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Auction: SW1006 - The Collector's Series, including important Chile and Portugal
Lot: 736

LOUIS XIII OF FRANCE (1601-1643), King of France and of Navarre. The Bourbon monarch, who established the French Academy, leaned to govern on his notorious Prime Minister Cardinal Richelieu; the reign was maked by the struggles against the Huguenots and Spain. Entire letter from Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 1st August 1624 addressed in French to the Italian Cardinal and stateman Guido Bentivoglio D´Aragona in Paris, with signature of the King "Louis". Arms wafer seal on reverse which is detached. The letter has been affected by fire on three sides, hardly detracting since a very small portion of the text is missing. Very rare and desirable.

Sold for
€650