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Sun 02 Jun

[COMIC STRIPS] - [TINTIN] HERGÉ. The Adventures of Tintin. L'affaire Tournesol. Casterman, 1966. In-4, publisher's boards. Color edition, 4th plate type B36. Good condition (corners and covers rubbed, some foxing in margins; handwritten note in blue pen "Tintin Milou" on v° of title). Enriched copy with a signed autograph letter from Hergé, accompanied by an original drawing of Tintin and Snowy, dated April 1979. Additional photos available on request from [email protected] Expert appraisal by Mr Ludovic MIRAN, bibliographer.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Sun 02 Jun

[COMICS] Edgar Pierre.JACOBS. La marque jaune. Black and Mortimer. In-folio. Editions Phigi Bruxelles, Collection 1/1. 1977. Limited edition of 800 copies, ours is numbered n°365/800. Interiors in very good condition. Folded and faded boards. 1st plate partly detached from spine.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Sun 02 Jun

MIRABEAU, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti de (1749-1791). Autograph letter signed "Mirabeau fils", addressed to Monsieur Boucher. S.l. [Donjon de Vincennes], August 19, 1780. 1/2 page in-4 + 10 lines on 1 sheet of envelope in-4, with name of addressee and fragment of seal (creases not serious; small paper damage touching a letter at the edge of the envelope and snag in margin, corners laminated on modern backing). Touching testimony to the secret exchanges of correspondence between Mirabeau, then detained for nearly three years in the Vincennes dungeon, and his mistress Sophie de Monnier, confined in the convent of the sisters of Sainte-Claire, in Gien. The envelope was addressed to a man named Boucher, secretary to Police Lieutenant Lenoir, who had agreed to forward the missives on condition that they could be read by the police. Boucher was nicknamed "the good angel" by the two lovers. Mirabeau mentions a letter that was to be enclosed ("... Here is a letter for Dupont that you will kindly send to Paris to the address of M. Turgot..."), then complains about the small number of letters forwarded: "Songez mon cher ange que je n'ai pas la lettre de Sophie que vous m'avez annoncée; et qu'il y a un siècle que je n'en ai eu..." he repeats about the envelope: "Mon ami, vous donne beaucoup d'inquiétude à moi et à Sophie. Sophie wrote to her friend to find out if I was ill [...]. It's been three weeks since we asked each other for news, and it's been six weeks since we've had any...". Expertise by Mr Ludovic MIRAN, bibliographer.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Sun 02 Jun

[COMICS] - [TINTIN] HERGE. L'oreille cassée, the adventures of Tintin reporter. Black & white. Ed. Casterman. 1986. Facsimile of the original 1938 edition. Binding in good condition, some wear and tear to boards and vignette. Photos on request from [email protected]

Estim. 10 - 20 EUR

Tue 04 Jun

BARRETT, Paul. Mademoiselle Javotte. Moral work written by herself and published by one of her friends; followed by Les Amours du Comte de C***. Illustrated with 64 drawings by Amédée LYNEN. Brussels, Henry Kestemaeckers, 1883. Small in-8. Bound in full lemon morocco, spine ribbed with a quintuple set of gilt fillets in the boxes, seven gilt fillets framing the boards, double gilt fillet on the edges, seven gilt fillets framing the inside, gilt head, cover preserved, case. (Binding signed Ch de Samblanx). Ex libris Delmay. An exceptional copy with 64 original drawings by Amédée Lynen, mounted and interleaved, and an autograph letter signed by A. Lynen to M. Delmay. Lynen to M. Delmay dated October 4, 1917, concerning the price of the book. Baudet 215. Gay II-956. (a tear on the slipcase).

Estim. 350 - 500 EUR

Tue 04 Jun

BOURGET, Paul. André Cornélis. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1887. In-12. Bound in half red morocco with corners, spine ribbed, gilt head, cover preserved, untrimmed (binding signed Champs et Stroobants). Ex libris. First edition. 1 of 5 copies on Whatman. Copy enriched with an autograph letter from the author, without mention of a dedicatee, this one in blank. Vicaire I-905.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Tue 04 Jun

GIDE, André. L'Immoraliste. Paris, Mercure de France, 1902. In-12. 259 pp. + 8 pp. publisher's catalog. Bound in gray-blue half morocco with corners, spine ribbed, gilt head, cover preserved, untrimmed (binding signed R. Faligant). Same year as the first edition, and first edition in this format with yellow cover and "achevé d'imprimer" dated November 20, 1902. Enriched with a signed autograph letter from the author to the Italian painter Roberto Pio Gatteschi. See Talvart and Place. In French in the text, n°330

Estim. 500 - 800 EUR

Tue 04 Jun

MAUPASSANT, Guy de. En Famille. Thirty-two color compositions by Pierre Vidal. Paris, A. Blaizot, 1905. Small in-4. Bound in full olive-green morocco, spine ribbed, attractive mosaic decoration of flowers and foliage framing the covers, seven gilt fillets framing the inside, gilt head, cover preserved, lined and edged slipcase. (Binding signed René Kieffer). 2 ex libris. 32 color compositions by Pierre Vidal, engraved in intaglio, including 6 hors texte. Limited edition of 151 numbered copies, 1 of 140 on Arches vellum. Enriched with a signed autograph letter from Maupassant to Alphonse Daudet, 1 p. in-8, on the letterhead of the Cabinet du Ministre de l'Instruction Publique, des Cultes et des Beaux-Arts. Paris, Friday February 14 [1879], Maupassant invites Alphonse Daudet and his wife to attend a performance of one of his plays soon to be performed at the Théatre français [Histoire du vieux temps], and hopes to meet him that evening at Charpentier. (spine faded).

Estim. 500 - 1 000 EUR

Tue 04 Jun

MAUPASSANT, Guy de. Imprudence. Text and drawings by HENRIOT. Paris, Aux dépens d'un Ami des Livres, Imprimeries Lemercier, 1899. Large in-8. Bound in full red morocco, richly decorated ribbed spine, large gilt fillet and lace decoration framing the boards, double gilt fillet on the edges; blue morocco linings decorated with a large floral composition in small irons, wrapping around a light blue morocco listel frame, brocaded red silk endpapers, marbled paper double endpapers, gilt edges (binding signed A. Cuzin). Complete reproduction, printed at 100 copies on Japon paper, of a calligraphic manuscript entirely watercolored with 76 compositions by HENRIOT, with a suite of black illustrations on Chine. UNIQUE EXEMPLAIRE, CONTAINING HENRIOT'S ORIGINAL AQUARELLED MANUSCRIT, prepared for the publisher Conquet in 1896, i.e., a masthead, two titles and 31 pages. The binding is exceptionally fine, and Cuzin, who usually signed in block letters, has had an iron plate reproducing his autograph signature specially engraved. Carteret IV-270: Sought-after edition. Perfect reproduction of the originals of a manuscript by the artist once executed for L. Conquet.

Estim. 1 200 - 1 800 EUR

Tue 04 Jun

HISTORICAL PAPERS AND AUTOGRAPHS. Set of approximately 30 miscellaneous items: -LE PELETIER DE SAINT-FARGEAU (Michel Etienne). Set of 2 signed letters of thanks for New Year's greetings. Paris, January 15, 1767-1770, 2 letters in-8. -MOLE (Louis-Mathieu, Comte) (1781-1855). Very beautiful and touching Autograph Letter Signed to Louise in which the minister expresses his thanks for the condolences received and his sorrow at the death of his wife (Caroline-Joséphine de La Live, 1781-1845). Paris, (1845), In-8, 27 lines. Mourning letter framed in black fillet. -BERTHIER DE GRANDRY (Alexandre, colonel). Set of 4 pieces concerning the military career of Colonel Alexandre Berthier de Grandy (1745-1832). Paris, 1801-1823. -FICQUELMONT (Charles-Louis, comte de) (1777-1857). Autograph Letter Signed to Count Valentin Philippe Esterhazy de Galantha (?). s.d., 1 page 1/2 in-8 folded. -4 Autograph Letters Signed addressed to Michel Simon CHEVALIER, drapery merchant in Colmar. Nancy, 1802-1812, 4 letters small in-4. Postmarks and stamps. -Dunkirk. Set of 3 letters between a concerned father and the Dunkirk authorities, concerning his daughter's flight to Paris under an assumed name and her activities. Lille and Dunkirk, 1825. -3 documents, one of which is handwritten, concerning the release of prisoners under the First Empire. Lille, January 25, 1811. -Beautiful Autograph Letter Signed addressed to Claude GROUX, Conseiller du Roy, Trésorier général de S.A.R. madame la duchesse d'Orléans, Ecuyer, receveur général et payeur des rentes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, by a certain L. VUATIER (?). Paris, January 16, 1747, 2 leaves in-4. Red wax seal. -BULLY (Charles Joseph-Augustin). Signed autograph letter from Charles Bully, député du Nord, addressed to the Marquis de Vaulchier, directeur général des Postes. Lille, September 1, 1828, 2 leaves in-8. + various signed historical manuscripts from the early 19th century concerning appointments, requests or research.

Estim. 80 - 120 EUR

Tue 04 Jun

DECROIX, Marcel. Wazemmes and its market. 15 gouaches, 14 lithographs by André DOURDIN. Text by Marcel Decroix. Lille, Emile Raoust, 1946, In-4, 18 leaves of text and 27 illustrations in slipcase. Leaves under cover, illustrated window slipcase. Nice long autograph letter from the artist to Dr. Bonte. Limited edition of 330 numbered copies, 1 of 270 on Lafuma pur fil signed by the artist, here no. 51. A beautiful evocation of the famous Sunday market in Wazemmes, illustrated with 15 off-text gouaches (14 + 1 in the slipcase) and 13 off-text black lithographs (13 + 1 on the title page), all under slipcase, by André Dourdin (1907-1974). (one spine of the slipcase cracked, as is often the case). ATTACHED: DESROUSSEAUX. Chansons et Pasquilles lilloises. Lille, 1854-1885. 5 volumes in-12. Bound in period half basane. Numerous illustrations throughout.

