Louise-Marie-Thérèse-Bathilde d'Orléans, duchesse de Bourbon, princesse de CONDÉ (1750-1822) daughter of the duc d'Orléans, wife of Louis-Joseph de Bourbon prince de Condé, mother of the duc d'Enghien. 2 L.A., [Neuilly circa 1816-1820], to the comtesse de La Saumes, in Mantes; 2 pages in-8 each, addresses. Her house is small, and at the moment "the Puisegur family being there, I don't have a spare room", but she hopes to be able to receive her within a week and provide her with "a few days of relaxation [...] as pleasant as those at Rosny"... - Monsieur has just sent her 600 livres for the town of Mantes: "He has so much good to do of this kind that it is not surprising that he could not give more [...]. I spent 2 very sad days in St Denis, but the disposition of my heart being very similar, I was not upset. I went down to the vault and at the foot of the coffins of Louis 16 and the Queen I asked them earnestly to obtain from heaven that if I did not have the happiness of being on the road to salvation that he would make me return, desiring and seeking only the truth in everything"...
Estimate
€100 - €120
Result
€158
Buyer's premium
32%
Louise-Marie-Thérèse-Bathilde d'Orléans, duchesse de Bourbon, princesse de CONDÉ (1750-1822) daughter of the duc d'Orléans, wife of Louis-Joseph de Bourbon prince de Condé, mother of the duc d'Enghien. 2 L.A., [Neuilly circa 1816-1820], to the comtesse de La Saumes, in Mantes; 2 pages in-8 each, addresses.
Her house is small, and at the moment "the Puisegur family being there, I don't have a spare room", but she hopes to be able to receive her within a week and provide her with "a few days of relaxation [...] as pleasant as those at Rosny"... - Monsieur has just sent her 600 livres for the town of Mantes: "He has so much good to do of this kind that it is not surprising that he could not give more [...]. I spent 2 very sad days in St Denis, but the disposition of my heart being very similar, I was not upset. I went down to the vault and at the foot of the coffins of Louis 16 and the Queen I asked them earnestly to obtain from heaven that if I did not have the happiness of being on the road to salvation that he would make me return, desiring and seeking only the truth in everything"...
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