{"title":"Royalty","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"office-de-la-semaine-sainte-en-latin-et-francois-a-lusage-de-rome-et-de-paris","title":"Office de la Semaine Sainte en latin et \u0026 François, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOffice de la Semaine Sainte en latin et \u0026amp; François, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, Mazières\u003c\/em\u003e, 1728.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-8 \u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e(198 x 135 mm):\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e[4] ff., XLVIII-852\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #b3b3b3;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003epp., [1] f\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e Red morocco, gilt garland on the covers, arms stamped in the center, spine with guilloché ribs, fleurs-de-lys between the ribs, gilt roulette on the covers, gilt edges, gilt roulette on the guards (\u003cem\u003eContemporary binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeautiful copy of Holy Week with a frontispiece portrait of Queen Marie Leczinska (1703-1768), Queen of France and Navarre from 1725 to 1768.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe frontispiece is the work of Jean-Baptiste Scotin (1678-1740), who also took care of the engravings present in the present copy, including 4 full-page ones. The copy, dedicated to Queen Marie Leczinska, also has her coat of arms on the covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text is framed with superb initials, corbels and garlands. The queen, very pious, probably used this work more than once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome rubbing on the corners, corners of the second cover dented, spine of the first cover rubbed and cracked at the top over 3 centimetres, spine of the second cover cracked at the bottom, lower headband of the first cover cut off, a few scattered light foxing spots, pencil inscription in English on the page preceding the half-title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eProvenance: two bookplates are to be noted (one on the front endpaper, the other on the back endpaper) but have not been identified. However, they do not seem to be French. Attached is the description by the former bookstore of the great American bookstore of the 1930s-1970s Harry A. Levinson, former co-owner in the 1930s of the Chaucer bookstore in New York and then of another in Beverly Hills.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50031743566149,"sku":"0166","price":1100.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/9F796038-7498-4965-8D0D-391D077874BE.png?v=1733689840"},{"product_id":"l-a-s-duchesse-de-berry-a-chateaubriand","title":"Autograph letter signed, Duchess of Berry to Chateaubriand","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMarie-Caroline, duchesse de Berry (1798-1870), Autograph letter signed, Venice, December 24, 1845, addressed to François-René de Chateaubriand.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 page In-8.\u003cem\u003e A very fine letter to her \"cher Vicomte,\" thanking him for his last letter and his congratulations on the marriage of her daughter Louise.\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe page is adorned with a lithographed vignette depicting the Palazzo Vendramin Calergi, which the Duchess of Berry and her second husband, Hector Lucchesi-Palli, purchased in 1844. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLouise d'Artois married the future Charles III of Parma a month before the letter was written\u003c\/strong\u003e, on November 10, 1845.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Duchess also mentions Chateaubriand’s and his wife Céleste’s plans to settle in Venice—a project that ultimately did not materialize. \u003cstrong\u003eThis touching passage is significant, as 1845 marked the last time Chateaubriand would visit the city of the man he called his \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Roi”\u003c\/em\u003e (King):\u003c\/strong\u003e Lord Byron.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Venise 24 décembre 1845\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMon cher Vicomte, j’ai reçu avec bonheur votre dernière lettre, et les félictiations que vous m’adressez sur le mariage de ma chère Louise. Je les reçois avec d’autant plus de plaisir que je sais qu’elles partent d’un coeur qui m’est bien dévoué. Après quinze ans d’épreuves c’est la première joye que Dieu nous envoy espérons qu’elle sera suivie d’autres.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJe vous prie de milles tendres amitiés de ma part à madame de Chateaubriand, je serai bien heureuse de vous voir tous les deux établis à Venise comme vous en aviez le projet. 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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). (3) ff., XXXVI, 730 pp., (2) ff. Full red morocco, covers decorated in \u003cstrong data-start=\"432\" data-end=\"449\"\u003efanfare style\u003c\/strong\u003e with gilt arms at centre, spine gilt in compartmented panels with fleur-de-lys tools, gilt rolls at head and foot, gilt edges, gilt roll to board edges and turn-ins; gold dominoté endpapers. 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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. She authorises modest financial help in several cases: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1794\" data-end=\"1808\"\u003e300 francs\u003c\/strong\u003e to Richard Wagner (not the composer), recently married and seeking funds to begin a new life; \u003cstrong data-start=\"1903\" data-end=\"1917\"\u003e100 francs\u003c\/strong\u003e to the widow Marsel of Versailles; further assistance to the chevalier Coulain and to a disabled petitioner, the duc de Verneuil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2049\" data-end=\"2235\"\u003eThe letter closes with warm wishes for the health of her correspondent and his family, and with her constant affection: “vous recevrez tous mes sentiments pour vous qui ne changent pas”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2049\" data-end=\"2235\"\u003e\"J'ai reçu bien vite votre réponse du 14 tout est en règle puisque les devis ne sont [?] il n'y a plus d'autres renseignements à demander à Bapst j'ai les papiers en règle des autres plaies [?] en 1831. 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. Ecrire a Mr Louis de Bourmont qui m'a fait part de la mort de son père, l'assurer de mes regrets de [?], a leur mort, à ses 4 fils au chateau de Bourmont\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e5. a Mr de Laitre j'ai recu sa lettre où il me fait part du mariage de sa petite-fille Vencay avec son cousin, lui en fait bien mon compliment et à Mde de Laitre.\u003cbr\u003e6. M d'Epinay St Hue à Villers les Maney, Meurthe, demande l'agrément pour le mariage de son fils avec Mlle de Chevisy : accord et compliments.\u003cbr\u003e7. Richard Wagner : s'est marié [?] à l'hotel [?] demande des fonds pour commencer, je ne puis donner que 300 fr.\u003cbr\u003e8. la veuve Marsel à Versailles due du 5 [?] demande des [?] est bien misérable. 100 fr.\u003cbr\u003e9. Le chevalier coulaine [?] recu des sceaux en demande encore 200 fr au petit montrouge [?].\u003cbr\u003e10. M. [?] 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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With engraved blue crown and ribbon bearing the inscription \u003cem data-start=\"407\" data-end=\"417\"\u003eBrunnsee\u003c\/em\u003e; envelope with stamps preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"452\" data-end=\"619\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"452\" data-end=\"619\"\u003eA warm and intimate letter to the second wife of the “modern Bayard”, centred on the shared theme of motherhood and the lively tumult of their respective families.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"1192\"\u003eMarie-Caroline gratefully acknowledges her correspondent’s kind words regarding \u003cem data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"720\"\u003e“ma petite Veuve”\u003c\/em\u003e, who is staying with her until mid-October with all her children. She rejoices to learn that the Duchesse de Reggio will also be reunited with hers in September. 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