Estim. 50 - 80 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

SAINT-EXUPERY (Antoine de). Pilote de guerre. New York, Reynal & Hitchcock for Éditions de la Maison française, (February 1942). In-12, half black morocco, ribbed spine, gilt head, cons. cover without spine, marbled paper slipcase lined with the same morocco (Atelier Laurenchet). First edition, published at the same time as the English translation. The first French edition was published by Gallimard in November 1942. This copy bears an autograph signed letter from the author to André Daven. A French film producer, he was based in New York during the Second World War. He had been director of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. It also includes an original drawing in black pen and wash, dedicated to the same André Daven and signed by Bernard Lamotte, finely depicting a scene of aerial bombardment. A very interesting provenance: Bernard Lamotte, who had met Saint-Exupéry at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1920, moved to New York in 1935. A close friend of the writer, he illustrated the pre-original edition of Pilote de guerre published in January 1942 in Atlantic Monthly. And his illustrations were retained for the original English edition of Pilote de guerre - Flight to Arras.

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

BALZAC (Honoré de). LAS to the publisher Léon Curmer, Nov or Dec. 1839. 1 page and a half in-8, tears, missing bottom corner with damage to text, missing. Interesting letter concerning the publication of a text in "Les Français peints par eux-mêmes": "Send me Mr. Pétrus Borel's article in good print, because to place it you have to let him read it, and have him give it to me himself. I think you should let it be reproduced by the newspapers that have dealt with the Society, because when an article has this value of comedy and style, its probable propagation has an enormous influence on your sales, that's my opinion." On the back, autograph note added: "M. de Balzac prie monsieur Curmer de passer tout de suite rue Richelieu." Published in Correspondance de Balzac (Garnier, 1964, no. 1651).

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

CELINE (Louis-Ferdinand). LAS signed "LFer. votre ami", addressed to his defender, the journalist Charles Deshayes, 23 [February 1950, Klarskovgaard]. 1 folio page, envelope enclosed. With Deshayes' reply. 3 pages in-4, March 28, 1950. - And an autograph envelope from Céline, dated October 4, 1950, mailed empty. Céline and Deshayes have been exchanging ideas for several years about a memoir of rehabilitation, but Céline provokes and prevaricates: "Let's see! Let's not be so naive! Every time you submit your manuscript to a publisher, it will immediately be communicated to the police, to the Resistance police! (...) As a result, the libels against me, rectified, adjusted, will gain in bite (...) You're in a scoundrel police state - where everything is a cop." A month later, Deshayes defended himself: "I'll just point out that the title L'Affaire Céline (...) never appeared anywhere on my manuscript. (...). At the time, I simply said 'okay', reserving the right to inform the publisher (...). Fonts? Alas! I know they're everywhere. But when it comes to indiscretions, I think I've done everything I can to minimize the risk (...). Strangely enough, the title "L'Affaire Céline" was chosen in 1952 for the book that was to be published against Céline. Deshayes was finally exasperated when he received an empty envelope (Oct. 4, 1950, enclosed with this lot), on which he wrote in pencil: "Ferdinand's latest goujaterie".

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

FARRERE (Claude). Correspondence to Pierre Louÿs, on various subjects: literature, professional life, romance, current events... 27 letters and 6 telegrams, 1908 - 1913, with envelopes. Including: Farrère expresses his deep affection for his friend. He is constantly concerned about his health, regularly asking for news of him. The Navy is a major topic of discussion, as much for Farrère's professional advancement as for questions of strategy and armament... Letter (1911) from London, mentioning a forthcoming sailing. Letter (1910) enclosing a letter from a bookseller about repaying debts. Letter (1910) in which Farrère speaks of joining Louÿs for a few days. Letter (1910), gives his opinion on general officers, who he thinks should be 20-22 years old. Letter 9-08-1910, talks about his job and the state of the French navy. Letter 24-8-1910, military strategy in the context of a potential confrontation with Germany, French backwardness in armaments. Letter 9-11-10, transcription of account of a shipwreck. Letter 1912, gives his opinion on the second Balkan war...

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

FARRERE (Claude). Correspondence with Pierre Louÿs, about literature. 18 autograph letters and 3 telegrams, 1908 to 1912, often with envelopes, addressed to Pierre Louys, 29, rue de Boulainvilliers, Paris, and to the Grand Hôtel de Tamaris, most signed Fargone. Pierre Louÿs prefaced Farrère's first collection of stories, Fumée d'opium, and they exchanged regular correspondence thereafter. They sent each other manuscripts and kept each other informed of the progress of their work. Farrère insisted that Louÿs keep the title "La femme et le pantin", whereas his publisher wanted to change it. Letter (1911, Beirut), recounting life aboard ship. Letter (1908) about a literary competition. Letter (1908) about publishing, income and printing. Letter 27-2-1909, he mentions money problems. Letter 24-11-1910, he gives his opinion on Frondaie's mediocre performance in a play by Louÿs. Letter recounting a literary discussion, with criticism of the Goncourts and Margueritte, who "write so as not to be understood"...

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

FARRERE (Claude). Correspondence with Pierre Louÿs, about their friendship, which lasted twenty years. 16 autograph letters, 1908 - 1921, with envelopes. Including: Farrère dissuades his friend from taking his own life: "your death would be a greater grief to me than the death of my mother or my friend". my friend". He is constantly concerned about Louÿs's health and shares details of his love affairs. Letter (1910), mentions a meeting with the Marquis de Laurens-Castelet, who asks him to intervene with Louÿs's brother, the ambassador, to obtain a promotion. Letter (1910) in which he mentions a "furious temptation to end it all", following a meeting that went badly. Letter (1910) in which Farrère tries to dissuade Louÿs from committing suicide by praising him and offering to finish his book. Letter (1921) acknowledging receipt of verses by Corneille, complaining of suffering from neurasthenia. Letter 25-11-1910, accompanying 1000-franc loan. Letter 26-5-1912, conjugation question. Letter 21-7-1912, delighted that Louÿs is taking up his pen again...

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

FARRERE (Claude). Correspondence to Pierre Louÿs, around women. 17 autograph letters, 1905 - 1910, with envelopes. Including: Farrère writes Louÿs a letter "sur le dos d'une femme" (on a woman's back), recounting the difficulty of maintaining all his mistresses and, more original, the difficulty of being faithful to 8 women at once! One of his mistresses, "the lady with the pink ribbons", is regularly mentioned. Letter (1910), account of a heartbreak, a runaway lover. Letter 27-5-1910, about a dancer and a woman who bothers him and should be drowned in the Grande Rade. Letter 23-2-1909, news and meeting with two of his mistresses. Letter 12-11-1910, meeting between two mistresses and intermediation...

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

FARRERE (Claude). L'île au grand puits. Paris, 1921, Les Vignes. Autograph manuscript signed, dated December 18, 1920 - "May 7, 1921, at 6:18 p.m.". In-4, 223 handwritten leaves (except 7 typed) in orange folder (torn), including on the first cover, the handwritten title and Claude Farrère's signature. Stamp of the Association des écrivains combattants. Complete, highly legible manuscript, with corrections and erasures, dedicated: "pour ma femme Henriette Roggers" - "ma femme" crossed out in blue pencil. It includes dates in green pencil, sometimes with notes: "4/2/1921 back from Brussels", "Lyautey maréchal 20/2/21". This "unpublished" novel was published in Œuvres libres, July 1921 issue; it will be reprinted in Histoires de très loin ou d'assez près, (Flammarion, 1923). Enclosed are 8 pages of in-8 notes, including a list of characters and a small pen-and-ink drawing of the schooner.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

HAHN (Reynaldo). Mozart. Musical manuscript. 1925. In-folio, on paper, blue ink, 39 and 245 pp. mounted on tabs, half black cloth with corners. Precious manuscript score, partly autograph, of this 3-act musical comedy dedicated to one of Mozart's Parisian sojourns, premiered at the Théâtre Edouard VII on December 2, 1925. The play alternates between spoken passages (Lucien Guitry plays Baron Grimm) and arias sung by Yvonne Printemps, who played the title role and made the work a success. This manuscript is the composer's complete conductor's score: some pages have been mishandled, and a few passages have been crossed out. The Overture, which is entirely autograph, features a number of corrections by Hahn, who opted for a more moderate tempo. He corrected the tempo indication "allegro molto" to "allegro animato" (p. 1), and elsewhere added, in pencil, the indication "sans presser" (p. 31). A copyist intervened for the rest, preparing the armatures and sung parts and inserting the text in its place. Binding rubbed, some leaves chipped, angular loss (without loss of text) on 1st leaf, a few erasures and indentations, small scattered freckles.

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

KESSEL (Joseph). [Short story]. Autograph manuscript, unsigned, undated (ca. 1920?). 12 manuscript pages on 4 in-8 notebook pages folded in height) and 1 in-8 f., (ca. 11 x 17 cm). Complete handwritten draft, with few erasures, written in ink and sometimes pencil, on a combination of various leaves. A short story tinged with irony, recounting the passage of young Regnon (at the beginning of the manuscript, he is called "Regnol") into the Dupaton family as a repetiteur; Kessel, in the final punchline, seems to relish a certain generational conflict and leaves the lion's share to youth. Perhaps a work of youth.

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

KESSEL (Joseph). L'Empire d'Alexandre. Autograph manuscript signed, undated (1934). 23 1/2 pages (approx. 13.5 x 21 cm), trace of rusty paper clip on first few leaves. First draft manuscript, with numerous erasures and corrections, and variants from the printed text. Part advocacy, part detective story, this story first appeared in Marianne, in 5 issues, nos. 65 to 69, from January 17 to February 7, 1934. It was then published by Gallimard in April of the same year, under the title "Stavisky, l'homme que j'ai connu" ("Stavisky, the man I knew"). A financier of Russian origin, Stavisky was behind a number of major embezzlement schemes. He had just died in Chamonix on January 8, 1934, shot twice in the head (suicide or assassination?). In this series of articles, at the very heart of the financial affairs, Kessel details the conditions under which, in 1932, he met him and how he came to accept from Alexandre Stavisky, before returning it to him, the "sum of twenty-five thousand francs, to facilitate the financial set-up of a weekly news magazine. The deal fell through. Kessel returned the money, but remained intrigued and seduced, as he often was, by a multi-faceted character, an adventurer in short". (Album Kessel, pp. 132-134). Before the parliamentary commission of inquiry in May 1934, he proved that he had indeed repaid Stavisky in 1933. Interesting manuscript predating the right-wing anti-parliamentary riots of February 6, and Kessel's hearing.

