Maurice de SAXE (1696-1750) Marshal of France. L.S. with autograph corrections and additions (minute), at the Courtray camp August 1744, to comte d'Argenson; 3pages in-fol. Interesting letter intended to accompany a memoir, "the fruit of constant meditation", on the end of the siege of Ypres. He sought to remedy "the defect we have of giving to characters who often don't know how to behave themselves, the conduct of others, and jose me flatteratter d'y avoir réussy"; he adds in his own hand: "et la cour auras plus de regimans a donner a des jeunes senieurs san que sela pregudissy autent a son servisse"... He crosses out his signature and adds 5 lines in his own hand: "toute les partye de mémoire de mr des rouville sont si justement compossée que se seret voulloir tirer des piere dune route que dy changer quelque chosse".