Live auction - Lot 1159
[Belgium]
Collection of ± 30 letters and papers.
18th c
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
Various sizes, on paper, mainly in French.
Correspondence, receipts, notes, etc., recounting on daily life in the 18th century. Some names: Jean-Baptiste-Aurèle de Decker (d. 1747), mayor of Brussels and general prevost often called "Verge rouge"; De la Vigne d'Angy (Tournai); Baron Eynatten; De Poelvoorde, Lord of Jerusalem (Bruges); Duke of Bournonville, General ; Baron of Heuclem; J. B. Heisling, "official des finances de l'Impératrice Reine" ; etc.
Joined: Letter in Dutch written by Jan van Luythen and addressed to the Lord of Nieuwenhove and Marquillies (Bruges), dated 24 April 1604. Bifolium. (31 pcs)