Estim. 4 000 - 6 000 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

KESSEL (Joseph). Le Repos de l'équipage. Complete autograph manuscript, in 4 chapters, signed and dated in fine "Paris, June 20, 1934". 27 ff. recto (13.5 x 21 cm) numbered. Complete first draft manuscript, with erasures and additions; very compact and without margins. Divided into 5 episodes (distinct from the chapters numbered by Kessel), it was used for publication in the weekly Gringoire: - June 8 (ff. 1 to 6, up to the first 6 lines: "...injurious") - June 15 (from f. 6 to f. 10) - June 22, 1934 (f. 11 to f. 16, first 2 thirds: "... disintegration.") - June 29, 1934 (from f. 16, last third, to f. 21, 3 quarters: "...without understanding.") - July 6, 1934 (from f. 21, last quarter, to f. 27). Le Repos de l'équipage is a story that brings together 4 new episodes from L'Équipage, Kessel's first major novel (Gallimard, 1923); the original edition was published by Gallimard in 1935. These new episodes were composed for the film adaptation of the novel, directed by Anatole Litvak in 1935. They were later reworked and integrated into the novel L'Équipage, in 1964. The last version of 1964 amputated Le Repos de l'équipage from the first chapter (published in Gringoire on June 8, then for the end (in 2 columns), on June 15, 1934; the only chapter published in La Pléiade (I, p. 143), it also corresponds to pages 7 to 40 of the original 1935 edition). Small stains. Trace of rusty paperclip, with small misses to first and last leaf reaching a few letters.

Estim. 6 000 - 8 000 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

ARMÉE DES PYRENNÉES Autograph manuscript relating the orders given to the Army of the Pyrenees, beginning May 28 [1793]. Bound on vellum, with flap, and ex-libris Bibliothèque du docteur Lucien Graux; 144 pages, in-8°.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

ASSIGNATS - STAMPS - Set of 17 assignats including one for one thousand francs printed in red. - Signed "Le Chapelier". Receipt. - 1 Inscription de population de Canton de Lyon - 1 set of various modern stamps on the theme of the Revolution

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

BEAUHARNAIS Hortense de [Paris, 1783 - Arenenberg, Switzerland, 1837], daughter of Joséphine de Beauharnais, wife of Louis Bonaparte, Queen of Holland and mother of Napoleon III. Set of documents relating to Queen Hortense: - Certified copy of the minutes of the Family Council of December 24, 1809 on the separation of the King and Queen of Holland (on the letterhead of the Chancellery of France). - 1 Autograph letter signed by Chancellor Dambray to the Duchess, November 2, 1824; 2 1/2 pages in-4°. Concerning the custody of her children: "The King's intention in recognizing you as Duchess, in giving you a great title and a hereditary endowment from male to male, was undoubtedly that the child destined to collect them should be brought up in his kingdom, that he should receive a French education, suitable for forming loyal and devoted subjects for him ; But if the father of this child is blind enough to his true interests to remove him from the king's domination, and expose him to losing what he could hope for from his royal protection, His Majesty can only pity both the child and his mother". It's up to the courts to decide. Consultation and copy of judgment on this subject are enclosed. - Score entitled "Départ des Alpes", annotated by Valérie Masuyer: "Popular melody collected and notated by the Queen herself. The French lyrics are mine. Arenenberg 1833 V.M." (2 p. in-fol., defects and repairs). - Autograph manuscript of memoirs of expenses incurred by the curator of Queen Hortense's wardrobe during the month of April 1812. - Letter of recommendation for Madame Hogestein, dressmaker in the city of La Haye. - A set of 4 documents listing the persons presented. - 3 letters addressed to the Pierlot family. - Several documents addressed to or concerning her or her steward Baron Devaux, mostly as Duchesse de Saint-Leu.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

BERLIER Théophile [Dijon, 1761 - id., 1844], deputy to the Côte d'Or Convention. Autograph letter signed and addressed to Monsieur Thiboudeau père. Brussels, September 1, 1830; 3 pages in-8°, with a small gap at the top right of the page "I was going to write to you about the movements that are going on here, but it's a real imbroglio: they say today that they are parleying with the Princes who are at the city gates with troops: What will become of all this?" He's very upset about this, as he's planning his daughter Amélie's wedding, which is due to take place in the middle of the month.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

BONAPARTE Joseph, prince, comte de Survilliers [Corte, 1768 - Florence, 1844], king of Naples and then of Spain, elder brother of Napoleon I. Manuscript signed by Joseph Bonaparte and Champagny. Paris, 28 Ventôse an XII (March 19, 1805). Fine piece on parchment, partly printed. Brevet de nomination du Général J. François Xavier Nogues as President of the Hautes-Pyrénées Electoral College.

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

BONAPARTE Joseph, prince, comte de Survilliers [Corte, 1768 - Florence, 1844], king of Naples and then of Spain, elder brother of Napoleon I. Autograph letter signed. 20 V year XIII; 1 page in-4°. Letter expressing regret at not being able to satisfy his correspondent's request.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

BOYER Pierre [Belfort, 1722 - Lardy, 1851], French general, president of the Republic of Haiti in 1818. Autograph letter signed, addressed to General Rivaud de la Raffinière. Schönrbunn16 June 1809; 1 1/2 pages, address and "Service militaire" postmark; "I hasten to announce the following order of the day: the right wing of the Army commanded by the Viceroy (Eugène de Beauharnais) celebrated the anniversary of Marengo with a dazzling victory over the combined armies of the Archduke John and the Palatinate in the town of Raab in Hungary. These two armies, occupying the beautiful position near Raab, were attacked at full speed and routed. The enemy left 4 flags, 6 cannons and 4,000 prisoners in our power... After abandoning the battlefield covered in dead, the enemy withdrew in great disorder to Cormorn, where they were pursued sword in hand... Following this victory, the town of Raab was invested and the bombardment began... This news is official and I'm hastening to pass it on, it's good news to take all along the line, even as far as Erfurt..." Raab fell definitively on June 25.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

BROCHET Jean Étienne [,], juror at the Revolutionary Court, active member of the Cordeliers. Autograph signed. 1 page 1/3 in-12. He asks for an estimate of the items he is leaving with M. [Larbé] in the apartment he is vacating.

Estim. 100 - 120 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

BRUNEL Ignace [1742 - 1795], Conventionnel. Autograph signed. 1 page in-4°, on public relief letterhead. Concerning a conference between 3 citizens to reach an agreement on the subject of works in Cherbourg.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

BULLETINS DES LOIS - TRIBUNAL REVOLUTIONNAIRE Set of bulletins des lois concerning the tribunal révolutionnaire. Numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 33, 36 and 157. Dated from 22 prairial, year II of the Republic to 20 prairial, year III. Good condition.

Estim. 100 - 120 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

CAMBACÉRÈS Jean-Jacques-Régis de, Duc de Parme [Montpellier, 1753 - Paris, 1824], French jurist and politician, Archchancellor of the Empire. Signed by Cambacérès, president, and J. P. Chazal, secretary and deputy to the Gard Convention, addressed to citoyen Gillet, people's representative to the North and Sambre et Meuse armies. Paris, 27 germinal an III [16 avril 1795] ; 1 page in-4°, headed "Le Comité de Salut public de la Convention nationale", with the beautiful vignette engraved by Quéverdo. "We have received [...] the letter in which you inform us of the reprehensible conduct of the Commissaire ordonnateur Alexandre and various documents relating to complaints made against him by the general officers of the Sambre et Meuse army. We confirm the dismissal you have pronounced against this commissioner and warn him that he will be replaced in the army of Sambre et Meuse by the citizen Petiet whom you have designated.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

CAMBACÉRÈS Jean-Jacques-Régis de, Duc de Parme [Montpellier, 1753 - Paris, 1824], French jurist and politician, Archchancellor of the Empire. Signed, addressed to Baron de La Bouillerie. Paris, February 17, 1812; 1 page in-8°. Congratulates him on the birth of his son.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

CAMBRONNE Pierre-Jacques-Étienne, vicomte [Nantes, 1770 - id., 1842], French general. Autograph letter signed. Lille, February 15, 1822; 1 page folio. "To the Colonel of the 7th Light at Cambrai" "I beg you to remember that when you have something to ask of the Gal everything must be addressed to me; it would be unpleasant for me to be obliged to prove it to you. I have the honor...."

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

CAMPAN Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Genest [Paris, 1752 - Mantes, 1822], French educator. Set of 2 letters and 2 documents relating to the Maison de la Légion d'honneur and the Lycée de Napoléonville. - Autograph letter signed by Mme Campan, addressed to Colonel Bruny. Ecouen, February 27, 1809; 3 pages in-8° on headed paper "Légion d'honneur, Maison impériale Napoléon". "La Dame Directrice". Mme Campan writes to Colonel Bruny that her daughter Adélaïde has fallen victim to measles. "We had 115 measles patients at the same time. It was severe and [...] despite our tenderest care and the talents of the health officers who watched over them night and day, we have to regret two wounded. You must already know, Colonel, that your poor little Adélaïde was one of the two victims of the epidemic. [...] A pimple or two she had at the kidney neck, which she had hidden even though it existed a fortnight before the measles, fixed the start of this disease in this place, and the consequences have been most disastrous, despite the help of art. Her sister is still unaware of the loss she has suffered, and the ladies have been preparing her for it for the past eight days, telling her it is getting worse by the day, but as she is delicate despite her very good health, we wanted to take every possible precaution." - Autograph letter signed by a young girl addressed to a friend. Saint-Germain-en-Laye, May 20, 1799; 2 pages in-8° with postmark. She is very upset because her "good mother" is letting her know that she will be put in a new boarding house to be set up at Les Loges, a quarter of a kilometer from Saint-Germain. - Autograph signed "Genet Campan" addressed to Mme Mélanie Rotou. June 1805; 1 page in-4° partly printed with letterhead "Maison d'Education de Madame Campan"; Report to parents on the first of each month. Madame Campan fills in the headings: "Gentleness, Submission, Order, Accuracy, Cleanliness, Reading, Writing, Dictation, Calculations, ..." - Partly printed on the letterhead "Université Impériale - lycée de Napoléonville , Académie de Rennes". 1 page in-4° with address and postmark. With the following headings, filled in by the lycée's principal "M. Polonceau Officier de l'université impériale": Name, Health, Age, Character, Height, Disposition, Greek language ....

