Live auction - Lot 1070
[Low Countries - Belgium]
Letter signed to "Chier et bien amé".
Brussels, 6 July 1623
€ 400 / 500
Place your (telephone) bidLive bidding (Drouot*) Live bidding (Invaluable*)
* 2% online commission in addition to our 28% commission
Lot description
1 p., folio, 30,5 x 21 cm, brown ink on laid paper, in French, autogr. s. "Isabel", counters. "Verreycken"
"[...] nonobstant les placards publiés [...] contre les brigands et vagabonds, déjà trouvé si grand nombre par le plat pays, que l'on n'y peult passer son chemin, nous vous faisons la p[rése]nte, vous ordonnant de faire incontinent republier le placard du 2 du mois de septembre de l'an 1614 [...]". Isabella (1566-1633), Infant of Spain, daughter of King Philip II, was coruler of the Spanish Netherlands with her husband Albert of Austria from 1598 to 1621; after his death in 1621, she was sole governor.
More photos
Previous