MARIE-THÉRÈSE de BOURBON (1772-1807) Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, wife of Francis I of Austria, mother of Empress Marie-Louise. 2L.A.S., Luxembourg July 12 and October 3, 1806, to her mother Marie-Caroline, Queen of Naples; 2pages in-4 each; in French. July 12. She hopes that her letters will reach her mother by a new route, by forwarding them to "our Governor of Trieste", who addresses them to Count Alphonse de Ludevere: "a just distrust that I confess to have apresent of men, obliges me forgive him to dare to ask you if I can trust this person". She thanks her "for the superb Chinese ink which gave me great pleasure, being very necessary to me"... October 3rd. She awaits news from him, and worries: "the idea of having a reproach that through my fault something has happened contrary or harmful to my dear husband, to his People makes me overcome everything". She awaits her husband's return from his trip to Lintz, and prepares a feast for him: "My children have prepared their works, and in the evening there will be a show, an opera soaked in ballets, half-serious, half-buffoon [...] Then there will be a wooden house in the garden, all made of wood to build yourself, which will amuse my dear husband"...