Ancient and Modern Manuscripts
Monday 16 November 2026 at 20:00
7 rue Drouot, 75009 Paris
134 lots
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1 - [MAP] Set consisting of three collections of mounted maps: - Map of Nassau, - Petri’s Map of Saxony, - Cassini’s Map of France. A few pinholes. Minor damage to the mounts.
Estimate €300 - €400 -
2 - ROCHEGGIANI (Lorenzo) A Collection of One Hundred Plates Depicting the Religious, Civil, and Military Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks, and Romans. 1 folio volume, cardboard-bound with a leather spine featuring 6 raised bands, 100 engravings. Stains; about ten engravings with adhesive residue and/or pen marks; water stains. Missing pages and significant wear to the binding.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
2-1 - [OVID] Ovidis Nasonis. Metamorphoses, or Ovid the Poet. The Wondrous Transformations of Various Forms, Presented and Published. By Melchior Kysell, Augsburg, 1681. A collection of etchings numbered up to 150 and captioned in Latin, followed by 2 unnumbered plates, then 1 through 40 captioned in German. A total of 192 etchings. Vellum binding. 16.3 x 20 cm. Tears and losses to the binding; split joints; losses; pinholes.
Estimate €400 - €500 -
3 - ALCIATO (Andrea) Duello de lo eccellentissimi eclarissimo giuri sonsulto M. Andre Alciato. Fatto di lattino italiano. A commune utilita. Venetia, per Baldassar di Costantini, 1544, in-12, 101 ff. - 15 pp. of which the last is blank, half-rel. bas. fawn, spine ribbed (rel. mod.). Endpapers renewed. Marginal spotting from f. 60 to f. 92.
Estimate €160 - €200 -
4 - ANTAR Arabic heroic poem, Paris, Piazza, 1898. Quarto, paperback, with color illustrations by Etienne Dinet. Copy numbered 137/230 on Vosges vellum with watermark. Illustrated, padded cover Stains, tears; spine and pages unbound. With its flap folder bearing the title (damaged).
Estimate €350 - €400 -
5 - APOLLINAIRE (G.) The Works of Pierre-Corneille Blessebois. Paris, Bibliothèque des curieux, 1912, 8vo, softcover with printed cover. Includes a frontispiece. Includes an autographed dedication by the author. - APOLLINAIRE (G.). A Very Amusing and Entertaining Tale of the Most Noble and Valiant Knight Perceval the Galloys. Paris, Payot, 1918, 12mo, softcover with printed cover. First edition. With an autographed dedication by the author. Set of 2 vols.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
6 - BARCHOU DE PENHOEN Memoirs of a staff officer. Expedition of Africa. Paris, Charpentier, 1835, in-8, half calf, navy blue glazed, smooth spine, decorated (contemporary binding). Freckles throughout. - MASQUERAY. Souvenirs et visions d'Afrique. Paris, Dentu, 1894, in-12, half-rel. brown silk, covers preserved. Set of 2 vol.
Estimate €100 - €200 -
7 - BEN JELLOUN (Tahar) Lumière sur Lumières. Les Amis du Livre Contemporain, 2007. In-folio, leaves (Publisher's slipcase). First edition of these 45 poems by Tahar Ben Jelloun, illustrated with 15 original hors-texte lithographs by Fouad Bellamine. Limited edition of 240 numbered copies on Arches vellum, signed by the artist and author, numbered 155.
Estimate €300 - €500 -
8 - LA PLÉIADE LIBRARY Set of fifty-eight books including: - BEAUMARCHAIS (Pierre-Augustin Caron). Complete Plays, *Parades*, Letters Concerning His Plays. - BERNANOS (Georges). Novels, followed by *Dialogues of the Carmelites*. - BOSSUET (Jacques-Bénigne). Funeral Orations, Panegyrics. - CAMUS (Albert). Essays. Plays, Stories, Short Stories. - CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René). *Memoirs from Beyond the Grave*, Volumes 1 and 2. - CLAUDEL (Paul). Plays, Volume 2. - DIDEROT (Denis). *Works*, 2 v
Estimate €250 - €350 -
9 - LA PLEIADE LIBRARY A set of fifteen books comprising: - CELINE (Louis-Ferdinand). Letters. Novels, Volumes 1 and 2. Album. - COLETTE. Works. - ELUARD (Paul). Complete Works, Volumes 1 and 2. - GIONO (Jean). Novels, Volumes 1 through 4. - KAFKA (Franz). Complete Works. - MALRAUX (André). Complete Works. - PREVERT (Jacques). Complete Works. - RENARD (Jules). Works, Volume 1. Dent at the top of one spine.
Estimate €100 - €200 -
10 - LA PLEIADE LIBRARY A set of sixteen books comprising: - ALAIN. The Arts and the Gods. The Passions and Wisdom. - AYME (Marcel). Complete Novels. - BARBEY D'AUREVILLY. Complete Novels, Volumes 1 and 2. - COHEN (Albert). *Belle du Seigneur*. - JARRY (Alfred). *Complete Works* - LARBAUD (Valéry). *Works*. - QUENEAU. *Complete Works*, Volumes 1 and 2. - SAINT-JOSEPH PERSE. Complete Works. - VALERY (Paul). *Cahiers*, Volumes 1 and 2. - VERLAINE (Paul). Poetic Works. Prose Works. *Album*.
