| 31 A collection of original manuscripts of the Order of Malta including letters by Knight Alexandre de Gueidan, 16th - 19th century 1. Correspondence of the French knight Forbin (aristocratic family from Provence) on Rhodes. With a one-page letter in French to his cousin in France, dated 3.12.1512, regarding his admission to the Order and ancestral samples. Transcription enclosed. Also a one-page letter dated 18.1.1519, written on Rhodes, from François Forbin, to a cousin regarding monetary claims. Transcription enclosed. 2. A seven-page contract in Italian regarding the food rations for the German Knights of Malta, dated 24.4.1692, due to a dispute between the Grand Bailli and the German Knights of Malta over inadequate meals. The contract describes in detail the catering for the knights staying in the auberge (hostel) of the German Langue on Malta. 3. Seven letters from a young French Knight of Malta to his father and one letter to his aunt, both in Provence, 1755 - 1758. Letters in French from Knight Alexandre de Gueidan (1735 - after 1787) to his father and other relatives. 4. A collection of letters for admission to the Order of Malta from families of Jewish or Muslim origin, dated 1777, 1778. 5. Lettre des Procureurs du Commun Trésor en Malte, assurant la réception de Bilans, dated 21.5.1779, signatures of the Procureurs du Commun Trésor: Le Bailly Saint Antonin Lopès, Le Bailly de Nobili, Le Lieutenant du Grand Commendeur Bailly de Cabre. 6. A duplicate of a letter to Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan (1775 - 1797) concerning the Grand Priory of Germany and the Balley Brandenburg, ca. 1778. 7. A three-page extract in German dated 20.6.1793 regarding the German Langue of the Order of Malta, red seal of the German Langue under paper, notice of ownership on the back „zn. Hompesch“ (19.11.1793). 8. A French letter, dated St. Petersburg, 17.11.1799, from Le Commandeur de la Houssaye, addressed to Commandeur Bataille. The sender informs him that the Tsar and Grand Master (Paul I) has decided to accept Commandeur Bataille as Chevalier de Justice in his Grand Priory Catholique. 9. Ordre Souverain de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem (Malte), Commission des Langues Francaises. Etat sur Revenue de L‘Ordre Souverain de Saint-Jean et Jérusalem. Le Grand Prieur D‘Auvergne, Paris, 23.11.1823. À Monsieur Charles Dearne, Banquier à Londres. In an elegant, new, large-format portfolio. Partially slightly damaged, signs of use and age. Provenance: From the personal effects of a high-ranking member of the Order. 335494 II € 1.000
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