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Auction 23 June 2021 (SALE 1) AUTOGRAPHS, MANUSCRITS, INCUNABLES AND BOOKS FROM THE 16th TO THE 19th CENTURY - Paris

Bid on the lot list Delon - Hoebanx : 23 June 2021 - AUTOGRAPHES, MANUSCRITS, INCUNABLE ET LIVRES DU XVIe AU XIXe SIÈCLE EXPOSITIONS PUBLIQUES :Lundi 21 juin 2021 de 11h à 18hMardi 22 juin 2021 de 11h à 18hLe matin de chaque vente pour les lots du jour CONTACT POUR LA VENTE :<a href="mailto:info@delon-hoebanx.com" target="_blank">info@delon-hoebanx.com</a>(expo / vente) : 01 48 00 20 14 EXPERTS :Lots 1 à 77Thierry BODIN, Les Autographes45 rue de l’Abbé Grégoire - 75006 ParisTél. : Lots : 78 à 96 BISLivres anciens Ariane ADELINE40 rue Gay-Lussac - 75005 PARISTél. : Lots 97 à la finLibrairie Gaëlle CAMBON62 rue du Grand Marché - 37000 ToursTél. :Avec l’assistance de Laura Fernandes. Salle 14 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

(SALE 1) AUTOGRAPHS, MANUSCRITS, INCUNABLES AND BOOKS FROM THE 16th TO THE 19th CENTURY

Wednesday 23 June 2021 - 13:30 (CEST) - Live

Salle 14 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

Delon - Hoebanx

(SALE 1) AUTOGRAPHS, MANUSCRITS, INCUNABLES AND BOOKS FROM THE 16th TO THE 19th CENTURY

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Lot n° 1

Henri-François D'AGUESSEAU (1668-1751) magistrat, chancelier de France.

5 L.A.S. and 1 L.S., 1709-1744; 15 pages, mostly in-4. 30 Oct. 1709, concerning a draft decree. April 19, 1715, to the count of Pontchartrain, concerning wines from Canary and salts from Spain brought to Dunkirk by English ships, and the claims of the...

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Lot n° 2

Jacques AMYOT (1513-1593) précepteur puis aumônier de Charles IX et Henri III, écrivain, traducteur de Plutarque, évêque d'Auxerre.

L.A.S. "Ja Amyot E d'Auxerre", Vaujours "ce samedy bien tard" circa 1585, to Jules GASSOT, "conseiller du Roy et secrettaire de ses finances" in Paris; ¾ page in-folio, address (engraved portrait attached). Very rare and beautiful letter from Amyot. "Monsr...

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Lot n° 3

ANET (Eure-et-Loir).

14 letters or documents concerning the castle and town of Anet (or Annet, Seine-et-Marne?), 1579-1818; 5 on vellum. Lease given by Charles de Lorraine duke of Aumale in favour of Jacques de Morlancourt (1579); P.S. by Marie de Lorraine duchess of AUMALE...

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Lot n° 4

Anne de BRETAGNE (1476-1514) duchesse de Bretagne, Reine de France].

Manuscript, 17th century copy; 7 pages in-4. Old copy of the marriage contract of Charles VIII with Anne, Duchess of Brittany, signed in Langeais on December 6, 1491.

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Lot n° 5

Famille de BÉTHUNE.

38 letters or pieces, mostly P.S. or L.A.S., and 2 prints, 1601-1816, including some vellum. Important set. Léonidas de Béthune (2, 1601). Cyrus de Béthune (1610). Philippe de Béthune (2, 1611-1620). Louis de Béthune-Charost (1634). Louise de Béthune...

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Lot n° 6

BORDEAUX.

L.S. by Raymond de PONTAC for the people of the Parliament of Bordeaux, Bordeaux 7 September 1582, "to the King Our Sovereign Lord" HENRI III; 2 pages in-fol., address with seal with arms on paper. Reaction to the letters of jussion of the edict of creation...

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Lot n° 7

Carlo BORROMEO (1538-1584) archevêque de Milan, cardinal, saint.

