QUINCÉ
(Joachim, Count of Quincé, also of the Holy Roman Empire, Governor of Guize and Domfront in SW Normandy)
Certificate of honourable service, in French with translation,
saying that "Henri Gilbert, Squire, Sieur de la Guzardière, and Jean Baptiste Gilbert, Squire, Sieur de la Jaminière, his son, have always served His Majesty well on all occasions ... particularly in this last [year] when there have been several troubles and seditions in this and other neighbouring viscounties, in which they have ... freely exposed their lives for ... the State under our leadership, in executing the orders which we have received from His said Majesty", (Louis XIII, d. 14th May 1643), fair copy, stamped at Rouen with royal arms for revenue of 2 deniers, with the original draft signed by the Count , the latter with contemporary annotation in French "Certificate of services rendered to the King by the father and by the son", together 2 sides folio in a cardboard folder, titled and stitched, of c.1800, no place, 1st March
Item Date:
1643
Stock No:
25661
£225
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QUINTRELL
(Mary, 1793-1868)
Elaborate Memorial Card
in black and white with raised trees surrounding a memorial with a church in the background and a woman kneeling at the graveside, 6" x 4½" in mount 8" x 6½", no place,
Item Date:
1868
Stock No:
39978
£45
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RAMILLON
(Robert, 1909-1964, French Professional Tennis Player in the 1930's)
Signature on an album leaf
next to a magazine photo showing him with a Trophy and a cup, 6" x 4", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1930
Stock No:
41328
£25
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RECEIPTS
Group of 9 receipts
for quarterly rents from Isaac Renshaw (sometimes Ranshaw), signed by Charles Wright or N.W. Wright, for £4 3s 6d then £5, 4s per quarter is also due for water but irregularly paid, revenue stamps, c. 3" x c. 7½", no place, 4th February 1812 - 8th February
Item Date:
1815
Stock No:
18839
£65
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RECIPE BOOK
Manuscript Recipes in French, with a few in English,
for a mouth-watering and very large range of patisseries, entremets fantaisis (fancy sweets), petits fours secs (macaroons, galettes, biscuits, etc.), soufflés, glaces, bombes, and fruit dishes, with a few special sauces, soups, and scones, mainly in one hand (possibly German or Russian), and, near the end, in a French hand, menus and wine lists from special occasions, in particular the 'Fêtes Franco-Espagnoles' (pp.66-71, 7 menus), 'Voyage du Président Loubet à Bordeaux en 1905' (p.73-74), and the 'Fêtes Franco-Anglaises' (p. 75), over 200 recipes not counting the many single-line descriptions of 'bombes', 76 sides 8½" x 6¾", n.p., c. 1905 -
unstitched and hard covers detached, apparently lacking two leaves, existing order not quite certain
Item Date:
1909
Stock No:
52676
£175
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