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Maître Jean-Paul RENOUD-GRAPPIN

63 - Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de MAINTENON (1635–1719).
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,200
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Description
Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de MAINTENON (1635–1719). Autograph letter (initialled), [1701]; 1 page, quarto (left-hand corner slightly torn, with a few letters missing). Rules for the conduct of her correspondent at Saint-Cyr. ‘Your good will, your talents and your zeal will be of no use [if] you do not exercise restraint. It will be impossible to live with you. Gradually remedy the abuses of the classes; do not blame the past; speak less and consider carefully what is happening in order to correct it gently. Do not consult me so often, nor hope to reform your class in a short space of time. But above all, ask God for peace and silence; treat your sisters with consideration, not so much out of indulgence as out of a desire not to upset them.” Formerly in the Marcel Plantevignes collection.
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About the sale AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS – PENNED BY HISTORY’S GREAT FIGURES
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Auction time 09/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
Ref. : 226165 - 116
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