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Sat 18 May

German Orders and Medals - Kingdom of Wurttemberg : Auszeichnungs- und Dokumentennachlass des Generalleutnants z.D. Konrad Adolf v. Wencher, Kommandeur der 54. Württembergischen Res.Division Order of Frederick. Commander's Cross with swords. Silver - gilded and enamelled. On the original sewn collar. The swords are movable and attached to the upper arm of the cross with small eyelets. Beautiful example from the production of the Royal Mint of Stuttgart. Minimal wear-related chipping, but overall a beautiful, worn piece. In the original presentation case, the lid with gold-stamped swords. Inner part with bordeaux red velvet inlay. The Württemberg coat of arms embossed in gold in the silk lining of the inner lid. Award certificate for the Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Order of Frederick dated 13 September 1899, double sheet with embossed seal and original signature of the Chancellor of the Order v. Mittnacht. Plus amendments to the statutes dated 19 Sept. 1870 and 27 Dec. 1886/18 Feb. 1890 Award certificate for the Commentary Cross 2nd Class of the Order of Frederick dated 25 February 1910, double sheet with embossed seal and original signature of the Chancellor of the Order v. Weizsäcker. Award letter for the Commentary Cross 1st Class of the Order of Frederick with Swords dated 16 October 1915, double sheet with original signature of the Minister of War v. Marchtaler. Imperial hand letter dated 19 July 1911 to the former Colonel v. Wencher with appointment as commander of the 80th Infantry Brigade. Double sheet with original signature of Wilhelm II of Prussia. Imperial handwritten letter dated 22 March 1914 relieving him of his position as commander of the 80th Infantry Brigade and thanking him for his service with the original signature of Wilhelm II of Prussia. Missing 2nd page and paper damage. Patent as portépée ensign dated 28 July 1873, large double sheet with paper seal. Patent as second lieutenant dated 9 February 1874. large double sheet with paper seal and original signature of King Karl with countersignature of the Minister of War v. Suckow. Patent as first lieutenant dated 7 November 1881, large double sheet with paper seal and original signature of King Karl with countersignature of the Minister of War v. Wundt. Patent as Captain dated 9 February 1874, large double sheet with paper seal and original signature of King Karl with countersignature of the Minister of War v. Steinheil. Patent as major dated 10 September 1898, large double sheet with paper seal and original signature of King Karl, countersigned by the Minister of War, Schott v. Schottenstein. Patent as colonel dated 11th September 1907, large double sheet with paper seal and original signature of King Wilhelm II with countersignature of the Minister of War v. Marchtaler. Patent as Major General dated 19 July 1911, large double sheet with paper seal and original signature of King Wilhelm II with countersignature of the Minister of War v. Marchtaler. Patent as Lieutenant General z.D. dated 6 