L.S. "Vro Il Carle Borromeo", Rome 19 August 1564, to Giovanni Battista ULISSE, lieutenant at Tossignano; 1 page folio, addressed with red wax seals with arms and pink ribbon; in Italian. Nice letter as he has just been appointed archbishop of Milan (12...

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Lot n° 8

BOURGES.

8 letters or documents, 17th century. 2 P.S. on vellum with seal of arms under paper by the abbesses of "labbaye Monsieur Sainct Laurent" (Benedictines) for the office of bailiff of their lands of Verneuil and Souligny: Catherine de Chazeron (1601); Jehanne...

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Lot n° 9

César François CASSINI DE THURY (1714-1784) astronome et cartographe, auteur de la fameuse Carte de France.

L.A.S., to "Monseigneur"; 1 page and a half in-fol. Interesting letter about his cartographic campaigns and the financing of the edition of his maps. Cassini presents his work which "contains the detail of all the operations that I made in Germany with...

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Lot n° 10

Catherine de MÉDICIS (1519-1589) Reine de France, femme d'Henri II, mère de François II, Charles IX et Henri III.

L.S. with autograph compliment " Vre bonne cousine Caterine ", château de Boulogne 27 June 1572, to the duc de LONGUEVILLE, governor and lieutenant general in Picardy ; half-page fol, address on reverse. She will add nothing to the letter of the King...

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Lot n° 11

Nicolas CATHERINOT (1628-1688) juriste, avocat et conseiller au présidial de Bourges, érudit et historien.

L.A.S., Bourges 21 July 1674, to Jean HAUDICQUER, sieur de BLANCOURT, "Genealogist of the house of the King"; 2 pages in-8, address (engraved portrait attached). He asks for memoirs "on the families of Toustain, Bourgot, Villiers & Isabelle vicomtesse...

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Lot n° 12

Charles VII (1403-1461) Roi de France.

CHARTER in his name, signed by his secretary Odart MORCHESNE, Bourges July 18, 1424; oblong vellum in-4. Mandement concerning the variations of the currency. Charles, "King of France, Daulphin de Viennois," instructs Jean Chéron, "receiver of the aid...

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Lot n° 13

Charles VIII (1470-1498) Roi de France.

P.S., Amboise, 15 December 1483; countersigned by Jean DAMONT; oblong vellum in-4. Interesting document after the death of his mother Charlotte of Savoy (1 December 1483 in Amboise). He discharges the bishop of Périgueux and his chaplain Geoffroi de...

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Lot n° 14

CHARLES IX (1550-1574) Roi de France.

P.S., Paris 21 May 1563; countersigned by Jacques BOURDIN; notebook of 5 pages in-fol. Instructions for the baron d'Alluye who is going to negotiate in England the restitution of Le Havre de Grâce to France. Florimond III ROBERTET baron d'ALLUYE (1540-1569)...

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Lot n° 15

CHARLES IX (1550-1574) Roi de France.

L.S., Châlons 23 January 1569 1570, to the "consuls eschevins manans & habitans" of LYON; countersigned by Florimond ROBERTET; 1 page in-fol., address with seal of arms under paper (engraved portrait attached). He evokes "the necessity of my afferes...

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Lot n° 16

Charles QUINT (1500-1588) Empereur d'Allemagne et Roi d'Espagne.

L.S. with autograph compliment "Buen heno de v.a.e. Yo El Rey", Brussels 23 June 1549, to his brother FERDINAND, King of Bohemia; 1 page in-4, address on the back with seal with arms under paper; in Spanish. Recommendation in favour of Juan de RESA, his...

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Lot n° 17

FIGURE. 2 manuscripts, 1561 and...

FIGURE. 2 manuscripts, 1561 and n.d.; 1 and 3 pages in-fol. The first figure, giving letters with their correspondence, plus "nulles", "doubles" and "monosyllables", bears on the back the indication: "Chiffre pour monsr de La Forest avecq Monsr de Foix...