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

CANTAL - Jean-Baptiste LAKAIRIE Important set of 22 Cantal newspapers, mostly autographed by Jean-Baptiste Lakairie. Dated from Year VII of the Republican calendar to 1818 (missing 1805). The diaries are very detailed and well kept in terms of dates and information. There are notes on his meetings, copies of correspondence received, news and movements of the prefect and mayor, news of the constitutional police, etc. He transcribes all the departmental news he can get his hands on. Some newspapers are accompanied by printed matter. These include "recueil des actes administratifs de la préfecture du Cantal", extracts from registers...

Estim. 4 000 - 6 000 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

CAVAIGNAC Jean-Baptiste [Gourdon, Lot, 1762 - Ixelles, 1829], deputy to the Convention from the Lot. Autograph letter signed to Mademoiselle de Cavaignac. Brussels, April 26, 1826, 4 pages in-4°; seal slightly missing and split. He wishes to see his daughter before she dies. He is concerned about her plans to go to Paris.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

CHOISEUL Jacques de Choiseul, comte de Stainville [Lunéville, 1727 - Strasbourg, 1789], Marshal of France. Signed "Le Mal Stainville". Nancy, October 1, 1783; 1 page in-8° oblong. "We, Marshal of France [he had just been promoted to Marshal of France], Commander-in-Chief of the Province of Lorraine, certify that Monsieur de Chateaufort, Captain in the Dragoon retinue, has very accurately performed his service in the retinue of the Artois Regiment, which is in Nancy."

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

COLLOT-D'HERBOIS - PRINT Report on the assassination of Collot-D'Herbois, people's representative, read to the National Convention, on behalf of the Comité de Salut Public, by Barrère. Séance du 4 prairial, l'an second de la République (23 mai 1794). Printed by order of the National Convention. 16 pages in-8°.

Estim. 20 - 30 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

COMITE DE SALUT PUBLIC Signed by seven members of the Committee. Paris, 17 Fructidor an II [September 3, 1794]; 1 page folio. Heading "VIIe Commission. Transports militaires, Postes, Messageries et Remontes", with vignette. Report from the 7th Commission (military transport, post, messenger services and remounts), requesting authorization from the Committee to grant a carriage so that citizen Piscatory, paymaster of the Pyrénées-Orientales army, can reach his destination promptly. Signed: Robert Lindet (with 3 autographed lines), Joseph Eschassériaux, Fourcroy, Carnot, C. Cochon, Treilhard, Thuriot.

Estim. 100 - 120 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

Count J. Louis Brigitte Espagne, cavalry general (1768-1809) Autograph memoir, July 1-20, 1807; 31 folio pages. Relates troop movements, engagements and fighting at the Battle of Heilsberg...

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

CONDORCET Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de [Ribemont, 1743 - Bourg-la-Reine, 1794], French philosopher, mathematician and politician. Autograph letter addressed to [Monsieur de Nouveau]. Ribemont, October 22, 1772. "Permit me to address you, Monsieur, to ask for clarification on the life and works of M. Maviotte of the former Académie des Sciences. I know your taste for it, your zeal for everything that can contribute to the progress of the human spirit, and I hope you will not refute me. I have formed the project of rendering to the academicians who died before 1699 the [...] of praise that M. de Fontenelle and his successors have rendered to the others, and as M. Mariotte was from Dijon, I flattered myself that I would find in it all the details that might interest me. This city has always distinguished itself for its love of the Sciences and for the honors bestowed on those who have cultivated them there".

Estim. 250 - 300 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

COUTHON Georges Auguste [Orcet, 1755 - Paris, 1794], French politician, member of the Puy-de-Dôme Convention. Autograph letter signed to a friend. January 21, 1790; 2 pages small in-4°. Couthon first expresses his admiration for Lafayette: "the brave and worthy commander of our national militia interests me so much, by his principles and patriotic conduct, there is between him, you and me, so much connection, by his indisposition against the enemies of the public good, that I would sacrifice myself for him, imagining sacrificing myself for my part". He then evokes his wife, who has given birth to a son: "he comes in good time, he will suck the milk of liberty, and if his father lives, he hopes not to let him forget his duties as a citizen." Finally, he turns to the Municipal Elections: "We are busy forming our municipality. Let me begin by congratulating the town on having you as its mayor, for I have no doubt that you will be appointed. For myself, I claim nothing, but if I obtain something from the indulgence of my citizens, the first pleasure to which I will be sensitive will be to become your colleague [...] and never doubt the absolute devotion of your best friend".

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

DE LA ROCHEJAQUELEIN (DE LA DONNISAN) Marie Louise-Victoire [Versailles, Oct. 25, 1772 - Orléans, Feb. 15, 1857], French writer. Autograph letter signed, addressed to M. Thibault. March 12, 1815; 1 page in-4° with address on verso. Letter of thanks and hopes that the French will remain attached to their good King. "I hope that the French will come to know their own interests so as to remain more and more attached to our good King and preserve French honor. I am very grateful for Monsieur de Colbert's attention, and I only have time to thank you, Monsieur".

Estim. 100 - 120 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

DECREES OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION Important lot of 56 decrees of the National Convention. Dated Year II of the one and indivisible French Republic. Including : - 16è jour de Pluviôse an second de la République : " Qui abolit l'Esclavage des Nègres dans les colonies " (Abolishing Negro slavery in the colonies). - April 30, 1793: Decree of the National Convention: "To dismiss useless women from the Armies". - 4th day of Prairial year two: "Relating to the assassination committed by the Admiral on the person of Collot-d'Herbois, people's representative". - December 3, 1792, year one of the French Republic. "Judgment of Louis Seize. The National Convention declares that Louis Seize will be judged by it. - Decrees of the National Convention, March 18 and 21, 1793, year two. Which orders the enumeration and designation of old émigré castles. - Decree N° 1705, of the 21st day of the 1st month of the second year. Providing that the city of Lyon will be destroyed and its name erased from the list of cities of the Republic.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

DECREES OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION Decrees of the National Convention, N°2154; December 9,10,11,12,13,14 and 15, 1792, Year I of the French Republic. Relating to the trial and judgment of Louis Capet. "Louis, the People of France accuse you of having committed a multitude of crimes to establish your tyranny by destroying their liberty." "The National Convention decrees that Louis Capet may see his children, who may not, until his final judgment, communicate with either their mother or their aunt."

Estim. 100 - 120 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

DEPARTMENT OF SARTHE Lot of 7 documents on the Sarthe department and the commune of Le Mans. Procès-Verbal du peuple de la commune du Mans, extrait des minutes de l'administration de la Sarthe, adresse au directoire exécutif, Les administrateurs du département de la Sarthe aux habitants des campagnes.

Estim. 50 - 60 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

DESMOULINS Camille [Guise, 1760 - Paris, 1794], French publicist and politician. Signed document. Paris, 26 Brumaire an II. Quittance de rente perpétuelle. Partly printed.

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

MISCELLANEOUS - BOOKS - DOCUMENTATION - Extract from a partly printed procès-verbal.1 page in-folio. Written on September 14, 1793, Year II of the United and Indivisible Republic. Citizen Joseph Morion, hunter in the French legion, company 1, native of Chombron, district of Toul, department of the Meurthe, is attacked by an ankylosis of the arm, with the forearm, following a blow from Fire". Five signatures at the bottom of the page, including General Thirion. - Set of three 19th and 20th century bound manuscripts. - 2 collections of scores (waltz, mazurca, polka), anonymous. - 1 handwritten collection of medicinal formulas for treating: gastric fever, inflammatory fever, rheumatism and gout... - Copy of the "Journal des scavans" for the year 1788. June second volume. Paperback, Paris. In-folio. Table of articles contained in the journal: Le sage dans la solitude, Mémoire concernant l'histoire, mes sciences, les arts, les moeurs, les usages, des chinois... Slight rust and dampstaining. Attached are various copies of the Gazette Nationale or Moniteur Universel 1789. Attached: Set of three documents, "Certificat de bonne conduite" by sailor Boutin, from 1856, 1865 and 1869. - Set of various handwritten and printed documents from the 18th and 19th centuries (Figeac region, Toulouse, Cahors, etc.). - Autograph letter on the letterhead of the liner "La Seyne". - Account letters. - Printed matter Département du Lot. "Avertissement pour l'acquit des contributions 1871". - Plaque of the DELAGE D6.11 car with independent front wheels. Two illustrations of cars attached. - Autograph letter signed by Jean Doumergue (father of Paul Doumergue). He declares that he has personally paid a debt of 204 francs and 60 centimes owed by a certain Lady Lezet. CHEVREUSE Henriette-Nicole Pignatelli d'Egmont [1719 - 1782], duchesse de Chevreuse. Lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie Leczinska. Wife of Charles Louis d'Albert, Duc de Luynes et de Chevreuse. Letter signed "DEGMONT Duchesse de Chevreuse" to a lady. October 9, 1775; 1 1/2 pages in-8°. Charming letter of friendship, in which she speaks of M. de Cordoue des Cordes. Attached is an autograph bill signed by Marie Paule d'Albert de Luynes Duchesse de Chaulnes, 1779. Set of 5 manuscripts bound in leather, vellum or cardboard; 18th and 19th centuries; In-8° and In-4°. - Art poétique, 14-page manuscript booklet by Camille Pyart. - 1 volume of recopies of poems or thoughts (St François de Sales, Goethe, Anatole France...) bound in hardback. - Account book by a certain (Lombart Casreres) XVIII° bound in vellum. - Book manuscript "Philosophie, Etymologie du terme philosophie" by Chabant, October 26. - Recueil de voyage d'un jeune soldat en partance pour le Tonkin, Hanoï du 3ème régiment d'infanterie de marine appartenant au soldat Tailleur. Rochefort, June 20, 1891. He described his trip, wrote songs and poems. Some pages are detached.

