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Puget de la Serre (1594-1665), a prolific author, ‘cultivated almost all historical and literary genres and composed more than one hundred works which earned him the title of historiographer of France’. (Kokkomelis).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOur copy presents 10 coloured figures representing princesses bearing the first name Anne, with a ruled text. All are enhanced with blue, white, red, green, gold and black inks. The motto is repeated 14 times in a sublime headband with a crowned eagle enhanced with the various inks listed above. In the same way, 14 letterheads, also enhanced, are repeated in the work; 13 letterheads show the letter A (gilt) for Anne with the crowned eagle on a blue background and 1 letterhead shows the letter M (gilt) for Madame with the crowned eagle and two floral representations. There are also 8 bas-de-lampe panels bearing the monogram of Anne of Austria, with its golden crown and floral representations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePuget de la Serre was often scorned by his contemporaries, and the book is one of his many panegyrics. He became a specialist in dedicatory epistles and made them his sole source of income (Banderier) and responded to criticism by saying ‘I am always in a hurry, when it comes to earning money; and I prefer the pistoles that make me live comfortably, to the chimera of a vain glory that would leave me miserable.’ (Banderier). Above all, Puget de la Serre's attention to detail was crucial to his illustrations, from portraits - his preferred mode of representation - to lettering, vignettes, headbands, frontispieces and even the text itself, which he often set off with a line of red or black ink - in this case gilded (Meyer).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFine restorations to corners and spine, paper restorations to pages 9 and 19.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKokkomelis,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLes portraits au service des grands : Jean Puget de la Serre et les temps multiples de l'exemplification historique\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, 385-400, dans : Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature, XLV, n°89, 2018 ; Gille Banderier,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUn faux roman à la clef : Le roman de la cour de Bruxelles de Jean Puget de La Serre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Littératures classiques, 2005, n°51, p.118 ; Véronique Meyer,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUn auteur du XVIIe siècle et l'illustration de ses livres, Jean Puget de La Serre (1595-1665)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Chartes, t.158, 2000, p.27-53.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54937709838661,"sku":"0258","price":10500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/5036.jpg?v=1750072721"},{"product_id":"office-de-la-semaine-sainte-en-latin-et-francois-a-lusage-de-rome-et-de-paris-avec-des-reflexions-et-meditations-prieres-et-instructions-pour-la-confession-et-communion-a-lusage-de-la-maison-de-madame-la-dauphine","title":"Office de la Semaine Sainte en latin et \u0026 François, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris avec des Réflexions et Méditations, Prières et Instructions pour la Confession et communion à l'usage de la Maison de Madame la Dauphine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eOffice de la Semaine Sainte en latin et \u0026amp; François, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris avec des Réflexions et Méditations, Prières et Instructions pour la Confession et communion à l'usage de la Maison de Madame la Dauphine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eParis: Veuve Mazières et Garnier, 1746.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e8vo (204 × 137 mm). 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Mounted in the front pastedown is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"1771\" data-end=\"1825\"\u003eoriginal photographic portrait of Gautier by Nadar\u003c\/strong\u003e, on the photographer’s card.