|
Sale 124
Lot 26
Foreign Notables, Documents and Letters : Louis Philippe, Mazarin, Otto Bismark, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Lafayette, and More. Fine collection of European leaders, notables and documents.
Rare French document by vice-legate of the Pope in Avignon, Cardinal Jules Mazarin, who ultimately became the first Minister of State of France. A mandate ordering the debtors of arrears of renes and pension owed Demoiselle de Jarran be forced to pay them. Avignon, September 15, 1636. 2 pp. 9½ x 6", no restoration, fragile, some chipping but very legible and intact. Partial French transcription included.
Other pieces include:
1.) French military commission, secretarially signed "Bonaparte" by the Secretary of State while Napoleon served as First Consul. One page, 11½ x 11", partially printed on vellum trimmed irregularly at top. Commission naming Antoine Bailly as "Chef de Bataillon". The document is signed by Le Secrétaire d'Etat, Hugues-Bernard Maret, and Le Ministre de la Guerre, General Louis-Alexandre Berthier. Maret, who served as Napoleon's secretary, often signed documents for the First Consul. Aside from the trim, document in good condition with folds and modest soiling, with signatures and text legible.
2.) Louis Philippe, King of the French, letter signed (lightly mounted on matching paper) dated November 27, 1839 notifying Monsiur Durrieu that the opening of the legistlative session will be held in Paris on December 18. Letter is co-signed by The Secretary of Interior, Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet, 10 x 8½" very fine condition with single fold line which runs just under Philippe's very bold signature. Even toning.
3.) Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Controller general des Finances de France under Louis XIV appointed in 1665, a document signed dated 1669. 7 x 9½" and in excellent condition.
4.) Antoine Renou French painter, playwright and Secretary of the Royal Academy of Paint & Sculpture as he has signed in this letter dated 1792. 12¾ x 8" and in folded, very fine condition with one small piece of archival tape holding an edge tear at fold in check. Very legible.
5.) A handwritten letter dated 19, December 1778 not in the hand of the Marquis de Lafayette but quoting him "I am realizing that fascinated by false attraction, I have made a mistake leaving everything to America but it would be a bigger mistake to come back. When wine has been bottled you have to drink it; the dregs, but these dregs I already feel". Executed on laid paper and lightly tacked onto vintage paper. Not signed.
6.) Partial French marriage contract dated 1691 signed by four people, a letter signed with postal cancel stamped 1820 Versaille. Another letter is stamped 1889 and included are other legal documents of interest.
7.) Cut signature of Otto von Bismark (Junker Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, 1815-1898), 2½ x 4" who proved one of Germany's most significant political figures in the creation of the modern state. Signature is bold with a tiny chip at top edge that does not impact the autograph. Also included is a vintage original cartes de visite portrait, 4" by 2½".
8.) Remarkable German ecclesiastical letter dated 1709 consisting of 4 pages, intact, with threaded spine with text executed in stunning calligraphic script on laid paper in overall excellent condition with only three small pieces of archival tape on verso of blank cover holding in check a small tear and fold line split and in no way impacting any text. Estimated Value $600 - 800
|
| |
| Realized $504 |
|