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

Du MARTROY Marshal Lefebvre's staff officer. Battle of Wagram Autograph letter addressed to his father Mr. de Martroy at Château de Balagny, Département de l'Oise. Linz, July 8, 1809; 2 pages in-4° with address and postmarks. Small perforations on left side. "[...] great and good news that a page of his Majesty has just transmitted to the Duke of Danzig and that the latter was good enough to have me tell him almost immediately: a great battle has taken place under the walls of Vienna.... The battle lasted more than two days and two nights, I think even three days. The enemy has been driven from all his positions, his left wing and center are turned and in full rout, everything is fleeing before our Emperor, who is in good health thanks be to God; we have taken an enormous quantity of prisoners to such an extent that the number is still unknown, here are the results so far known: 100 pieces of cannon, 10 flags are in our power, 20 enemy generals have been killed, the Archdukes Louis and Charles have both been wounded, it is said that the last is mortally wounded. Our army is pursuing its successes, which will be immense, given that it seems that almost all the corps are cut off and divided... I have just received further news that we have 30,000 prisoners, but the number will surely have risen by the time I write. It wasn't the Marshal who sent me the news, he's been away for 3 days." Enclosed: a death certificate for Jean-Baptiste Rouge, who died in Vienna, Austria, on July 8, 1809. Done in Paris on December 24, 1810.

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

DUFOURNY DE VILLIERS Louis Pierre [Paris, 1739 - Paris, 1796], politician of the French Revolution. French architect and engineer. Autograph letter signed and addressed to Monsieur Blonde. 1779; 1 page in-8° with address and wax seal. Letter requesting two money orders. "The bearer must give you a receipt from Sieur La Verrière for the 24 I have just sent him and for which you have kindly drawn up a mandate. Please give him the two mandates, one for 24 and the other for 36, as well as the receipts, so that he can present them to Mme [...] and receive the amount.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

DUFRICHE-VALAZÉ Charles Eléonor [, 1751 -, 1793], Conventionnel, where the Girondins met; arrested at the same time as them and condemned to death, he stabbed himself. Autograph letter signed. October 23, Year 2, 1 page in-4°. "Friend, I embrace you, your dear wife and children with tenderness. Here is what I had time to copy from my defense. I entrust you to your friendship and honor, so that you make a copy, and send the package to my wife when the time comes to do so; for I make no secret of the fact that I bid you an eternal farewell. I die a victim of my love for my country and my respect for justice; I die, and I should live filled with the blessings of my citizens. I am not the only man who has had to complain about the injustice and ingratitude of his fellow men. May freedom triumph! It is in great peril. May the republic I founded survive despite internal unrest, the faults of the Convention and the weapons of our enemies!" AN EXCEPTIONAL TEXT!

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

DUPLAY Maurice [, 1736 -, 1820], Carpenter who sheltered Robespierre after the Champ-de-Mars affair (July 14, 1791), after 9 Thermidor his entire family was arrested. Signed with two autograph lines. Paris, November 3, 1789; 1/2 page in-8°. He acknowledges having received from M. Villetard, architect, the sum of 600 livres for masonry work.

Estim. 200 - 400 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

FABRE D'ÉGLANTINE (Philippe-François-Nazaire Fabre, dit) [Limoux, 1755 - Paris, 1794], actor, poet-writer, Conventionnel. Autograph letter signed to M. de Cotte. Sedan, November 6, 1777. 8 pages. In-4°. A REMARKABLE PLEA FOR HUMAN DIGNITY. "I am young, sensitive, a lover of order, justice, the public good, and above all of the unfortunate, who are my brothers in more ways than one, and it is for such reasons that I am risking this letter. No particular interest (for I ask for nothing), no spirit of malice (for I am a stranger here), engage me in the step I am taking; it is enough for me to be a man...". His purpose is to point out that some people around Sedan are removing mortar and gravel from the roads. Restoring damaged roads is a painful chore for the peasants, especially as they have to crush large stones to make artificial gravel. "Isn't it cruel for a poor peasant who earns his bread with his arm, and who is content with a thatched cottage, to sacrifice twenty extra days every year to replace the mortar that Monsieur Un Tel uses to earth up the garden where he grows his tulips? It's certain, Monsieur, that my observation is not wrong. Apart from the inconvenience of repair, the burden of which falls on the grower, and which is of great interest to political economy and above all to humanity... Instead of removing this cement, I think we should take advantage of it to relieve the conveyor. All that would be needed is to incorporate, while it is still fresh, the stones intended for gravel, crushed roughly enough; this would form a well-masticated floor, which would probably not have all the solidity of a Roman work, but which would at least spare the poor villagers a lot of sacrifice".

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

GARRAN DE COULON Jean-Philippe [Saint-Maixent, 1748 - Paris, 1816], deputy to the Convention from Loiret. Autograph letter signed, addressed to Monsieur Brissot. 1 page in-4°. He thanks him for sending his diary, which is read very attentively by Garran de Coulon, his wife and daughter. He then explains that he is not writing just to thank him: "You have always shown me too much esteem and friendship for me not to make it my duty to inform you that I have been appointed a member of the Court of Cassation by the Electoral Assembly of the Deux-Sèvres department. I don't need to tell you that this new mark of public esteem would be, if it were necessary, a new commitment for me to exploit all my faults in public service."

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

GAUDIN Jean Marie Jacques François [1754 - 1818], conventionnel and deputy for the Vendée. Autograph letter signed. "Sameduy à 7h 1/2", 1 page in-8°. He has waited several hours for his "amy" to speak to him. He has just learned that Monsieur d'Anjou is to be arrested tonight or tomorrow, and asks for his opinion.

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

General De VEDEL Comte Dominique Antoine ( 1771 -1848) General, Commander of the 3rd Brigade Autograph letter signed, addressed to a friend, giving an account of the Battle of Iena. October 16, 1806; 4 pages in-8°. "Grande armée, 5ème Corps, 1ère Division" "Bataille le 14 8bre, Victoire emportée sur les prussiens dans la plaine de Weimar". "The battle of the 10th at Saalfeld was only the prelude to our successes. The genius of the great Napoleon and the bravery of his troops have planted our victorious eagles in the fields of Saxony.... On the evening of the 13th, the Emperor arrived at Jena... Several army corps under Marshals Soult, Lannes, Ney and Augereau assembled there. The imperial guard arrived during the night. Prince Murat's cavalry did not arrive until the morning of the 14th... At 6 a.m. on the 14th, the Emperor passed through the ranks of the army, where he was greeted by repeated cheers of Vive l'Empereur. The enemy army," said the Emperor, "is surrounded, and must capitulate within a few days...". General de Vedel methodically describes the battle: "It was 2 p.m. when Prince Murat arrived with his cavalry. The Prussians, already pushed back from their positions and badly shaken, folded on all points... Everywhere the enemy was charged... the battlefield was ours. The fleeing enemy is pursued as far as Weimar...". He then takes stock of the battle: "The Duke of Brunswick has been killed, General Blucher will not survive his wounds... We await the Emperor's proclamation with curious impatience... On the same day, Marshals Bernadotte and Davout, commanding our extreme right, completely defeated the enemy... This is what the King of Prussia gains from waging war against us. One more lesson like that and we'll see Berlin. Enclosed: 3rd and 4th bulletins of the Grande Armée. October 13, 1806. 41 x 54 cm.

Estim. 500 - 700 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

[MILITARY HISTORY] - CLERGY - REVOLUTION Autograph letter, unsigned, addressed to Abbé de Seyssel, Münster. August 27, 1797 at Mde Henen, near Porte d'Auguste; 3 pages in-12°, address, small black wax seal (small tears from broken seal). Very interesting missive on the submission of the clergy, following the law of 19 fructidor an V, which imposed a new republican oath on ecclesiastics. - DAMAS Ange-Hyacinthe-Maxence, baron de [Paris, 1785 - id., 1862], French officer and politician. Autograph letter signed with an initials addressed to a baron. Menou April 7, 1823; 2 1/2 pages small in-4°. Beautiful, friendly letter, dated from the Château de Menou, in the Nièvre region, where Baron de Damas is having work done. Appointed Minister of War in October 1823, after his dazzling actions during the Spanish Expedition, Baron de Damas replaced Chateaubriand after the latter's ouster in June 1824, then became tutor to the young Duke of Bordeaux in 1828; he and his wife shared the royal family's exile after Charles X's abdication. Enclosed: an autograph letter signed by Baronne de Damas, née Charlotte Laure d'Hautefort, addressed to M. de Villarmois. Paris, March 31, 1830. Concerning a piece of land belonging to her family, which she was forced to give up but which it would be possible to buy back, with the help of her correspondent (3 p. in-4°). - Empire] - JALRAS, François (1750-1817), general and baron of the Empire. Autograph letter signed, addressed to his wife. Legnago headquarters January 15, 1806; 3 pages in-4° on a biffeuillet on his letterhead as brigadier general (red stain in margin). - Garibaldi] / Abbé Cazeneuve Autograph letter signed. "Bay of Naples to Bor of the Algeciras", September 2, 1862; 6 pages in-8°. Magnificent letter. He informs his correspondent of Garibaldi's equipment. If Garibaldi has not been as prompt in Sicily," said General La Marmora, "the fault must be laid at Cugia's door. He allowed himself to be completely misled during the first days, by Garibaldi's protests; I regret this for him, for he is a man I esteem and love". - LANREZAC Charles Louis Marie [Pointe-à-Pitre, 1852 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1925], French general]. 19 letters, mostly addressed to him, sometimes accompanied by notes in his own hand, 1904-1935. A colonial officer and field photographer, Henri Lanrezac served notably in French Sudan and Algeria. Son of General Charles Lanrezac, who commanded the Fifth Army in 1914, he was a member of the Société des Amis des pays de la Sarre. Attached is a set of preparatory notes for a lecture Lanrezac gave at the Hôtel de La Tremoille on the idea of imperialism. - Military - Gibraltar] Letter from a soldier to his mother. [Pontivy], November 29 [1759]. 3 pages in-4°. Lacks at bottom and tear at top fold.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

HÉBERT Jacques-René [, 1755 -, 1794], the violent pamphleteer of Père Duchêne, substitute prosecutor for the Paris Commune, arrested with his followers and guillotined. Printed by J.R. Hébert, author of Père Duchesne à Camille Desmoulins et compagnie. Imprimerie de la rue Neuve de l'Egalité; 12 pages in-8°. Violent polemic in response to Camille Desmoulins' accusations in Le vieux cordelier. "By damning me with a torrent of insults and slander, Camille and his henchmen thought they could silence me, and prevent me from revealing their perfidious machinations, I am all the more courageous to fight and confound them".

