Letters and autographs

The ugly duckling. My favorite tales. A 3D book. Ill. John Patience. Paris : Serges Media Sarl, 2001. Good condition. │ Whambamboozle. Written by Jason Page. Ill. By Sebastian Quigley. Paris: Nathan, 1999. Battery to be …

Music Furtwängler, Wilhelm Furtwängler: Collection of 12 objects (signed). Original document. A collection of twelve objects about the important German symphony conductor: a large format photograph with handwritten…

Waldersee, Georg Count of Collection of 43 handwritten letters and 6 postcards with signatures to the archivist Heinrich Otto Meisner (1890 1976) in Berlin. Ivenack et al., 1921 1927. Single sheet dimensions mainly 22…

World War I Railway Collection of ca. 500 OPhotographs (vintages, mostly silver gelatine prints) of the Military Railway Directorate 6 in Brest Litowsk (different formats from ca. 6 x 8,5 to 22 x 16 cm) mounted in…

Napoleon Napoleon I Handwritten letter with signature to his father in law Franz II/I. Paris, July 21, 1810. 1 page on double folded paper. Sheet size 19.5 x 37 cm. Letter accompanying a gift that Napoleon sent …

Nicolai, Friedrich Handwritten letter with signature on a master book sheet with engraved. Frame. Berlin, 29 Sep. 1791. Size approx. 11 x 18 cm. Letter accompanying a consignment of portraits of "the doctor and che…

Weaving mill Biehler, Tobias Practical instructions for each drawing of the Jaquard machine. (Vienna, 1839) Austrian author's manuscript of the 19th century in German language on paper, with lithographed presentati…

Du Chatelet, Emilie, Voltaire, François Marie Arouet, Maupertius, Pierre Louis Moreau de. Correspondence of Voltaire and Madame Du Chatelet with Maupertuis. Manuscript letters in ink on paper. Collection of early tran…

Liszt, Franz Handwritten letter with signature of the composer (1811 1886) to the painter friend Friedrich Preller the A.D. (1804 1878). O.O., 11 July 1861. 1 p. On 1 double sheet of blue paper (single sheet measures …

Ludwig II, King of Bavaria Handwritten letter with signature to the British diplomat Francis Henry Howard. Munich, Dec. 28, 1871. 1 p. On 1 double sheet (single sheet size approx. 28.5 x 21.8 cm) with gilt edges. F…

Switzerland Stump, Johannes Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnoschafft Stetten, Landen und Volckeren Chronic wirdiger thaaten description ... Parts 5 13 in 1 volume. With 9 woodcut maps (8 full page and 1 double page sized),…

Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc Histoire naturelle générale et particulière. With cards, vignettes and numerous (partly folded) plates. Collection of 24 (of 36) volumes. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1750 1788. 4°. Flamed c…

Merian, Matthew Theatrum Europaeum, that is: historical chronicle or warhaffter description of all for take and denckwürdigen stories so itself and again in the world most partly however in Europe of Anno Christi 1629…

BANKSY (British, b.1974)

‘Bird Grenade’ (2002) Spray paint on plaster board, created in 2002 Size: 610 mm x 640 mm (total Size:90 x 90 cm. Mounted in wooden and glazed box PROVENANCE Sprayed by Banksy on a plaster column at the Lib…

MIRABEAU, Victor (1715 1789), dit « l’Ami des homm…

Autograph letter signed, to Helvetius. Paris, August 11, 1758. Joint sheet in 4 (220 x 117 mm) of 4 pp., brown ink; traces of folds, modern red half marocco folder (A. Devauchelle). Beautiful and long letter from the Mar…

STENDHAL, Henri Beyle, dit`

Tour of Italy in 1811 by M. De Léry. Manuscript partly autograph. Without place or date, [1813]. In folio (330 x 220 mm) of 356 pp. On 186 leaves, paginations in brown ink (1 372). Each page has been carefully set in red…

BALZAC, Honoré de.

Intellectual history of Louis Lambert [Fragment from Romans et contes philosophiques]. Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1833. In 12 (161 x 111 mm) of 264 pp. Including false title and title; salmon cardboard, smooth spine (conte…

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.

Il Decamerone... Nuovamente stampato, con un raccoglimento di tutte le sentenze... Aggiunteci le annotationi... Da Monsignore Bembo. Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1555. In 16 (124 x 70 mm) de 932 pp., 14 ff.N.Ch. (including t…

DAMVILLIERS, sieur de [pseud. De NICOLE, Pierre].

