SAVOIE. CHARLES-EMMANUEL IV DE SAVOIE (1751-1819) King of Sardinia, he married Marie-Clotilde of France. Letter dictated to his first squire La Marmora, Jesuit Novitiate in Rome July 13, 1816, to a marquis; 1page in4. A moving letter from the blind ex-King. He has had part of a book sent by his correspondent read to him. "As for me, I can neither read nor write, having been totally blind for the past two years; God be praised for everything, and I assure you that you will still find me my old gaiety. Last year I died, which left me with a thousand infirmities, but to have none, one would have had to die young"... [Charles-Emmanuel IV had abdicated in 1802 in favor of his brother, the Duke of Aosta, king under the name of Victor-Emmanuel I]. Enclosed is a poster, Loi portant ratification du traité d'alliance conclu entre la République française et le roi de Sardaigne, 4 brumaire VI (25 octobre 1797), impr. à Mons.