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1856\" data-end=\"2307\"\u003eGautier’s \u003cem data-start=\"1866\" data-end=\"1890\"\u003eHistoire du romantisme\u003c\/em\u003e, first issued in serial form in \u003cem data-start=\"1923\" data-end=\"1939\"\u003eLe Bien public\u003c\/em\u003e in 1872, is regarded as a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1966\" data-end=\"2024\"\u003eprincipal source for the history of French Romanticism\u003c\/strong\u003e. Poet, critic, and central figure of the 1830 generation, Gautier provides a \u003cstrong data-start=\"2102\" data-end=\"2150\"\u003efirst-hand account of the movement’s origins\u003c\/strong\u003e, its leading personalities, and its early disputes. The volume also includes the \u003cem data-start=\"2232\" data-end=\"2253\"\u003eNotices romantiques\u003c\/em\u003e and his study of \u003cstrong data-start=\"2271\" data-end=\"2306\"\u003eFrench poetry from 1830 to 1868\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2309\" data-end=\"2859\"\u003eThe accompanying dossier is a \u003cstrong data-start=\"2339\" data-end=\"2379\"\u003esubstantial contemporary compilation\u003c\/strong\u003e relating to the first publication and early reception of the work. It comprises press clippings of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"2483\" data-end=\"2508\"\u003efirst eleven chapters\u003c\/strong\u003e as serialised in \u003cem data-start=\"2526\" data-end=\"2542\"\u003eLe Bien public\u003c\/em\u003e; the \u003cstrong data-start=\"2548\" data-end=\"2572\"\u003eautograph manuscript\u003c\/strong\u003e of Gautier’s obituary of \u003cstrong data-start=\"2598\" data-end=\"2617\"\u003ePhiloxène Boyer\u003c\/strong\u003e (published in the \u003cem data-start=\"2636\" data-end=\"2656\"\u003eRevue des Théâtres\u003c\/em\u003e); an envelope of the \u003cem data-start=\"2678\" data-end=\"2698\"\u003eMoniteur universel\u003c\/em\u003e addressed to Gautier; an engraved portrait by \u003cstrong data-start=\"2745\" data-end=\"2766\"\u003eCélestin Nanteuil\u003c\/strong\u003e; a biographical notice from the \u003cem data-start=\"2799\" data-end=\"2816\"\u003eMusée universel\u003c\/em\u003e; and several other contemporary documents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2861\" data-end=\"3470\"\u003eA pencilled note attributes the ensemble to the library of \u003cstrong data-start=\"2920\" data-end=\"2941\"\u003ePhilothée O’Neddy\u003c\/strong\u003e (Théophile Dondey, 1811–1875), one of the \u003cem data-start=\"2984\" data-end=\"3009\"\u003eromantiques frénétiques\u003c\/em\u003e and an early companion of Gautier, to whom Gautier devotes a full chapter (pp. 62–69). 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The charming illustrations by Bécat — sensual, fluid, and quintessentially 1940s — suit Louÿs’s celebrated pastiche of ancient erotic poetry perfectly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1377\" data-end=\"1431\"\u003eA very attractive copy, the spine just lightly sunned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56527254225221,"sku":"0750","price":600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/compressed_IMG_4981.jpg?v=1764671449"},{"product_id":"lettre-autographe-signee-duchesse-de-berry-a-la-princesse-de-lucinge","title":"Autograph letter signed from the Duchess of Berry to the Princess of Lucinge","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"415\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"314\"\u003eBERRY (Duchess of), Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Siciles (1798–1870). Autograph letter signed “MC”, to Charlotte de Bourbon (1808–1886), Princess de Lucinge.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"317\"\u003eBrunsee, 15 June 1841.\u003cbr data-start=\"339\" data-end=\"342\"\u003e3 pages, 8vo (203 × 127 mm), on stationery with gilt double-ruled border.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"1067\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"636\"\u003eA warm and intimate letter from the Duchesse de Berry to the natural daughter of the duc de Berry and Anna Brown, written from exile and filled with domestic news, familial affection, and small personal commissions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"639\"\u003eMarie-Caroline gently apologises for her silence, explaining that she relied on Mme de Ruesnay and Lusette to keep Charlotte informed. Now that Charlotte is alone in Switzerland, she urges her to return “avec tout votre monde”. She mentions that Charlotte’s \u003cem data-start=\"897\" data-end=\"905\"\u003eproche\u003c\/em\u003e has arrived safely and has been sent as a gift to the newly married Mademoiselle de Bellisy. Mme de Ruesnay is sending from Paris the bust of M. de Nieuwerkerke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1069\" data-end=\"1399\"\u003eThe Duchesse thanks Charlotte for the muslin—“à merveille”—and encloses the duplicate of Botta’s note together with a letter for Charlotte’s husband from Alexandre. She hopes a packet of \u003cem data-start=\"1256\" data-end=\"1264\"\u003efasola\u003c\/em\u003e sent on 3 May has reached them. She outlines her plans: Kirchberg, then Vienna, then the baths at Görlitz, returning around 20 August.