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Auction: 14035 - Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents
Lot: 3100

Historical Documents
Maximilian I, Elector and Duke of Bavaria
1628-32, four secretary letters, three to the same recipient showing dramatic flourishes in the address panel, written in German, two are with the distinctive signature of Maximilian. The final letter with a long and detailed address panel is from an administrator. Each letter with the wafer seal of Maximilian. Some peripheral soiling but still good to fine. (4 letters). Photo

Maximilian I. (1573-1651)
Maximilian I was born 1573 in Munich. He was since 1597 Duke of Bavaria and from 1623 Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. He has the country financially rehabilitated through various reforms and made it more efficient. He was also an influential person of the Counter-Reformation and the Catholic Reformation. As such, he contributed to the enforcement of the dominance of the Catholic side in the Thirty Years' War till 1630.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000