De Bourbon, Louis-Jean-Marie - Signed Document 1738 Ballet Memorabilia and Maurice Ravel

and Maurice Ravel

from the 1870s

fine black and white postcard photograph signed by him

had an active international career in the 1970s to the early 1990s specializing in bel canto and lyric Verdi and Puccini repertoire

De Bourbon, Louis-Jean-Marie - Signed Document 1738 Ballet Memorabilia and Maurice RavelGrandson of Louis XIV of France and his mistress Madame de Montespan, known from birth as the Duke of Penthivre (1725 1793). Document signed by the duc of Penthievre, dated Paris le 14 Fevrier 1738. The Duc, who succeeded the Count of Toulouse (d. 1737) when just 12 years old, certifies that " Franois Lon Hirt was in the house [of my father].. for fourteen years as master of his music, and that he has fulfilled its duties with applause and to the