Estimate €100 - €200 -
11 - BLONDIN (Antoine) Monsieur Jadis or Evening School Éditions de la Table Ronde, 1970 Paperback, 20 x 14 cm Signed on the title page. Edge partially frayed and torn; water stains and pinholes on the cover.
Estimate €100 - €150 -
12 - BRENNER (Henri) A collection of twenty-four engraved portraits of the imperial family. St. Petersburg—Moscow. 1 vol. in folio, bound in red cardboard with a monogram beneath a crown. Numerous water stains, spots, damage, and wear to the binding.
Estimate €250 - €300 -
13 - CELINE (Louis-Ferdinand). L'école des cadavres. Paris, Denöel, 1938, in-8, softcover with printed cover, modern slipcase and dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. One of 400 copies printed on alfa mousse (no. 428). Includes an autographed dedication by the author.
Estimate €200 - €250 -
14 - CHADOURNE (Marc) Cécile de la folie. Paris, Plon, La Palatine, 1930, in-12, half-bound in red chequered cloth, horizontal gilt metal bands embossed on the covers, gilt head, cover and spine preserved. Includes an autographed dedication by the author.
Estimate €100 - €150 -
15 - CHAMPY Algerian flora with descriptive text of native plants, shrubs and trees. Paris, Delahaye, 1844, in-8, 53 pp. text, half calf plum, smooth spine, decorated (spine worn). With black frontispiece and 40 color plates. Some foxing.
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
16 - Set of books: - COLETTE, Complete Works. Flammarion, 13 vols. (of 15), bound in green leather, ribbed spine. - BÉDIER (Joseph). The Romance of Tristan and Iseult. “Grand Prix of the Best Romance Novels” collection. Éditions André Sauret. - DAUDET (Alphonse). Sapho, Parisian Customs. “Grand Prix of the Best Romance Novels” collection. André Sauret Publishers. - DICKENS (Charles). Great Expectations, Volume Two. “Grand Prix for the Best Foreign Novels” series. André Sauret Publi
Estimate €150 - €200 -
17 - CRETIN (Guillaume) Poems. Paris: Printed by Antoine Urbain Coustelier, 1723. 1 vol. in-8, red half-leather with frieze decoration, 271 p. Signs of wear, scratches, stains.
Estimate €400 - €600 -
18 - [DALI, Salvador] Dali. Max Gérard. Abrams, New York. 1968. Quarto; publisher's illustrated percaline binding, with a silver dust jacket featuring a color illustration of "The Soft Watch." Creases, wear, and stains.
Estimate €20 - €30 -
19 - DANTE & DALI, Salvador The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso. Paris, Éditions d’art Les Heures claires, [1963]. 3 sets in 6 large quarto volumes, in folio format, with the publisher’s cardboard covers, sleeves, and cases. Copy numbered 967 on pure Rives rag paper. Small stains and foxing. Minor wear, scuffing, and small stains on the slipcases.
Estimate €900 - €1,000 -
20 - CLASSICAL DICTIONARY OF NATURAL HISTORY Paris, Rey and Gravier, 1827, 1828, 1829. Eleventh, fourteenth, and fifteenth installments. 23.5 x 15 cm. Uncollated. Pinholes and small tears.
Estimate €100 - €150 -
21 - VILLON (François), JODELLE (Étienne), LABBÉ (Louise), de SPONDE (Jean), PAPILLON DE LASPHRISE (Marc), de VIAU (Théophile), and de SAINT-GELLAIS (Mellin). Curieux temps d'aimer. Seven poems from the 15th and 16th centuries engraved with a gouge by Gabriel Paris, 1954–1965. Copy no. 26. Title page and 7 double-page engravings. Folio size, with the publisher’s slipcase and case. Edition illustrated by Gabriel Paris. Minimal wear and tears to the slipcase.
