GENEALOGY - NOBILITY OF CHAMPAGNE CLICQUOT DE... Lot 18

GENEALOGY - NOBILITY OF CHAMPAGNE CLICQUOT DE BEYNE. Autograph letter signed, Blois, 22 March 1852. 3 pp. in-8. About his family, with a small coat of arms drawn with a pen; DE PONS DE RENNEPONT (in Champagne). Extract from the Nobiliaire de Saint-Alais, 1818. 14 pp. in-8. Genealogy of this House, alliances with the families Le Gruyer de Fontaine, de Combles, Le Bouteiller de Senlis, de Choiseul, de Scorailles, de Marmier; BIDAL D'ASFELD. 3 documents: Bill signed "Bidal", "commissioner of the rents of the lord of Montdragon" 15 September 1650. 1 p. in-8. Then a copy of a letter from the Cardinal de Fleury to the marshal of Asfeld, January 24, 1735. 2 pp. in-4. Finally autograph letter signed by the bailli de Crussol, Paris, December 27, 1785. 1 p. in-folio. About M. Bidal, recently released from the Temple [the prison]; BIDAL D'ASFELD. Handwritten piece in verse on 2 columns, circa 1740, 3 pp. in-folio. Verses among others on the audacity and skill of the marshal d'Asfeld, "good engineer, skillful, tireless" evokes the prince of Conti, the marshal de Noailles etc; BIDAL D'ASFELD. Copy of a curious 18th century memoir. 7 pp. in-folio. Memorandum of the royal notary Alexandre d'Asfeld against the Marquis of Asfeld who "tries to set himself up as a real despot" and behaves harshly towards his vassals; Provenance: Saint-Hélion fund, then Madame H's library.