April 1915. Large double sheet with paper seal and original signature of King Wilhelm II. with countersignature of the Minister of War v. Marchtaler. Decorative certificate 1907 of the former non-commissioned officers of the 5th Company Gren.Regt "König Karl" No.123 for promotion as captain and company commander. Certificate of the Kgl. Militär-Examinations-Kommission for scientific maturity as Portepeefähnrich dated 10 April 1873 with paper seal and original signature of the head of the commission. 4-page copy with picture and list of decorations and military career. Beautiful and very interesting estate of this Württemberg general. Friedrichs - Orden. Komturkreuz mit Schwertern. Silber - vergoldet und emailliert. Am genähten Original - Halsband. Die Schwerter beweglich gearbeitet und mittels kleiner Ösen am oberen Kreuzarm angebracht. Schönes Exemplar aus der Fertigung des Königlichen Münzamts Stuttgart. Minimale tragebedingte Absplitterungen insgesamt jedoch schönes, getragenes Stück. Im Original - Verleihungsetui, der Deckel mit goldgeprägten Schwertern. Innenteil mit bordeauxroter Samteinlage. Im Seidenfutter des Innendeckels das württembergische Wappen in Goldprägung. Verleihungsurkunde zum Ritterkreuz 1.Klasse des Friedrich-Ordens vom 13.9.1899, Doppelblatt mit Prägesiegel und Originalunterschrift des Ordenskanzlers v. Mittnacht. Dazu Statutenänderungen vom 19.9.1870 und 27.12.1886/18.2.1890 Verleihungsurkunde zum Kommenturkreuz 2. Klasse des Friedrichs-Ordens vom 25.2.1910, Doppelblatt mit Prägesiegel und Originalunterschrift des Ordenskanzlers v. Weizsäcker. Verleihungsschreiben zum Kommenturkreuz 1.Klasse des Friedrichs-Ordens mit Schwertern vom 16.10.1915, Doppelblatt mit Originalunterschrift des Kriegsministers v. Marchtaler. Kaiserliches Handschreiben vom 19.7.1911 an den bisherigen Oberst v. Wencher mit Ernennung zum Kommandeur der 80.Infanterie-Brigade. Doppelblatt mit Originalunterschrift Wilhelm II.von Preußen. Kaiserliches Handschreiben vom 22.3.1914 mit Enthebung der Stellung als Kommandeur der 80.Infanterie-Brigade mit dankender Anerkennung geleisteter Dienst mit Originalunterschrift Wilhelm II. von Preußen. Fehlende 2. Seite und Papierschaden. Patent als Portépéefähnrich vom 28.7.1873. Großes Doppelblatt mit Papiersiegel. Patent als Secondelieutnant vom 9.2.1874. Großes Doppelblatt mit Papiersiegel und Originalunterschrift König Karl.mit Gegenzeichnung des Kriegministers v. Suckow. Patent als Premierieutnant vom 7.11.1881. Großes Doppelblatt mit Papiersiegel und Originalunterschrift König Karl.mit Gegenzeichnung des Kriegministers v.Wundt. Patent als Hauptmann vom 9.2.1874. Großes Doppelblatt mit Papiersiegel und Originalunterschrift König Karl.mit Gegenzeichnung des Kriegministers v.Steinheil. Patent als Major vom10.9,1898. Großes Doppelblatt mit Papiersiegel und Originalunterschrift König Karl.mit Gegenzeichnung des Kriegministers Schott v. Schottenstein. Patent als Oberst vom 11.9.1907. Großes Doppelblatt mit Papiersiegel und Originalunterschrift König Wilhelm II.mit Gegenzeichnung des Kriegministers v. Marchtaler. Patent als