BRAGANÇA
(Dom Miguel, 1853-1927, Miguelite pretender, eldest son of Miguel I, 1802-1866, King of Portugal 1828-1834, Duke of)
Autograph Letter Signed in English to the travel writer V.C. Scott O'Connor,
1869-1945, saying he has read "of the bomb outrage and am thinking, that you must have been present too. Civilisation seems to be spreading !" he hopes "the Vice Roy will soon recover completely; but what a shock ... for poor Lady Hardinge!", at the end of October he was in the 'Luftbad' ['Air-bath'] for over an hour with about 40 degrees Farenheit and under, without feeling cold, the previous January to May they were at St. Jean de Luz with "our collection of little girls", the Duchess had typhoid for ten weeks in the summer but is recovered completely, "perhaps I shall go, for a few weeks hunting, to England later on", 4 sides 8vo., original envelope addressed to Calcutta and forwarded to Delhi, Seebenstein, Lower Austria, 29th December
Item Date:
1912
Stock No:
51530
£125
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BRISTOL
(Frederick William Hervey, 1800-1864, Treasurer of the Household, 1841-1846, from 1858 President of the Camden Society, 2nd Marquess)
AN in the third person on his engraved card to Dr George Phillips,
1804-1892, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, accepting for dinner on 9th June (after the conferring of honorary degrees, including his own), with autograph envelope front, postmarked London S.W., 23rd May
Item Date:
1862
Stock No:
50051
£25
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[BRISTOL
(Theodora, Marchioness, wife of Frederick William Fane, 4th Marquis)]
Large unsigned photo showing her in her Coronation Robes
at the Coronation of George V, 15" x 11", no place,
Item Date:
1911
Stock No:
23942
£75
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BROGLIE
(Princess Estelle, b. circa 1881, née Alexander, American-born 2nd wife, 1906, of Prince Robert, 1880-1956, son of Count Amédée de Broglie, 1849-1917)
Portrait Postcard Photograph published by J. Löwy, Vienna, signed
in her large bold hand across the corner of the image, showing her full length, three quarter face, her left hand holding the edge of a cloak, magnificently embroidered to match the skirt of her wasp-waisted dress, and with an ostrich feather in her hair, titled below in French, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1906
Stock No:
55459
£175
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BROVAL
(M. de, Secretary to the Duke of Orléans, later Louis Philippe I))
Autograph Letter Signed to J. Foster, in English,
enclosing the answer [not present] of "Madame la Comtesse de Genlis ... Mr Foster will see ... that she will receive most willingly Miss Croker and [Mr Croker] any day, Sundays excepted, from 8 to 9 o'clock in the evening", adding that it appears "Mr. Horace Vernet ... is not in Paris at present", 1 side 4to., Palais Royal, 19th October no year but
Item Date:
1819
Stock No:
50196
£75
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