Lot n° 28
Estimation :
1200 - 1500
EUR
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: 2 800EUR
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 (Givet) July 5. "Mamye, Seeing that the convenience of my undertaking requires that I be provided with as much food for my army as possible. I have brought from various places an infinite supply of flour, for which I will need a greater number of bakers and masons. He asks her to find in Reims, Chalons, etc. "He asks her to find in Reims, Chalons, etc. "up to one hundred bakers and fifty masons who know how to make ovens", and to send them to her by Mézières as quickly as possible...
Camp de Honnecourt August 3. He received his letter "for the request which our son the Duke of Lorraine had made to you", and immediately signed the power of attorney, but is "very disappointed that my officers have had difficulty in doing what they were instructed to do, since in addition to your command, they can well think that in the best case icelluy our son will always be very willingly gratified by me"...
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