Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de SÉVIGNÉ... Lot n° 28

P.S. "Marie de Rabuttin Chantal", and 15 letters or pieces from her relatives, mostly L.A.S., 1644-1714. Mme de SÉVIGNÉ: power of attorney to represent her at the summons given to her at the request of Marguerite, duchess of Rohan, princess of Léon (Paris July 1652). Charles de SÉVIGNÉ (1648-1713, his son): 2 P.A.S., Paris and Rennes 1682-1685, receipt, and certificate of service for a gendarme as sub-lieutenant of the company of gendarmes of the Dauphin with wax seal to his arms. François-Adhémar de Monteil, count then marquis of GRIGNAN (1632-1714, son-in-law of Mme de Sévigné): L.A.S. to M. Le Bret (Grignan June 18, 1701); signed pass (Grignan July 17, 1703). Joseph chevalier de GRIGNAN (1644-1713, brother of the previous one): L.A.S., Beaumes September 4, to the bailli de Saint-Paul. François de Monteil de GRIGNAN (1603-1689, uncle of the previous ones, bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, archbishop of Arles: L.S. to M. André in Toulouse (Saint-Paul 1644). Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, countess of GRIGNAN (1646-1705): L.A.S. as countess of Grignan, Marseille February 20, plus a P.S. co-signed by her husband (Paris 1692). Pauline, marquise de SIMIANE (1674-1737, their daughter): L.A. to M. d'Héricourt, intendant of the Galleys in Marseille. Mme de SIMIANE: 2 L.A.S., Valréas and Avignon 1631-1634. Roger de BUSSY-RABUTIN (1618-1693, cousin of Mme de Sévigné, writer): P.S. with 3 autogr. lines, receipt (1665). Michel-Celse-Roger de BUSSY-RABUTIN (1669-1736, son of the preceding one, bishop of Luçon, academician): L.A. to the countess of Grignan, December 12 [1703]. Philippe-Emmanuel marquis de COULANGES (1633-1716, cousin and friend of Mme de Sévigné): L.A.S., Rome January 30, 1691, to Lamoignon, on the death of the pope Alexander VIII. François Sanguin, abbot of LIVRY: L.A.S., Rome March 14, 1714, news of the Queen of Poland Marie-Casimire. Expert : BODIN Thierry