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Lot n° 18

Louis II de BOURBON, Prince de CONDÉ (1621-1686) « le Grand Condé », fameux guerrier.

L.A.S., Paris, April 23, 1661, to his brother-in-law the duke of LONGUEVILLE; 1 page fol. (engraved portrait enclosed). He has received his letter and that of M. de Lumbres. He thanks him "for the care which you took to send me this news and even more...

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Lot n° 19

Louis-Joseph de Bourbon, prince de condé (1736-1818) chef de l'armée des Émigrés.

L.A., Feb. 20, 1797, to Count de MONTGAILLARD; 1 page in-4. Coded letter in which persons and spies appear under assumed names. "The Bourgeois himself in mandating to Mr. Bluet Wickham exactly what the Marquise Louis XVIII had written to him with regard...

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Lot n° 20

DIVERS

.10 documents, 15th-19th centuries; 5 on parchment. Estienne de L'HOSPITAL (charter, 1462). Remonstrances against Louis de Montejehan for the creditors of the barony of Sillé-le-Guillaume (1501). Charles de L'HOSPITAL (p.s., 1540). Charles duke of NIVERNOIS...

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Lot n° 21

ESPAGNE. Marie-Thérèse de BRAGANCE (1793-1874) épouse de l'infant d'Espagne Pierre-Charles, puis de Carlos V, prétendant au trône d'Espagne.

L.A.S., Bourges 11 December 1840, to Mme de BEAUJEU, Carmelite nun in Bourges; 1 page in-8 with her crowned arms, envelope. She was very sensitive to the testimonies received "since my arrival in this land of exile", thanks this lady for her prayers;...

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Lot n° 22

François Ier (1708-1765) Empereur.

P.S., Vienna 7 February 1760; countersigned by Count Joseph de COLLOREDO and Johann Georg REIZET; printed broadsheet, large seal with arms under paper; in German. Letters patent concerning the coins minted by Count Franz Xaver von MONTFORT, with engraved...

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Lot n° 23

françois Ier (1494-1547) Roi de France.

P.S., Paris 21 January 1530; countersigned by Guillaume BOCHETEL; oblong vellum in-fol. (wetness in the middle of the upper edge; engraved portrait enclosed). Chasse. Order to the treasurer of the savings Guillaume Preudomme to count 743 livres tournois...

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Lot n° 24

François II (1544-1560) Roi de France.

P.S, Fontainebleau 26 August 1560; countersigned by Florimond ROBERTET; vellum in-plano(3 engraved portraits attached). Rare. Order to the ordinary treasurer of the wars to pay to Claude de Bouvelles, "man of arms", and to François de Gannes, archer...

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Lot n° 25

Saint François de SALES (1567-1622) évêque de Genève, fondateur de l'ordre de la Visitation, auteur de l'Introduction à la vie dévote et du Traité de l'amour de Dieu.

L.A.S., Neci Annecy Feb. 2, 1603, to Antoine de LA PORTE, "superintendent to the affairs of Madame la Duchesse de Mercoeur" in Paris; 1 page in-4, address on verso with two small red wax seals (top slightly trimmed but not touching text); engraved portrait...

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Lot n° 26

Saint François de SALES (1567-1622) évêque de Genève, fondateur de l'ordre de la Visitation, auteur de l'Introduction à la vie dévote et du Traité de l'amour de Dieu.

L.A.S., Annecy 18 February 1622, to Mademoiselle de PICARAYSIN in Chaumont; 1 page small folio, address (folds formerly reinforced, slight foxing); engraved portrait enclosed. "Madame, I have told Mr. le curé de Chaumont what can be done, in the matter...

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Lot n° 27

[Jules GASSOT (1555-1629) conseiller du Roi et secrétaire de ses finances].

2 L.S. with autograph compliments addressed to him; 1 fol. page each with address. Cardinal Luigi d'ESTE (1538-1586), Tivoli 9 April 1584. Cardinal de PELLEVÉ (1518-1594), Rome 8 May, on the illness of M. de Foix. Plus a letter in Latin from Claude LEMARESCHAL...

