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Victor de Riquetti, Marquis de MIRABEAU (1715–1789).
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Victor de Riquetti, Marquis de MIRABEAU (1715–1789).
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €700
Voluntary lot
Description
Victor de Riquetti, Marquis de MIRABEAU (1715–1789). Autograph letter signed ‘M.’, Paris, 31 July 1759; 1¼ pages, small quarto.
He warns his correspondent of the machinations of an intriguer, ‘who one moment dredges up a family tree, then uses his wife’s illness as an excuse, has been a Jesuit […] moreover, he is strongly backed by the bishop, with whom he has been at loggerheads, but the latter is a true Perigourdin in the full sense of the word […] You would not expect, in a century of intrigue, to find any extortioner who is not at the same time a great schemer and strongly supported’...
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About the sale
Letters and Autograph Manuscripts – Part I
Auction location
Auction time
10/13/2026 at 2:00 PM
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