FRENCH HISTORY. A collection of 10 letters and documents signed by signatories (1485-1809), including: Philippe de COMMYNES, Sieur d'Argenton (ca. 1447-1511). Warrant signed, Poitiers, 1 July 1485, on vellum, one page, 110 x 250mm (slightly duststained, tear in upper margin, repaired on verso, traces of former mounting), ordering Estienne de Bonney, receiver of the seneschalsy of Poitou, to hold 'La so[m]me de Vingt & Cinq livres tourn[ois] pour voz paines fraiz salaires & despens daler presentement par n[ot]re ordonnance & commandement devers le Roy [Charles VIII] a Paris pour aucunes choses qui touchent grandement le dud[it] S[ei]g[neu]r & laugmentation de son domaine'; Henry I de LORRAINE, Duc de Guise (1550-1588, 'le Balafré'). Letter signed including six lines in autograph, to M[onsieu]r de Trignan (Lieutenant Governor of Bayonne), Blois, 12 December 1576, one page, folio, contemporary docket and later annotation (small splits in horizontal folds, traces of seal, paper clip stain), promising to urge the King to reply and resolve certain matters and (in autograph) protesting the warmth of his friendship, 'je nattendray jamays que vous men facyez requeste Je vous tiens trop de meschers amys'; ANNE OF AUSTRIA, Queen of Louis XIII (1602-1666). Document signed (as Regent for Louis XIV), Paris, 6 December 1652, on vellum, one page, oblong folio, signed by [Hugues] de Lionne (her secretary) on verso, appointing M[onsieur] Jacques Vigreux as one of her 'maitre des requetes ordinaires'; Louis II de BOURBON-CONDÉ (1621-1686). Autograph letter signed ('Louis de Bourbon') to the Maréchal de Guiche, Tarascon, 29 July 1642, one page, 4to, address panel, seals, sending news of the enemy [the Spanish in the Thirty Years War] and his orders from Richelieu, 'les ennemis sestant un peu advances au coste de perpignan monsieur le cardinal ma comande dy aler cest pour quoy je partiray d'icy dans un jour ou deux'; François, Comte de MONTMORENCY-BOUTEVILLE (1600-1627, notorious duellist). Autograph letter signed to the Marquis de Brèze, n.p [Brussels?], n.d. [1626-27], 2 pages, 4to, address leaf, referring gratefully to Brèze's remembrance of him and to someone whom Brèze is to visit, 'ie vous supplie que vostre visite ne luy faie rien iuger'; MARIA-THERESA, Queen of Louis XIV (1638-1683). Letter signed (at the age of thirteen, 'Maria Teresa') to [her governess, the Countess of Salvatierra], San Lorenzo, 13 October 1651, in Spanish, one page, 8vo, politely thanking her for news of her recently born sister (the Infanta Margherita) and sending greetings; Abraham DUQUESNE, Admiral (as commander of the French fleet in the Franco-Dutch wars, to 'Monseigneur', reporting after the battle of Stromboli [the defeat of the Dutch and Spanish fleets on 8 January 1676], and giving signals to be used in connection with entry into Messina for repairs, 'fere tirer 4 coups de Canon du bastion St George Et pour repasser lo fare deux coups ala fois'); Jean-Baptiste-Philippe de GAULLE (great-great-grandfather of General Charles de Gaulle, writing as advocate to the parliament of Paris to 'Monsieur Roch Banquier', inviting him to visit a notary in connection with a sale); others by Marshal François Christophe KELLERMANN (as Duc de Valmy informing Major Rébillot that if peace is made there will be no reserve army on the Rhine and he will see him elsewhere, 1809); and General Joseph SOUHAM (to 'Representant du peuple Richard' on a military matter, 'le citoyen Grieu ayant etoit suspendu comme noble de sa place de chef de brigade').Philippe de Commynes, known chiefly for his Mémoires, served Louis XI of France on many diplomatic missions but sided with the Duke of Lorraine against the regent for Charles VIII; in 1487 he was arrested and his unscrupulously obtained wealth confiscated. Duquesne, who returned from the King of Sweden's service to command the French fleet, particularly hated the Spanish whom he routed at Palermo in June 1676. Rochambeau was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War in which he placed himself and his soldiers under Washington's command. (10)

