Description
Manuscript judgement, on behalf of the Marshals of France, signed by the Duc de Biron, sorting out a case of “des insultes et violences” between Lamerye and Soizel. In French. 2 pp. 12½ x 8 inches, in good condition, integral bank leaf. Paris, 19 September 1743. Charles Armand Domenica de Gontaut (1663-1756), Marquis de Biron, then Duc de Biron, Marshal of France. Saint-Simon relates a number of anecdotes featuring the Duc de Biron in his Memoirs. He commanded the French vanguard at the Battle of Oudenaarde (1708).