Price: $25,000 King Alphonso XI of Castile and Leon [1312-1350]. Royal Charter, one page, 32 by 23 1/2 inches, on vellum, Royal Chancery, Segovia, September 29, 1344. Written in Castilian vernacular with the royal names, the opening device and the King’s seal painted in red, green, blue and biege. Fine condition. An important and exceptionally … [ Read More ]
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Catherine the Great
Price: $6,500 Czarina of Russia. Document Signed, Yekaterina, one page, folio, October 11, 1762, Tsarskoe Selo. In Russian. From the Main court chancery, a release to the administrator Udalov of Tsarskoe Selo, of three thousand roubles for the digging of ponds, if the said revenues are not sufficient, then from the Total of the Main … [ Read More ]
Ferdinand I
Price: $12,500 King of Naples, gained complete supremacy over disputed throne in 1464; intrigued with Pope Sixtus IV against Lorenzo de’Medici; quelled a revolt of Neapolitan nobles in 1485; died on the eve of the French invasion of Charles VII in 1494. Document Signed, Rex Ferd, one page, folio, 15 1/4 by 17 1/4 inches], … [ Read More ]
Frederick II
Price: $1,250 Frederick II the Great; King of Prussia. Letter Signed, Frederic, one quarter page, quarto, Potsdam, February 24, 1749. With the integral blank leaf attached. In French. “The King having received the presentation of the [Berlin] bookseller Neaulme of the 18th of this month regarding a bill for books he purports to have delivered … [ Read More ]
George I
Price: $2,750 King of England Letter Signed, Georgius R, two pages, legal folio, Given at our Palace of St. James, February 16, 1721/22. In French and Latin, to Prince Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, March, Calabria and Bar, Marquis of Pont Mousson, Count of Vaudemont…, with the integral address leaf attached. Written by George I … [ Read More ]
George III
Price: $12,500 King of England. Letter Signed, three-quarters page, quarto, Queens House March 24, 1783. To My Lord. Fine condition. “As I shall be extremely glad to see You this morning as early as it may Suit You, I shall not detain You now by a long Epistle. After every sort of Chicanery from the … [ Read More ]
George III
Price: $7,500 King of England Document Signed, one page, oblong quarto, undated [between July and November 1791]. With two tax revenue stamps, in blind, in the left margin. The document, canceled with an “X,” is complete in its text and its thought (except for the last word) though the lower half of the folio sheet … [ Read More ]
Isabella I
Price: $9,500 Queen of Castile; joint sovereign with Ferdinand V; patron of Columbus. Document Signed, yo la Reyna, [I the Queen], one page, legal folio, May 17, 1501. The Queen orders her chamberlain, Sancho de Paredes, to pay the sum of 530 maravedis, or two florins, to a silversmith named Anton de Carrion for work … [ Read More ]
James IV
Price: $12,500 King of Scotland. Letter Signed James IV, one page, 11 by 13 3/4 inches, Edinburgh, June 14, 1494. To Pope Alexander VI. The King writes a letter of recommendation for his ambassador, William, Archbishop of St. Andrews, Primate of Scotland. Despite the rebellion of the Scottish nobility, the eleven-year old James IV succeeded … [ Read More ]
Joanna
Price: $15,000 La Loca. Queen Joanna of Castile; daughter of Ferdinand V and Isabella I. An official royal document, signed in the name of the Queen by the Councillors of Castile, one page folio, (15 by 12 inches), Granada, May 11, 1510. With a full impression of the Royal Great Seal, covered by a contemporary paper … [ Read More ]
Josephine
Price: $7,500 Empress of France; wife of Napoleon I. Letter Signed, Josephine, one half page, quarto, Malmaison, January 15, 1812. To Monsieur de Lescaille. “I am sending you the plan of a new road which I propose to construct, in order to create jobs for the people of Evreux. Please advise me of your opinion … [ Read More ]
Louis XVI
Price: $22,500 King of France; executed during the Revolution. Document Signed, Louis, at the conclusion, forty-three pages, large folio, Versailles, November 19, 1782. The document is a record of the activities of the Royal Treasury as reported to the Royal Council. Deposits representing tax payments from the various French towns and provinces are listed, with … [ Read More ]
Maria Theresa
Price: $4,750 Archduchess of Austria; Queen of Hungary and Bohemia; mother of Marie Antoinette. Partly printed Document Signed Maria Theresa, three pages, folio, [16 1/2 by 10 1/2 inches, May 22, 1770. To Adam Radlmacher, the official responsible for expenditure on roads and bridges, accepting his accounts for the military year 1769. “Received from the … [ Read More ]
Maria Theresa
Price: $4,750 Arch-Duchess of Austria; Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. Mother of Marie Antoinette. Document Signed Maria Theresa, one page, large folio, [17 1/2 by 21 3/4 inches], n.d. With the Queen’s large paper and wax seal. An ornate document commending Don Francesca de Magan “for his long-rendered service and steadiness and bravery in wartime,” … [ Read More ]
Marie Antoinette
Price: $25,000 Queen of France. Letter Signed, one page, quarto, Versailles, May 19, 1782. To “Monsieur, my brother, cousin and brother-in-law.” “The interest I take in the events which are agreeable to Your Majesty is too keen for you not to be convinced of the interest I took in the birth of the Princess, to … [ Read More ]
Medicis, Catherine de
Price: $4,750 Queen of France; wife of Henry II. Letter Signed, one page, legal folio, Fontainbleau, March 30, 1560. In German. To her cousin. The Queen says she has had to neglect her cousin’s affairs, but that he should realize that both she and the King value him as an ally. Her representative, Herr von … [ Read More ]
Peter I
Price: $27,500 “…WE SAW WITH SPECIAL SATISFACTION…OUR ILLUSTRIOUS BROTHER…WAS DELIVERED OF A CHILD” Peter the Great. Russian Czar. Letter Signed, Pyotr, one page, legal folio, Astrachan, October 2, 1722. In Russian. To the Illustrious Sovereign King / Dearest Brother, Cousin, and Friend. “From the letter of Your Royal Majesty, which you sent Us so kindly … [ Read More ]
Stuart, James
Price: $2,750 The Old Pretender to the English throne; son of James II; proclaimed by supporters to be King James III of England and King James VII of Scotland. Autograph Letter Signed, James R, one page, octavo, Rome, August 15, 1732. Normal aging; fine condition. “I desire the father Rector of this English College may … [ Read More ]
Victoria, Queen
Price: $6,500 Signed Books. “Life of the Prince Consort”. Set of five volumes. Signed by Queen Victoria in volume I and in volume III. Inscribed in volume I on a front blank page, “To The Hon: Mary Pitt from VR & I Windsor Castle Jan.17, 1877”. Inscribed in volume III on a front blank page, … [ Read More ]