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[MANUSCRIT XVIIth - MAZARIN]. Despeches de monseigneur le ca…
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[MANUSCRIT XVIIth - MAZARIN]. Despeches de monseigneur le ca…
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Estimate €500 - €700
Voluntary lot
Description
[MANUSCRIT XVIIth - MAZARIN]. Despeches de monseigneur le cardinal à Monsieur le Tellier depuis le 2 juillet 1659 jour du départ de Son Eminence et de la Cour pour la négociation de la paix avec l'Espagne jusqu'au 16 septembre ensuivant.
Important manuscript containing copies of letters written by Cardinal Mazarin during the negotiation of the Treaty of the Pyrenees.
In-folio, contemporary vellum, smooth spine with handwritten title page, red speckled edges.
1066 handwritten pages on 541 leaves.
Vellum browned, corners rubbed and tail cap off, small common brown spots. Some later annotations in margins. Bookseller's vignettes on the flyleaf.
In beautiful anonymous 17th-century calligraphy, this manuscript is a copy of the many dispatches sent by Mazarin during his stay in the Basque country to negotiate the Treaty of the Pyrenees, which led to peace between France and Spain and the marriage of Louis XIV to the Infanta of Spain. The set runs from 2 July, the day of his departure for the south, to 12 November 1659, compiling letters addressed to the ministers Le Tellier and de Lionne as well as to the Queen.
A fine work from the Phillipps collection (ms. 8243) in a period binding.
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About the sale
Prestige sale - Antiquarian and collectible books
Auction location
Auction time
06/15/2026 at 2:00 PM
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