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François duc de LA ROCHEFOUCAULD - Autograph letter signed by the father of maxims

Autograph letter signed to Frédéric-Maurice de la Tour d'Auvergne Duke of Bouillon. March 13 (1650); 1 page in-4°. Address on the back with remains of black wax stamp on the arms.
The moralist sends a messenger during the Fronde: "Since the gentleman I sent you there two days ago, Jay believed you still have to despatch the one to whom I very humbly beg you to have the same confidence as the other…".

Mazarin bails out the coffers of the state by selling property and above all by increasing the tax burden against parliamentarians and the Parisian bourgeoisie. The parliamentarians revolt, Anne of Austria, Louis XIV and Mazarin are forced to leave Paris. The Prince of Condé, ambitious, finds a temporary agreement. The slingers led by the Condés engage in hostilities against Mazarin. On the night of February 9 to 10, 1651 the rebels invaded the Palais-Royale, this event had a lasting effect on the young Louis XIV who would install the monarchy in Versailles, far from the Parisian people. October 21, 1652 marks the triumphant return of Louis XIV to Paris, Parisians are tired of the civil war and want a stable regime. The kingdom is bloodless.

La Rochefoucauld's autograph letters are extremely rare.
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