Caxton's Patron.- Margaret (Duchess of Burgundy, Yorkist matriarch and mediator, third daughter of Richard, third Duke of York, 1411-1460, sister of Edward IV and Richard III, 1446-1503) Letter signed "Margaret" to Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Milan, & countersigned by Charles Soillot the Duke of Burgundy's secretary, in French, 1p., in a fine Gothic littera bastarda script used at the court of the Dukes of Burgundy, 175 x 300mm., Gand [Ghent], 6th July 1469, writing that she has received the Duchess's letters, has taken in what she has to say and that she is ready to do everything in her power for her and her family, addressed on verso: "A haulte et puissant princesse ma treschiere et tresamée cousine la duchesse de Milan, Comtesse de Pavie et dame de Sennes", traces of red wax seal, folds, slightly browned. ⁂ An extremely rare and attractive letter from Caxton's patron. Margaret of York married Charles Duke of Burgundy in 1468 as part of an Anglo-Burgundian alliance, and subsequently became one of the most fashionable and accomplished ladies in Europe. After the death of her brother Richard III, the Burgundian court became a haven for Yorkish sympathisers leaving England, and she was an active supporter of the pretender, Perkin Warbeck. In the Burgundian court, where women occupied a high status, Margaret became a great patron of the arts, and formed a remarkable library of which some manuscripts still survive. She commissioned a number of sumptuous manuscripts and it is known that Caxton, when printing the Recuyell of the Histories of Troy, the first book to be printed in English, had new type created for this, based perhaps on the handwriting of David Aubert who at much the same time was writing manuscripts for her. The book is dedicated to Margaret as from her "servant", undoubtedly an act of homage to his patron and supporter. Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Milan (1449-1503), second wife of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan. Served as regent of Milan during the minority of her son. Charles Soillot (c. 1434-93), Charles Duke of Burgundy's secretary, the author of a number of treatises, among them Le Débat de Felicit, 1462.
Caxton's Patron.- Margaret (Duchess of Burgundy, Yorkist matriarch and mediator, third daughter of Richard, third Duke of York, 1411-1460, sister of Edward IV and Richard III, 1446-1503) Letter signed "Margaret" to Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Milan, & countersigned by Charles Soillot the Duke of Burgundy's secretary, in French, 1p., in a fine Gothic littera bastarda script used at the court of the Dukes of Burgundy, 175 x 300mm., Gand [Ghent], 6th July 1469, writing that she has received the Duchess's letters, has taken in what she has to say and that she is ready to do everything in her power for her and her family, addressed on verso: "A haulte et puissant princesse ma treschiere et tresamée cousine la duchesse de Milan, Comtesse de Pavie et dame de Sennes", traces of red wax seal, folds, slightly browned. ⁂ An extremely rare and attractive letter from Caxton's patron. Margaret of York married Charles Duke of Burgundy in 1468 as part of an Anglo-Burgundian alliance, and subsequently became one of the most fashionable and accomplished ladies in Europe. After the death of her brother Richard III, the Burgundian court became a haven for Yorkish sympathisers leaving England, and she was an active supporter of the pretender, Perkin Warbeck. In the Burgundian court, where women occupied a high status, Margaret became a great patron of the arts, and formed a remarkable library of which some manuscripts still survive. She commissioned a number of sumptuous manuscripts and it is known that Caxton, when printing the Recuyell of the Histories of Troy, the first book to be printed in English, had new type created for this, based perhaps on the handwriting of David Aubert who at much the same time was writing manuscripts for her. The book is dedicated to Margaret as from her "servant", undoubtedly an act of homage to his patron and supporter. Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Milan (1449-1503), second wife of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan. Served as regent of Milan during the minority of her son. Charles Soillot (c. 1434-93), Charles Duke of Burgundy's secretary, the author of a number of treatises, among them Le Débat de Felicit, 1462.
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