MARET (Bernard-Hugues, duc de BASSANO) Dijon 1763 - Paris 18 - Lot 433

MARET (Bernard-Hugues, duc de BASSANO) Dijon 1763 - Paris 1839 - Minister of Foreign Affairs under NAPOLÉON - retired from politics from 1820 to 1830 - Letter A.S. - Paris, May 25, 1823 - 2pp in-4°: "I have received the note attached to the reply which Your Serene Highness has been kind enough to send me... The only question... is this: when a delay of several months is in no way in your interest and is indispensable to me for the care which my health imperatively requires, could it be refused? The only question... is this: when a delay of a few months in no way affects your interests, and is indispensable to me for the care my health so imperiously requires, could it be refused? I didn't think so..."