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Lot n° 28

HENRI II (1519-1559) Roi de France.

2 L.S. with autograph compliment "Vre bon mary Henry," July-August 1554, to CATHERINE DE MÉDICIS; 1 fol. page each with address "A la Royne ma femme" on verso. Fine letters to his wife during his campaign against the Spanish Netherlands. Camp de Givay...

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Lot n° 29

HENRI III (1551-1589) Roi de France.

L.A.S. "Alexandre", ca. 1559-1560, to M. de LANSAC; half-page folio in brown ink dried with gold powder, address on back. Rare youthful letter signed with his real first name. Baptized Alexandre-Édouard, he received the first name Henri at his confirmation....

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Lot n° 30

HENRI III (1551-1589) Roi de France.

L.S., Blois 7 April 1581, to Jean de VIVONNE sieur de SAINT-GOARD, ambassador in Spain; countersigned by Nicolas de NEUFVILLE; on 1 page in-fol., address on the back. Horses. He reminds him of his request "to pray the Catholic King my good brother PHILIPPE...

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Lot n° 31

HENRI III (1551-1589) Roi de France.

L.S., Paris 23 October 1582, to his "amez et feaulx" of the country of Languedoc ; countersigned by Nicolas de NEUFVILLE ; 2 pages in-fol. On the wars of religion. He rejoices in their diligence "in the pursuit of those who dared to raise, and assemble...

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Lot n° 32

HENRI III (1551-1589) Roi de France.

P.S., Saint-Germain en Laye 24 December 1583; countersigned by L'AUBESPINE; oblong vellum in-fol. (engraved portrait attached). Order to pay to Jehan MANDAT "lung de noz Secretaires Interprettes en langue germanicque" the sum of 450 écus in replacement...

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Lot n° 33

HENRI III (1551-1589) Roi de France.

4 P.S. with autograph apostilles, 1574?; 3 oblong pages in-8 or in-4 and 1 page in-fol. Placets to the King from servants during his trip to Poland. Henri III granted these requests by one or two lines in his hand and signed them: Geronisme de Corcol,...

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Lot n° 34

HENRI III (1551-1589) Roi de France.

12 P.S. with autograph apostille "Accordé Henry," ca. 1574; 1 oblong page in-8 or small in-4 each. Placets beginning (except two) with "Plaise au Roy"; they still bear the trace of the folds, sometimes with a note on the reverse. Henry III writes at the...

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Lot n° 35

HENRI III (1551-1589) Roi de France.

5 P.S. with autograph apostilles, ca. 1574; 1 oblong page in-8 or in-4 each. Placets to the King annotated by him (one or two lines in his hand) and signed, beginning (except one) with the formula "Plaise au Roy". S. de SANSAC (and his son) asks for the...

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Lot n° 36

HENRI IV (1553-1610) Roi de France.

L.A.S., end of December 1586?, to HENRI III, "To the King my sovereign seygneur"; 1 page folio, address (engraved portrait enclosed). Beautiful letter from the King of Navarre to Henry III. He sends him Antoine de MORET lord of RÉAU, his chamberlain...

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Lot n° 37

HENRI IV (1553-1610) Roi de France.

L.S., Paris February 2, 1607, to Captain d'ARQUEZ, commander of a company in the regiment of Piedmont; countersigned by Pierre BRULART; 1 page in-fol., address on the back. Order to go without delay "to the place where your company of foot warriors is...

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Lot n° 38

[HENRI IV].

Manuscript (contemporary copy), The Hague Oct. 31, 1596; notebook, 8 1/4 pages in-fol. Treaty of The Hague, concluded with the delegates of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, who join the offensive and defensive confederation concluded (by the...

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Lot n° 39

HENRI V, duc de Bordeaux puis comte de CHAMBORD (1820-1883) prétendant légitime au trône de France.

L.A.S. and 3 P.A.S. Goritz 26 May 1840, to Mme Sophie de Beaujeu, thanking her for a medallion which he will keep "preciously in memory of her whose virtues it reminds me of". 3 pieces of dedication with red wax seal, to the Marquis de Cherville, to...

