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CHRISTINE DE FRANCE, Duchess of Savoy (Paris 1606 - Turin 1663) Daughter of King Henri IV and Marie de Médicis, she married Victor Amédée 1er in 1615, on whose death she exercised the regency, and energetically resisted the ambitions of France - Letter signed "Votre très bonne amie CHRESTIENNE", from CHAMBÉRY (Savoy) June 10, 1640, to Baron d'Hugues. 1 page (33 x 22.5 cm). "I have learned that you had 28 bales of merchandise arrested under the pretext that they wanted to be taken to Cuneo (Cuneo, Italy). I have ordered those to whom they belong to give sufficient security to represent them whenever they are required to do so, in return for which I ask you to return them since the Officers of Justice are responsible for taking cognizance of this cause, and as far as your interests are concerned, in particular the Pistole which must be delivered to you each day, there is no difficulty, as you will please me not to bring any, in leaving the trade free in the Valley of Barcelonne (BARCELONNETTE, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) which is the principal means they have for their subsistence given the poverty of the said Valley; this is what I promise you, with all my heart.

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CHRISTINE DE FRANCE, Duchess of Savoy (Paris 1606 - Turin 1663) Daughter of King Henri IV and Marie de Médicis, she married Victor Amédée 1er in 1615, on whose death she exercised the regency, and energetically resisted the ambitions of France - Letter signed "Votre très bonne amie CHRESTIENNE", from CHAMBÉRY (Savoy) June 10, 1640, to Baron d'Hugues. 1 page (33 x 22.5 cm). "I have learned that you had 28 bales of merchandise arrested under the pretext that they wanted to be taken to Cuneo (Cuneo, Italy). I have ordered those to whom they belong to give sufficient security to represent them whenever they are required to do so, in return for which I ask you to return them since the Officers of Justice are responsible for taking cognizance of this cause, and as far as your interests are concerned, in particular the Pistole which must be delivered to you each day, there is no difficulty, as you will please me not to bring any, in leaving the trade free in the Valley of Barcelonne (BARCELONNETTE, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) which is the principal means they have for their subsistence given the poverty of the said Valley; this is what I promise you, with all my heart.

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HISTORY - SAVOY Christine of (1606 - 1663) - Letter signed Letter signed, dated “Torino li 25 d’Agosto 1652” by the Duchess of Savoy as the consort of Duke Victor Amadeus I. She was the daughter of Henry IV of France and sister of Louis XIII. Following her husband's death in 1637, she acted as regent of Savoy between 1637 and 1648. Addressed to the Marquis of Villa: “…Gradiamo l’esatezza v.ra in avvisarci d’ogni cosa che pervenghi alla v.ra cognitione, circa gl’andamenti di d.a. Armata, poiché è … necessario che ne siamo puntualmente informata, affine di poter accudire da qui dove il bisogno lo richiede…”. The Battle of Crescentino was fought on April 24, 1652, during the Franco-Spanish War. The Savoyard army, led by the Count of Verrua, defeated the French army, led by the Count of Harcourt. The victory prevented the French from crossing the Po River and invading Piedmont. 1 p. In-4. Countersigned by other officer at the bottom. - This item is under temporary import. If the item is delivered within the United Kingdom, it will be subject to a 5% Value Added Tax (VAT) on the hammer price.

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GUICHENON (Samuel). Histoire généalogique de la royale Maison de Savoie. ÀTurin, chez Jean-Michel Briolo, 1778-1780. 4(sur5) volumes in-folio, 24[ciphered vàxxviii without missing]-435-(1) +458 +444 +(6)-406-(6of which the last is blank)pp., titles printed in red and black, fawn half-basin with corners, spine ribbed with title and giblets (red and green for the 3 volumes of History and blond for the volume of proofs), red edges; second part of tomeIV missing (continuation of the proofs, including the Bibliotheca Sebusiana), bindings rubbed with slightly stained spines, a small handwritten paper label at the head of the first volume, one headband and corners worn (period binding). Enlarged edition of this classic work, originally published in 1660, "more beautiful than [the original], as rare, but less sought-after" (Saffroy, vol.III, n°50107). Extensively illustrated: 54 copper-engraved compositions, mostly by Luigi Valperga, (mainly portraits and representations of funerary monuments), including one in repetition to the titles, comprising 4 hors texte including 3 fold-outs; and over 310 wood-engraved vignettes (mainly sigillographic, numismatic and heraldic representations). The first modern historiographical work on Savoy. This vast Histoire généalogique, which took ten years to write, links numerous historical accounts in the order of succession of the dukes, with detours to evoke the fate of personalities belonging to the family's lateral branches. In this work, commissioned by the Duchess of Savoy, Christine de France (daughter of HenriIV), Samuel Guichenon certainly sets out to demonstrate the antiquity and power of the Savoyard dynasty, while insisting on its links with the House of France, but he applies the scientific methods of French historiography as established by Étienne Pasquier and Claude Fauchet. Unlike his predecessors, who confined themselves to compiling annals and ancient chronicles, Samuel Guichenon systematically sought to compare earlier versions, and above all to establish a corpus of reliable sources by copying original documents. As a result, despite a few errors, the work is still of great use to historians today. The greatest historian of Savoy. Samuel Guichenon (1607-1664) was born into a Protestant family in Mâcon, but converted in 1631. He first worked as a lawyer in Bourg-en-Bresse, before marrying well and devoting himself entirely to historical works. The publication of his Histoire de Bresse et du Bugey (1650) brought him to the attention of the learned world and earned him the posts of historiographer of France and historiographer of Dombes. He then entered the service of the Duchess of Savoy, Christine de France (1606-1663), who in turn appointed him historiographer of Savoy and commissioned him to write the history of the Savoy dynasty - which he did with the present work. Provenance: Counts of Antioch (ex-libris vignettes).

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