Les Imaginaires, or letters on imaginary heresy. Liège, Adolphe Beyers, 1667. 2 volumes in 12 (136 x 70 mm) of 14 ff.N.Ch., 430 pp. For volume I; 495 pp. 1 white f.N.Ch. For volume II; red morocco, plates decorated in th…

HESIODE.

Hesiodi Ascraei quae extant. Ex recensione Georgii Graevii, cum eiusdem animadversionibus & notoris. Accedunt notae ineditae Josephu Scaligeri and Francisci Guieti. Amsterdam, Daniel Elzevier, 1667. In 8 (153 x 97 mm) of…

[HUGO, Victor].

Han from Iceland. Paris, Nicolas Vaucluse pour Persan, 1823. 4 volumes in 12 (175 x 105 mm) of VIII, 316 pp. For volume I; 2 ff.N.Ch., 237 pp., 1 f.N.Ch. (including the labels printed for the brochure for the title piece…

HUYSMANS, Joris Karl.

In Vau l'eau. Brussels, A. Lefèvre for Henry Kistemaeckers, 1882. In 12 (157 x 102 mm) of a frontispiece portrait engraved by Amédée Lynnen, 144 pp., 2 ff.N.Ch. (the last of which is white); brown morocco, smooth spine, …

MIRBEAU, Octave.

A maid's diary. Paris, librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1900. Large in 8 (262 x 190 mm) of 2 ff.N.Ch., 519 pp.; red morocco, gilt fillets, ornate ribbed spine, bronze box lining, red silk endpapers, gilt head, matchin…

MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de.

The Tests. New edition, found after the decease of the author, received & increased by a third more than the previous impressions. Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. In folio (351 x 213 mm) of 12 ff.N.Ch., 523, 231 pp.; ivory…

MUSSET, Alfred de.

The Confession of a Child of the Century. Paris, imprimerie E. Duverger pour Félix Bonnaire, 1836. 2 volumes in 8 (225 x 142 mm) of 2 ff.N.Ch., 321 pp. For volume I; 2 ff.N.Ch., 330 pp. For volume II; paperback, printed …

[STENDHAL] CONDORCET, Jean Antoine Nicolas de Cari…

Sketch of a historical picture of the progress of the human mind. Posthumous work. Paris, Agasse, An III [1795]. In 8 (180 x 112 mm) from VIII, 389 pp.; marble paperboard, smooth spine with a manuscript title piece on pa…

[THOMSON, George].

The Hunt of the Roman beste. Where the XXIII is refuted. Chapter of the Catechism & a compendium of the controversies of our time concerning the Catholic religion. La Rochelle, H. Haultin's heirs, 1611. In 8 (178 x 104 m…

HUGO, Victor.

Photographic portrait. Paris, J.M. Lopez, [1877]. Silver print mounted on cardboard (139 x 101 mm) by J.M. Lopez; modern montage, framed. Photographic portrait of Victor Hugo taken at the age of 75, showing the poet in p…

HUGO, Victor.

Ninety three. Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1874. 3 volumes in 8 (240 x 150 mm) of 2 ff.N.Ch., 313 pp., 1 f.N.Ch. For volume I; 2 ff.N.Ch., 287 pp., 1 f.N.Ch. For volume II; 2 ff.N.Ch., 313 pp., 1 f.N.Ch. For volume III; pa…

RENAN, Ernest.

Childhood and youth memories. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1883. Grand in 8 (244 x 165 mm) de 2 ff.N.Ch., XXIII, 411 pp., 2 ff.N.Ch. (table, and the last white); blue morocco, spine ribbed, aubergine morocco lining, blue silk en…

CHATEAUBRIAND, François René de.

Rancé's life. Paris, H L. Delloye sells at the librairie Garnier, [1844]. In 8 (215 x 131 mm) de 2 ff.N.Ch., VIII, 279 pp.; brown half calf, smooth spine, combed paper covers (19th century binding), modern green morocco …

SENEQUE.

Octavia tragoedia. Paris, Stéphane Prevosteau, 1602. In 4 (222 x 170 mm) de 43 pp. [Relie avec:] CICERON. In Luc. Catilinam, ad Quirites, invectiva II. Oratio XX. Paris, Jean Libert, 1633. 2 works in 1 volume in 4 (222 x…

[STENDHAL]. HOMERE.

