Sales catalogue 568: Maggs Bros

Date:
1931
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/113
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 568: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    890 BARGLAY (JEAN DI, 1582-1621). French Writer and Theologian. Author of the celebrated Novel ‘* Argenis.’’ Resided in England under the patronage of James I. AUTOGRAPH LETIER SIGNED TO @ABRI DE PEIRE SC). 2. pp., oho. ‘Kome, Oth [ily 151s. £10 10s Asking Fabri de Pieresc to lay before the Keeper of the Seals a plea of the Oratorians, to be admitted to the Church of St. Louis, which was resisted by the Congregation of that Church. However, both parties agree to abide by the Keeper’s decision. 891 BAUDIN DES ARDENNES (CHARLES, 1784-1814). French Admiral. Served with distinction against the English in 1808-12, and took the fortress of San Juan de Ulloa from the Mexicans in 1838. AUTOGRAPH LETTER: SIGNED “[Gi 3.” 4 pp., 4to. Marseilles, January i1oth, 1850. £3 10s Concerning the struggle in South America, mentioning Rosas, the Dictator of the Argentine. (Trans.) :—‘‘ Here is the Assembly once again engaged in the eternal question of La Plata. ‘‘ Every question of public interest must invariably be solved in accordance with the rule of the greatest public utility. ‘It is evident that after 13 years of a struggle in which the longanimity of France has been interpreted by the populations of South America as weakness or importance, we cannot conclude an honourable peace, and consequently a lasting one, but on condition that we show that in reality we are neither weak or impotent, as is imagined. We cannot hold out a hand to a brutal and bloody tyrant such as Rosas without in the first place giving him a severe lesson, and showing that we are always ready to respect the lesson, if necessary. It is only at this price that our fellow countrymen and our commerce will be placed on a secure footing in any place in the two Americas, formerly Spanish. Or before long it will be impossible for us to sell a single bale of merchandise or for a single Frenchman to settle there.’’ Ete.
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