Estimate €80 - €120 -
22 - Five books: * three in German: - A Description of the Lives of God’s Saints for Every Day of the Year, with Holy Teachings, for All Christians Eager for Their Salvation. Bamberg and Birzburg, 1802. In-8. Bound in brown leather. - Jacques COCCEJUS, *Das neueste [...] Roch Buch* [New Cookbook] Grandf Furt and Leipzig, published by Johann Jacob Beumelhura, 172?. Engraved frontispiece depicting kitchen scenes in three registers. In 12mo. Bound in vellum. - Marguerite SPOERLIN, Le cuisinière du H
Estimate €150 - €230 -
24 - Set of seven bound volumes: - The Memoirs of the Duke of Guise, 1668, published by Edme Martin and Sébastien Marbre-Cramoisy. - Monsieur Scarron, a comic novel in 4 volumes, 1801, published by P. André. - *Nicolas de la Fayolle, the Genius of Tertullian*, 1660, published by the widow of Edme Pepingue. - *Roland the Furious*, 1625, published by Robert Foüet, translated into French by F. de Rosset. Signs of wear, missing pages, insect holes, damage, and stains. = not collated
Estimate €150 - €200 -
25 - DOPIGEZ Souvenirs de l'Algérie et de la France méridionale. Paris, Bethune,1840, in-8, half calf, smooth spine, decorated, cover preserved (mod. rel.). - DOINEAU. Procès du capitaine Doineau et de ses accusés devant la cour d'assise d'Oran (August 1857). Paris, 1857, in-12, half-rel. bas verte. Set of 2 vols.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
25-5 - Edict of Our Lord the King concerning the redemption of sales involving townhouses... published at the Court of Parliament on the fifth day of February in the year 1539, Paris, by Jehan Andre. 14 pp., gilt edges. One volume, bound in blue morocco, signed JOLY R.D., with a five-rib spine, fleur-de-lis decoration in the corners on both covers, and a gilt stamp on the inside. 11 x 8.2 cm. One joint slightly split.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
26 - ELUARD (Paul) Animals and Their People. People and Their Animals. Illustrations by Valentine Hugo. Paris, Gallimard, n.d., in-12, paperback with printed cover. Includes an autographed dedication by the author: “To Guy Jannin, this children’s book made new again by the illustrations.” - CHAR (René). *Les matinaux*. Poetry. Paris, Gallimard, 1950, in-12, paperback with printed cover. Pre-publication copy. Includes an autographed dedication by the author to Emile Henriot. One endpaper is loo
Estimate €300 - €350 -
27 - ERASMUS In Praise of Folly. No place, no publisher, 1753. New edition of Nicolas Gueudeville’s translation, with notes by Meusnier de Querlon. 1 vol. 222 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece, 13 separate plates, an engraved title vignette, a header, and a footer. Later binding with a brown marbled spine featuring four raised bands. 15.5 x 9.5 cm. Wear on the caps.
Estimate €60 - €80 -
28 - FARGUE (Léon Paul) Banalité - Suite familière - Vulturne - Épaisseurs Four folio volumes. NRF, Editions de la nouvelle revue française, Paris. Half-leather binding with scuffed cardboard and vellum. Some wear on the corners.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
29 - GODARD D'AUCOURT (Claude) Mémoires turcs, ou histoire galante de deux turcs pendant leur séjour en France. Francfort, chez la veuve Knoch & Eslinger, 1750, 2 parts bound in one vol. in-12, marbled calf, ribbed spine, decorated (contemporary binding). ATTACHED MARIN Histoire de Saladin, sultan of Egypt and Syria. Paris, Tilliard,1758, 2 vols. in-12, blond calf, ribbed spines, decorated, red and green titles (damage to upper coif., spotting on covers of vol. 1). FIRST EDITION. With 3 plans.
Estimate €250 - €350 -
30 - GONDRECOURT (A. de) Scenes from Arab life. Le prix du sang. Paris, De Potter, s.d., 5 vol. in-8, half-rel. with glazed fawn calf corners, spine ribbed, green title page.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
31 - GUERIN DU ROCHER (priest) True History of Fabulous Times, Paris, 1776, three quarto volumes, five-ribbed spine. Binding heavily damaged, with pinholes, creases, and a few tears.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
32 - GUITRY (Sacha) Mes Médecins. Illustrations by the author Volume in-4 paperback on Japon HC paper. From Cortial, [Imprimerie Roger Dacosta], 1932. Accompanied by a signed letter. Small tears at head.
Estimate €100 - €150 -
33 - HEREDIA (J.M.) Les trophées. Paris, Lemerre, 1893, in-12, softcover with printed cover. Includes an autographed dedication by the author. Cover slightly detached. - MAETERLINCK. *Le temps enseveli*. Paris, Charpentier, 1906, 12mo, brown cloth half-binding, ribbed spine, gilt head, cover preserved (binding signature illegible). With an autographed dedication signed by the author: “To President Poincaré, a tribute from the author.” - VERHAEREN (Emile). *La guirlande des dunes*. Brussels, Dem
Estimate €200 - €300 -
34 - JOLYCLERC (Nicolas) Universal Phytology, or A Natural and Methodical History of Plants, Their Properties, Their Virtues, and Their Cultivation. Paris: Gueffier, Lamy, and Croullebois, Year VII [1798]–1799. 5 tomes in 8 volumes, in-8 format, approx. 630 engravings; light brown half-basane leather, smooth, decorated spine. Pages discolored, tears. Caps and spine damaged, scuffing.
Estimate €500 - €700 -
35 - JOUHANDEAU (Marcel) My Sixth-Grade Class. Paris, Gallimard, 1966, in-12, softcover with printed cover. E.O. Press copy. Includes an autographed dedication by the author: “My Florence, do you remember the time when I used to give you Latin lessons? " - GIONO (J.). Introduction to *Pan*. Paris, Grasset, *Les Cahiers Verts*, 1930, 12mo, brown cloth half-binding, cover preserved. Copy bound in alfa. With an autographed dedication signed by the author. - ROMAINS (J.). *Salsette Discovers America*.
Estimate €300 - €350 -
36 - LANIER Africa. Parsi, Belin, 1889, large vol. in-8, half-rel. red chag. spine. - MAZURE. Le portefeuille d'un jeune arabe de la nature de l'histoire. Paris, Lehuby, 1838-1839, 2 vol. in-12, bas. brown, smooth spines, ornamented and sunned. Africa, America and Oceania. - MARLES. Wonders of nature and art in the five parts of the world. Africa, America and Oceania Paris, Eymery, 1829-1830, 7 vol. in-12, shagreened calf, smooth spines, ornamented (qq. hinges split). Asia (vol. 1 and 2) - Oceania. A
Estimate €150 - €200 -
37 - LE VAILLANT (François) Voyage de Monsieur Le Vaillant dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique par le cap de Bonne-Espérance dans les années 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 et 85. Paris, Leroy, 1790, 2 vol. in-8, green calf, triple fillets framing the boards, ribbed spines, decorated, red tr. Edition published the same year as the original in-4. With 12 plates, 7 in color.