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1401\" data-end=\"2075\"\u003eShe gives affectionate updates on the children: the little girls embrace Mary and long to see her again; Adinolphe grows quickly and now speaks entirely in French, “le favori du Pacha”. She conveys greetings to Charlotte’s husband, mentioning that “les choses seront cette année admirablement belles” and that the Pacha, who writes to him, expects him in the autumn. Local news follows—someone is in Venice; the master of Popendorf is dying; “ainsi vous voyez qu’ici tout vous désire”. Madame Bondy remains with the pension and often speaks of the boys. The Duchesse closes with marked warmth, hoping for Charlotte’s return and asking her to embrace Henri “l’homme de bien”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2077\" data-end=\"2259\"\u003eA postscript notes that M. de la Rochemace will settle the Baulle account, and encloses a letter for Madame de la Rochejaquelin as well as one from the Pacha for Charlotte’s husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Brunsee 15 juin 1841\u003cbr\u003eMa chere Charlotte vous devez m'avoir trouvé très paresseuse de ne vous avoir pas encore répondu à votre lettre du 21 fév. mais si je savais que Mme de Ruesnay et Lusette vous tenaient au courrant des nouvelles mais je ne veux plus tarder et vous redire qu'à présent que vous êtes seule en Suisse vous devriez bien nous revenir avec tout votre monde.\u003cbr\u003eVotre proche est arrivée en bonne santé et à temps car je l'ai envoyé en cadeau à la nouvelle Mademoiselle de Bellisy pour ses noces. Mme de Ruesnay m'envoie de paris le buste de Mr de Nieuewerkerke.\u003cbr\u003eJ'ai recu la mouseline qui est à merveille je vous remercie bien de toutes les peines que vous vous êtes données pour mes commissions. Susette m'a dit que vous désiriez le double de la note de Botta, je vous l'envoie ci joint avec une lettre pour votre bon mari d'Alexandre, j'espère que vous avez recu un paquet de fasola qu'il vous envoyait je l'ai fait partir par la poste le 3 mai.\u003cbr\u003eQuand à nous grâce à Dieu nous sommes très bien au commencement du mois prochain j'irai à Kirchberg et après à Vienne, à mon retour j'irai prendre les bains à Görlitz et serai ici de nouveau vers le 20 août.\u003cbr\u003eLes petites embrassent mary et seraient charmées de la revoir, elles grandissent hors Bebelle qui est une poupée - Adinolphe est grand et dit tout en français, je crois, qu'à présent c'est le favori du Pacha.\u003cbr\u003eDites bien des choses à votre mari et que les choses seront cette année admirablement belles et que le Pacha qui lui écrit l'attend cet automne pour les faires. Vous saurez que [?] est à venise ; le maître de Popendorf à la mort ainsi vous voyez qu'ici tout vous désire. Madame Bondy reste avec la pension et il parle toujours de vos garçons, quant à moi je serai bien heureuse de vous revoir et que vous restiez avec nous en attendant embrassez pour moi l'homme de bien, Henri, et bien des amitiés à votre mari et vous en vous embrassant croyez bien à toute la mienne.\u003cbr\u003eMC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eP.S. Monsieur la Rochemace vous payera la note de Baulle..\u003cbr\u003eComme je ne sais pas au juste l'adresse de Madame la Rochejaquelin je vous envoie une lettre pour elle que je vous prie d'envoyer : Voici une lettre du Pacha pour votre mari.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2261\" data-end=\"2513\"\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2399\" data-end=\"2402\"\u003eSmall spots without loss of text; slight plastic odour. 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Autograph letter signed “Marie Caroline” to Charlotte de Bourbon (1808–1886), Princesse de Lucinge.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"306\" data-start=\"303\"\u003eVenise, 1 July 1845.