Live auction - Lot 118
[France - Monarchy]
Transcripts of 92 letters written 1586-1601 by Henri III (12) and Henri IV (80) to Jean Roussat (1543-1607), mayor of Langres.
[Early 19th c.]
€ 120 / 150
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Lot description
Folio, c. 36,5 x 24 cm: [41-5 bl.] ff., paper, French, written within ruled border.
Gold-tooled red leather over boards, covers with gilt French royal arms at the centre and ornamental border, flat spine (sl. loosening, rubbed, front joint splitting). In good condition.
The collection was for the larger part published as "Correspondance politique et militaire de Henri le Grand avec J. Roussat, maire de Langres [...]" (Paris, 1816).