AN EXCHANGE IN THE DORDOGNE
PÉCANY
(Damoiselle Marthe de Alba, widow of Antoine de Courson, Sieur de Pécany near Bergerac)
Attractive copy Document, written and certified at the same time as the original
by notary Famouze of Pomport, 10 km SSW of Bergerac, in French with translation, granting to Pierre Aymeric of Pouzy in the parish of nearby Cunèges, Sieur de Fouroumane, "for their mutual convenience" one 'pongnee' (poignée, literally 'fistful') of land in Ratouble called La Cantaloube, on the main road from Pomport to Bergerac, in exchange for two poignées in Labenne within La Cantaloube, bounded by the Causse stream, each property lying within three sides of the other's, the Lady also declares that she gave Pierre's late father François "permission to make a ditch ... within ... La Cantaloube ... under a promise to grant her other land on the edge of the said ditch ... which he did not do", but as Fouroumane "has granted her a greater quantity of land the said Lady acquits and releases the said ditch ... and strip for him to enjoy as ... heretofore", with Famouze's signature and cipher of three 'F's, 2 sides 4to., title on conjugate leaf, Pomport, 31st October
Item Date:
1663
Stock No:
17999
£95
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PÉGON
(Jean, 1589 or 1590-1675, of Langeac, from 1649 General of the Carthusian Order)
Document signed and subscribed in his attractive hand,
in French with translation, to Joachim, Count of Quincé and of the Holy Roman Empire, Lieutenant General of the Camps and Armies of the King (Louis XIV) in Piedmont, granting in return for "the ancient affection that you have for our Order ... besides the share you have long had in all our exercises of devotion ... an anniversary ... in perpetuity ... on the day of your decease, for the repose of your soul", his name to be inscribed "in the Calendars of all our houses when God shall in turn call you to Himself", vellum, heading in red, gilt border, 6½" x 11¾", La Grande Chartreuse, Dauphiné (now in upper Isère), 22nd August
lacks seal
Item Date:
1654
Stock No:
18924
£265
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PEARCE THANKS HIS CORRESPONDENT FOR CONGRATULATIONS ON HIS POST AS MASTER OF CORPUS CHRISTI
PEARCE
(Rt. Rev. Edmund Courtenay, 1870-1935, Inaugural Bishop of Derby from 1927)
Autograph Letter Signed to Brindley
sending him “just a lie of thanks for you kind letter of congratulation..”, 1 side 8vo., Corpus Christi College, Cambridge headed paper, 29th September
Item Date:
1914
Stock No:
42032
£75
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PEERS' COATS OF ARMS
Printed Specimen Sheet of 24 Embossed Coats of Arms,
for writing-paper, including crests, supporters and mottoes, the colours represented by the traditional shading but each printed in a different or slightly different single colour, for 12 Dukes and 12 Marquesses, each neatly cut round and laid down separately, 2 sides 8vo., no place, no date, circa
last three letters of 'Townshend' missing in the name label, otherwise good
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
56016
£125
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FREE MASON'S BANQUET
PEN & BRUSH LODGE 2909
(W. Holmes Kingston, Worshipful Master)
Pictorial menu for his Installation Banquet,
with a mass of cartoon portraits by Oliver Paque, a vignette shows "the Secretary attending to the duties of the Lodge" by drawing lightning sketches of the members, while the artist finishes the official portrait of the immediate past master, all in a haze of smoke, 1 side card 11¼" x 15¼", Trocadero Restaurant, 20th January
Item Date:
1904
Stock No:
51786
£100
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