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Autograph letters, signed, and a draft, by a leading French Republican naval officer

TRUGUET, Comte Laurent Jean François. [Autograph letters, signed, to several recipients, mostly military colleagues and government officials].
Paris, 1815-1839. 8vo (mostly ca. 19 x 13 cm). 10 signed autograph letters in French, plus a draft for another, written in ink on laid and wove paper, 3 with their red wax seals or parts of seals (2 more with traces of former seals), and 6 with recipients' addresses. [24] ll. incl. 2 blanks. Full description
€ 6,500
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Two very interesting letters on the salamander and other subjects
to Hermann Schlegel of the Rijksmuseum of Natural History at Leiden

VERSTER VAN WULVERHORST, Abraham Hendrik. Two signed autograph letters to Hermann Schlegel.
Noordwijk, 10 March and 9 October 1834. Folio (23 x 38.5 cm & 26 x 44 cm). 2 autograph letters, each written on a single leaf and folded for posting with the address and remnants of a seal. [2] ll. Full description
€ 1,500
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Notes by and letters to a pioneering Dutch genealogist concerning his own ancestry

VORSTERMAN VAN OYEN, Abraham Antonie. Geslacht Vorsterman. Hiertoe behooren Willem en Lucas Vorsterman.
Amsterdam, The Hague, Brussels, Vienna and other places, 1880s and 1890s. Numerous contemporary notes and letters, several with envelopes.
With:
(2) [HUNTING]. Extract uit de resolution van de heeren Staaten van Holland en Westvriesland, genomen in haar edele groot mog. Vergadering op dingsdag den 8 septermber 1778.
[The Hague,] 1778.
(3) [HUNTING]. Extract uit de resolution van de heeren Staaten van Holland en Westvriesland, genomen in haar edele groot mog. Vergadering op dingsdag den 18 april 1780.
[The Hague,] 1780. Preserved in a contemporary portfolio, probably re-used multiple times by the compiler. Full description
€ 1,500
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Letter by the French minister of War to the favourite son of Louis XIV

[LETTER]. VOYSIN, Daniel. [Signed letter to Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine].
Versailles, 27 April 1710. Half sheet (32 x 21 cm). French letter in dark brown ink on laid paper in a legible hand, written on both sides, with a small part of the letter ending on the back, followed by the address and the Voysin's signature; the latter in black ink. [2] pp. Full description
€ 500
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Sailing orders in the aftermath of the Battle of Beachy Head

WICHERS, Wicher. [Manuscript letter to Hans Hartwich, Capiteyn op s'landts oorlogschip Harderwijk].
The Hague, 29 July 1690. Small folio (31 x 20.5 cm). Manuscript letter in in 7 lines on one page, with the signatures of Wicher Wichers and François Fagel, followed by two blank pages, and the name of the addressee in manuscript on the fourth page with a seal. [1], [2 blank], [1] pp. Full description
€ 575
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