HENRI IV (1553-1610) L.S. to "His Cousin", Camp de St Denis, July 28, 1590. 1 p. in-4 oblong, Address. Letter written during the siege of Paris, with Henri IV installed at the Camp de Saint Denis, in which he warns him of the ambassadors being sent and asks "[] je vous prie vouloir ayder de votre pouvoir leur poursuite en et quil ont charge requeret en mon nom pour garantir ceste couronne et moy de l'effet de violence dont je suis assailly []".

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