MESDAMES, daughters of Louis XV. 2 L.A. and 1 L.A.S., and 1 P.S., 1751-1792; 4 pages in-4 or in-8, one address, red wax seal.
HENRIETTE of France (confidential autograph letter to her dear "Bi Si", the Countess of Civrac, April 14, 1751, about a
about a place of menin of the Dauphin wanted for an ally, the count of Grammont). ADELAIDE of France (letter
autogr. to the same, now dame d'atours, 13 November 1761, reproaching her for her indiscretion concerning "the affair
of Mr de Choiseul": she refuses this arrangement). - Account for the service of Mesdames: memorandum for the supply of
June 10, 1788, with apostille of MARIE-ADELAIDE: "good to pay on the funds intended for the acquit of the buildings"). VICTOIRE de France (l.a.s. to a lady, February 26, 1758, complaining about her absence in Gascony: "je mennuye beaucoup de ne vous pas voir" [], les médisans disent que vous aves fait une fausse couche"). Attached are 3 engravings by J.S. Negges after allegorical paintings by Nattier, representing Louise, Henriette and Adélaïde, as the Earth, Fire and Air (defects)
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