Generalmajor vom 19.7,1911. Großes Doppelblatt mit Papiersiegel und Originalunterschrift König Wilhelm II.mit Gegenzeichnung des Kriegministers v. Marchtaler. Patent als Generalleutnant z.D. vom 6.4.1915. Großes Doppelblatt mit Papiersiegel und Originalunterschrift König Wilhelm II..mit Gegenzeichnung des Kriegministers v.Marchtaler. Schmuckurkunde 1907 der früheren Unteroffiziere der 5. Kompanie Gren.Regt "König Karl" No.123 zur Beförderung als Hauptmann und Kompaniechef. Zeugnis der Kgl. Militär-Examinations-Kommission zur wissenschaftlichen Reife als Portepeefähnrich vom 10.4.1873 mit Papiersiegel und Originalunterschrift des Kommissionsleiters. 4-seitige Kopie mit Bild und Liste der Ordensverleihungen. und militärischer Laufbahn. Schöner und sehr interessanter Nachlaß dieses württembergischen Generals. Condition: 2

Estim. 4 000 EUR

Tue 21 May

BEHAINE (René) 1880-1966 - Approx. 140 L.A.S. (one incomplete), 1914-1919, and 1930-1935, to publisher Bernard GRASSET or to ,his director Louis BRUN. Approx. 250 pages in various formats, numerous envelopes and addresses. IMPORTANT LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE, sometimes facetious, sometimes acrimonious, concerning "L'Histoire d'une société" and the writer's relationship with his publishing house: moods, manuscript promseses, publication schedule, proofs, advertising, remuneration, distribution, possibility of a Goncourt Prize, approaches for the Nobel Prize (thanks in particular to Pierre de Bénouville), etc....The letters are addressed first to Bernard Grasset, then increasingly and mostly to his "dauphin", the "prieur", the "hyper-director" of Editions Grasset Louis BRUN (one to Madame, one to Gabriel Brunet), with whom Béhaine developed a close friendship. Very rich correspondence, most of it written from his home in Les Rastines, Antibes, some illustrated with amusing drawings. Enclosed: a.s. manuscript of a "Avant-Propos", introduction to his "Histoire d'une société" (4p. in-4); autograph manuscript of a fanciful notice about him and his work: "René Béhaine, né en 1642...". (4 p. in-8); a heavily corrected and commented Grasset contract for "O peuple infortuné" (Grasset 1936); 15 pages of proofs of "Conquête de la vie" (Grasset, 1924); a Grasset publicity brochure devoted to the first 7 volumes of "Histoire d'une société" (1930); and 11 amateur photographs of Béhaine.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

Tue 21 May

1888 BIBLIOTHEQUE CARDINAL CATALOGUE METHODIQUE ET RAISONNE CHARAINE ET FILS Large IN 8 vintage brown half-chagrin, 1248 PP. 1889 LEBIGRE EUGENE (NOTAIRE A LILLE) CATALOGUE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FEU M. EUGENE LEBIGRE ANCIEN NOTAIRE A LILLE LABITTE-PARIS-GUSTAVE LELEU LILLE Large IN 8 modern gray cardboard, Cons. cover. uncut (foxing, bookplate of Dominique Messager on title. ) 514 PP. -5333N° 1896 GRELOT FELIX CATALOGUE DES LIVRES RARES ET CURIEUX RELIURES ARMORIEES MANUSCRITS ET AUTOGRAPHES COMPOSANT LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FEU M. FELIX GRELOT ANCIEN PREFET DU CANTAL M.A. VOISIN M.J. APPERT