Lot n° 186
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SÉVIGNÉ (Marie de Rabutin, marquise de) (1626-1696). - Lot 186
SÉVIGNÉ (Marie de Rabutin, marquise de) (1626-1696).
2 documents.
- Autograph letter (to the president of Moulceau), Paris 26 no (1681), 4 p. in-4° and fragment of an autograph letter to Madame de Grignan, Bourbon, September 27 (1687), 2 p. ½ in-4°.
Rare and long letter from the Marquise de Sévigné: "I do not believe, monsieur, that there was anything else to do when one buys a load than to seek money, but I see that there is still the way to give it and to receive it, you will be well tost out of these embaras, with the envy that you have to contribute always to all that can give you rest, my god that this goust is reasonable and worthy of you.... when this princess will talk to you about moy repondes although we can't be any more complete than I am, you have a sister of Me de la Roche who is kind ... Jay made compliments for you to the Chevalier de Grignan, he received them admirably well, he told the prince of the silence and discretion of your departure, nothing is lacking to the feelings and zeal of this man who takes your interests, but when you are tied up on the left you cannot answer for anything, what you mandate me the other day of a certain speech that he made to a certain man makes me exhort you still to preserve in you the noble tranquility that I have always wanted you to have on the success of this affair. We only returned yesterday from Livry the beauty of the time, and the health of my daughter who is quasy restored to it makes us remain there by reconsideration....I could not make our mother stay there for more than twelve days...I beg you to ask us as Mr. de
Vardes will be found from this troop of boemes, I do not think I can understand this vision, we will have a hundred things to tell you about the son-in-law...it seemed to us the other day that if Homer was known, he had made his Achilles' heel well; for the anger.... "
Letter n°812 bis published Lettres de Madame de Sévigné, de sa famille et de ses amis, tome 7;
- Fragment of an interesting autograph letter from the
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