Category: 17th Century Manuscript

1694 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER OUTLINING THE MALADIES OF THE ARMY OF KING LOUIS XIV FROM THE SOON TO BE FAMOUS HERO OF THE SIEGE OF ENTREVAUX

Price: $1,195.99

Publisher: ENTREVAUX FRANCE, : 1694

Seller ID: 0001096

Condition: Very Good

On offer is a superb manuscript letter dated 29th of September Entrevaux handwritten by the noted Captain de la Contardiere interesting letter on a variety of military subjects: the King's ordnances being stolen, a Council of War, a large number of maladies besetting the King's army, issues with a particular Lieutenant Colonel in the Regiment etc. De la Contardiere is famous for his defense of Entrevaux in 1704. The historical background is fascinating: King Louis XIV of France having accepted the throne of Spain for his grandson, Philippe of Anjou, found himself in war against Austria, Engla...
View More...

1656 ANCIENT HAND WRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT WITH FIVE (5) BOLD SIGNATURES MOST NOTABLY THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH OF MAGNY

By: CURE FRANCOISE ADAM et al

Price: $585.99

Publisher: NEVERS FRANCE, : 1656

Seller ID: 00JT33NEW

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Very Good

On offer is an original handwritten ancient document signed by five individuals most notably Monsieur le curé François Adam, curé de l'église de Magny", or "Mr François Adam, pastor of the church of Magny'. The document concerns among other things, the payment of a number of Masses to be said and specifies Nevers and Roux. VG.
View More...

1681 HANDWRITTEN MULTIPLE AUTOGRAPH DETAILED FINANCIAL DOCUMENT SUPERB ILLUSTRATED 'PETIT PAPIER' REVENUE STAMP

By: DELONGCHAMPS et al

Price: $249.99

Publisher: France, : 1681

Seller ID: 00JT32

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Good

Dated January 3rd, 1681, ancient document with a number of signatures though Delongchamps is the only dechiperable, relating to the revenues of the Generalite d'Alecon. Very fine illustrated revenue. Slightly fragile and some chips and small tears
View More...

1662 HANDWRITTEN MULTIPLE SIGNATURE MARRIAGE CONTRACT AND FAMILIAL BONDING IN MEDIEVAL FRANCE - WOMAN TAKEN AS CHATTEL?

By: FAUBIER ??

Price: $425.99

Publisher: France, : 1662

Seller ID: 00JT22

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Good

A small inscription on this eight [8] page skin parchment states that on June 16th 1662, this document acts as a contract, division of wealth and an act of recognizance that validates the marriage of George deMadeline and Jeanne Duportail. The document is bound by thread. The document is signed by witnesses and a functionary (Faubier ??). Though a short document this apparently binds the relationship of the two families and the tone appears that the woman appears to be as if chattel.
View More...

c1600s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LATIN BOOK: LOGICA METAPHISICA et THEOLOGIA NATURALIA ex libris CHATEAU DE POINTIS

By: GERALDI CAUAILBER

Price: $4,355.99

Publisher: : 1699

Seller ID: 0001461

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good

On offer is a superb 17th Century handwritten Latin manuscript book: "Logica Metaphisica et Theologia Naturalia" ex libris "Chateau de Pointis". In three parts: 1) Ad Universam Philosophiam; 2) Philosophia Trancendantalis Seu Metaphisica; 3) Theologia Naturalis. Stunning, though flawed spine missing 3 inches of the leather gilt ornamented cap, severe rubbing to the edges, is illustrated with several flourishes in the 396 hand numbered pages, including 7 pages of manuscript index, 7 full page engraved [by Du Bois and C. Galle] plates. The work of an unnamed scrivener, nice calli...
View More...

1666 PRINTED 'FACTUM' TRIAL DOCUMENT SUMMARIZING FINDINGS OF AN EXPERT IN HANDWRITING REGARDING THE WILLS AND LAST TESTAMENTS OF FRANCOIS GIBERT, A HERO OF THE BATTLES BETWEEN THE DUTCH AND THE ENGLISH IN JUNE OF 1666

By: LIEUTENANT PARTICULIER, RAPPORTEUR

Price: $445.99

Publisher: France, : 1666

Seller ID: 00JT29A

Condition: Very Good+

Lieutenant Particulier relates in this printed 'Factum' the legal dealings of a trial contesting the validity of the last wills and testaments of Francois Gibert who died a hero of the battles between the Dutch and English in June of 1666. A handwriting expert, Louis Auuynet, states that one will is a forgery and the other legitimate. autograph at the top by Auuynet of Courval with what appears to be a file number. VG+.
View More...