\u003cbr data-end=\"329\" data-start=\"326\"\u003e2 pages, 8vo (235 × 150 mm), with a charming hand-coloured vignette of Piazza San Marco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1164\" data-start=\"419\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"570\" data-start=\"419\"\u003eFine letter written from Venice, revealing the temporary disarray of the Duchess’s household and her heartfelt plea for Charlotte to come join her.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"573\" data-start=\"570\"\u003eMarie-Caroline explains that M. de Ruesnay has had to depart following the death of his father; Augustine, who had offered to remain with her, must also leave; M. de Podenas, expected to stay, has likewise departed for Paris because of family business. “Cela fait que je suis tourmentée de tous les côtés”, writes the Duchess, adding that both Ruesnay and Augustine believed Charlotte would soon arrive. She insists—warmly but pressingly—that she come as soon as possible, asking for precise details on whether she can come, when, and for how long. She hopes the “Pacha” might accompany her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1381\" data-start=\"1166\"\u003eShe mentions a forthcoming six-week journey to Germany to see her children, praises Henri’s conduct—“il a été très bien sous tous les rapports”—and closes with affectionate sentiments: “croyez à toute ma tendresse”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Venise 1 juillet 1845\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMa chère Charlotte, Je vous écris avant e savoir ce que vous faites parce que on me fait tourner la tête. Vous savez que Monsieur de Ruesnay a du partir a cause de la mort de son pauvre Père. Augustine qui avait offert de rester avec moi par plusieurs raisons ne peut pas prolonger sn séjour. On comptait sur Monsieur Podenas la quelle à cause de ses affaires de famille à du partir pour Paris.\u003cbr\u003eCela fait que je suis tourmentée de tous les côtés Monsieur de Ruesnay et Augustine croyaient que vous veniez bientôt. Je serai enchantée de cela et je vous serais même très obligée si vous le faites vous savez combien j'aime à vous avoir avec moi. Dans tous les cas écrivez moi franchement et avec précision ce que vous comptez faire, si vous pouvez venir et quand et pour combien de temps, pour que je puisse prendre un arrangement quelconque. Dites moi aussi si le Pacha vient avec vous j'en serais enchantée.\u003cbr\u003eQuant à moi, je serai ici jusqu'au printemps prochain je serai seulement entre août et septembre probablement une course de six semaines en Allemagne pour voir mes enfants.\u003cbr\u003eHenri est parti hier il a été très bien sous tous les rapports.\u003cbr\u003eEcrivez-moi de Suisse, le Comte Lucchesi vous dit milles amitiés j'embrasse vos enfants. Je vous quitte ayant du monde qui m'attend je vous embrasse au revoir croyez a toute ma tendresse.\u003cbr\u003eMarie Caroline\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"1602\" data-start=\"1383\"\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1489\" data-start=\"1486\"\u003eSmall marginal loss to one corner, not affecting the text.\u003cbr data-end=\"1550\" data-start=\"1547\"\u003eFrom the \u003cstrong data-end=\"1589\" data-start=\"1559\"\u003eGuerrand-Hermès collection\u003c\/strong\u003e (1940–2016).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56533823324485,"sku":"0764","price":600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_4782_jpg.jpg?v=1764714799"},{"product_id":"lettre-autographe-madame-royale","title":"Autograph letter, Madame Royale","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"320\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"247\"\u003eMADAME ROYALE, Marie-Thérèse de France (1778–1851). Autograph letter, signed “F…”, Frohsdorf, 23 November 1848.