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

HOHENLOHE-WALDENBOURG-BARSTENSTEIN Louis Aloys Joachim, Prince de [Bartenstein, Germany, 1765 - Lunéville, 1829], of German origin, in 1792 he fought in the ranks of the émigrés, distinguished himself at Leipzig and fought against Napoleon in the French campaign; in 1815, Louis XVIII naturalized him, he became Marshal of France in 1827 and Peer of France. Autograph signed at the bottom of a service record. Vienna, March 28, 11816; 1 page folio. Autograph signed 6-line Apostille: "I take this opportunity with great pleasure to do justice to the merits of Monsieur Gallois, who has made himself worthy of consideration. Louis Prince de Hohenlohe Bartentsein General of Artillery of His Majesty the Emperor of Austria".

Estim. 100 - 120 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

PRINTED Print n°49 Révolution de France et de Brabant by Camille Desmoulins. November 1, 1790, Chalon printing works; 48 pages in-8°.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

PRINTED DOCUMENTS - REVOLUTION A very large collection of documents printed between 1789 and 1793. Letters patent, proclamations of the King, laws, decrees, tables and police regulations of the general and particular committees of the city of Ballon and of Le Mans, regulations for the citizen militia of Le Mans, minutes of the electoral assembly of the department of Sarthe; 5 Mercure de France.

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

PRINTS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION Lot of 16 miscellaneous printed items: - Bulletin des lois N°240: "Arrêté qui nomme le général de division Bourcier Conseiller d'Etat." - Constitutional act preceded by the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. N°633. - Rapport fait au nom de la commission des cinq. Sur la conjuration du 13 vendémiaire Par Tallien. - Judgment rendered by the Revolutionary Court. Senate at the Palais de Justice, Paris. Copy of the Journal du soir 13 Germinal (April 2) N° 13, 4th year.

Estim. 50 - 60 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

ISNARD Maximin [, 1758 -, 1823], merchant, and politician. Autograph letter signed and addressed to Monsieur Dubois, teacher in a house of education. Paris, 20 pluviôse an 3 (February 8, 1795); 1 page in-8°. He is unable to travel because of his gout and asked Monsieur Dubois to deliver the prayers for his son to the bearer as promised.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

JOUBERT Barthélémy Catherine [Pont-de-Vaux, 1769 - Novi, Italy, 1799], French general. Autograph letter signed [addressed to his father]. 24 ventôses an IV (March 11, 1796), 3 folio pages. "It's only 3 months, but two that I've spent at the end, and here I am now in the mountains. I have been at the fact all two months, this fact soured me on the stomach at the end, I left it, and I spat blood, the veal broth stopped the spitting [...]. Mountain air suits me better than sea air, but you'll believe what you like", he goes on to talk about his food. He then talks about the Italian military campaign and a government commissioner asking for 20 million. "The English envoy, who was on the lookout, met with the other envoys of the coalition countries, and they sent a note to the Senate opposing this loan, which was contrary to their neutrality. The Senate's reply was vague, saying it had no money; indeed, the Genoese government is known to be poor, but private individuals are rich, and it authorizes or tolerates supplies or loans made by private individuals. The "coalised" then formally demanded that the fortress of Gavi be delivered to them, a fortress situated in a gorge that defends the important passage of the [Boquetta] through which the living force of the Po can be reached, and from which the Piedmont and the Milanese are threatened, making the guardian-master of the mountains that dominate Genoa. [...] The result of the cabinet's intrigues, which will end in military operations, but without the twenty million, we'll have to maintain the status quo.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

JOURDAN Jean-Baptiste, comte [Limoges, 1762 - Paris, 1833], maréchal de France. Autograph letter signed. Paris 29 germinal an 7 (April 18, 1799); 3 pages in-4°. "Yesterday evening, my dear friend, I saw the directors Barras, Reubel and Treilhard; the other two were not at home. I saw the Minister this morning. Massena has been definitively appointed General-in-Chief of the Danube and Helvetian armies. The Directoire has appointed me inspector of infantry for the army of England, but I refused and told the Directoire that, having been appointed deputy by one of the two electoral assemblies of my department, I was awaiting the decision of the legislative body; that if my appointment was confirmed, I would accept; that if not, I would retire to the countryside and try to make myself completely forgotten. The Directoire would have liked me to have accepted the position of inspector, but I persist in my refusal. [...] I even replied in this regard to the Minister, that having commanded armies with advantages, I did not want to expose myself to being made fun of in the position of inspector [...] I cannot conceal from you, my dear friend, that your honors have done you a disservice in the eyes of the government: I desire your return so that you can confound the slanderers and retain the public esteem they seek to make you lose. I beg you, my dear comrade, to give orders for the sale of all my equipment; I only wish to keep my wounded horse and the one which comes to me from you with two harnesses. It will be a pleasure for me to sell all the rest, carriage, horses".

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

JULLIEN Marc-Antoine [, 1775 -, 1848], Dit Jullien de Paris, deputy of the Convention. Autograph letter signed, addressed to the Abbé. Paris, April 6, 1848; 1 page in-4°. Not being free for the appointment set by the Abbé, he indicates that he has "the honor of sending you 311 copies of the declaration I have published, asking you to distribute them as you see fit. I will make available to you the number of copies you wish to distribute".

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

KELLERMANN François Étienne [Metz, 1770 - Paris, 1835], son of the marshal, French cavalry general. Set of 14 signed autograph letters and 5 signed letters. All written from Valladolid in 1809.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

THE DEFENDER OF THE CONSTITUTION BY ROBESPIERRE Copy of the Defender of the Constitution by Maximilien Robespierre. N°1, Exposition de mes principes. "It is the constitution that I want to defend, the constitution as it is." Page 37, M. Robespierre's response to the speeches of Messrs. Brissot and Gaudet. "I have not come to occupy you here, whatever may be said of it, with the interests of a few individuals or with my own; it is the public cause that is the sole object of this whole dispute." Attached is the report on the principles of Revolutionary Government, made on behalf of the Comité de Salut Public, by Maximilien Robespierre. "Success puts weak souls to sleep; it spurs strong souls on."

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

LETTER FROM AN ANONYMOUS SOLDIER IN 1796 Autograph letter signed and addressed to Mlle Rachelle Joanfon. From near Fougère, March 24, 1796. 4 pages in-4° with address. Letter from a soldier to a dear friend, describing the Breton welcome. "I have finally arrived, my dear friend, at M. de Puisay's headquarters, but only after much fatigue. One hundred and ten of us disembarked on the night of Monday to Tuesday the 14th of this month, and we were very happy to enter the middle of Brittany without danger, although we were surrounded and attacked several times on our way by the Carmagnoles. The bravery of the Chouans, the good intentions of the inhabitants of this whole country did us no little good on our way everywhere we found friends, men women and children gave us a thousand proofs of their joy and gratitude. But the inner joy I feel when I see these brave people is much diminished by the memory of the pleasures I used to enjoy with my beloved Rachel, everything I see and hear seems like a dream to me, I can't persuade myself that lands, seas and the enemy will separate me for long from everything I adore. By day I search with my eyes for the Corderie, the place where our tenderness was born and strengthened, where we have sworn so many times to love each other forever."

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

LAWS Set of 7 law documents dated from 1791 to year III. - Law relating to the death penalty, to that of the mark, and to the execution of judgments in criminal matters. - Law relating to the death penalty and the method of execution to be used in the future. - Law concerning the suspension of executive power. - Law concerning Emigrants.

Estim. 50 - 80 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

LOUVET Jean-Baptiste, dit Louvet de Couvray [Paris, 1760 - id., 1797], French writer. Autograph letter signed, addressed to a former colleague. 6 brumaire an V (October 27, 1796); 1 page in-4°. "I enclose my brother's letter. He asked to be sent back to the army with his rank. The minister advised, no doubt on your recommendation. But since being sent back to the Directoire nothing ends. Yet here he is, exhausting all his resources. He asks his correspondent for help in finding out which department to contact to put an end to this.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

MALLET DU PAN Jacques [, 1749 -, 1800], Paris-based Swiss political journalist and royalist agent. Autograph letter signed. Paris, December 13, 1787; 1 page in-4°. "The first folio volume of the Tableau de l'Empire Ottoman, is at your orders, sir, I beg you to receive it for our public library, and to inform me by what means I should dispatch it to you. [...] This work, I believe, will not appear to you inferior to the idea I have given you; but very few people in Paris will be curious about this Mohammedan legislation; our travelers - writers, our de Jott, our Volney and other novelists, would much rather repeat until the end of the centuries, that the Corr'ann makes all the law of the Muslims." He explains that the second volume is almost finished, and if the engravers don't fall behind schedule, it will appear in May and June 1788.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

MANUEL Pierre-Louis [Montargis, 1751 - Paris, 1793], publicist, procureur de la Commune de Paris, député à la Convention de Paris. Autograph letter signed. 1 page in-4° on paper bearing the blue stamp "papiers Cam Desmoulin" at top right. "I don't have the honor of knowing you, sir, but I certainly want to: because I read you. Your newspaper is one of those that the National Assembly needs. It is men of letters, when they have your courage and your principles, who make the revolution. It takes nothing less than devotion to the public thing that takes up my days and nights, not to have thanked you yet [...] that I only pay you with my wishes and my gratitude if you could prove to me the occasion to serve you, it would therefore be for me to acquit myself."

