles-Maurice de TALLEYRAND (1754-1838)
L.S., Paris August 18, 1815, to the duke of Otranto [FOUCHÉ]; 1 page in-4.
Censorship of newspapers. Talleyrand urges Fouché "not only not to let print, but to defend that one prints in the other newspapers the addresses which you judge not to be good. The Moniteur is not any more an official newspaper, consequently it is under the censorship, and it deserves perhaps a particular attention. Between us we must tell each other everything we learn. The true as well as the false needs to be known by people bound by trust, by the same interests, by the same way of seeing and directing current affairs"...
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Lot no. 139

Charles-Maurice de TALLEYRAND (1754-1838) L.S., Paris August 18, 1815, to the duke of Otranto [FOUCHÉ]; 1 page in-4. Censorship of newspapers. Talleyrand urges Fouché "not only not to let print, but to defend that one prints in the other newspapers the addresses which you judge not to be good. The Moniteur is not any more an official newspaper, consequently it is under the censorship, and it deserves perhaps a particular attention. Between us we must tell each other everything we learn. The true as well as the false needs to be known by people bound by trust, by the same interests, by the same way of seeing and directing current affairs"...

Estimate
€300 - €400
Result
€550
Buyer's premium
25%
Charles-Maurice de TALLEYRAND (1754-1838) L.S., Paris August 18, 1815, to the duke of Otranto [FOUCHÉ]; 1 page in-4. Censorship of newspapers. Talleyrand urges Fouché "not only not to let print, but to defend that one prints in the other newspapers the addresses which you judge not to be good. The Moniteur is not any more an official newspaper, consequently it is under the censorship, and it deserves perhaps a particular attention. Between us we must tell each other everything we learn. The true as well as the false needs to be known by people bound by trust, by the same interests, by the same way of seeing and directing current affairs"...
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