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"247\" data-end=\"250\"\u003e3 pp., 8vo (197 × 119 mm). Foliated \u003cem data-start=\"286\" data-end=\"293\"\u003en°220\u003c\/em\u003e in her hand at upper left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"738\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"461\"\u003eLong, substantial letter written from exile at Frohsdorf, rich in family matters, charitable decisions and administrative instructions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"461\" data-end=\"464\"\u003eProbably addressed to \u003cstrong data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"512\"\u003eBaron Théodore Charlet\u003c\/strong\u003e, her private secretary, the letter shows Madame Royale at work, settling requests, granting modest subsidies, delivering condolences or congratulations, and responding to a multitude of appeals that reached her even in exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"740\" data-end=\"1312\"\u003eShe acknowledges the recipient’s letter of the 14th and confirms that “tout est en règle”, no further information being required from Bapst; she returns a touching plea from an unnamed correspondent, though \u003cem data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"981\"\u003e“on ne peut rien faire pour lui”\u003c\/em\u003e, explaining that her nephew has resolved to give no exceptions. She expresses emotion that he learned from the public news she had already prepared him for, an affair “si importante” which required “secret et promptitude”, and whose outcome, “grâce à Dieu”, turned out for the best. She hopes for the couple’s continued happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1314\" data-end=\"2047\"\u003eThe remainder of the letter reads almost like an agenda of royal stewardship. She asks him to write to several individuals:\u003cbr data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1440\"\u003eM. Nibelle, to thank him and his family; Mme Hermant at Fontainebleau; M. Louis de Bourmont, to offer condolences on the death of his father; M. de Laitre, to congratulate him and his wife on their granddaughter’s marriage; and to grant approval for the marriage requested by M. d’Épinay Saint-Hue. 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Je vous renvoie la lettre de M. de [?] je suis bien touchée mais on ne peut rien faire pour lui. Mon neveu s'est fait la règle de ne donner aucun [?] pas exprimer lui mes regrets et combien je suis touchée de son désir et de l'attachement qu'il me continue : je suis touchée que vous ayez appris par le public la nouvelle à laquelle je vous avais préparé mais il fallait du secret et de la promptitude pour faire éclipser une affaire si importante qui grâce à Dieu [?] au mieux les qualités de l'un et de l'autre. Il faut espérer la continuation de leur bonheur il faut plus demander que des [?] qui je ne doute pas seront accordées à tant de prières. Je charge Mr Anne de cette lettre il est arrivé le jour de la noce et l'a vu. Voilà mes commissions : écrire à Mr. Nibelle, j'ai reçu sa lettre. Le remercier lui, sa femme, sa fille [?]\u003cbr\u003e2. à Me Hermant a fontainebleau écrire [?]\u003cbr\u003e3. a Mr [?]\u003cbr\u003e4. 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[?] duc de Verneuil n°21 a recu l'année dernière, demande encore étant estropié 100 fr\u003cbr\u003eVoilà pour le moment tout ce que j'ai a vous dire. J'espère que votre santé est bonne et celle de votre Excellente femme. Mille compliments à elle et votre famille. Adieu, vous recevrez tous mes sentiments pour vous qui ne changent pas\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2237\" data-end=\"2449\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2384\" data-end=\"2387\"\u003eSome crossings-out and small stains, otherwise well preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56533824995653,"sku":"0474","price":580.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_4856_jpg.jpg?v=1764714916"},{"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. 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Je vois que vous aurez aussi tous vos enfants avec vous en septembre. Moi je vais après demain à Frohsdorf où je trouverai Louise et Marguerite pour quelques jours. Après je reviendrai ici où je trouverai mes enfants et les 14 petits enfants que je vous assure font un beau bruit. Vous savez que j'aime les enfants ainsi j en'en suis pas effarouchée. 