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Lot n° 40

ITALIE.

16 P.S. mainly by religious, 1647-1796; 1 oblong page in-fol. each partly printed, with engraved vignettes and decorative borders, seals with arms under paper. Letters as benefactor of the Friars Minor of St. Francis, or of the congregation of the Annunciation;...

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Lot n° 41

LAGNY.

P.S. by Louis III PHÉLYPEAUX, Versailles April 12, 1729; wove notebook of 25 pages in-fol. Arrêt du Conseil d'État du Roi qui maintient Mlle Marie-Jeanne-Félix POTIER DE GESVRES dans les droits de péage de Lagny-sur-Marne, à la condition de réparer à...

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Lot n° 42

Louis XI (1423-1483) Roi de France.

P.S., Angers July 31, 1444; oblong vellum small in-4, remnants of red wax seal (right edge cut with loss of line ends and secretary's signature). Louis, "son of the King of France Daulphin de Viennoys," gives receipt of sums received from the receiver...

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Lot n° 43

Louis XI (1423-1483) Roi de France.

L.s., Tours 27 Jan. 1468 1469, to Duke of MILAN Galeazzo Maria SFORZA, "Illustrissimo principi fratri nostro carissimo D. Duci Mediolani"; countersigned "Albertus" Albert MAGALOT; 1 page in-4, address on back with seal with arms under paper; in Italian....

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Lot n° 44

LOUIS XII (1462-1515) Roi de France.

P.S., Lyon 24 May 1496; countersigned by Jean COTEREAU; oblong vellum in-4. Mandement as duke of Orleans to have Jacques Hurault, receiver general of his finances, pay the sum of 200 livres tournois to messire Obsin Casse notary of the city of Novarre...

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Lot n° 45

Louis XIII (1601-1643) Roi de France.

L.A.S., Versailles 19 September 1619, to Cardinal de RICHELIEU; ¾ page in-4, address on verso "A Mon Cousin le Cardinal de Richelieu" with traces of red wax stamps. "Mon cousin je vous anvoie un gentilome que La Forest ma anvoyé quivra vous dira le sujet...

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Lot n° 46

Louis XIII (1601-1643) Roi de France.

L.A.S., to his mother MARIE DE MÉDICIS; 2 pages in-folio, addressed "A la Royne Madame ma mere" with 2 red wax seals with arms (broken) on pink silk lakes (upper right corner slightly cut without touching the text). Very nice letter from Louis XIII...

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Lot n° 47

Louis XIII (1601-1643) Roi de France.

3 P.S. or L.S. (secretary), 1612-1631; countersigned by LOMÉNIE; oblong vellum in-fol. and 2 pages in-fol. Paris January 20, 1612, order to pay to his sister Elisabeth the sum of 4000 livres. - Fontainebleau October 2, 1613, to the Provost of the merchants...

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Lot n° 48

LOUIS XIV (1638-1715) Roi de France.

P.S. with an autograph note "bon Louis", Marly 20 May 1711; countersigned by Daniel VOYSIN and signed by Claude LE PELETIER; 1 page in-fol. with engraved letterhead Garde de mon Trésor Royal. Order to the Garde du Trésor Royal Pierre Gruyn to pay to S....

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Lot n° 49

LOUIS XIV (1638-1715) Roi de France.

P.S. and 2 L.S. (secretary), 1644-1699; oblong vellum in-fol. and 2 pages in-fol. with address on verso. Paris 22 January 1644, patent appointing François Petit as his ordinary physician (countersigned by Guénégaud). Saint-Germain en Laye April 4, 1682,...

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Lot n° 50

LOUIS XV (1710-1774) Roi de France.

6 P.S. or L.S. (secretary), Versailles (except one) 1723-1759; 3 on vellum (2 engraved portraits attached) 27 September 1723 (countersigned Breteuil), authorization to S. Boyer, commissaire des guerres in Bourges, to go to Paris for his business. April...

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