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

MARINE/ PLEVILLE LE PELLEY Printed letterhead with beautiful maritime vignette, signed by the Minister of the Navy and Colonies PLEVILLE LE PELLEY. Paris, 27 vendémiaire an VI, 1 oblong page addressed to citizen Destrées, cloître St-Benoit. He informs her that young Bonette, a sailor embarked in Brest, has been discharged. (Address on reverse)

Estim. 100 - 120 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

MARIE-CAROLINE-CHARLOTTE [, 1752 - , 1814], Queen of Naples and the Two Sicilies, sister of Marie-Antoinette and mother of Marie-Amélie. Signed "Carolina" with annotation "Vostra buona Vadiona". Palermo, March 3, 1808; 1/2 page in-4°. In it, she states that she has received the two reports of February 8 and 11 concerning certain state events.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

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MARIE-CAROLINE-CHARLOTTE [Vienna, 1752 - Schönbrunn Palace, 1814], Queen of Naples and the Two Sicilies, sister of Marie-Antoinette and mother of Marie-Amélie. Autograph letter signed "Carolina". May 5, 1810; 1 page small in-4°. In Italian.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

MARIE-CAROLINE-CHARLOTTE [Vienna, 1752 - Schönbrunn Palace, 1814], Queen of Naples and the Two Sicilies, sister of Marie-Antoinette and mother of Marie-Amélie. Autograph letter signed in Italian. December 9, 1813; 2 pages in-8° watermarked with date 1810.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

MASERS DE LATUDE (Jean Henry, dit Danry, dit) [Montagnac, 1725 - Paris, 1805], adventurer, imprisoned for his machinations against Madame de Pompadour, he spent 35 years in prison despite his spectacular escapes. Autograph letter signed (draft), addressed to "Monsieur le Président et Messieurs les représentants des peuples de la Chambre des Congrès à Washington". Paris, August 29, 1804; 2 folio pages (31.5 x 20 cm). "Fame ceaselessly publishing throughout Europe, your sublime virtues and the happiness of the Great People who have placed their fate in your hands what man in the world, who by his wit and talents, does not desire to be known and to deserve the attention, of such wise men. I am Latude, engineer: I have been locked up for thirty-five years in the dungeons of the Bastille, and the first to escape from this terrible prison, and after the Duc de Beaufort, I am the second prisoner who managed to save myself twice from the Tour de Vincennes. While groaning in the dungeons of these two prisons, I made observations on all the objects that presented themselves to my imagination, and fixed my mind on the noblest object of all, namely the armies that decide the fate of all nations. I observed that until 1758, all officers and sergeants, in all the armies of potentates and republics, had only spontons for attacking and defending, and halberds for the sergeants. In all battles, it was not always the knife that was used, and in this case, in two armies of a hundred thousand men each, there were twenty thousand who were precisely the most skilful and courageous who could not reach the enemy. Well assured that the intention of all sovereigns was to make all their warriors useful, I thought it my duty to write a memoir on this subject. In 1758, I was in a dungeon in the Bastille, my hands and feet in irons, and it was impossible for me to obtain paper, quill pens and ink from my persecutors, For this purpose, I used the crumb of my bread, kneaded with my saliva, to make six-inch-square tablets, which I used as paper, and the triangular ridge that carp have under their bellies, to make a quill, and for want of ink, I used my own blood. The Governor sent me the Jesuit Father Griffet, who at my request took my project under his protection. From that moment on, it was impossible for me to see this confessor again. On my release from prison, I learned that all the sovereigns had put my project into effect. As this project saw its generally recognized usefulness undoubtedly merit the approval of all nations, I would consider myself fortunate, if upon seeing rifles in the hands of your officers and sergeants, you would say, Gentlemen, this change of arms is a production of the mind of a prisoner, the unfortunate Latude" ... Enclosed is a volume entitled "Mémoires de Henri Masers de Latude, ancien ingénieur, prisonnier pendant trente-cinq années à la Bastille et à Vincennes, sous le nom de Daury; à Charenton sous celui de Danger; et à Bicêtre, sous celui de Jedor." Paris, chez Latude, rue de Grenelle, de l'imprimerie de la veuve Lejay. 1793; 20.5 x 13 cm, 2 volumes in an in-8° volume, full red morocco binding, gilt lace on boards, smooth spine, title in gilt lettering. Copy with Latude's signature. The illustration includes two stipple-engraved portraits, that of Latude engraved by Canu after Vestier, and that of Madame Legros by Clément after Pujos. Some leaves uniformly foxed. First edition under this title of the famous memoirs of "one of the most touching victims of royal despotism". The first edition appeared in 1791, under the title Despotisme dévoilé ou Mémoires de Latude, published by Thierry. A victim of his own making, Latude languished in the dungeons for thirty-five years for having sent a parcel bomb to La Pompadour in order to attract attention, while at the same time warning the favorite's entourage in advance of the plot against her. Arrested and interrogated, Latude confessed to the deception. Through a series of extraordinary circumstances, a Parisian haberdasheress, Madame Legros, made Latude's release her life's work, until she finally obtained his release.

Estim. 1 500 - 1 800 EUR

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MÉHÉE DE LA TOUCHE Jean-Claude Hippolyte [, 1762 -, 1827], diplomat and spy. Autograph letter signed, addressed to Monsieur de Beaumarchais. 2 pages in-4°. Lack at top of page due to opening of letter, rough restoration on page with address. "I received, yesterday evening, almost as I was going to bed, a little memento signed Choquet, as it came to me from you, it didn't shock me, but I didn't take it for an ...aerotique! The person who lent his name is called Légier, perhaps you don't know this bourgeois from Paris. In any case, a few days ago I wrote back to m.... Your cashier, who kindly came to see me on the same subject, that it was impossible for me to pay this debt now, and that this little interval would put me in a position to satisfy the object which became the time of my gratitude for the service you kindly rendered my son. [...] Leaving all joking aside, Sir, I have no money, I don't know when I'll have any, I need it badly.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

MIRABEAU Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti, comte de [Le Bignon, 1749 - Paris, 1791], French writer, diplomat, freemason, journalist and politician. Autograph letter signed "Mirabeau l'aîné". "Ce jeudi", 1 page in-8°. "I am, to say the least, as upset as Monsieur D.... about the delay in concluding our affair. I was promised tomorrow and I invariably count on it. I therefore ask Monsieur [...] to kindly reply accordingly."

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

MIRABEAU Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti, comte de [Le Bignon, 1749 - Paris, 1791], French writer, diplomat, freemason, journalist and politician. Autograph letter signed and addressed to "Messieurs Jean Ange du Meuge et fils négociants à Lyon". Aix, July 28, 1773. "Messieurs par tout le mois d'avril de l'année mille sept cent soixante et quinze il vous plaira payer par cette première de change à l'ordre de M. le Marquis de Limoge la somme de douze cent cinq livres valeurs reçue comptant que passer y sur mon compte suivant l'avis de Messieurs Jean Ange du Meuge et fils négociants à Lyon".

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

MORLAINCOURT - VIGNETTE Document with autograph vignette signed by Hyacinthe Boucher de Morlaincourt. 7 nivôse an XII. Addressed to citoyen Lacépède, Grand Chancelier de la Légion d'Honneur. Application for admission to the Legion of Honor.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Wed 05 Jun

NAPOLÉON I (Napoléon Bonaparte) [Ajaccio, 1769 - Île de Sainte-Hélène, 1821], Emperor of the French. Letter signed "Napol", addressed to General Clarke. Schönbrunn, June 10, 1809; 3 pages 1/3 in-4°. "Dear General Clarke, I have received a letter from Monsieur Lacuée1 dated June 1, in which I find the distribution of the 40,000 conscripts2. Here are the changes I felt necessary to make (I have listed them in detail in the attached statements A. B. and C.). The 1,500 men of the 4-year conscripts intended for the cavalry, and the 1,500 men of the same years intended for the artillery; making 3,000 men will be used to reinforce Oudinot's corps3. The three regiments of the La Rochelle coast will provide another three thousand men for the same purpose; this will reinforce Oudinot's corps by 6,000 men, in accordance with statement A. The three thousand men intended for the Grenoble depot will be distributed among the various corps of the Duc de Rivoli4 , in accordance with statement B. The 3,000 men reserved for the Strasbourg depot will be distributed as follows [...]. But, in order to recruit the army quickly, here are the changes to be made: 1°: 3,000 of the most experienced soldiers, from the 82nd, 26th and 66th regiments, forming 3 marching battalions, will set out for Strasbourg, with the number of officers and non-commissioned officers necessary to lead them, and from there will be directed to Vienne to be incorporated into Oudinot's various corps in accordance with the A state. 2°: The 3,000 conscripts of the 4 years, who were destined for the cavalry and artillery, will go to the depots of the corps indicated in statement A, and these same corps will send without delay, either from the provisional demi-brigades, or from their depots, the same number of men chosen from among the most experienced, and will direct them to their 4th battalion in the Oudinot corps. 3°: You will send 600 men from the 4th provisional half-brigade to Vienne to be incorporated into the 3rd light infantry regiment. They will travel under the title of marching battalion of the 3rd light infantry regiment. These 600 men will be drawn from: 200 men from the 2nd light infantry, 200 from the 4th idem and 200 from the 12th idem: they will be replaced in these regiments by 600 conscripts taken from the 3,000 who were destined for the Grenoble depot. 4°: You will send 1,600 men from the 3rd provisional half-brigade [...]".

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

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NICOLAS Charles-Léopold [, 1757 -, 1794], Robespierre's bodyguard, juror at the Revolutionary Court, he managed the Revolutionary Court Printing Office. He was guillotined. Signed as director of the Patriotic and Republican Printing House. Paris, March 25, 1793; 1/2 page in-4°. Received from Citizen Claude Lazowski the sum of 12,000 livres in assignats.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

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ORLÉANS Louis-Philippe-Joseph, duc de Chartres, then duc d' [château de Saint-Cloud, 1747 - Paris, 1793], prince of French blood. He changed his name to Philippe Égalité after 1792. Autograph signed "Philippe-Egalité". Paris, December 6, 1792; 1 page small in-12°. "I received my months until April 1, 1793, Year II of the Republic".

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

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REPORT MADE TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION Set of three copies of reports made to the National Convention. - "Sur la conjuration ourdie depuis plusieurs années par les factions criminelles pour absorber la Révolution Française dans un changement de Dynastie et contre Fabre-d'Eglantine, Danton, Philippeaux, Lacroix et Camille Desmoulins, prévenus de complicité dans ces factions." By Saint Juste Séance du 11 Germinal. - Report on behalf of the Salut Public Committee, Brumaire 2, An III, "Sur l'organisation, les exercices et l'instruction de l'Ecole de Mars" By L. B. GUYTON. - Rapport fait à la Convention Nationale, le 30 Vendémiaire An IV. "Sur la conspiration et la rébellion qui ont éclaté dans les journées des 13 et 14 Vendémiaire, et sur les opérations militaires exécutées par l'armée républicaine." By P. Barras.