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He explains that, after the cantata, he searched for Gille in order to convey his congratulations, the festival being, as “everyone had said”, \u003cstrong data-end=\"762\" data-start=\"738\"\u003ea remarkable success\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1317\" data-start=\"765\"\u003eHaussmann then turns to the true purpose of his note, asking that the reviewer highlight \u003cstrong data-end=\"870\" data-start=\"854\"\u003eMlle A. Biot\u003c\/strong\u003e, a student whom M. Pékipa has entrusted with an \u003cstrong data-end=\"951\" data-start=\"919\"\u003eawkward yet significant role\u003c\/strong\u003e in the new ballet. With characteristic humour, he describes the part as that of a “Providence”, a function both \u003cstrong data-end=\"1091\" data-start=\"1064\"\u003ethankless and essential\u003c\/strong\u003e within the theatrical machinery. Unsure who will draft the official review, he appeals to Gille to intervene with the appropriate critic, so that the young artist may not suspect him of \u003cstrong data-end=\"1316\" data-start=\"1278\"\u003eunwillingness or, worse, impotence\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"1490\" data-start=\"1319\"\u003e\"Cher Monsieur Gille,\u003cbr\u003eLe soir du Centenaire d'Auber, je vous ai cherché en vain, après la cantate, pour vous faire compliment du festivale, qui est une trouvaille : tout le monde vous l'a dit.\u003cbr\u003eAujourd'hui, je viens vous demander un petit service, à l'occasion du nouveau ballet.\u003cbr\u003eOn sait que j'ai des amis au Figaro, \u0026amp; je suis constamment prié d'obtenir que, dans le compte-rendu, il soit fait mention, avec quelques mots aimables, de la jeune chanteuse à qui M. Pekipa, sous prétexte qu'elle est, de beaucoup, la meilleure élève de sa classe de mime, a distribué le [?] des pages de [hamouna ?].\u003cbr\u003eLe moindre petit pas [?] eût bien mieux fait ton affaire !..\u003cbr\u003eIl est ainsi que la page est, dans le ballet, une farce de Providence, qui déjà avec toutes les combinaisons des traitres, et qui prouvera le dévouement, en devancant quand un coup de poignard lentement administré à M. Pluque, le prosaïque coup de révolver destiné par [?] à l'héroïne. Mais c'est toujours un rôle ingrat que celui de la Providence !..\u003cbr\u003eIl faut donc encourager celui ou celles qui tâcheront de la remplir de leur mieux.\u003cbr\u003eNe sachant à qui revient le compte-rendu dont Mademoiselle A. Biot se préoccupe, je vous demande de vouloir bien intervenir auprès de qui de droit, pour que ma jeune solliciteuse ne puisse pas me taxer de mauvais vouloir ou pis encore, d'impuissance.\u003cbr\u003eMille choses affectueuses\u003cbr\u003eG. E. 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Engardo pas qu'à [?], dupièi tres quart de siècle, faièr tout ça que pondèr jeu gasta voste diclèite aquéli que lou [?] naturalemen, li veritabli mètre marihés, [?] Gros, Germain (de la Bourridu de Dieu) etc. E que vivien au siècle XVIII, ecrivien ouer ouen, oues, etc. Envahi près la qavontaiu de pertout, [?] escriéure à la gavovato, es votre afaire... Nantri gardau li son latin. Courdelement\u003cbr\u003eF. 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Georges Olive et je me réjouissais de connaître votre frère, que Pierre Mabille ne perd aucune occasion de me vanter. 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Je comptais même avec moi la personne dont je vous ai entretenu dans ma dernière ; et que j'ai destiné à remplacer. Notre pauvre La Cour ; puisqu'il faut absolument s'en détacher. C'est un homme qui a travaillé longtemps dans les bureaux des vivres en Allemagne et qui avait passé sa jeunesse a tenir des livres de Commerce en partie double ; grand Calculateur c'est le meilleur homme du Monde. C'est un présent que mon Beau frère me fait ; et il s'en prive pour mes intérêts. Gardez en attendant qu'il arrive le jeune homme que vous avez pris à Tours, dans l'Etude d'un Notaire ; parce que si ma santé ne me permet pas de partir d'ici à quelques temps je lui ferai prendre la voiture publique pour vous allez joindre à Tours où à la forêt ; je suppose que l'incertitude de mon arrivée vous a empêché de m'écrire ou de me faire écrire depuis 15 jours. Je vous prie de me faire donner de vos nouvelles et de celle de l'affaire aussitôt cette lettre reçue. Je joins à cette lettre [?] duc-Blind, Gendre de la dame Charpentier à qui j'ai prêté quatre Louis pour s'en retourner ; il m'a donné sa parole de payer le billet à la présentation qui lui en serait faite à Tours ; Si par hasard lui ou son Beau père ne le payaient point, mettez vous en règle tout de suite pour en obtenir le payement . Je reviens encore sur l'objet de M. De Lessart qui est \u0026nbsp;l'Homme que je vous destine, comme il y a vingt cinq ans que je le connais, je puis vous répondre d'avance qu'il a dans les prix toute la [?] à Conciliation qu'il faut pour capter la Bienveillance de M. 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