Sales catalogue 573: Maggs Bros

Date:
1932
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/117
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 573: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AE cee a lc Fs ST iO aN A lA le 699 MARIE DE MEDICIS. LETTER SIGNED AND SUBSCRIBED TO THE DUC DE LORRAINE. I page, 4to. Compiegne, 1oth May, 1624. With seals and silks. £4 4s s . Je prens donc cette occasion pour vous en faire part et pour vous assurer de ma santé et de la continuation de mon affection qui sera tousiours telle envers vous et tous ceux qui vous touchent que vous la pouvez attendre.”’ 700 MARIE FEODOROWNA. Wife of Czar Paul I. of Russia. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. 2 pp., 8vo. St. Petersburg, 22nd October, 1813. £8 10s An important letter written a few days after the famous Battle of Leipsic ; mentioning that 15 officers were taken, amongst whom were Marshal Macdonald and General Lauriston, 3,500 prisoners, and 182 Cannon. 701 MARIA LESCZINSKA (1703-1768). Queen of Louis XV. MARRIAGE CONTRACT BETWEEN NICOLAS FRANCOIS MOREAU. AND MARIE ANNE HUART. SIGNED BY MARIA LESCZINSKA, QUEEN OF LOUIS XV; LOUIS, DUC DE NOAILLES, MARSHAL OF FRANCE; COMTE DE NOAILLES ; DUCHESSE DE VILLARS ; FRANCOISE ADELAIDE, COMTESSE D’ARMAGNAC. 7 pp., folio. 28th December, 0740: £7 15s 702 MARIE LOUISE (1791-1847). Second Wife of Napoleon I. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO HER SISTER. 2 pp., 8vo. Wurzbourg, 12th July, 1812. (SEE ILLUSTRATION, PLATE No. Vale £52 10s A very fine and interesting letter condoling with her sister on her illness, and stating that although she is very happy with her family, her stay in Prague will not last much longer, as she is anxious to return to her son. She refers to the health of the Emperor, who is at Vilna. Napoleon at this time was with the Army in Russia. He entered Vilna on 28th June, where he remained till 16th July. ““... . Ne craignez pas que mon séjour a Prague ne dure trop longtems, quoique j’ai été trés contente de passer quelque tems dans ma famille, je suis
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