Sales catalogue 522: Maggs Bros

Date:
1929
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/78
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 522: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    676 BOURBON (LOUIS DE, died 1486). Count de Roussillon, natural son. of Charles I., Duke de Bourbon. In 1466 appointed Admiral of France. DOCUMENT SIGNED ‘“‘ LOYS DE BOURBON.”’ I page, oblong 4to, oblong vellum. 14th May, 1471. £3 10s. A receipt for 400 livres tournois from the Receiver-General, Jehan Ragniez. 677 BOURBON-CONDE (MARIE ANNE DE, 1697-1741). Called Mlle. de Clermont. Daughter of Louis III., Prince de Condé; Superintendent of the Queen’s house. Aw LOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ‘f CLERMONT (‘DE CLER- MON eo AkODINAL FLEURY... 2 pp: .4t0. ON.D. (1738). £3 3s An extremely interesting letter in which the writer complains in lively words of her being refused to marry the Duke of Brancas. This appears all the more interesting as the memoirs of the time do not mention anything about this project of marriage. ‘‘ It is very humiliat- - ing for me to serve as an example, as I always thought myself of such descent as to expect preference instead of mortification.’’ 678 BOURDILLON (IMBERT DE LA PLATIERE, SEIGNEUR DE, 1524- 1567). A French Marshal. Gee lER SIGNED Pov Pa oe Oo LEE DUCHESS OF MANTUA. I page, folio. Turin, 2nd August, 1561. £1 5s On the subject of a certain Captain Ferrante, a Hungarian in the French service who has been taken prisoner at Cimiano without having committed any offence. He begs his correspondent to give orders for his release and also informs the Duchess that he encloses a letter from the Prince, her son, received by a courier just arrived from the Court.
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