Estim. 50 - 80 EUR

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ROBESPIERRE Maximilien Marie Isidore de [Arras, 1758 - Paris, 1794], French politician. L. A. S. to a "dear friend", living in Béthune. Paris, June 12, 1791; 1 1/4 pages in-4°. EXTRAORDINARY PROFESSION OF FAITH, entirely in his own handwriting. On June 10, 1791, Robespierre was elected public prosecutor of the Paris Criminal Court. On June 12, the date of this letter, primary elections were held to choose the deputies of the future Legislative Assembly. On the night of June 21-22, the King and his family were arrested in Varennes. "Pardon, my dear friend, a thousand pardons. If no one has greater wrongs than I, no one has better excuses. I'm not sending you any notice from the Comité de Constitution. What could I have hoped for from this tripot, this association of men almost all gangrenous? If there is a way to destroy the rights of the people, they will never let it escape. You must always assert yours. They are followed. If the aristocracy wanted to contest them, the primary or electoral assemblies... go in your favor; you would keep them a month for provision, and their decisions would no doubt be irrevocable; as they must be sovereign. As for M. Laurent's affair, M. Laurent fils told my brother that he was leaving for his country; that on his trip, he would settle the matter. That's all I could get out of him today. I don't believe, however, that this gentleman lacks good will. The departments of Paris have just appointed me public prosecutor without my even thinking about it, and in spite of the ministerial cabal and others; the honor of this choice does not disguise for me the heaviness of such a burden. Farewell, my dear friend, I am still overwhelmed; I have only time left to embrace you and to ask you to present the testimony of my fraternal feelings to the friends of the constitution and the good citizens of Béthune".

Estim. 8 000 - 10 000 EUR

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ROLAND Madame (Jeanne-Marie ou Manon Philippon, Mme Roland de la Platière, dite) [Paris, 1754 - id., 1793], Girondin muse. Autograph letter signed "Roland né Philippon". September 8, 1792; 1 page in-8°. Concerning hotel expenses for the Ministry of the Interior. "M. Rolland, Monsieur, explained to me that he thought he should include in the statement of expenses, the objects that belong to the hotel, quite independently of the person, and whose expense is indispensable for the premises". She asked that "one hundred pounds per month for the porter of the grand hotel" be added to the memoirs.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

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SALLE Jean-Baptiste [, 1759 -, 1794], Conventionnel (Meurthe), proscribed with the Girondins, guillotined in Bordeaux. Autograph letter signed and addressed to Monsieur Granier. Paris, April 2, 1790; 3 pages in-4°. "I have received, sir, the letter you have done me the honor of writing to me. Despite my extreme inclination in the present circumstances to favor and encourage the operations of the Municipalities, I cannot however approve that of Rosières (the saltworks). It has obviously exceeded its powers, and whatever it may say about the institution of doctors .... Is just as important to support, if this expense, so small in itself, is just as useful as any other public expense. I say that she has overstepped her authority: it is not in Lorraine the Municipalities that have instituted the doctors ..., it is the legislator [...] there is more, it is that the Municipalities must not even influence the choice of these Doctors; it is up to the College of Doctors of ... to distribute these places in the competition. [...] If a municipality, on the pretext that it lacks revenue, were to go back on a concession it had made of communal property for the foundation of a hospital, and which would certainly be covered by letters patent, the law which would authorize the foundation and sanction the concession being henceforth the benefit not of the entire commune, but of the suffering portion of this commune, the Legislator ... could intervene by revoking its work".

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

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SAMBAT Jean-Baptiste [, 1760 -, 1827], miniature painter, active Jacobin, juror of the Revolutionary Court. Autograph letter signed. Lundy [1793] to Fabre d'Eglantine; 2 pages in-8°, hole from opening of seal (no missing text). "I went to Coindre's, then I went to fetch you at the Convention. There I waited until after three o'clock. Doubtless the importance of the discussion prevented you from going out as you had promised, I suspect, for I heard Danton's voice in the middle of the Sabbath." He arranges to meet him "at the Café du Jardin des Feuilletants", unless he prefers the meeting to take place at his home.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

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SERVAN DE GERBEY Joseph [Romans, 1741 - Paris, 1808], French minister of war and general. Autograph letter signed. 10 pluviôse an VII, January 29, 1799; 1 1/2 pages in-4°. Glued on the left side on a cardboard sheet. "While you were kind enough, my dear citizen, to remember me, passing through my mountains, I was looking for you in Paris, as I have been seeking refuge for more than two years in order to escape the revolutionary iron of the companions of [...] - How grateful I am for the letter you kindly wrote me? Coming to you since [...] where I knew you by your qualities and our common friends, I had seen you leave with pain your homeland where you could do good; you came back, loaded with precious observations on men and countries too [...] and interesting objects for natural history which is much better than that of men who have become very unnatural thanks to luxury and trade...".

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

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SEVESTRE Joseph-Marie-François [, 1753 -, 1846], deputy to the Convention for Ille-et-Vilaine. Autograph letter signed and addressed to Monsieur [Auguir]. May 16, 1834; 1 page in-12°. "You cannot be found, my good friend, my good citizen. You are going to leave without me having the happiness of seeing you; I say happiness, because I hardly know any other than that which brings back memories ready to be erased by the means you witnessed every day, and for which I grieve as much as you do. Farewell, worthy son of one of my dearest comrades in the freedom of misfortune. Do not forget my most devoted heart.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

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SILLERY Charles-Alexis Brulart de Sillery, comte de Genlis, marquis de [Paris, 1737 - guillotined in Paris on October 31, 1793], maréchal de camp, deputy of the nobility of the bailliage of Reims to the Estates General, deputy to the Convention of the Somme, he was guillotined with the Girondins. Autograph letter signed. Paris, April 8, 1792; 1 page in-4°. "Monsieur d'Orléans, monsieur, has just sent me from [...] where he is, a memoir that he asks me to recommend to you. He would have visited you, he had been in Paris, but he urges me to ask you to kindly grant him the release he is asking for as soon as possible, and he gives me the reason that many of his 100f. and 200f. sales boarders, who have absolutely nothing else to live on, are waiting for the release he is asking for. I am pleased to have the honor of sending you his memoirs, and I hope that if possible, you will expedite this expedition.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

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SOUBERBIELLE Joseph [Pontacq, 1754 - Paris, 1846], French physician. Autograph signed. 1 page in-12°; some stains on paper. "M.M. Pelletan and Desaut were in charge of caring for the Dauphin Louis VII at the temple, Desault has just died, he is replaced by Jeanroi uncle - and Lassur surgeon of .... Du Roi fin l'ouverture "

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

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TASCHEREAU DE FARGUES Paul Auguste [, 1752 -, 1832], literary and political writer. French. Autograph letter signed to Joanneau. Pontleroy, 23 [ventôse] an II [13 mars 1794]; 1 page in-4°. He invites his correspondent to come and put an end to an unfortunate affair.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

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VIGNETTE - General de Beurnonville Document with beautiful vignette of the Armée du Nord crossed out and corrected from England. Paris, 22nd pluviôse l'an VII de la République, une et indivisible. 2 pages in-4°. Printed line "Le général en Chef de l'Armée du Nord" crossed out and corrected: "Le Général Beurnonville de l'Armée d'Angleterre".

Estim. 100 - 120 EUR

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VIROT Charles-François [, 1727 -, 1794], Marquis de SOMBREUIL. General, governor of the Invalides, arrested on August 10, he escaped the September massacres thanks to the courage of his daughter; arrested again, he was guillotined. Autograph letter signed. Lille, February 13, 1783; 1 page in-8°. He explains that he went to the hospital to see the young protégé of the letter's addressee. The surgeon does not despair of his recovery.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

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[COMICS] Edgar Pierre.JACOBS. La marque jaune. Black and Mortimer. In-folio. Editions Phigi Bruxelles, Collection 1/1. 1977. Limited edition of 800 copies, ours is numbered n°365/800. Interiors in very good condition. Folded and faded boards. 1st plate partly detached from spine.

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[COMICS] - [TINTIN] HERGE. L'oreille cassée, the adventures of Tintin reporter. Black & white. Ed. Casterman. 1986. Facsimile of the original 1938 edition. Binding in good condition, some wear and tear to boards and vignette. Photos on request from [email protected]

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ARMÉE DES PYRENNÉES Autograph manuscript relating the orders given to the Army of the Pyrenees, beginning May 28 [1793]. Bound on vellum, with flap, and ex-libris Bibliothèque du docteur Lucien Graux; 144 pages, in-8°.

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ASSIGNATS - STAMPS - Set of 17 assignats including one for one thousand francs printed in red. - Signed "Le Chapelier". Receipt. - 1 Inscription de population de Canton de Lyon - 1 set of various modern stamps on the theme of the Revolution

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BONAPARTE Joseph, prince, comte de Survilliers [Corte, 1768 - Florence, 1844], king of Naples and then of Spain, elder brother of Napoleon I. Autograph letter signed. 20 V year XIII; 1 page in-4°. Letter expressing regret at not being able to satisfy his correspondent's request.

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BROCHET Jean Étienne [,], juror at the Revolutionary Court, active member of the Cordeliers. Autograph signed. 1 page 1/3 in-12. He asks for an estimate of the items he is leaving with M. [Larbé] in the apartment he is vacating.

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BRUNEL Ignace [1742 - 1795], Conventionnel. Autograph signed. 1 page in-4°, on public relief letterhead. Concerning a conference between 3 citizens to reach an agreement on the subject of works in Cherbourg.

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BULLETINS DES LOIS - TRIBUNAL REVOLUTIONNAIRE Set of bulletins des lois concerning the tribunal révolutionnaire. Numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 33, 36 and 157. Dated from 22 prairial, year II of the Republic to 20 prairial, year III. Good condition.

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CAMBACÉRÈS Jean-Jacques-Régis de, Duc de Parme [Montpellier, 1753 - Paris, 1824], French jurist and politician, Archchancellor of the Empire. Signed, addressed to Baron de La Bouillerie. Paris, February 17, 1812; 1 page in-8°. Congratulates him on the birth of his son.

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Count J. Louis Brigitte Espagne, cavalry general (1768-1809) Autograph memoir, July 1-20, 1807; 31 folio pages. Relates troop movements, engagements and fighting at the Battle of Heilsberg...

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DESMOULINS Camille [Guise, 1760 - Paris, 1794], French publicist and politician. Signed document. Paris, 26 Brumaire an II. Quittance de rente perpétuelle. Partly printed.

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PRINTED Print n°49 Révolution de France et de Brabant by Camille Desmoulins. November 1, 1790, Chalon printing works; 48 pages in-8°.

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