FRENCH GUARDS of LOUIS XIV. 6 Pièces in-8, in-4° (1686/1723). 5 Military certificates signed Robert PERELLE, King's Counselor, Ordinary Commissioner of the Wars having the conduct and Police of the Regiment of the French Guards of his Majesty (Louis XIV). Certificates of service of 5 Soldiers of the Regiment of the French Guards of Paris in 1686, 1690, 1690 and 1699, & a document concerning his widow of 1723.

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