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BOURBON, Armand de, prince de CONTI (1629-1666), French warrior, brother of the Grand Condé with whom he was imprisoned in 1650, during the Fronde. Once free, he married Mazarin's niece, who was very well endowed by Mazarin. P.A.S. At the camp of St Geordy, "this last day of August 1654". 1/2 p. small in-folio. Watermark fleur de lys. At the heart of the Thirty Years War, the conflict known as "des faucheurs" opposed Catalonia, allied to France under the direction of Armand de Bourbon, to Spain: "Mr. de Bussy will give a Catalan lieutenant with thirty masters of the dardenne regiment to go escort Messrs. Pujols and the munitionary who are going to make stores for food in Bascara [...]". Beautiful signature surrounded by three closes.
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BOURBON, Armand de, prince de CONTI (1629-1666), French warrior, brother of the Grand Condé with whom he was imprisoned in 1650, during the Fronde. Once free, he married Mazarin's niece, who was very well endowed by Mazarin. P.A.S. At the camp of St Geordy, "this last day of August 1654". 1/2 p. small in-folio. Watermark fleur de lys. At the heart of the Thirty Years War, the conflict known as "des faucheurs" opposed Catalonia, allied to France under the direction of Armand de Bourbon, to Spain: "Mr. de Bussy will give a Catalan lieutenant with thirty masters of the dardenne regiment to go escort Messrs. Pujols and the munitionary who are going to make stores for food in Bascara [...]". Beautiful signature surrounded by three closes.
