NAPOLEON III (1808–1873) and the Second Empire Lot consisting of: - Autograph letter, Tuileries Palace, June 1867, to Joseph-Marie PIETRI (prefect of police); 1½ pages, in-4 format (slight crease damage). He congratulates him on the measures taken to maintain order during “the presence in Paris over the past few days of several sovereigns and the gathering of a large crowd, drawn by the spectacle of the World’s Fair ”… - 10 letters from figures associated with the Emperor’s household or linked to the Second Empire: Félix Baciocchi, Duke of Bassano; Albert de Dalmas (2); Damas-Hinard; Ducange; Franceschini-Pietri (2); Constant Mocquard (2); plus envelopes bearing postage stamps.