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Jean de Bry (1760-1834), conventional, member of the Five Hundreds Council. Autograph letter signed “J. Debry “, Besançon, on 12 thermidor year 9 [31 July 1801], to “my dear J[oseph] Bonaparte “. 2 pp. in-4°. Beautiful letter of complaint from […]
Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925), french poet and novellist. Gammes. Autograph poem in purple ink, unsigned, no place no date [around 1905]. 1 p. in-4°, Joyson Superfine watermarked paper. Very erotic poem of 3 heptasyllabic rhyming couplets quatrains, that […]
Louise Georgine Elisabeth Nancy de Thoisy, Countess of Coligny-Chatillon. Légendes comtoises, copiées de Charles-Amédé Beneyton, peinct, escript et aorné par la comtesse de Coligni-Chatillon. 1875 in Choye [near Gy, Haute-Saône]. Richly illuminated manuscript. In-8°. 3 blank leaves, [10] […]
[General Georges Boulanger (1837-1891)]. Petit Souvenir. Paris, no name, 1888. Miniature calendar (7,8 x 5,5 cm), all printed in red. Full tobacco morocco, silver metal clasp and trims open with a leafy frieze, peacock-eyes edges on a gold background, […]
Louis Pergaud (1882-1915), writer. Autograph letter signed “Louis Pergaud “, [Verdun], wednesday 3 March 1915, to his “ dear master and friend » Lucien Descaves. 4 pages in-12. Autograph envelope with the address “Monsieur Lucien Descaves / 46 Rue […]
[Louis Chausson]. Traité de la coupe des pierres. No place, no date [1754-1774]. Manuscript in-4 4 white pages, 541 pages, 5 white pages, all marged. Contemporary full havana calf, back with 5 raised bands richly decorated, label “Manuel […]
Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898), frensh poet. Autograph letter signed “Stéphane Mallarmé “, Paris, 29 th April 1888, to “Monsieur ” [Ernest Lefeuve]. 4 pp. in-12 watermarked paper “Original stair’s mill ». Very beautiful unpublished letter in which the poet expresses his conception of […]
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 Exceptional unpublished manuscript, probably written in September 1837, while Flaubert, fifteen years old, ended his holiday in Rouen, before he […]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 […]
Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806), architect, french urban planner and utopian, one of the main creators of the neoclassical style. Autograph letter signed ” LeDoux “, no place [Paris], on 24 Octobre 1787, to “mes chers confrères “, 2 pp. in-4°. Ledoux, […]