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TRUNCATED NOTICE ON THE WEB, COMPLETE VERSION ON PDF [Autographs]. [Noblesse. Histoire]. Collection of pieces and letters written between 1570 and 1925: ESTRÉE, Jean d' (1486-1571), Grand Master of the French artillery, grandfather of Gabrielle d'Estrée. Signed document, dated November 19, 1570, 2/3 page folio. Concerns the management of his affairs, giving a payment order to his receiver Pascal. Attached is a portrait of J. d'Estrée engraved in the 19th c. SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE-FÉNELON (Louis I), bishop of Sarlat from 1579 to 1598. Signed document, dated [March 21, 1597]. 2 pages in-4, later armorial seal (small burn on qq. letters). CATELIN (de, 18th c.). Extract from a batême register concerning him, 1713, one page in-4, signed "Louis Pierre évêque de Toulon", dry stamp of the bishopric, stamp of the Cabinet d'Hozier. MONTMORENCY, maréchal de (18th c.). L.A.S. "Le Mal de Montmorency", January 21, 1737, 2 ½ pages small in-4, about the transformation of a road and a toll benefit. Mention of reply in another hand addressed to Mr. Desmottes. TENCIN, Pierre-Paul Guérin de (1680-1758), cardinal, archbishop of Lyon. Letter signed, [addressed to the Duc de Nivernais], dated Versailles, February 3, 1749. 3 ½ pages small in-4. BELLE-ISLE, Charles Fouquet, duc de (1684-1761), marshal of France, academician. L.S. to Figuières, his treasurer. Versailles, May 7, 1749. 1 page in-4. Reply to a request for help. FÉNELON, J.B.A. Salignac de (1714-1794), chaplain to Marie Leszczynska (assumed author). Autograph bill signed "Fénelon", addressed to a clerk, undated. 3 lines on a page in-4, autograph address and stamp on v° (faded, part of one leaf missing). LEBRUN, Charles-François (1739-1824), Duc de Plaisance, politician, one of the three consuls appointed by Bonaparte. L.A.S. to the Princesse de Berghe, dated October 20, 1807. 1 page in-4. - Enclosed: a L.A.S. from one of his sons, signed "LB. de Plaisance", addressed to Count Orloff, ½ page in-4, address on v°. LACÉPÈDE, Bernard Germain Étienne de Laville-sur-Illon de (1756-1825), zoologist, politician, Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor. Letter signed "b.g.é. etc de lacépède", addressed to Monsieur Monnier, dated December 10, 1812, on the letterhead of the Legion of Honor. 1 folio page (tears, holes in some letters). DURAS, Amédée-Bretagne-Malo de Durfort, duc de (1771-1838), maréchal de camp, pair de France. Bill signed, at the Tuileries, March 3, 1822, to the Marquise de Villeneuve and Countess Mathilde de Villeneuve, warning them that they would be presented to the King the following day, by the Marquise de Biron and Countess de Gontaut. ½ page in-4, printed letterhead of the King's Chamber. Attached, from the same source, 3 L.A.S. and a signed Letter, one addressed to the poet Guiraut, another to the Count de Coupigny d'Hem. Also includes a portrait of his ancestor Jacques Henry de Durasfort engraved on copper by N. de Larmessin in 1680. BONAPARTE, Victor, known as Prince Napoléon (1862-1926). L.A.S., addressed to "Mon cher Baron", Brussels, January 10 [18]87. 1 page in-12. [CHARLOTTE, Princess of England, attributed to]. Two autograph letter fragments preserved as relics; possibly in the hand of Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1796-1817). NIEL, Adolphe (1802-1869), Marshal of France. L.A.S., to a lady, n.d., 1 page in-8; he asks her for the address of the tailor "who makes your pants in cloth for riding [...] My daughter wants one like yours...". (tear not missing). ORLÉANS, Philippe d' (1869-1926), Count of Paris. L.A.S. to "Mon bon général", dated February 16 [18]97. 6 pages on 2 f. in-4, mourning paper (2 versos a little rubbed). LA TOUR-DU-PIN MONTAUBAN (marquis de). Copy of his letter of resignation addressed to the Chambre des Pairs, [19th c.], one page in-4. ORLÉANS, Robert d' (1840-1910), Duke of Chartres. L.A.S., to a lady, dated October 27 [18]95. 1 page in-12. ORLÉANS (d'). Autograph invitation bill signed, addressed to "Mon cher Duc", dated F[aubourg] S[aint] Honoré 129, January 16, 1878. One page in-16, mourning paper. BONAPARTE, Marie (1882-1962), woman of letters and psychoanalyst. L.A. signed "Marie, P[rince]sse de Grèce", addressed to a researcher, dated May 9, 1925. 2 pages in-12. "I find, Sir, on my return [...] the fascicles you kindly sent me [...]. She suggests that her correspondent visit her to talk about the "admirable work you have devoted yourself to [...]".
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