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FRENCH HISTORY. A collection of 10 letters and documents signed by signatories (1485-1809), including: Philippe de COMMYNES, Sieur d'Argenton (ca. 1447-1511). Warrant signed, Poitiers, 1 July 1485, on vellum, one page, 110 x 250mm (slightly duststained, tear in upper margin, repaired on verso, traces of former mounting), ordering Estienne de Bonney, receiver of the seneschalsy of Poitou, to hold 'La so[m]me de Vingt & Cinq livres tourn[ois] pour voz paines fraiz salaires & despens daler presentement par n[ot]re ordonnance & commandement devers le Roy [Charles VIII] a Paris pour aucunes choses qui touchent grandement le dud[it] S[ei]g[neu]r & laugmentation de son domaine'; Henry I de LORRAINE, Duc de Guise (1550-1588, 'le Balafré'). Letter signed including six lines in autograph, to M[onsieu]r de Trignan (Lieutenant Governor of Bayonne), Blois, 12 December 1576, one page, folio, contemporary docket and later annotation (small splits in horizontal folds, traces of seal, paper clip stain), promising to urge the King to reply and resolve certain matters and (in autograph) protesting the warmth of his friendship, 'je nattendray jamays que vous men facyez requeste Je vous tiens trop de meschers amys'; ANNE OF AUSTRIA, Queen of Louis XIII (1602-1666). Document signed (as Regent for Louis XIV), Paris, 6 December 1652, on vellum, one page, oblong folio, signed by [Hugues] de Lionne (her secretary) on verso, appointing M[onsieur] Jacques Vigreux as one of her 'maitre des requetes ordinaires'; Louis II de BOURBON-CONDÉ (1621-1686). Autograph letter signed ('Louis de Bourbon') to the Maréchal de Guiche, Tarascon, 29 July 1642, one page, 4to, address panel, seals, sending news of the enemy [the Spanish in the Thirty Years War] and his orders from Richelieu, 'les ennemis sestant un peu advances au coste de perpignan monsieur le cardinal ma comande dy aler cest pour quoy je partiray d'icy dans un jour ou deux'; François, Comte de MONTMORENCY-BOUTEVILLE (1600-1627, notorious duellist). Autograph letter signed to the Marquis de Brèze, n.p [Brussels?], n.d. [1626-27], 2 pages, 4to, address leaf, referring gratefully to Brèze's remembrance of him and to someone whom Brèze is to visit, 'ie vous supplie que vostre visite ne luy faie rien iuger'; MARIA-THERESA, Queen of Louis XIV (1638-1683). Letter signed (at the age of thirteen, 'Maria Teresa') to [her governess, the Countess of Salvatierra], San Lorenzo, 13 October 1651, in Spanish, one page, 8vo, politely thanking her for news of her recently born sister (the Infanta Margherita) and sending greetings; Abraham DUQUESNE, Admiral (as commander of the French fleet in the Franco-Dutch wars, to 'Monseigneur', reporting after the battle of Stromboli [the defeat of the Dutch and Spanish fleets on 8 January 1676], and giving signals to be used in connection with entry into Messina for repairs, 'fere tirer 4 coups de Canon du bastion St George Et pour repasser lo fare deux coups ala fois'); Jean-Baptiste-Philippe de GAULLE (great-great-grandfather of General Charles de Gaulle, writing as advocate to the parliament of Paris to 'Monsieur Roch Banquier', inviting him to visit a notary in connection with a sale); others by Marshal François Christophe KELLERMANN (as Duc de Valmy informing Major Rébillot that if peace is made there will be no reserve army on the Rhine and he will see him elsewhere, 1809); and General Joseph SOUHAM (to 'Representant du peuple Richard' on a military matter, 'le citoyen Grieu ayant etoit suspendu comme noble de sa place de chef de brigade'). Philippe de Commynes, known chiefly for his Mémoires, served Louis XI of France on many diplomatic missions but sided with the Duke of Lorraine against the regent for Charles VIII; in 1487 he was arrested and his unscrupulously obtained wealth confiscated. Duquesne, who returned from the King of Sweden's service to command the French fleet, particularly hated the Spanish whom he routed at Palermo in June 1676. Rochambeau was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War in which he placed himself and his soldiers under Washington's command. (10)

