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Cosel, Anna Constantia Countess von — Letter to the Hofrat v. Wichmannshausen in Dresden. 1733
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Cosel, Anna Contantia Countess of, one of the most famous and powerful mistresses of King August the Strong, interfered in Saxon politics and was finally banished to the fortress of Stolpen (1680-1765). Eigh. Letter from the U.S. "La Comtesse de Cossell". 21/4 p. Double leaf with mourning edge, address and seal residue. 4to. Stolpen 19.III.1733. ==References== Wichmanshausen in Dresden. She thanks for his letter, "but I have special pleasure to hear that my son will be kept under keen watch over his few iahres and where I am not mistaken, liveliness and especially from the nouns of what other perishes come sint die me and indeed most paint hope him nevertheless where God wills to suffice for the best ...". Asks for their debtors, in particular a count Altheim. "... whether graf altheim did not ask for, since I do not deny that his unrecognizability stirred everyone to turn to him to become possessive and to get to my own. If I had the pleasure of speaking to them, it would be possible to give guidance where the graff Altheim would be able to meet his wife in prag, as the labored to find out whether he had confused the graivin and zwey admirable beautiful daughters against the Closterstand ...". - The mourning margin of the letter explains itself from a postscriptum: "Auff of des hochsseeligen Königens ableben will be crafted by carmina and epigrammata, so that they come to me with some help from hand to hand." - A little tanned.
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Cosel, Anna Constantia Countess von — Letter to the Hofrat v. Wichmannshausen in Dresden. 1733

Letter from Anna Constantia Countess von Cosel to the Hofrat v. Wichmannshausen in Dresden, 1733.

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Lot Details

Lot #
2466
Currency
EUR
Location
Berlin, DE
Lot Ends
8 Oct 2026, 23:59:59
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8 Oct 2026, 23:59:59
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