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LOUIS XVIII (1755-1824)

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LOUIS XVIII (1755-1824)

L.A.S. "Louis Stanislas Xavier", Verona 19 June 1794, to Joseph-Hyacinthe-
François-de-Paule de Rigaud, comte de VAUDREUIL| ¾ page in-8, address with black wax seal on the arms.
On the death of his sister Madame Élisabeth, guillotined on May 10, 1794.
"I have well recognized your good heart, my dear Count, in what you tell me about the new package which renews and fills all my pains. I hope that God, who wants to test me, will support me himself against the blows which his hand strikes me with, my life may be shortened, but it will be only a small misfortune, if my forces support themselves to the end. This thought, and the thought that my unhappy sister is finally happy now, are my greatest consolation"...