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Maître Jean-Paul RENOUD-GRAPPIN
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Ferdinand de RYE (1550–1636), Archbishop of Besançon.
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91
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Ferdinand de RYE (1550–1636), Archbishop of Besançon.
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
Ferdinand de RYE (1550–1636), Archbishop of Besançon. L.S., Vuillafans, 12 November 1607, to His Highness [Frederick I of WURTEMBERG, Count of MONTBÉLIARD]; 1 folio page (address cut out and pasted on).
He has heard what was reported to him by Hector Carray, ‘Counsellor and Vice-Chancellor to Your Highness […], and as this is a matter concerning my ecclesiastical domain, I shall bring it before my Council, and shall subsequently report back to Your Highness. I warmly thank Your Highness for the honour you have deigned to bestow upon me, and I shall assure him that, for my part, I shall spare no effort to reciprocate the goodwill and affection he has seen fit to show me through his own, and I shall make my desire to render him humble service known to him on every occasion’…
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About the sale
AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS – PENNED BY HISTORY’S GREAT FIGURES
Auction location
Auction time
09/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
Ref. : 226165 - 97
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