Béatrix de CHOISEUL-STAINVILLE, Duchesse de GRAMONT (Lunévil - Lot 149

Béatrix de CHOISEUL-STAINVILLE, Duchesse de GRAMONT (Lunéville/ Meurthe-et-Moselle 1729- Guillotiné à Paris en 1794) Aristocrat, Salonnière and Bibliophile - Letter signed "CHOISEUL Duchesse de GRAMONT." written from the Château de CHANTELOUP (Indre-et-Loire) on January 18, 1774, to Mr de Bazignan. 1 page in-4°. She replies to his New Year's greetings. "I am no longer in a position to contribute to the advancement of Mr your son. I did for him what may have depended on me, when my brother had the Department of War (His brother Le Duc de CHOISEUL was dismissed and exiled by the King on December 24, 1770), and it is to the one today that you must address yourself..." 1 page (20 x 15.5 cm)