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French literature and history.
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- A collection of mid eighteenth-century manuscripts, including letter books
- ink on paper
Recueil de brevets et autre pieces sur la Calotte, a poetic encomium with a preface by N Baudin, the text beginning "Idée légére du redoutable Régiment de la Calotte", c.340 pages, 4to (c.22 x 16cms), painted coat of arms of the regiment, eighteenth-century calf, blind borders, spines gilt in compatrments, titles to spines--Dispaci Bovella nel Generalto Grimani in Dalmatia, [letter book for 1733-1735], c.160 pages, folio, contemporary boards, Zadar & Split, 1730s, together with 4 manuscript C18 French miscellanies, including "Ancien Memoire trouvé dans les papiers dele feu M. Hervart ...en 1650", collections of letters (by Fouquet, D'Auvray, L'abbé de Bois etc), military journals, chansons, poems and printed pamphlets, eighteenth--century French calf, spines gilt in compartments (lettered "Recueil de pieces fugitives" etc), 6 volumes in all.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."