Estimate €300 - €400 -
38 - LEROUX (Gaston) The Phantom of the Opera. Paris, Pierre Lafitte & Cie, n.d. [1910]. In-12. Later binding. Copy with no edition information, though it does contain the error on p. 400 (“fatal rocher” instead of “fatal nocher”). Ex libris of Mr. Lluis Guarro. Stains and foxing.
Estimate €300 - €500 -
40 - Martin’s Early Poetic Works Dedicated to Henry III, the Most Christian King of France and Poland. Paris, 1583. 1 vol. - in 12mo, 46 pp., bound in blue morocco signed TRAUTZ-BAUZONNET, spine with five raised bands, gilded fleurons on both covers, and gilded metal fillets along the inner edges. Ex-libris “Ex museo Caroli Nodier.” 12.6 x 8 cm. Slight wear to the corners.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
42 - PICHON (Baron) Algiers under French rule, its present state and future. Paris, Barrois, 1833, in-8, half-rel. bas. fawn, smooth spine, decorated. With 3 maps. Unsigned tribute from the author. Rousseurs.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
43 - PREVERT (Jacques) Lyrics. Paris, Le Calligraphe, 1945. In-8, paperback. Numbered 115/334. Cover and slipcase heliogravure-printed based on a design by Brassaï. Wear on the edges and slipcase. Parts missing from the title label, which has been taped back on.
Estimate €280 - €350 -
44 - PREVERT (Jacques) Paroles NRF, 1949 A quarto-sized volume Drawing of a street performer with balloons, signed and dedicated to Fernande. Yellowed pages, tears in the binding, creases along the edges
Estimate €80 - €120 -
45 - REMACLE (Adrien) La Passante. Paris, Bibliothèque artistique et littéraire, 1892; 8vo. Original etching by Odilon Redon as frontispiece. One of 400 numbered copies on Dutch laid paper, signed by the author. Pinholes. Signs of wear and tears.
Estimate €250 - €350 -
45-1 - ROGISSART (Alexandre de) The Delights of Italy, containing an accurate description of the country, its principal cities, all its antiquities, and all the curiosities found there. Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1707. 2 quarto volumes. Upper caps torn and missing, edges frayed, spines split, wear and tears on the title page.
Estimate €300 - €400 -
47 - SAINT LAMBERT (Jean-François) de Works of Saint Lambert, of the Académie française, Paris, published by the Associated Booksellers, 1798. Three vols., in-8, calfskin binding, interlaced fillets on the covers and gilt fleurons on the spines. 10.8 x 8 cm. Signs of wear, scratches, stains, and missing pages.
Estimate €80 - €120 -
48 - SAINTE-GARDE (Jacques Carel de) Charles-Martel ou les Sarrazins chassez de France. Poème héroïque. Paris, Langlois, 1679, 2 parts bound in one vol. in-12, Jansenist navy blue morocco, ribbed spine, gilt int. dent, gilt tr. (Trautz-Bauzonnet). Envoi de l'auteur à monsieur Roze.
Estimate €300 - €350 -
49 - SATIE (Erik) - BRAQUE (Georges) Light as an egg. [Paris, Louis Broder],1957, pet. in-12 square, leaves in printed cover, in slightly worn folder. Edition decorated with an original color etching by Georges Braque on the frontispiece. First volume in Louis Broder's collection "Miroir du poète" n°1. 120 copies numbered on Japon ancien, all signed by George Braque (n°93). Incomplete with slipcase.
Estimate €550 - €600 -
50 - A Menippean Satire on the Virtues of the Catholicon of Spain and the Proceedings of the Estates of Paris. 1599. 1 vol. in-12, 141 pp., fold-out engraving of the cardinal’s portrait, calfskin binding, spine with five raised bands, decorated with fillets and panels with gilded fleurons Signs of wear, scratches, stains.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
51 - SEGALEN (Victor) Stèles. Peking, Georges Crès & Co., 1914. Narrow quarto, Chinese-style folded; brown paper cover with printed title label; publisher’s slipcase consisting of two wooden slats joined by two orange silk ribbons; title and Chinese characters engraved in green on the front cover. Second edition, published in the Korean Collection that Segalen edited in Beijing. Minor wear and pinholes on the title page.
Estimate €300 - €500 -
52 - SULLY PRUDHOMME Happiness. Poem. Paris, Lemerre, 1888, in-12, softcover with illustrated cover by E.O. With an autographed dedication by the author. - CHARLES-BRUN. Provincial Literatures. Paris, Bloud, 1907, in-12, red silk half-bound. With an autographed dedication by the author: “To Madame Colette Willy, for her Burgundian accent—terribly Burgundian.”
