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MÉDICIS, CATHERINE DE; QUEEN OF FRANCE. Letter Signed,
“Caterine,” to French Ambassador to Spain Raymond de Beccaria de Pavie de Rouër,
baron de Fourquevaux (“Mons’r de Fourquevaux”), in French, concerning a request made
on behalf of her own eight-year old son, King Charles IX.
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page, folio; faint scattered
foxing, folds, mounted at corners verso; matted with a portrait and framed.
Paris, 10 December 1568
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WRITTEN DURING WAR WITH PORTUGAL
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NAPOLEON. Letter Signed, “Np,” to his Minister of War, Henri Jacques
Guillaume Clarke, in French, reporting that the Count of Ega, Minister to Portugal, has
landed in Nantes and is making his way towards Paris, and giving instructions concerning
the preparations for the Count’s arrival and for his interactions with Portuguese refugees
living in Paris.
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page, small 4to; folds, remnants of prior mounting at two points along
upper edge verso.
Paris, 28 October, 1808
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