Un volume IN 8 demi-toile vette d'époque, couv. Cons. 278 PP. 1784 n° 1909 L. D. MR COLLECTION DE M. L. D. MANUSCRITS AVEC MINIATURES DU IX AU XV SIECLE PARIS THEOPHILE BELIN One volume in-4 bradel of green half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine decorated, gilt head, untrimmed, cons. cover (spine slightly faded). Etui. (broken). Fine catalog illustrated with plates and printed on fine paper. Prices noted in the margins. A fine copy. 1914 BELIN THEOPHILE CATALOGUE DE LIVRES DES XV ET XVI SIECLES DANS LEURS RELIURES ORIGINALES 92 PLANCHES LIBRAIRIE TH BELIN Grand in-8 demi-chagrin noir à coins, dos à nerfs, couv. Cons. (dos un peu passé) 1921 DELTEIL LEO ANNUAIRE DES VENTES DE LIVRES OCTOBRE 1920 A JUILLET 1921 2e ANNEE AVEC LISTE DES VENTES MANUSCRITE LEO DELTEIL IN 8 vintage red half-chagrin, spine ribbed (rubbed, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager on title) 1924 RENEVEY EUGENE CATALOGUE BIBLIOTHEQUE 1° P LIVRES ANCIENS EDITIONS ET RELIURES ROMANTIQUES LIVRES ILLUSTRES CONTEMPORAINS 331 N° 52 PLANCHES UNE SECONDE VENTE SE DEROULA DU 31 MAI AU 2 JUIN DE LA MEME ANNEE N° 332 A 592 PARIS MEYNIAL IN 4 RELIE demi-chagrin vert à coins, dos à nerfs (passé, cachet ex-libris de Dominique Messager sur le titre) 108 PP., 331 NO., 52 PLATES. Volume 1 only. 1925 BOUVIER (VEUVE) VENTE AUX ENCHERES PUBLIQUES DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE PROVENANT DE LA SUCCESSION EN DESHERENCE DE Mme Ve BOUVIER PITRE LYON IN-8 demi-toile bleue, couv. cons. (cachet ex-libris de Dominique Messager sur le titre) 40 PP. 298 N°. 1926 ABRAMI LEON BIBLIOTHEQUE LEON ABRAMI LIVRES ILLUSTRES DU XVIII SIECLE RELIES EN MAROQUIN LA PLUSPART ARMORIES OU ORNES DE DENTELLES L CARTERET IN 4 demi-maroquin marron, dors à nerfs, tête dorée, non rogné, couv. cons. (qq petits frottements, cachet ex-libris de Dominique Messager sur le titre). 247 N°, 86 PP, plates out of text. A good copy. 1926 DELTEIL LEO: two-volume set: 1/ ANNUAIRE DES VENTES DE LIVRES OCTOBRE 1925 A JUILLET 1926. Two in-8 volumes, one bound (defects) the other paperback; 2/ANNUAIRE DES VENTES DE LIVRES OCTOBRE 1926 A JUILLET 1927 8e ANNEE MANUSCRITS RELIURES ARMOIRIEES. DELTEIL LEO

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Tue 21 May

1895 DESTAILLEURS HIPPOLYTE (ARCHITECTE DU GOUVERNEMENT) CATALOG DES LIVRES ET ESTAMPES RELATIFS AUX BEAUX ARTS (ARCHITECTURE,PEINTURE,GRAVURE,ORNEMENTATION,ETC,,,,PROVENANT DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FEU M. HIPPOLYTE DESTAILLEUR.ARCHITECTE DU GOUVERNEMENT. REDACTION EDOUAR RAHIR AVEC AVANT PROPOS.1ER VENTE 1891 2004 N° XV+448 PP ILL 2 PL .2EME VENTE 1895 1753 N° XXVIII+420 PP PORTRAIT.NOTICE BIOGRAPHIQUE GEORGES DUPLESSIS DAMASCENE MORGAND In-4 paperback (covers faded and worn, spine rebacked). 