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Precious set from René Thorel (1877-1916), captain of the 347th Infantry Regiment, 24th Company, fell in the field of honour on 8 June 1916 in Fleury-sous-Thiaumont (Verdun). Journalist, columnist, author of tales, he is one of the 560 writers who […]
[Jean Marie Charles Abrial (1879-1962), French admiral, hero of Dunkirk and then minister of the navy of the Vichy regime from November 1942 to March 1943]. Mediterranean Wing Fanions Album. 1936 ● 1938. No place, no name, [1938]. Oblong […]
Gustave FLAUBERT (1821-1880). Loi salique. Manuscript autograph, [Rouen, 1837]. 2 pp. in folio. Beautifully slipcase by Benjamin Elbel. Exceptional unpublished manuscript, probably written in September 1837, while Flaubert, fifteen years old, ended his holiday in Rouen, before he […]
Abd el-Kader [ عبد القادر بن محي الدين ] [Abdelkader ibn Muhieddine, called] (Mascara, 1808 – Damas, 1883]), Arab emir of Algeria, writer, poet, philosopher, military resistant, Sufi politician and theologian, founder of the Algerian state. Letter signed with […]
Johann-Daniel Schoepflin – Andreas Lamey. Alsatia diplomatica. Mannhemii, ex typographia elect. aulica et academica, 1772-1775. 2 vol. in folio (dim. 40 x 26 cm). [Volume I] : Alsatia ævi Merovingici Carolingici Saxonici Salici Suevici diplomatica. Mannhemii, ex typographia academica, […]
Henri III (1551-1589), King of France, then King of Poland. Signed letter “Vostre bon amy Henri “, Paris, 7 August 1573, to [Louis de Chasteigner de La Roche-Posay], Mons[ieur] d’Abin, gentilhomme de la chambre du Roy, monseigneur et fr[ere] “. […]
Henri IV (1553-1610), King of France. Signed letter, Saint-Denis, 1st August 1593, to Monsieur d’Abin, Knight of Orders, councillor in his council of state and captain of fifty men-at-arms of his ordinances, Governor and Lieutenant General in his country […]
“The lucky adventurer is a hero ; the hero who fails and succumbs is just an adventurer.” Charles René Gaston Gustave de Raousset-Boulbon (Avignon, 1817- Guaymas, in Mexico, 1854), filibuster and adventurer, has made his fortune in San Francisco […]
Correspondance et documents adressés à Paul Péraldi, Intendant militaire, compagnon de la Libération, proche du Général et de sa famille depuis la seconde Guerre mondiale Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), général, président de la République et écrivain. Correspondance adressée à […]
Pierre Chatillon (1885-1974), Swiss illustrator. [German High Command during the Great War] Hindenbourg [sic], on Kronprinz, Tirpitz [and the generals] Below, Bernstorff, Linsingen, Moltke, Bissing, and Woyrsch. Series of 9 captioned and signed portraits-charges, no date [1914-1918], no place. […]