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FRENCH HISTORY. A collection of 10 letters and documents signed by signatories (1485-1809), including: Philippe de COMMYNES, Sieur d'Argenton (ca. 1447-1511). Warrant signed, Poitiers, 1 July 1485, on vellum, one page, 110 x 250mm (slightly duststained, tear in upper margin, repaired on verso, traces of former mounting), ordering Estienne de Bonney, receiver of the seneschalsy of Poitou, to hold 'La so[m]me de Vingt & Cinq livres tourn[ois] pour voz paines fraiz salaires & despens daler presentement par n[ot]re ordonnance & commandement devers le Roy [Charles VIII] a Paris pour aucunes choses qui touchent grandement le dud[it] S[ei]g[neu]r & laugmentation de son domaine'; Henry I de LORRAINE, Duc de Guise (1550-1588, 'le Balafré'). Letter signed including six lines in autograph, to M[onsieu]r de Trignan (Lieutenant Governor of Bayonne), Blois, 12 December 1576, one page, folio, contemporary docket and later annotation (small splits in horizontal folds, traces of seal, paper clip stain), promising to urge the King to reply and resolve certain matters and (in autograph) protesting the warmth of his friendship, 'je nattendray jamays que vous men facyez requeste Je vous tiens trop de meschers amys'; ANNE OF AUSTRIA, Queen of Louis XIII (1602-1666). Document signed (as Regent for Louis XIV), Paris, 6 December 1652, on vellum, one page, oblong folio, signed by [Hugues] de Lionne (her secretary) on verso, appointing M[onsieur] Jacques Vigreux as one of her 'maitre des requetes ordinaires'; Louis II de BOURBON-CONDÉ (1621-1686). Autograph letter signed ('Louis de Bourbon') to the Maréchal de Guiche, Tarascon, 29 July 1642, one page, 4to, address panel, seals, sending news of the enemy [the Spanish in the Thirty Years War] and his orders from Richelieu, 'les ennemis sestant un peu advances au coste de perpignan monsieur le cardinal ma comande dy aler cest pour quoy je partiray d'icy dans un jour ou deux'; François, Comte de MONTMORENCY-BOUTEVILLE (1600-1627, notorious duellist). Autograph letter signed to the Marquis de Brèze, n.p [Brussels?], n.d. [1626-27], 2 pages, 4to, address leaf, referring gratefully to Brèze's remembrance of him and to someone whom Brèze is to visit, 'ie vous supplie que vostre visite ne luy faie rien iuger'; MARIA-THERESA, Queen of Louis XIV (1638-1683). Letter signed (at the age of thirteen, 'Maria Teresa') to [her governess, the Countess of Salvatierra], San Lorenzo, 13 October 1651, in Spanish, one page, 8vo, politely thanking her for news of her recently born sister (the Infanta Margherita) and sending greetings; Abraham DUQUESNE, Admiral (as commander of the French fleet in the Franco-Dutch wars, to 'Monseigneur', reporting after the battle of Stromboli [the defeat of the Dutch and Spanish fleets on 8 January 1676], and giving signals to be used in connection with entry into Messina for repairs, 'fere tirer 4 coups de Canon du bastion St George Et pour repasser lo fare deux coups ala fois'); Jean-Baptiste-Philippe de GAULLE (great-great-grandfather of General Charles de Gaulle, writing as advocate to the parliament of Paris to 'Monsieur Roch Banquier', inviting him to visit a notary in connection with a sale); others by Marshal François Christophe KELLERMANN (as Duc de Valmy informing Major Rébillot that if peace is made there will be no reserve army on the Rhine and he will see him elsewhere, 1809); and General Joseph SOUHAM (to 'Representant du peuple Richard' on a military matter, 'le citoyen Grieu ayant etoit suspendu comme noble de sa place de chef de brigade').

Philippe de Commynes, known chiefly for his Mémoires, served Louis XI of France on many diplomatic missions but sided with the Duke of Lorraine against the regent for Charles VIII; in 1487 he was arrested and his unscrupulously obtained wealth confiscated. Duquesne, who returned from the King of Sweden's service to command the French fleet, particularly hated the Spanish whom he routed at Palermo in June 1676. Rochambeau was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War in which he placed himself and his soldiers under Washington's command. (10)

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