MALLET (Adolphe-Jacques dit James). 1787-1868. Banker, succe - Lot 161

MALLET (Adolphe-Jacques dit James). 1787-1868. Banker, successor to his father as Regent of the Banque de France in 1827, Gentleman of the King's Chamber under the Restoration, husband of Laure Oberkampf. Correspondence to his mother Baroness Mallet. London, Calais, Porthmouth, London, Dulwich, Oxord, 1814-1815, London, Le Havre, 1817, Paris, Venice, 1820-1825. 36 l.a.s., on bifeuillet in-4, address on verso. JAMES MALET'S ABUNDANT CORRESPONDENCE ON HIS STAY IN ENGLAND, GIVING A DETAILED INSIGHT INTO THE LIFE AND MORES OF LONDON'S HIGH SOCIETY, AFTER THE FALL OF NAPOLEON, THEN UNDER THE RESTORATION. Crossing Calais, details of the Nelson, a new 130-gun ship moored near the Isle of Wight, and several visits in and around London: on Newmarket, Streatham, and the Picadelly district, picturesque descriptions of monuments (Cambridge, Oxford, visits to College, Blenheim Palace and its gardens, the Marquis of Buckingham's house, Kensington Palace, Windsor Castle, the Tower of London, remarks on the Gothic style in vogue), and numerous private collections seen as very rich and eclectic, whose finest pieces are cited; on English fashion and the latest chic in Chinese hairstyles, on reading cabinets and tastes in literature, where Walter Scott, Byron, Milton and Shakeapeapeare feature prominently; impromptu concert at the Cazenove home, dinners and evenings at the French Embassy. Visit to Normandy and Guernsey in 1817; on the coronation of George IV in 1820, Wellington's tours seen in Brighton, etc. Fine correspondence on a visit to Venice in 1825. Mention of the Hennings, Robertson, Kymer, Campbell, Annisson, Turner, Father Telford, Branet, Bowden, Parker, Gibson, Rougemont, Achard, d'Arabet, Necker, Richard Vaugham, de Caumond, de Brancas, Battersby, Bourguoin, Flahault, Baring, Talleyrand-Périgord, Saint-Aulaire, Laffite and Rothschild families, etc. ATTACHED 4 letters from James Mallet to his brother Jules. London, August-October 1814. ATTACHED PAPERS FROM JAMES MALLET AT THE GARDE NATIONALE where he distinguished himself during the defense of the barrière de Clichy in March 1814. Set of 10 documents (duty roster for January 1814, appointment as squadron leader, invitation to the Tuileries to receive the Legion of Honor, authorization to wear the silver aiguillette, invitation to the January 1815 parade).