Estimate €100 - €150 -
53 - SUYS & HAUTEBOURG Palazzo Massimi in Rome. Plans, sections, elevations, profiles, vaults, ceilings, etc. Paris, chez Normand, Goeury, 1818, broadsheet, worn blue paper boards. With title-frontispiece and 43 plates. Heavy foxing.
Estimate €500 - €800 -
54 - TATTI (Giovanni) Five Books on Agriculture by Mr. Giovanni Tatti of Lucca. Venice, Sansovino, 1560, in-8, 4 ff. - 187 pp. - 1 p., half-vellum binding. FIRST EDITION. With numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Endpaper replaced, restoration on the title page, and pagination error beginning on p. 32, but the text is continuous. A few water stains.
Estimate €500 - €600 -
55 - THIERS Atlas de l'histoire du consulat et de l'Empire. Paris, Lheureux, 1866, in-4, red bas. half-rel. (spine worn). With 66 maps mounted on tabs.
Estimate €30 - €50 -
56 - A. VALLOIS and Charles BUET The Childhood of a King, Paris, 1884, published by Vallois, in a period binding of blue percaline with decoration on the front cover featuring the coat of arms of France centered on a background of fleurs-de-lis, and adorned at each corner with the monogram of the Count of Chambord Spine detached, heavy wear, damage, and foxing. Includes - subscription form for Isabelle de Bourbon, January 9, 1878 - printed card featuring the portrait and a piece of cloth worn by th
Estimate €200 - €300 -
56-1 - VALLOTES The Love Affairs of the Shepherd, Philandre and Caliste, and Other Works, by Sieur des Vallottes, Paris: Jacques Villery, 1623. 1 vol. in-8, bound in blue morocco signed CAPE. MASSON-DEBONNELLE Srs, spine with five raised bands, panels decorated with fleurons, covers with gilt fillets. 17 x 11 cm. Wear on the corners and cap ends, scratches.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
57 - VERLAINE Sagesse. Paris, Vanier, 1893, in-12, Bradel binding, half-bound in green cloth, cover preserved. With an autographed dedication by the author to Auguste Niederhausen.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
58 - Jules VERNE Family Without a Name. One volume. Extraordinary Journeys, Hetzel Collection, Printed by Gauthier-Villars & Sons, Paris. Stitching and a few tears; worn caps.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
59 - JULES VERNE The Mysterious Island. One volume. Extraordinary Journeys, Hetzel Collection, printed by Gauthier-Villars, Paris. Stitches and tears, particularly on the binding; worn caps.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
60 - JULES VERNE Michel Strogoff: From Moscow to Irkutsk. One volume. Extraordinary Journeys, Hetzel Collection, printed by Belin Frères, Saint-Cloud. Stitching and a few tears, particularly on the binding; worn caps.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
61 - JULES VERNE Mathias Sandorf. One volume. Extraordinary Journeys, Hetzel Collection, printed by Gauthier-Villars, Paris. Stitches and a few tears; worn caps.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
62 - JULES VERNE Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. One volume. Extraordinary Journeys, Hetzel Collection, printed by Gauthier-Villars, Paris. Stitches and a few tears, particularly on the binding; worn caps.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
63 - VIRGIL and MAILLOL (Aristide) The Eclogues. Original text and new translation by Marc Lafargue, printed by Harry de Kessler. Paris, Galerie Druet, 20 rue Royale; Weimar: Cranach Presse, 1926. 1 volume, in-4, in loose sheets. On special hemp paper, numbered 62. In slipcase (edges worn and with small tears). Stitching marks, foxing.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
64 - WEBER (Victor-Frederic) Ko-Ji Hô-Ten. A Dictionary for Enthusiasts and Collectors of Japanese and Chinese Art Objects. Paris, 1923. Two folio volumes. Volumes 1 and 2, one numbered 129/585. Ex libris of Georges Leo Fourrier. Minor wear to the binding; a few yellowed pages. Includes a letter from Weber to Fourrier.
