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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet And The Grand Dauphin – Handwritten Autograph

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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet and Louis de France, known as the Grand Dauphin, eldest son of Louis XIV and Marie-Thérèse of Austria. Fragment of the Dauphin’s Latin assignment with at least three autograph corrections in the hand of Bossuet. 2 pages small oblong octavo. Missing and wet spots. Very fragile document. [Between 1670 and 1680] Bossuet, best known for his sermons and funeral orations, was tutor until 1678 and exercised this function with great seriousness. He gave his student three lessons a day and wrote religious, moral, political and philosophical treatises for him, as well as French and Latin grammars. Louis of France, on the other hand, did not live up to his master and showed little taste for intellectual work. Saint-Simon said of the Grand Dauphin that he was “drowned in fat a.

1777 Letter Bayonne Bordeaux Jean Merget Seal Wax Vitrine Commerce

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Authentic handwritten business letter dated Bayonne, October 25, 1777, addressed to Mr Jean Merget, glassware merchant, Rue Royale in Bordeaux. This correspondence constitutes the following a commercial exchange engaged a few days previously between two traders. It is particularly interesting because it still retains its red wax seal on the back. that a previous letter was presented several times without finding the recipient; This correspondence perfectly illustrates the difficulties of communication and circulation of goods in the 18th century. This letter testifies to the commercial relations between Bayonne And Bordeaux on the eve of the French Revolution. Postal history, old letter, Bayonne, Bordeaux, Jean Merget, Jean Baptiste Durand, glassware, merchant, commerce, 18th century, Lou.

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