Lot 26 · Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts
FRANCIS I, King of France (1515-1547). Letter signed to the Duke of Wirtamberg, ('Mon Cousin'), St Germain en Laye, 4 March n.y. [1534], ½ page, folio , countersigned, integral address panel.
FRANCIS I, King of France (1515-1547). Letter signed to the Duke of Wirtamberg, ('Mon Cousin'), St Germain en Laye, 4 March n.y. [1534], ½ page, folio , countersigned, integral address panel.
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- Estimate
- £500–£600 hammer ≈ $845–$1,014
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — FINE PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS, London (South Kensington) · 18 November 2003
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5980008
- Record
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FRANCIS I, King of France (1515-1547). Letter signed to the Duke of Wirtamberg, ('Mon Cousin'), St Germain en Laye, 4 March n.y. [1534], ½ page, folio , countersigned, integral address panel., FRANCIS I, King of France (1515-1547). Letter signed to the Duke of Wirtamberg, ('Mon Cousin'), St Germain en Laye, 4 March n.y. [1534], ½ page, folio , countersigned, integral address panel. Christie's, 18 Nov 2003, lot 26. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5980008.
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FRANCIS I, King of France (1515-1547). Letter signed to the Duke of Wirtamberg, ('Mon Cousin'), St Germain en Laye, 4 March n.y. [1534], ½ page, folio , countersigned, integral address panel., FRANCIS I, King of France (1515-1547). Letter signed to the Duke of Wirtamberg, ('Mon Cousin'), St Germain en Laye, 4 March n.y. [1534], ½ page, folio , countersigned, integral address panel. Christie's, 18 Nov 2003, lot 26. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5980008.
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From the same sale Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts · Nov 2003
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION -- English and Continental History. A collection… | AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION -- English and Continental History. A collection of fifteen autograph letters signed and letters and documents signed, 1672-1932, mostly by royalty, statesmen and politicians, a number addressed to Baron Koller, the Austrian ambassador to the Court of St James's, including the autographs of: | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION -- European royal families, 19th Century. A coll… | AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION -- European royal families, 19th Century. A collection of autograph letters signed to members of the Mensdorff-Pouilly family (chiefly to Counts Albert and Alphonse), 1831-1876 and n.d., the correspondents including VICTORIA, Queen of England (3 January 1848, a friendly letter sending New Year's greetings, 4½ pages, 8vo ), Prince ALBERT (14 October 1858, on political and social questions, 6½ pages, 8vo ), EDWARD VII (undated), WILHELM II of Prussia (1876), LEOPOLD I of Belgium (3 letters, 1831-1862), Victoria, Duchess of Kent (7 letters, one lacking opening pages), and Victoria of Prussia (3 letters, one lacking opening pages), altogether 17 letters , usually sending greetings and family news, the majority in German. | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| CATHERINE DE MEDICIS (1519-1589), Queen of France . Letter signed to … | CATHERINE DE MEDICIS (1519-1589), Queen of France . Letter signed to the Sieur de Bordillon (Imbert de la Platière, the King's Lieutenant General in Piedmont), St Germain-en-Laye, 28 August 1561, 2 pages, folio , countersigned by de l'Aubespine, integral address leaf (2 small holes caused by erosion of ink touching later endorsements at head, seal slits and fragments of small wax seal on both leaves in inner margin, papered seal at outer edge); and: Charlotte de BEAUNE, Baronne de Sauves (b.1550, mistress of Henry IV). Document signed, 'Charlotte de Beaune', 6 October 1602, two countersignatures, ½ page, folio (fraying in outer edge). | £900–£1,200 | |
| CATHERINE THE GREAT (1729-1796), Empress of Russia . Letter signed ('… | CATHERINE THE GREAT (1729-1796), Empress of Russia . Letter signed ('Ekaterina') to Carl Ludwig zu Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg, Tsarskoe Selo, 15 August 1790, in Russian, counter-signed by Count Ivan Osterman, sending condolences on the death of his [younger] brother and remembering the pleasure of his company at St Petersburg, and sending greetings, one page, 4to . | £300–£400 | |
| CHODOWIECKI, Daniel (1726-1801). Autograph letter (unsigned), an inco… | CHODOWIECKI, Daniel (1726-1801). Autograph letter (unsigned), an incomplete draft, to an unidentified correspondent, n.p., n.d., a passionate letter to a prospective director of the Berlin Kunstakademie, warning him that he is unprepared for the job, 'Sie verstehen gar nichts von academischen Geschäften ... nun daß Sie Director der Acadmie sind musten sie bedenken daß man ein [?guter] Kunstler und zugleich ein schlechter Director sein kan[n]', and urging him to observe the statutes of the Academy, two pages, 195 x 85mm , on a strip of paper cut from an envelope, tipped on to an album leaf (ink somewhat faded, light spotting and soiling, and occasional wear with the loss of a few words). | £300–£500 | |
| FREDERICK II, King of Prussia (1712-1786). Autograph memorandum signe… | FREDERICK II, King of Prussia (1712-1786). Autograph memorandum signed and letter signed, the memorandum n.p., n.d. [February 1761], directing his Cabinet to send 'einen Brief am General Schenkendorf das ihm der Marsch von Siburg Comunitziret wirdt' [a letter to General Schenkendorf communicating to him Siburg's march], 3 lines on one leaf, 4to , later endorsements to recto and verso; the letter signed addressed to the government of East Fresia, Berlin, 10 February 1774, directing that Gretje Jansen and Gesche Marie Schönbaum be sentenced to four years' and two years' imprisonment respectively for theft, one page, 4to , integral address leaf. (2) | £500–£700 |