1910 HERLUISON H. CATALOG DE LIVRES ANCIENS COMPOSANT LA BIBLIOTHEQUE PERSONNELLE DE H.HERLUISON ANCIEN LIBRAIRE EDITEUR CHEVALIER DE LA LEGION D'HONNEUR CONSERVATEUR DU MUSEE HISTORIQUE D'ORLEANS PRESIDENT DE LA SOCIETE ARCHEOLOGIQUE ET HISTORIQUE DE L'ORLEANAIS,ETC...... ENGRAVINGS,PRINTS,DRAWINGS,PAINTINGS,MEDALS,TOKENS,OBJETS D'ART ET DE CURIOSITE,ETC. CHARLES FOULARD (PARIS) in 8 paperback (ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager on title) 509 n°, LIVRES 81 PP. 1913 PIOLENC MARQUIS DE BIBLIOTHEQUE EDITIONS ORIGINALES DE MOLIERE ET RACINE LIVRES ILLUSTRES DU XVIII RELIE EN MAROQUIN ANCIEN RICHES RELIURES DE CUZIN GIRALDN KIEFFER MERCIER NOULHAC LECLERC ET BLAIZOT IN 4 broché. 136 PP., 566 NOTICES, 18 PLANCHES 1913 PORTALIS ROGER (BARON) CATALOGUE DE LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES SUR LES BEAUX ARTS LA BIBLIOGRAPHIE AUTOGRAPHES PROVENANT DE SA BIBLIOTHEQUE H LECLERC IN 8 broché (dos usé) 438 N°, 95 PP. 1914 FOULC EDMOND CATALOG D' UNE TRES IMPORTANTE COLLECTION DE LIVRES D' ARCHITECTURE ET DE RECUEILS D' ORNEMENTS DES XVI XVII ET XVIII SIECLES. WITH 20 PLATES HORS TEXTE. LIBRARY OF MR E.FOULC, SOLD AT DROUT FROM JUNE 3 TO 6, 1914. ALBERT BESOMBES IN 8 paperback. 611 N° VIII+191 PP. ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY ARCHITECTURAL LIBRARIES, WITH 614 N°+68 PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. THE DESCRIPTIONS ARE MORE PRECISE THAN THOSE TO WHICH WE ARE ACCUSTOMED IN THIS KIND OF CATALOG, AND OFTEN WITH COMMENTARY. 1917 J.L.P. MONSIEUR CATALOG DE LIVRES MODERNES LIVRES DUXIECLE ET CONTEMPORAINS EDITIONS ORIGINALES LA PLUPART IMPRIMEES SUR GRAND PAPIER LIVRES ILLUSTRES DU MILIEU DU XIX SIECLE, MANUSCRITS ET AUTOGRAPHES PROVENANT DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. J. L. P. PREMIERE DEUXIEME ET TROISIEME PARTIE .1917/1918. H LECLERC 3 volumes in-4 paperback ( volume 1 worn, small tears in volume 2) N° 2513 A 3557 534 PP 1919 CHARLES-ROUX JULES CATALOG DE LIVRES ANCIENS LIVRES DU XVIII SIECLE ILLUSTRES ET DE LIVRES MODERNES LIVRES ILLUSTRES OUVRAGES SUR LES BEAUX-ARTS PROVENANT DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. JULES CHARLES-ROUX. HENRI LECLERC Large IN 8 paperback (ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager on title). 512 N°, 80 PP. 1919 CLARETIE JULES CATALOGUE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. JULES CLARETIE 4eme PARTIE HENRI LECLERC Large in-8 paperback (spine worn, stains, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager on title) 165 PP. 2820 to 3844 N°. 1920 AUBERT RAYMOND (DE REIMS) CATALOG DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. RAYMOND AUBERT DE REIMS. LIVRES ILLUSTRES DE LA PERIODE ROMANTIQUE.LIVRES ILLUSTRES CONTEMPORAINS.OUVRAGES SUR LES BEAUX ARTS . FIRST EDITIONS BY MODERN AUTHORS . WORKS ON CHAMPAGNE. H LECLERC . EMILE PAUL Grand IN 8 BROCHE, 138 PAGES, 980 N° (ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager on title) Reunion of four catalogs: 1/ CATALOGUE DE LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES AUTOGRAPHES ESTAMPES DESSINS PROVENANT DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE MR VICTOR DESGLISE. 