Estimate €300 - €400 -
65 - Charles-Valentin ALKAN (1813–1888) Autograph letter, Sunday evening, to a lady; 1 page, in-8, with his initials. “Alas! Dear Madam, I may be a little younger than my years at the piano, but I am certainly older than my years when I take up the pen. I thought I could combine my brother’s work with my own, but I have realized in recent days that this was pure vanity on my part. I am giving up my concerts for this year, not without regret, I confess, for I have a weakness for still enjoying
Estimate €300 - €400 -
65-1 - Eugène de BEAUHARNAIS (1781–1824) L.S. “Prince Eugène,” Munich, March 21, 1817, to Count MÉJAN, his former secretary of the command; 2 pages, in-4. Regarding a claim by Sieur Coën, a matter already dealt with in Italy and deemed to have no bearing whatsoever on the Kingdom, “as it is now foreign to France” and does not concern it either. The matters of his mother’s estate are complicated: “As for the claim by the Black woman, she must address it to Mr. Bon Devaux: this woman wa
Estimate €150 - €200 -
65-2 - Jules BARBEY D’AUREVILLY (1808–1889) Autograph letter [to the poet Amédée POMMIER]; 1 page, in-8, in red ink. “I’m taking advantage of you—but I love you. Do you have a dictionary of mythology—any edition of Chompré? Come over to my place, too—you who are worth all the dictionaries combined—before three o’clock, because I have to go to the exhibition” …
Estimate €200 - €250 -
66 - Sarah BERNHARDT (1844–1923) Autograph letter signed "Sarah" to Paul Bilhaud. 6 pages on two sheets of paper folded in her signature style, bearing the motto "Quand même." “I am desperate, but I read and reread it. I can no longer play a courtesan [...] I will compensate you...” Sarah Bernhardt has decided not to perform in *La Courtisane de Corinthe* by Paul Bilhaud and Michel Carré, which premiered in 1908, even though she had already commissioned costumes and jewelry and expanded the c
Estimate €200 - €300 -
67 - Maurice BLONDEL (1861–1949), philosopher Autograph letter on the back and autograph manuscript, Aix-en-Provence, November 21, 1922, to Frédéric LEFÈVRE, editor of *Nouvelles littéraires*; 2 pages, small quarto, and 1 page, octavo, with envelope. Fatigue and his reservations about Bergsonism prevent him from praising BERGSON, “especially since theologians, ready to forgive anything to unbelievers, would take advantage of my praise to cry out that I have betrayed them in favor of a work th
Estimate €100 - €150 -
68 - Christian BOBIN (1951–2022) 7 letters, 2017–2019, to Isabelle SLEMPKÈS; 14 pages, in-4 format, stamped colored envelopes. A lovely exchange of letters with a female author. 1917. [14.II] “It’s hard for me to read a manuscript, especially when I’m focused on a book I’m currently working on. But the voice in your pages—I believe I have heard it: honest, a fighter for life—it is the voice of one who knows that ‘second wind’ may be the secret name of writing, its name of resista
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
69 - Paul BOURGET (1852–1935) Letter from the author, Paris, April 25, 1932, to a young lady [Yvonne OSTROGA]; 3 pages, in-4 format, with cross-outs and corrections. A preface to Yvonne OSTROGA’s book, *Les Indépendantes: 25 Professions for Today’s Young Women* (Plon, 1932), in which he analyzes and praises the work.
Estimate €200 - €250 -
70 - Eugène CARRIÈRE (1849–1906) 2 letters, December 30, 1892, and April 3, 1893, to Mr. Renaud; 3 pages, in-8. “I’ve been bedridden for three weeks with a leg fracture sustained in a carriage accident. That explains why you haven’t seen me at your Monday gatherings”; and he sends him his best wishes for the New Year. -He is in the countryside: “I am in the process of finishing my painting for the Salon du Champ de Mars. Therefore, I will not be able to attend to my work at City Hall un
Estimate €150 - €200 -
71 - CHRISTINE OF SWEDEN (1626–1689) P.S. “Christina,” Stockholm, April 22, 1648; 1 folio page, large seal bearing the coat of arms under the paper; in Latin. Appointment of Schering ROSENHANE as ambassador to France to the Most Christian King (Louis XIV).
Estimate €500 - €800 -
72 - CLEMENCEAU Family: 2 original letters - One from E. Clémenceau to “My Alexandrine,” dated March 31, 1871. The fold is reinforced with tape. - One from M. Clémenceau to a gentleman in possession of a letter from Georges Clémenceau, dated June 23, 1964. = As is.
Estimate €200 - €250 -
73 - Eugène DELACROIX (1798–1863) Autograph letter, Saturday, to Mr. Lebouc; 1 page, in-8 format, envelope with red wax seal. He is sending him “the amount of the note from Madame de Czartoryska, who asked me to have it delivered to you, as she did not know your address”… Enclosed: 2 autograph letters by CARAN D’ACHE (regarding the drawings for *Thaïs*) and Paul FLANDRIN (1882, to Ambroise Thomas), and a pen-and-ink drawing with an autographed caption signed by Maurice BOUTET DE MONVEL
Estimate €300 - €500 -
74 - Marceline DESBORDES-VALMORE (1786–1859) Autograph POEM, “Elegy,” March 1822; 3¼ pages, in-4. A beautiful poem of 72 lines, lamenting the imprisonment of BÉRANGER (who had been sentenced to three months in prison at Sainte-Pélagie and a fine of 500 francs for his political songs). “What! Béranger! What! The friend of France, / The Anacreon of our stormy times, / With his resonant lute and courageous strains, / The beloved lover of youthful hope, / He is a prisoner!”… This poem was
Estimate €400 - €700 -