1662 ANCIENT HAND WRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT WITH SEVEN (7) BOLD SIGNATURES

By: MASTER DUPLESSIS, MASTER DELAURIER

Price: $389.99

Publisher: France, None : 1662

Seller ID: 00JT96

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Very Good

Beautifully penned, one page, both sides written upon, boldly signed legal/financial document referencing legal obligations and monies owed and required by the signatory parties. Additional signatures require further research.
View More...

1669 LOUIS XIV PARDONS AND PROVIDES ABSOLUTION TO CRIMINALS SENTENCED TO DEATH

By: Monsieur Herve, Rapporteur

Price: $765.99

Publisher: France, : 1669

Seller ID: 00TP29B

Condition: Good

On offer is a very interesting 4 page printed proclamation cancelling the death sentence of 2 criminals. The text goes to great lengths to explain the Sun King's absolution of the affair. Some signs of yellowing but some loss to the bottom left corner with some loss of words but not many. G.
View More...

1682 UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON PAMPHLET CONFIRMING PRIVILEGES AND THE ARRESTS OF MANY NOTABLES

By: PECQUOT, UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON

Price: $399.99

Publisher: France, : 1682

Seller ID: 0JT99A

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Fair

Some staining and damage to the lower edge, loss of perhaps twenty words this ancient document, "CONFIRMATION DES PRIVILEGES POUR L'UNIVERSITE D'AVIGNON, 1649", THIS EDITION 1682. The document starts with an 'oath' that dates back to the 14th Century attesting to the nature and responsibilities of the University. This document also lists the arrests of Jean Baptiste de Tonduty, Seigneur de Blauvac and several other prominent persons including doctors also citing counties and registrars of the Government responsible for this matter. Interestingly enough there is a hotel named for Baptis...
View More...

1671 TWO HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS FROM THE BARONNIE DE DIGIONE WITH VERY FINE REVENUE

By: THE BARONNIE DE DIGOINE

Price: $349.99

Publisher: France, : 1671

Seller ID: 00JT29

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Good+

Referred to as Folio 36 this ancient document details all the names owing seigniorial dues owed to the Baronnie of Digione in 1671. It is stamped in Dijon and both have a notation requiring copies to Antoine also known as Canault au Choumoy.; 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, FRANCE, SEIGNIORIAL, DIJON, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, DIARIES, JOURNALS, LOGS, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL DIARY, JOURNAL, LOG; Signed by Autograph
View More...

1603 HANDWRITTEN LEGAL JUDGEMENT AFTER 26 YEARS OF PROCEEDINGS: POSSIBLE ESTABLISHMENT OF NOBLE LINE AND ESTATE

By: THREE MEMBER JUDICIAL COUNCIL

Price: $495.99

Publisher: Paris, France, : 1603

Seller ID: 00JT20N

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Good

On offer is an ancient, very interesting, medieval French document that ends a 26 year long legal battle. Deliberated in Paris in 1603 the document ends with three affixed signatures of the members of a council formed in June of 1577. The document states the problems between various individuals and the resultant end with the status of revenues and properties. This document is written in middle-French that lists names of various noble families. Much is left unsaid but given the use of the language and mention of nobility this may possibility be an establishment of estates or other revenues. Cer...
View More...

1665 ANCIENT HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT REGARDING ANDORRA

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $1,245.99

Publisher: EUROPE ANDORRA [ANDORRE], : 1665

Seller ID: 00JT36b

Condition: Very Good+

On offer is a superb, ancient handwritten document with beautiful calligraphy. Casual reading finds reference to the ancient principality of Andorra but given the incredible history of Andorra this document requires further research. Three signatures include Brousse, the other two illegible. The document has a few slight faults along the old fold lines and a few words have been crossed out. Overall G. ; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; ANDORRE, ANDORRA, CALLIGRAPHY, SPAIN, FRANCE, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUS...
View More...

c. 17th CENTURY HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL LATIN PHILOSOPHY MANUSCRIPT: LOGICA - SYNTAGMA PHILOSOPHICUM & TRACTATUS SECUNDUS DE UNIVERSALIBUS

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $6,585.99

Seller ID: 000827

Binding: Original Vellum

Condition: Good+

On offer is a superb, original handwritten c. 17th century Latin manuscript book titled "LOGICA". This 340 pp handwritten manuscript is in two [2] sections "SYNTAGMA PHILOSOPHICUM", consists of 80 pp followed by a blank page, then "TRACTATUS SECUNDUS DE UNIVERSALIBUS" being 260 handwritten pages. Research suggests this book was a commission to a scribe of o no small talents copying the famed philosophical work by Pierre Gassendi, [1592-1655] of the same title SYNTAGMA PHILOSOPHICUM which was posthumously published in 1658. Alternatively there is also a 14th century work...
View More...