1921. LECLERC CHARAVAY ET DELTEIL. IN 8 778 N° 128 PP; 2/CATALOGUE D'UNE COLLECTION DE BEAUX LIVRES MODERNES CONSACRÉS AUX BEAUX-ARTS ET PARTICULIEREMENT AU PEINTRES ET GRAVEURS DU XVIII SIECLE PROVENANT DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FEU M. G** B***; 1922. In-8 68 pp. 390 n°; 3/CATALOGUE DE LIVRES ANCIENS INCUNABLES AVEC OU SANS FIGURES IMPRESSIONS DES ALDES ET DU XVI SIECLE LIVRES ILLUSTRES DU XVI AU XVIII SIECLE POETES Français DES XVI ET XVII SIECLES ETC....ETC.... FROM THE LIBRARY OF M. J*** C***. 1922. in-8 800 no., 151 pp. 4/CATALOGUE DE LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES COMPOSANT LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FEU M. PAUL LACOMBE 1ER PARTIE. ILLUSTRIOUS BOOKS. LUXURY EDITIONS. PUBLICATIONS BY BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETIES.BIBLIOGRAPHY. PALEOGRAPHY. LINGUISTICS. HISTORY OF PRINTING. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF INCUNABULA. WORKS ON THE NATIONAL LIBRARY AND THE MAJOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF FRANCE. HISTORY AND MEMOIRS. LIVRES SUR LES BEAUX ARTS.1 ER 2 EME ET 3 EME VENTES 11 THÈMES SUR L'HISTOIRE GENERALE A LA BIBLIOGRAPHIE. 1922.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Tue 21 May

Reunion of two catalogs: BETHMANN BARON DE: CATALOGUE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. LE BARON DE BETHMANN TROISIEME PARTIE OUVRAGES SUR LES BEAUX-ARTS LIVRES ILLUSTRES DU XVI AU XVIII SIECLE BIBLIOGRAPHIE. 1923. In-8, 148 pp. 800 no.; 2/CATALOGUE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M.CHARLES FREUND-DESCHAMPS CENSEUR DE LA BANQUE DE France MEMBRE DE LA SOCIETE DU LIVRE CONTEMPORAIN. 1923. In-8, 204 pp. 844 no. 1924 RENEVEY EUGENE CATALOG BIBLIOTHEQUE 1° P LIVRES ANCIENS EDITIONS ET RELIURES ROMANTIQUES LIVRES ILLUSTRES CONTEMPORAINS 331 N° 52 PLANCHES UNE SECONDE VENTE SE DEROULA DU 31 MAI AU 2 JUIN DE LA MEME ANNEE N° 332 A 592 PARIS MEYNIAL IN 4 RELIE demi-chagrin with corners, spine ribbed (faded, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager on title) 108 PP., 331 N°, 52 PLANCHES. Vol. 1 only. 1925 DESCAMPS-SCRIVE RENE BIBLIOTHEQUE EN 3 PARTIES NOMBREUSES PLANCHES HORS TEXTE PRIX MARQUE EN MARGE. L CARTERET 3 VOL IN 4 BROCHES (spine of volume 3 lined, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager on title). THIS 1558 LIBRARY N° OF ANTIQUE BOOKS AUX LIVRES OFFERED A VERY WIDE RANGE OF BOOKS, MOST OF THEM ILLUSTRIOUS AND SUMPTUOUSLY BOUND. A duplicate of volume 2. 1925 LANG GEORGES EMMANUEL CATALOGUE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M.GEORGES-EMMANUEL LANG- 1 er PARTIE LIVRES ANTIQUARIAN-ALMANACS-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES-AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS BY MODERN AUTHORS FOLLOWED BY 35 PLATES ILLUSTRATIONS OF BOOKS FROM THE FIRST SALE..PART 2 1926 ROMANTIC BOOKS AND CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS BOOKS ILLUSTRAL BOOKS OF THE XIXth CENTURY ANCIENT BOOKS ALMANACH BIBLIOGRAPHY AUTOGRAPHIC LETTERS FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN AUTHORS 2nd PART HENRI LECLERC.L GIRAUD BADIN 3 volumes in-4 bound (V) 329 N° 154 PP-DE 330 A 1423 N° 173 PP. Another copy of volume 2 is enclosed. 