MAINTENON Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de... - Lot 140 - Varenne Enchères

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MAINTENON Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de... - Lot 140 - Varenne Enchères
MAINTENON Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de [Niort, 1635 - Saint-Cyr, 1719], morganatic wife of Louis XIV, founder of the house of Saint-Cyr for young girls. Set of 7 autograph letters signed with her name or with an initials : - Autograph letter, signed with an initials, addressed to the marquis de Villette. Versailles January 30 [1683]; 3 pages in-4°, address, hole due to opening of letter, transcript attached. "The good I do to your children does not concole me of that which I do not do to you; I work to make them honest people, without hope of ever enjoying their merit, and yours, which is of about the same date as mine, would be more suitable for me... - Autograph letter signed, addressed to M. Amelot. St Cyr November 28; 2 1/2 pages in-4°, address. "As soon as you left my room, Sir, I wrote to half of the person who could not give you an audience to ask her to come to my house and bring her husband, he was going hunting and the lady came alone. I told him that you had seen me in the morning"... - Autograph letter, addressed to the count of Jussac. Marly, September 20 [1686]; 1 page in-4°, address and transcript attached. "The pain of M. de Montespan will not prevent him from leading you besides the fact that it is not for me to do it, I cannot do it now and all I can say to you is that I do not believe that it is necessary to change anything in your manners as long as you are in the same places as the Prince "... - Autograph letter, signed with an initials, addressed to M. de Jussac. August 8, 1689; 3 pages in-4°, address. "It is true that I was a little worried about the Prince's walk and I would have been much more worried if the Queen had not assured me that the risk was not very great. I am delighted by the love he shows me but I fear that the more he makes himself esteemed, the more my tenderness for him increases... - Autograph letter signed, addressed to the Marquise de Querjan. October 31 [ca. 1704]; 1 page in-4°, address. "I thank you very humbly for your news Madame and you will please me to write to you if you can without inconvenience. But I beg you to think only of telling me the truth, no matter how unpleasant the things we would say might be, and to teach me your language as well"... - Autograph letter, signed with an initials, addressed to Mme du Perron. July 23 [1712]; 1 1/2 page in-8°, address. Letter written on the eve of the battle of Denain: "I am envious of those who are bored [...] I do not know if we will have a battle but the taking of Landrecy will bring us many afflictions"... - Autograph letter signed, addressed to the marquise de Dangeau. June 2, 1716; 3 pages in-4°, address, lack of paper outside the text and cracks. This letter must have been written from St Cyr where Mme de Maintenon had retired. Letter filled with melancholy.
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