FRENCH ROYALTY: Small selection of three A.Ls.S. and one L.S. by various French princes and dukes etc., comprising ...

FRENCH ROYALTY: Small selection of three A.Ls.S. and one L.S. by various French princes and dukes etc., comprising Louis Henri Joseph de Bourbon (1756-1830) Prince of Conde 1818-30, brother-in-law of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orleans. L.S., L H J de Bourbon, one page, 4to, Chantilly, 20th January 1828, to a lady, in French. The Prince thanks his correspondent for her New Year wishes and remarks 'I accept them with pleasure and gratitude, and I beg you, Madam, to accept my devoted affection'. With blank integral leaf; Charles de Morny (1811-1865) Duke of Morny. French Statesman, the extra marital son of Hortense de Beauharnais, thereby making him the half-brother of Emperor Napoleon III. A.L.S., Morny, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. ('Samedi'), to a lady, in French. Morny invites his correspondent to dinner that evening, adding 'and then we will go to the Opera Comique to hear the rehearsal of the Opera d'Arles….will you please arrive at 6.30 as the rehearsal starts at 7' and asking her to 'RSVP'; Prince Henri (1820-1883) Count of Chambord, disputedly the King of France from 2nd - 9th August 1830 as Henry V (although never officially proclaimed as such). Legitimist Pretender to the throne of France 1844-83. A.L.S., Cte. de Chambord, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to a gentleman, in French. The Count writes, in full, 'I would be obliged if you had the following changes made to the first chapters of the Second Part: France on the Outside. I believe it would be useful to have the detailed titles of those chapters reproduced in the table of contents.'; Philippe VII (1838-1894) King of the French 24th - 26th February 1848, Count of Paris and the Orléanist claimant to the French throne from 1848-94. A.L.S., Le Cte. De Paris, in the third person, one page, 8vo, Ravensworth Castle (Tyne & Wear, England), 10th December 1862, to Mr. Grillon, in French. The Count instructs his correspondent to have a letter addressed to Lord Stanley of Alderley and then placed in the post to him. Some light staining and a few neat splits and tears to a couple of the letters, generally G to VG, 4