74-1 - Catherine DESHAYES, known as la VOISIN (1640–1680) Midwife and poisoner, central figure in the Poison Affair. L.A., with signature on the back, 1679; 1¼ pages, in-4 (crinkled paper, creases, slight foxing, and a small tear; framed on both sides). A very rare autograph letter by La Voisin, a piece of evidence in the Poison Affair. It is evident that La Voisin was virtually illiterate. “ Madam, I believe you have surely been told that I have been longing to have the pleasure of seeing you, bu
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
75 - MISCELLANEOUS. 21 letters or documents. Miscellaneous documents (1673–1888): lease, purchase agreement, receipt, marriage certificate, deed of gift, secret will, receipt for annuities, lease of produce, military certificates and other documents, partition of estate, passports, decrees signed by Montalivet concerning paintings, etc. Letter signed by the Count of FORBIN in 1819 concerning paintings by Manfredi and Sebastiano del Piombo (vignette and letterhead). ENCLOSED: Tickets for the 1900 W
Estimate €180 - €230 -
76 - MISCELLANEOUS 16 letters (mostly autograph letters) and documents, several relating to the War of 1870 and the Paris Commune. Louis Blanc, Castéja, Gustave CLUSERET (3), B. Crémieux (to Arago), J. Druet du Rousse, Paschal Grousset, François Jourde, Aimé OURS (2 long letters about his balloon ascents, and a note on the balloon “Newton”), Adolphe Thiers, Élise Thiers (née Dosne), H. de Villemessant, etc.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
77 - Paul DUKAS (1865–1935) Autograph letter (monogram), Royan, [August 8], 1924, to Gustave SAMAZEUILH; 1 page, in-8 format, address on the reverse. He complains about the bad weather: “Not much new to report here, except for the arrival of the Republican Guard Band next Sunday. The bust of Mr. Garnier [former mayor of Royan] is breathing in the sea air more faithfully on its pedestal, against this backdrop of great lyricism. But really, that’s the only musical news I can give you, since I don
Estimate €200 - €250 -
79 - Maurice ESTEVE (1904-2001) 24 autograph letters signed, 5 with envelopes, 1961-1992 to Jean Leymarie; 26 pages, various formats. Paris May 8, 1962: "Mr. Rüdlinger informs me of your reply to his request for an introduction that he and I would have been happy to obtain from you for the catalog of my Basel retrospective ... "Paris, January 3 1982: "I was delighted to learn, Nathan, that you have agreed to write the preface to the catalog of my Zürich exhibition... "Bourbon l'Archambault Septembe
Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
80 - César FRANCK (1822–1890) Autograph letter, to his dear Félix; 1½ pages, in-8. He had promised him “a spot in the Comédie competition, but I absolutely cannot give it to you—I had promised both of them […] To make up for it, I am sending you a spot in the singing competition and another in the opera competition”…
Estimate €150 - €200 -
80-1 - Remy de GOURMONT (1858–1915) Autograph manuscript, signed with his pseudonym “R. de Bury,” *Les Journaux*, [October 1901]; 5½ pages, in-8 format, with pasted-in newspaper clippings. On the Comédie Française and the decree of October 12, 1901. Gourmont wonders whether the Comédie Française is “a useful, harmful, or indifferent institution” to art. While it upholds tradition, it often distorts it, and the modern repertoire (Augier, Dumas, Ponsard) is very limited: “It hasn’t ev
Estimate €150 - €200 -
80-2 - Étienne GOIS (1731–1823), sculptor 2 P.S., Paris, 8 and 28 Germinal X (March–April 1802); 3 folio-sized pages, the second co-signed by the architect RONDELET, with a vignette and the printed letterhead of the Institution nationale du Lycée des Arts. Minutes of the meetings of the Fine Arts Class. 8 Germinal: HOUEL reads “a description of the ripples produced by the reflection of the sea’s waters on the Seine River”; BALTARD showed engravings “imitating wash drawings”… 28 Germin
Estimate €200 - €250 -
80-3 - Théophile GAUTIER (1811–1873) Autograph letter, to Alfred BUSQUET; 1 page, in-12 format. “I am taking you up on your generous offer to help me complete my set of Shakespeare. I am missing Volume IV, *The Jealous Ones*; Volume IX, *The Family*; and Volume XIII, *The Homeland*. My edition is printed on Holland paper”…
Estimate €150 - €200 -
81 - Edmond HARAUCOURT (1856–1941) Signed autograph manuscript, *Le Monstre*; 4 folio-sized pages (cut during printing and re-glued). A short story featuring Abbé Gérin, an eccentric priest who devoted his life “to a crusade […] against the Spirit, whom he called the Devil, and for Nature, whom he called God”… An unidentified dedication to André Girodie is included.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
81-1 - James Duffield HARDING (1798–1863) 2 letters, 1848–1853, to Mr. HOGARTH; 3½ pages, in-8; in English. December 30, 1848. He urgently demands payment; he has waited patiently: “I can assure you it is most painful to me to be compelled in this manner to lay bare my necessities because I have been so unfairly kept waiting to receive what has now been due to me for about twelve months.” He can wait no longer… August 2, 1854. He requests his engraving of Venice for the Manchester exhibition
Estimate €100 - €150 -
82 - Victor HUGO (1802–1885) Autograph letter, Paris, May 16 [1843], to Ch. Quesnel; 1 page, in-8 format, with address. He is touched by his letter and by the one from Alphonse Le Flaguais. He is going to the post office to claim the *Revue de Caen* and Marcel’s poem (by Le Flaguais): “I am always eager for fine verse, and Mr. Le Flaguais’s noble poetry has long held my admiration”…
Estimate €200 - €350 -
