Étienne-François, duc de CHOISEUL (1719-1785) minister of foreign affairs. L.A.S. to Louis XV, with autograph notes from LOUIS XV, and L.A.; 1 page in-4 each. Choiseul addressed to the King a model letter for the King of Denmark: "Monsieur mon frère, avant que de connaître V. Mté I wished to show her the respect and the attention which are due to her rank [...] I wish very sincerely that V. Mté remembers the pleasure I had to make acquaintance with her, of the interest that I will never cease to take in what is pleasant or glorious to her ". In his letter of sending Choiseul writes: "it would be necessary to indicate me the direction which would be pleasant, I admit to V M that I regarded this letter as rather indifferent but I will put there more unction and more extent if V. M. orders it"... LOUIS XV annotates the letter with his hand: "I do not reply that I have not changed a few words in your letter because of the difficulty I had in reading it. Mesdames have found it better and shorter". An old copy of these two pieces is attached.