{"title":"Januaria de Bragance","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"6-lettres-autographes-signees-duchesse-de-berry-a-dona-januaria-de-bragance","title":"6 autograph letters signed from the Duchess of Berry to Dona Januaria of Braganza","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"449\" data-start=\"146\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBERRY (Duchess of), Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Siciles (1798–1870).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"345\" data-start=\"146\"\u003e Six autograph letters signed “Marie Caroline”, to Dona Januaria de Bragance, Countess d’Aquila, daughter of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"348\" data-start=\"345\"\u003e1861–1867.\u003cbr data-end=\"361\" data-start=\"358\"\u003eSix letters, 8vo (207 × 130 mm). Two additional contemporary manuscript copies included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"679\" data-start=\"451\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"679\" data-start=\"451\"\u003eA moving and highly personal correspondence, written in Italian, reflecting the intimate links between the Bourbon-Sicily exiled court and the Brazilian imperial family, against the turbulent political backdrop of the 1860s.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1091\" data-start=\"681\"\u003eThe letters span the years \u003cstrong data-end=\"757\" data-start=\"708\"\u003e1861, 1863, 1865, 1866 (two letters) and 1867\u003c\/strong\u003e. Several include extended \u003cstrong data-end=\"840\" data-start=\"784\"\u003epostscripts by her daughter Francesca Lucchesi-Palli\u003c\/strong\u003e, and one by the \u003cstrong data-end=\"882\" data-start=\"857\"\u003educhesse della Grazia\u003c\/strong\u003e, another prominent member of the Lucchesi-Palli household. Together they form a rare window into the emotional life, loyalties, anxieties and political perceptions of the Duchess of Berry in her last decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1402\" data-start=\"1093\"\u003eThe earliest letter, written in February 1861 on \u003cstrong data-end=\"1171\" data-start=\"1142\"\u003eblack-bordered stationery\u003c\/strong\u003e, mourns the loss of \u003cem data-end=\"1318\" data-start=\"1192\"\u003e“una sorella si buona… il Signore l’ha voluta prendere con sé perché non vedesse tante infamie che si fanno in questo mondo”\u003c\/em\u003e. Grief blends here with moral commentary typical of the duchess’s later writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1626\" data-start=\"1404\"\u003eIn 1863, the tone turns explicitly political: \u003cem data-end=\"1468\" data-start=\"1450\"\u003e“Il Re è a Roma”\u003c\/em\u003e. The fall of Naples, the reorganisation of the Italian states and the waning hopes of the Bourbon-Two Sicilies dynasty haunt the background of these pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1971\" data-start=\"1628\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong data-end=\"1640\" data-start=\"1632\"\u003e1865\u003c\/strong\u003e letter, again bordered in black, includes a striking judgment on the state of the Church: \u003cem data-end=\"1894\" data-start=\"1731\"\u003e“I vescovi di Francia e d’Italia si conducono a meraviglia ma che ne sarà Dio solo lo sa. Ora è il Regno del Diavolo; speriamo che presto sarà quello dei buoni.”\u003c\/em\u003e A vivid glimpse into ultramontane anxieties during the unification of Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2366\" data-start=\"1973\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong data-end=\"2000\" data-start=\"1977\"\u003e1866 correspondence\u003c\/strong\u003e is particularly rich. Part of one letter is penned in French by her daughter Francesca: \u003cem data-end=\"2206\" data-start=\"2089\"\u003e“Dans ce moment Maman s’agite beaucoup pour tous les événements qui se succèdent et qui sont si incompréhensibles…”\u003c\/em\u003e Another letter anticipates their departure for Rome, with deep uncertainty: \u003cem data-end=\"2366\" data-start=\"2283\"\u003e“Je ne sais si nous y trouverons encore la famille royale. Quels tristes temps !”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2559\" data-start=\"2368\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong data-end=\"2380\" data-start=\"2372\"\u003e1867\u003c\/strong\u003e letter concludes the series, its second half written by the \u003cstrong data-end=\"2466\" data-start=\"2441\"\u003educhesse della Grazia\u003c\/strong\u003e, reinforcing the familial and political solidarity of the expatriated Lucchesi-Palli circle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"2918\" data-start=\"2800\"\u003eSome losses in the 1866 and 1867 letters; slight plastic odour.\u003cbr data-end=\"2866\" data-start=\"2863\"\u003eFrom the \u003cstrong data-end=\"2917\" data-start=\"2875\"\u003eGuerrand-Hermès collection (1940–2016)\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56533947482437,"sku":"0767","price":380.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_4790_jpg.jpg?v=1764715599"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/collections\/destinataire-januaria-de-bragance.oembed","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}