83 - Victor HUGO (1802–1885) Autograph letter, [Jersey] Marine Terrace, July 17, [1853], to Miss J. Jumel in Paris; 1 page, in-12 format, addressed (traces of rust, address page repaired). “My agreements with my publishers allow me to grant you the permission you have been kind enough to request only for one or two pieces and for a maximum of two years.” She should therefore indicate to him the pieces she wishes to publish along with her music…
Estimate €200 - €350 -
84 - Victor HUGO (1802–1885) Letter from the author (L.A.S.), Saint-Prix-la-Terrasse, September 16, [1842], to his cousin Adolphe TRÉBUCHET; 1 page, in-8 format, with address. He is in the countryside on vacation with “the entire group from the Place Royale […] so that my dear little patients can breathe some fresh air.” He expresses his sympathy on the occasion of the death of Mme. Bouche (Trébuchet’s mother-in-law): “Alas! Such is life, and these are the blows that must strike us all
Estimate €200 - €350 -
85 - Victor HUGO (1802–1885) Letter from the author, March 16, 1830, to Pierre-Jean de Béranger; 1 page, in-8 format, with address. “Your letter is that of a great poet and a good friend. I will discuss a few points from it with you later in a long conversation about art, friendship, and poetry. In the meantime, I want to tell you that I was deeply moved, that nothing—not even a letter from my father—has ever touched me more deeply, and that I can’t wait to be near you so I can shake your
Estimate €300 - €500 -
86 - [Victor HUGO]. Juliette DROUET . Autograph letter signed “Juliette,” January 21–22 [1851], to Victor HUGO; 4 pages, in-8 (traces of rust). Love letter. “Good morning, my beloved, good morning, my noble man, good morning, citizen.” She hopes he is asleep; the weather is “awful, and the wind and rain are raging against my shutters.” She hopes he will be able to come for the evening feast; she will wait for him: “But duty is a consideration I did not wish to defy. I do not want to d
Estimate €350 - €500 -
87 - Victor HUGO (1802–1885) Letter from the author, January 16, to Frédérick LEMAITRE; 1 page, in-12 format, with address. “Neither yes nor no, my dear Mr. Frédérick. There is a practical obstacle that, it seems, must first be overcome.” He invites him to come and discuss it… 400/500 €
Estimate €200 - €350 -
88 - Victor HUGO and VACQUERIE Autograph letter signed “V.H.,” [to Alexandre Piédagnel]; half-page, in-12. “With all my heart, dear colleague, and please convey my regards to your charming wife. ” Included is an autographed envelope addressed to Mlle Jeanne Azais (1877); plus 2 L.A.S. from Auguste Vacquerie (one to Porel).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
89 - Joseph JOACHIM (1831–1907) Autograph letter, [London], to cellist Charles LEBOUC; 4 pages, in-8; in French. He declines his invitation to play in a quartet with him: “The fact that I myself give chamber music recitals naturally prevents me from committing to playing in quartets elsewhere! There simply wouldn’t be enough time for rehearsals, and I have too much respect for the audience to want to appear exhausted or inadequately prepared!” As for the Conservatory Concerts, he has given
Estimate €500 - €800 -
90 - Marcel JOUHANDEAU (1888–1979) Letter to Patrice CAUDA, and autograph manuscript; 2 pages in-8, and 3½ pages in-8. The letter is addressed to the poet Patrice Cauda, who is about to stand trial. Jouhandeau has spoken with his lawyer: “Your case is not very serious. That’s just what’s needed. The trouble is that justice is a sort of brute, lacking discernment, intelligence, or compassion. Wait, without worrying about the consequences. They will be insignificant, and I’ll make sure your
Estimate €200 - €250 -
91 - Jacqueline KENNEDY (1929–1994) Jacqueline KENNEDY ONASSIS (1929–1994). L.A.S. “Jackie,” Friday evening [London, February 22, 1985], to Alice ORMSBY-GORE; 4 pages, in-8 format, on letterhead from The Ritz, Piccadilly, London, in a stamped envelope (stained, torn); in English. A beautiful, lengthy letter of condolence upon the death of William David ORMSBY-GORE, 5th Baron Harlech (1918–1985), who died in a car accident on January 26, 1985. Lord Harlech served as the United Kingdom’s a
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
92 - LITERATURE 10 original letters Théodore de Banville, P.J. Barbier, Georges Beaume, P.J. de Béranger (to Duverger), Henri de Bornier, Alexandre Dumas, Jr., Pierre Loti (regarding the publication of *Matelot*), Henri Martin, Alfred Mézières, Maurice Talmeyr. Enclosed are: 4 letters, including 2 autograph letters by Sarah Bernhardt and Mme Pasca.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
92-1 - LITERATURE 14 letters and one poem Théodore de BANVILLE (to Godefroy), Victor CHERBULIEZ, DANIEL-ROPS (5 to Frédéric Lefèvre, 1934–1949), Maurice MAGRE (2, on his passion for travel books), George P. MORRIS (New York, 1834), Anna de NOAILLES (2 postcards), Joséphin PÉLADAN (to a columnist at *Le Rappel*), Albert SAMAIN (1898, to his sister Alicia), Victorien SARDOU (poem, *Luxure*, Divonne 1910).
Estimate €200 - €250 -
93 - Édouard MANET (1832–1883) Autograph letter, Rueil, Tuesday [1882?], to Méry LAURENT; 1½ pages, in-8. He was about to write to his “dear Mery […] a letter full of reproaches—I even thought for a moment that you were traveling. I forgot that friendship comes second, and that’s quite fair. The countryside does me good; I’m feeling better than when I left Paris.” He wishes her a safe journey, with “a good steward”…. [Manet left behind several portraits of Méry Laurent.]
Estimate €700 - €1,000
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The lots are available for viewingby appointment at the office located at 7 rue Drouot, 75009 Paris.
Appraiser:
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