Descrizione

4to. 1 p. on bifolium with integral address panel. Two red wax seals. Writing as a 21-year-old to Monsieur de Forget in Paris, probably the nobleman Jean Forget, valued for his expertise in falconry, thanking him for having provided valuable instruction to Max Emanuel's own falconer: "Monsieur m'avez obligé par les soins que vous aves pris de faire instruire mon fauconnier, ie chercheray avec plaisir les occasions de vous marquer mon ressentiment, et la considération que i'ay pour votre personne; vous endêvés estre persuadé et que ie suis, Monsieur de Forget, votre bon Ami [.]". - A special appreciation of falconry ran in the family of the de Forgets: a descendant, Claude-Édouard, marquis de Forget, would serve under Louis XVI as commandant général de la fauconnerie du Roi. - Traces of old folds; paper pierced in one place without loss to text, leaves numbered "no 6" and "no 7" in an old hand. Generally very well preserved with both seals in excellent condition.