French Royal botanical manuscript | Manuscript on vellum, presented to the comte de Chambord, 1853
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November 29, 03:25 PM GTNN
Estimate
700 - 1,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Botanical manuscript
Manuscript on vellum of Biblical text and prayers surrounded by floral garlands. France, 1853
Oblong 4to (198 x 255mm.), 61 leaves, watercolour, gouache and manuscript, contemporary velvet binding with central painted arms of Chambord, metal fittings, clasps and catches, fitted morocco case by Robson and Co.
A fine and decorative manuscript with floral motifs, made by the Carmelites of Le Mans, and presented to the comte de Chambord in 1853.
PROVENANCE:
Henri Dieudonné d’Artois, comte de Chambord (1820—1883); Maggs Bros (book label noting acquisition); noted in the Bakeham House library inventory, 1937
The comte de Chambord was the grandson of Charles X of France, and son of the assassinated duc and duchesse de Berry. After his grandfather's expulsion from France in 1830 he initially lived with his aunt Marie Therese, Duchesse d' Angoulême, the only surviving child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. They lived peripatetic lives, finally settling at Schloss Frohsdorf in Austria which she left him in her will. He died there in 1883, the last Bourbon of the main line. See also lot 334.
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