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Collector of French imperial memorabilia and "Arts et autographes" gallery owner Jean-Emmanuel Raux poses with his daughter Alizee Raux, as they show Napoleon Bonaparte's account of his victory during the Battle of Austerlitz and a map of the battle, on January 25, 2021 as they prepare the documents to be exposed at the gallery, in Paris, from January 27 to 30 as part of the "BRAFA in the galleries", and in order to be sold with a price tag of one million euros. - French Emperor Napoleon I dictated to his loyal aide-de-camp General Henri-Gatien Bertrand, the 74-page manuscript, containing several corrections made by the exiled emperor, who crossed out words and added remarks in the margins in tiny writing. The fighting itself and is completed by a battle plan drawn by Bertrand on tracing paper. The sale comes at the start of a year marking the bicentenary of Napoleon's death and his exhibited as part of the "BRAFA in the galleries" an alternative to the BRAFA art fair in Brussels, which was cancelled due to the Covid-19 epidemic. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)

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Alizee Raux, daugter of collector of French imperial memorabilia and "Arts et autographes" gallery owner Jean-Emmanuel Raux, poses with Napoleon Bonaparte's account of his victory during the Battle of Austerlitz, on January 25, 2021 as she prepares the documents to be exposed at the gallery, in Paris, from January 27 to 30 as part of the "BRAFA in the galleries", and in order to be sold with a price tag of one million euros. - French Emperor Napoleon I dictated to his loyal aide-de-camp General Henri-Gatien Bertrand, the 74-page manuscript, containing several corrections made by the exiled emperor, who crossed out words and added remarks in the margins in tiny writing. The fighting itself and is completed by a battle plan drawn by Bertrand on tracing paper. The sale comes at the start of a year marking the bicentenary of Napoleon's death and his exhibited as part of the "BRAFA in the galleries" an alternative to the BRAFA art fair in Brussels, which was cancelled due to the Covid-19 epidemic. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 29, 2014 history enthusiasts dressed as soldiers take part in a re-enactment of the Battle of Austerlitz near the southern Moravian city of Slavkov near Brno, Czech Republic. - Napoleon Bonaparte's account of his stunning victory at the Battle of Austerlitz, which he dictated in exile on the island of Saint Helena, goes up for sale in Paris later this month. The 74-page manuscript, dictated to his loyal aide-de-camp General Henri-Gatien Bertrand, contains several corrections made by the exiled emperor, who crossed out words and added remarks in the margins in tiny writing. (Photo by Michal CIZEK / AFP)

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 30, 2013 history enthusiasts dressed as soldiers take part in a re-enactment of Napoleon's 1805 Battle of Austerlitz near the South Moravian city of Slavkov, Czech Republic. - Napoleon Bonaparte's account of his stunning victory at the Battle of Austerlitz, which he dictated in exile on the island of Saint Helena, goes up for sale in Paris later this month. The 74-page manuscript, dictated to his loyal aide-de-camp General Henri-Gatien Bertrand, contains several corrections made by the exiled emperor, who crossed out words and added remarks in the margins in tiny writing. (Photo by Michal CIZEK / AFP)

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 1, 2012 history enthusiasts dressed as soldiers take part in a re-enactment of Napoleon's 1805 Battle of Austerlitz near the South Moravian city of Slavkov. - Napoleon Bonaparte's account of his stunning victory at the Battle of Austerlitz, which he dictated in exile on the island of Saint Helena, goes up for sale in Paris later this month. The 74-page manuscript, dictated to his loyal aide-de-camp General Henri-Gatien Bertrand, contains several corrections made by the exiled emperor, who crossed out words and added remarks in the margins in tiny writing. (Photo by Michal CIZEK / AFP)

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 29, 2008 history enthusiasts dressed as soldiers take part in first day of the re-enactment of Napoleon's 1805 Battle of Austerlitz near the South Moravian city of Slavkov (Austerlitz). - Napoleon Bonaparte's account of his stunning victory at the Battle of Austerlitz, which he dictated in exile on the island of Saint Helena, goes up for sale in Paris later this month. The 74-page manuscript, dictated to his loyal aide-de-camp General Henri-Gatien Bertrand, contains several corrections made by the exiled emperor, who crossed out words and added remarks in the margins in tiny writing. (Photo by Michal CIZEK / AFP)

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