BOURBON, Marie Adélaïde de, known as "Madame Adélaïde" (1732-1800), daughter of Louis XV. Set of 2 documents: -L.A. S.l., March 1, 1763. 2/3 p. in-4. Adélaïde de France is also "angry and surprised" by the step initiated by her correspondent, without having warned her. She writes her discontent and wishes an appeasement. -L.A.S. addressed to her niece Marie-Amélie de Bourbon (1782-1866), princess of Naples and Sicily, future wife of King Louis-Philippe. Caserta, September 29, 1797. 1 p. in-4. Address on the verso of the second leaf with red wax seal with the arms of Adélaïde de France preserved. Small trace of nail in the left margin. About the news of the royal family, the health of the Queen and the daily life in the sumptuous palace of Caserta (Reggia di Caserta), the Italian Versailles.

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