Null MOUCHY Philippe, count de Noailles, duke of [Paris, 1715 - id., 1794], mars…

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MOUCHY Philippe, count de Noailles, duke of [Paris, 1715 - id., 1794], marshal of France. Autograph letter signed, addressed to a marquis. Arpajon, October 20, 1780; 1 page in-8°. He recommends " M. Dubuc, officer of fortune who has served very well and who has no bread ".

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MOUCHY Philippe, count de Noailles, duke of [Paris, 1715 - id., 1794], marshal of France. Autograph letter signed, addressed to a marquis. Arpajon, October 20, 1780; 1 page in-8°. He recommends " M. Dubuc, officer of fortune who has served very well and who has no bread ".

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ORLÉANS Louis-Philippe-Joseph, duc de Chartres, then duc d' [château de Saint-Cloud, 1747 - Paris, 1793], prince of French blood. He changed his name to Philippe Égalité after 1792. Autograph signed "Philippe-Egalité". Paris, December 6, 1792; 1 page small in-12°. "I received my months until April 1, 1793, Year II of the Republic".

Starting price 200 EUR

Philippe de NOAILLES, Duc de MOUCHY, Marshal of France in 1775 (1715- Guillotined in 1794). 4 Letters (Lettre A.S. and L.S.): Lettre A.S. "Le Comte de NOAILLES" à VERSAILLES 12 may 1762: "Find it good, Sir, that I claim today the right to your first arms and the trouble my father had to cede you to Mr. Maréchal de BIRON to ask you with urgency for your friendship and advice for the Comte de LEVIS my nephew who has just obtained the Royal ROUSSILLON Regiment. I hope that you will be pleased and that he will have the good spirit to conduct himself only by your lights on all points, which is indeed what I recommended to him..." - 2pp in-8° + L.S. "NOAILLES" to VERSAILLES June 4, 1762 - "I am very flattered, sir, by the feelings you are willing to show me for my father and for me, and I have congratulated Mr. le comte de LEVIS on being with you. As he could not yet take charge of the Regiment's requests, I hastened to speak to Mr DUBOIS for Mr De MARTIGNAC, and everything you wished for him was promised to me: but as the Minister only receives proposals from the Colonels for the Officers of their Regiments, I am quite convinced that your intention is to address yourself in future to Mr le Comte de LEVIS on occasions, ...". - 1p in-8° - Autograph subscription "Mr le Comte de LEVIS (his nephew who has just obtained the Royal ROUSSILLON Regiment.) is in Paris until the 1st of July, which I expect he will join you." + L.S. "NOAILLES" to VERSAILLES June 27, 1762 - (Mr le Comte de LEVIS, his young nephew has just obtained the Royal ROUSSILLON Regiment.) - "I have just been positively promised, sir, to carry the fragments of your first Battalion to MONTPELLIER where you will be well as soon as possible. Your Colonel will join you first; it is good that he takes your instructions to get to know the officers of his Regiment thoroughly; I want him to get involved without consulting me; he is of an age, with your advice, to know how to conduct himself. In the event of any matter beyond my nephew's strength, I would be delighted to help him...". - 1p in-8°. + L.S. "Le Comte de NOAILLES" à VERSAILLES 17 Janvier 1763 - "J'ai été très affligé, monsieur, de ne vous voir pas dans une liste (de promotion) où vous mértiez d'être depuis longtemps, M. le Duc de CHOISEUL a avoué que c'était un oubli. I feel keenly the loss my nephew will make, if you take the step of withdrawing..." (Mr le Comte de LEVIS, his young nephew has just obtained the Royal ROUSSILLON Regiment).

Starting price 150 EUR

BREVET D'INDULGENCE D'UNE CONDAMNATION A MORT, signed by King LOUIS PHILIPPE, King of the French, countersigned by Count PERSIL, given in Paris on April 21, 1834. Louis LE DUC, known as MÉNARD, Cuirassier in the 10th Regiment, is sentenced to death for the crime of assaulting his superior officer, and detained in METZ. Vellum (36.5 x 49 cm) with engraved letterhead. Jean Charles PERSIL (1755-1870) was Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs under Louis Philippe.

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Saint-Mandé. Crystal paperweight adorned with a medal depicting the superimposed left profiles of Robert Philippe Louis Eugène, Duc de Chartres and Louis Philippe Albert, Comte de Paris, the two sons of the Duc d'Orléans, from a medal engraved in 1841 by Valentin Borrel on the occasion of their christening. Peripheral inscription also appearing on the medal: R.P.L.E.F. D'ORL DUC DE CHARTRES-L.P.A. D'ORL COM.DE PARIS PRIN RL. 1847-1852. Diam. 6.3 cm, height. 4.3 cm.

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