Esperimento di traduzione di Omero di Ugo Foscolo. Brescia, Nicolo Bertoni, 1807. In 8 (230 x 158 mm) de VIII, 121 pp., 1 f.N.Ch.; ivory vellum with flaps, spine with nerves (early 20th century binding ), modern Havana m…

Russia. MEYERBERG. Viaggio di Moscovia.

Rare first and only Italian translation. Work translated from the original French, in which "the site of the Country, Cities, Fortresses, Rivers, and more relevant Lakes, the Rites, Costumes, and Riches of the inhabitant…

Valise des débuts. Témoignage émouvant, cette vieille valise qui tombe en ruine vient de Grèce, et a probablement été apportée en France par les parents de Garvarentz, qui appartenaient à la communauté arménienne de…

Mit Autograph des Verfassers! Geschichte des Preuß…

With autograph of the author! History of the Prussian State by Dr. Felix Eberty, first and second volume Breslau 1867. With handwritten letter from the author from 1874, this pasted. Please take a look. Stronger signs of…

Escher, M.C. (1898 1972). Series of 4 TYPESCRIPT and 10 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, all to publisher “Uitgeverij van de Erven J.J. Tijl” (1x “Aan de Directie (…)”, 1x to “Mr. H Dikkers, Directeur (…)”, all others to “G.W. …

Masereel, F. (1889 1971). "1960". Woodcut, 11,5x15,5 cm., signed "Frans Masereel" in pencil, monogrammed in the block, on a fold. New Year's wish by Internationaal Literatuur Bureau Hein Kohn. = Ritter A d) 1959 Nr.4. AD…

CRICK FRANCIS: (1916 2004) English Molecular Biologist, co discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953 together with James Watson. Joint Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1962. A very unusual and…

DE LESSEPS FERDINAND: (1805 1894) French Diplomat and developer of the Suez Canal. A.L.S., `Ferd. De Lesseps´, one page, 8vo, n.P., 20th November [1877], to his son, in French. De Lesseps informs his son that he has been…

DARWIN CHARLES: (1809 1882) English Naturalist. A remarkable, fine A.L.S., C. Darwin, two pages, 8vo, Down, Beckenham, Kent, 13th May n.Y. (1872) to his son, Francis Darwin ('My dear Frank'). Darwin asks his son to try a…

NECKER JACQUES: (1732 1804) Swiss Banker & Finance Minister 1777 81 under Louis XVI. Some of his decisions have been later considered as critical in creating social conditions which contributed to the outbreak of the Fre…

[LOWE HUDSON]: (1769 1844) Anglo Irish Soldier and Colonial Administrator, Governor of St Helena where he was the 'gaoler' of Napoleon Bonaparte. Contemporary Manuscript copy of an autograph letter by Lowe, in an unident…

CHURCHILL & GEORGE VI: CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874 1965) British Prime Minister 1940 45, 1951 55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953 & GEORGE VI: (1895 1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936 52. An excellent war date…

NAPOLEON II: (1811 1832) Prince Imperial of France, King of Rome (1811 14), disputed Emperor of the French June July 1815 and titular Emperor of the French 1815 32. An extremely rare ink signature ('Herzog von Reichstadt…

HENRY III: (1551 1589) King of France 1574 89 and King of Poland & Grand Duke of Lithuania 1573 75. Assassinated. L.S., Henry, one page, folio, Camp at (? place name indecipherable), 10th December 1587, to Cardinal Dance…

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CALLAGHAN JAMES: (1912 2005) British Prime Minister 1976 79. A.L.S., Jim Callaghan, two pages, 8vo, n.P. (London), 9th September 1955, to Mr. Rilstone, on the printed stationery of the House of Commons. Callaghan thanks …

CHAVEZ HUGO: (1954 2013) President of Venezuela 1999 2013. An excellent bound set of documents, containing two T.Ls.S., three detailed hand drawn maps, one autograph letter and one attractive portrait drawing, eight page…

[WONGSA DHIRAJ SNID]: (1808 1871) Prince of Siam, a physician and diplomat known as the Doctor Prince. Wongsa Dhiraj Snid was an early adopter of Western style medicine who served as royal physician during the reigns of …