[RUSSIA] – Elizabeth I, Empress of Russia (1709-1762). Letter signed (‘Elizavet’) to Charles VII, King of Naples (1716-1788, later Charles III of Spain), 20 September 1754, announcing the birth of a son, Pavel (later Paul I of Russia), to her daughter Princess Catherine (later Catherine II of Russia), counter-signed by Aleksei Bestuzhev-Riumin, Grand Chancellor of Russia (1693-1768), 2 pages, folio (362 x 235mm), bifolium (small tear to top right corner);