Bernard-Hugues MARET, Duc de BASSANO (Dijon 1763 - Paris 183 - Lot 553

Bernard-Hugues MARET, Duc de BASSANO (Dijon 1763 - Paris 1839) Minister of Foreign Affairs under NAPOLÉON, retired from political life from 1820 to 1830 - Autograph letter signed, Paris, May 25, 1823 - 2 pages in-4°: "I have received the note attached to the reply which Your Serene Highness has been kind enough to send me... The only question... is this: when a delay of a few months in no way lifts your interests and is indispensable to me for the care my health imperiously requires, could it be refused? The only question... is this: when a delay of a few months in no way affects your interests, and is indispensable to me for the care my health so imperiously requires, could it be refused? I didn't think so..."