GARD. Letter A.S. "+ Michel Évêque Comte d'UZÈS", to UZÈS (30) 8 sept (ca. 1677): "I envy your home at Prime Combe, Monsieur, when I reflect on the rest you have secured there ... if I persist in the design of being buried in the chapel of Primecombe I will give my consent in form, and in the manner that will suit you...". 2pp in-8°. Michel PHÉLYPEAUX DE LA VRILLIÈRE was the 60th Bishop of Uzès from 1675 to 1678.

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