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Louis XIV (1638-1715), King of France. Letter signed “Louis” (autograph signature), written by the secretary of the hand Toussaint Rose, Versailles, 21 January 1666, addressed to “ma seur“. 1 p. in-4°, very discreet mourning border. A particularly moving letter […]
Pierre Mignard (after). The Virgin, the Child Jesus and Saint John the Baptist. Paris, Image St Benoist, no date [XVIIIe century]. Beautiful copperplate engraving signed “P. R.”, after the one engraved by François de Poilly (“F. P. ex. […]
Napoleon on St. Helena. Painting by François Martinet. State of the [British garrison]. St Helena. [.]. Saint Helena, 17-29 November 1816. Anonymous manuscript [Superior Officer ?] in-16, in English, . 34 unnumbered pages, written in fine and elegant writing […]
[Marquis de Thuisy]. État du Régiment des Gardes Françoises du Roy au mois de Juin 1789. [Paris, 1789]. Manuscript in-16. [1], 7 white, 93 pp., 13 ff. white. Long-grained blue morocco, richly decorated long back, plates decorated with […]
Gustave Courbet (1819 – 1877), painter. Autograph letter signed ” Gustave Courbet “, Salins, 28 November 1864, to the ” cher et grand poète ” [Victor Hugo]. 3 pages and a half in-8°. Magnificent letter addressed to the great […]
Jacques Prévert (1900-1977). 3 autograph poems in blue ink, titles doubly underlined in red pencil. No place, no date [around 1943]. 1 p. in folio with small squares (dim 37 x 27 cm.). « Immense et rouge » […]
[Register of magistral prescriptions in the Hospices of Beaune]. 1661-1663. Manuscrit. Large in-8°. Title and 579 unnumbered pages. Fawn half-sheepskin, nineteenth-century bindingth, back with 4 false bands adorned with golden fillets, label in black marocco. Valuable and important register […]
I. The plaster hand of Juliette Drouet, the love of his life. [Charles Simon Pradier (1783-1847), Swiss engraver]. Moulding of Juliette Drouet’s hand. Plaster. around 1826. Dimensions 25 x 10 x 5 cm. With handwritten mention in ink on […]
Juliette Drouet (alias Julienne Gauvain,1806-1883), French actress who was the mistress of Victor Hugo for nearly fifty years. Autograph letter signed “Juliette “, no place [Paris], 31 July [1849 ?], saturday noon 1/2 “Day of Sta Panties ” [to Victor […]
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869). III. Heroic Symphony. Proofs with the composer’s autograph corrections. No place, no date [ca. 1862]. 10 pp. in-8° glued on sheets in-4° mounted on guards. Antique binding of red paper boards, black morocco title piece […]