1668 HANDWRITTEN SIGNED PARCHMENT LEGAL/FINANCIAL DOCUMENT BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN DURING THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV

By: UNIDENTIFIED SIGNATURE

Price: $169.99

Publisher: France, : 1668

Seller ID: 00JT97

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Very Good

Beautifully penned, one small page, parchment (skin), boldly signed but hard to make out, legal/financial document referencing legal obligations and monies owed. Signatures require further research.
View More...

Image for 1685 ORIGINAL ANCIENT ENGLISH ROYAL WARRANT HANDWRITTEN A MERE FOUR DAYS AFTER THE DEATH OF CHARLES II AND IN THE NAME OF THE NEW KING JAMES II GIFTS AND LARGESSE ARE SHOWERED ON HIS FAMILY AND RETAINERS

1685 ORIGINAL ANCIENT ENGLISH ROYAL WARRANT HANDWRITTEN A MERE FOUR DAYS AFTER THE DEATH OF CHARLES II AND IN THE NAME OF THE NEW KING JAMES II GIFTS AND LARGESSE ARE SHOWERED ON HIS FAMILY AND RETAINERS

By: UNIDENTIFIED.

Price: $8,455.99

Publisher: England, : 1685

Seller ID: 0002369

Condition: Fair

On offer is an original, fascinating though flawed historically significant ancient 1685 manuscript. Dated and signed February 10th 1685 handwritten a mere four days after the death of Charles II, referencing the new king James II two months prior to his coronation at Westminster Abbey by and for the British Royal Postal Service being a Royal warrant and division of financial profits of the British post office to Prince George among other notables. The 44 page document begins: Our Will And Pleasure Is That You Prepare A Bill For Our Royall Signature To Pass Our Great Seale Of England in the wo...
View More...

1606 SUPERB DOCUMENT WITH GOTHIC CALLIGRAPHY HANDWRITTEN DURING THE REIGN OF HENRI IV REGARDING ARMENIANS POPULATION OF EUROPE NOTABLY THE FAMED SEYNE [SEINE] FAMILY

By: UNKNOWN

Price: $1,585.99

Publisher: Europe, : 1606

Seller ID: 00JT25

Condition: Good+

On offer is a superb two-page on four leaves ancient gothic document. Cursory research finds that this 1606 document written during the reign of Henri IV specifically refers to the Armenian population of Europe and makes mention of the famed Seyne [sometimes Seine] family of Armenians and the town named after them. Very rare as such. A photocopy of notes regarding the document in French accompany the original.
View More...

1647 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY FRAGMENT TRANSCRIBED c1680s DESCRIBING THE MEANS AND METHODS OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS THEY OBSERVE

By: UNKNOWN.

Price: $3,455.99

Publisher: THE NEW WORLD MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY [?], : 1680

Seller ID: 0002211

Condition: Good+

On offer is a fascinating, original, very early manuscript relic of America's early settlers and their observations of the New World being a later 17th Century diary fragment relating to indigenous American Indians that the early settlers were introduced to. The extraordinary, lengthy 7.25 x 9.5 inch clipping is backed by an additional thin layer of paper mounted onto a larger, almost 9" x 12" sheet of modern paper is dated 1647 and provides a fascinating glimpse at Pilgrim observations of the native population in the rugged New World (likely the Massachusetts Bay Colony). The early m...
View More...

1650s ORIGINAL MASSIVE MANUSCRIPT EFFORT DETAILING THE REIGN OF LOUIS THE XIII AND HIS LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR DOMINATION OF FRANCE UNDER HIS SON LOUIS THE XIV

By: UNKNOWN.

Price: $8,855.99

Publisher: Paris FRANCE, : 1650

Seller ID: 0002034

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

On offer is a simply superb, ancient, mid 17th Century manuscript book titled "Suitte du memorial on recueil de l'histoire de France, Louis treizeime", an epic 750+ page handwritten history of the reign of Louis XIII from the condemnation of his father's assassination in 1610 to his own death in 1643. The work, written in what is likely a 16th Century French monastic or ecclesiastical style hand, was created after the death of Louis XIII and in its writing shows the foundations laid for a clear path to domination of France by Louis XIV. The book appears to be an unpublished final manu...
View More...

$0.00 (0 Items)

Category: 17th Century Manuscript