[NAPOLÉON Ier (1769 - 1821)] BREVET signed "Bonaparte" (secretary), countersigned by Alecandre BERTHIER and Hugues MARET, Paris 26 floréal XI (16 May 1803)| vellum in-fol. partly printed, engraved vignette by Roger, seal under paper. Patent of lieutenant for the citizen CUSSY, born in Caen, who made the campaigns of year II to year IX. Attached 2 leaves with watermark of Napoleon| a L.S. of Alphonse de LAMARTINE (1863), framed with a portrait and a voucher for the Cours familier de Littérature.