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STANISLAW I: (1677-1766) Stanislaw I Leszczynski. King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1704-09, 1733-36. A very fine A.L.S., Stanislas Roy, one page, 4to, [Luneville], 21st October 1748, to the Bishop of Metz, in French. Stanislaw explains to his correspondent that there is nothing which could have pleased him more than giving satisfactory responses to the Bishop´s demands, stating ` Rien n´est comparable, mon très cher Evêque au plaisir que je ressens de vous donner en toute occasion des marques de mon inviolable amitié et par consequent rien de plus décevant pour moi quand je ne peut pas me satisfaire sur mon désir… Mon allié vous dira toute l´histoire des Régimens des Milices… Vous en êtes le maistre aujourd´hui…´ (Translation: “ Nothing is comparable, my dear Bishop, to the pleasure I feel in giving you on every occasion signs of my inviolable friendship and consequently nothing is more disappointing for me when I cannot satisfy my desire... My ally you will tell the whole story of the Militia Regiments… You are the master today…”) Paper with watermark. With blank integral leaf. One very small corner crease, otherwise G to VG
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STANISLAW I: (1677-1766) Stanislaw I Leszczynski. King of Po
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