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OUEST ENCHERES PUBLIQUES NANTES & RENNES

2 - [Tutor to Louis XVI] Jean-Gilles De COËTLOSQUET (1700–1784) …
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Estimate €150 - €250
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[Tutor to Louis XVI] Jean-Gilles De COËTLOSQUET (1700–1784) *. Signed autograph letter (1 page) dated 21 April 1772 at Versailles; addressee unknown. Dimensions: 18.7 x 23 cm. Letter of intercession: ‘Allow me, Sir, to add my prayers to those of the Bishop of Limoges for the favour he is asking of you (…)’. Signed ‘+ the former Bishop of Limoges’. A fine specimen. A rare autograph; the Académie Française’s bibliography lists only a dozen such examples. An old note in pencil reads: ‘These letters are curious; it seems that the Bishop had only one standard formula for all his correspondence’. * Bishop of Limoges (from 1738 to 1758), tutor to Louis XVI; was elected to the Académie Française in 1761. Lot from a voluntary sale.
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About the sale Manuscripts, Philately and Bibliophilia
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Auction time 06/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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