LOUIS XVI

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BEAUMARCHAIS (de), Pierre-Augustin Caron (1732-1799)

Autograph letter signed « Beaumarchais » to comedian Préville
Paris, 31st March 1784, 2 pp. on bi-folio in-8°

« My play isn’t a big thing ; but seeing it in the theater is the result of four years of fighting »

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CHARLES X (1757-1836)

Autograph letter signed “Charles Philippe” to Charles de Barentin
Edinburgh, 4th March 1803, 1 p. in-4, address on verso, remains of black wax seal

“I promise myself our usual dispositions to employ you for all that is of interest to the service of the King my brother and mine”

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CONDORCET (de), Sophie de Grouchy, marquise (1763-1822)

Autograph letter to Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville
N.p.n.d [Paris, soon after the 24nd of March 1792], 1 p. 1/2 small in-4°

« Here are 2 little things that seem to me likely to destroy the effect of the King’s letter… »

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LOUIS XVI (1754-1793)

Document signed « Louis »  and counter signed by Laporte
Paris [Palais des Tuileries], 15 December 1791, 1/2 page in folio on laid paper

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LOUIS XVI (1754-1793)

Signed document « Louis »  and counter-signed by Laporte
Paris [Palais des Tuileries], 3rd July 1792, 1/2 page in folio, laid paper

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LOUIS XVI (1754-1793)

Autograph letter signed “Louis” to a Monsieur
N.d.n.p (1781 before May), 1 page small in-8 on double sheet

“I could give the last orders on Sunday to Mr. Amelot and Mr. Necker, for I wish that the thing would not drag on for too long”

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LOUIS XVIII (1755-1824) & CHARLES X (1757-1836)

Letter signed “Louis Stanislas Xavier” and “Charles Philippe”
[in Wesphalie, near Dortmund], 1st of January 1793, 1 page in-4

Nice signature gathering of the future Louis XVIII and Charles X

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MOUCHY, Philippe de Noailles, duc de (1715-1794)

Autograph letter signed “N. Mchal D. de Mouchy” to a gentleman
Paris, October 23, 1789, 2 pages in-8 on laid paper

The sight of the head of a very honest man baker and very innocent who was hanged by the fantasy of bad subjects

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NECKER, Jacques (1732-1804)

Letter signed “Necker” to Mrs les Commissaires du Roi au Dept. du Nord
Paris, 27th July 1790, 1 p. in-folio on laid paper

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NECKER, Jacques (1732-1804)

Autograph letter signed “Necker” to Antoine-Jean Amelot de Chaillou
N.p, 24th February 1778, 1 page and half, in-folio

“Of the hotel that you intend to put before the eyes of the King”

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