1925 MR E.S. (SOLACROUP) CHOIX DE LIVRES PROVENANT DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE Mr E.S. SOLACROUP-AVEC LES PRIX. PARIS CARTERET L IN 4 paperback (spine worn, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager on title) 583N°, 128PP. Off-text plates. 1926 FOURNIER ALFRED EDMOND PROFESSEUR ET DOCTEUR CATALOG DE LA VENTE DE CETTE BIBLIOTHEQUE 1485 N° LIVRES DU XVIII. DE MEDECINES-ROMANTIQUES-MODERNES ECT L CARTERET In-4 paperback (defects, V) 274 PP., 1485 N° with auction prices noted. Reunion of 7 catalogs, all in-8 or in-4 paperback (minor defects). 1/VRINVILLE H. DE: CATALOG DE LIVRES RARES ET PRECIEUX GRAVURES ET DESSINS COMPOSANT LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE MR H, DE V(VRINVILLE). 1926. IN 4 2 VOL 527 N° LE SECOND VOL EST UN ALBUM DE 51PP DE REPRODUCTIONS OF BINDINGS. 2/HANOTAUX GABRIEL: BIBLIOTHEQUE DE MR G,H, XVII ET XVIII SIECLE LITTERATURE C1540 +DEDEUXIEME SERIE XVIII SIECLE 1929. IN 4 791 N° 1927/1929. 3/X....MARQUISE DE: CATALOG MANUSCRITS LIVRES ANCIENS MODERNES. 1927. In-4 de 40 pp. 109 n°; 4/BACKER HECTOR DE: CATALOGUE DE SA BIBLIOTHEQUE 5E°Partie.. 1928. 5/CATALOGUE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DU DOCTEUR L. BOULAND 2EME PARTIE ART DU BLASON. HISTORY OF NOBILITY. EMBLEMS AND MOTTOS. GENEALOGIES. 1928. In-8, 104 pp. 765 no.; 6/BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. ALBERT DURANT BEAUX-ARTS-TEXTILE. ANTIQUE BOOKS. ILLUSTRIOUS MODERN BOOKS. EDITIONS DES FABLES DE LA FONTAINE. LILLE -FLANDRE -PICARDIE. 1928. In-8, 96 pp. 819 no. 7/GUMUCHIAN: CATALOGUE N°11. 158 pp. 300 no. p. 33 plates. Reunion of three catalogs: 1/CATALOGUE DE LIVRES ILLUSTRES DES XV XVI XVII XVIII SIECLES DONT LA VENTE AUX ENCHERES PUBLIQUES AURA LES 20 21 ET 22 MARS 1928 AVEC UN FASCICULE DE FAC SIMILE PRIX AU CRAYON 2EME PARTIE EN 1929. Large in-8 with 120 pages and 406 no; 2/LAVEDAN HENRI: ALMANACH CHANTANTS ET GALANTS DU XVIII SIECLE COMPOSANT SA BIBLIOTHEQUE DES ALMANACHS PARMI LES PLUS BEAUX 8 PLATES REPRODUCE 32 N°. 1928. In-4, 94 pp. and 207 no.; 3/CATALOGUE DES LIVRES ANCIENS COMPOSANT LA LIBRAIRIE DE MR GEORGES LEMALLIER 1 er ET 3eme PARTIE LA PREMIERE PARTIE ETANT L'ALBUM DE 16 PLANCHES. 1928. IN 4 3VOL VENTE 21 TO 24 NOVEMBER 1927 PREMIERE PARTIE N° 1 TO 599 ET ALBUM DE 16 PL VENTE DU 6 AU 10 JUILLET 1929 N° 2681 TO 3374. 1928 MAGGS BROS CATALOGUE N°500 MAGGS BROS In-4 BROCH (slight foxing). Illustrated. 1929 H-S MONSIEUR CATALOG DE BEAUX LIVRES MODERNES ET ILLUSTRES PROVENANT DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. H.S*** LIVRES ILLUSTRES MODERNES. FIRST EDITIONS. OUVRAGES SUR LES BEAUX-ARTS .BIBILIOGRAPHIE. CARTERET IN 8 552 N° 107 PP + 1929 K*** M. MR CATALOG D'EDITIONS ORIGINALES D'AUTEURS DE LA PERIODE ROMANTIQUE ET D'AUTEURS CONTEMPORAINS COMPOSENT LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. M. K*** L.GIRAUD-BADIN IN 8 547 N° 95 PP + 1929 LEMALLIER GEORGES SUCCESION DE MR ET MME G LEMALLIER LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES INCUNABLES. SCIENCES ET ARTS DIVERS. BELLES LETTRES. ILLUSTRIOUS BOOKS OF THE XVI XIX CENTURY. ORIGINAL DRAWINGS. COSTUMES. TRAVELS. ALMANACHS. BINDINGS. BIBLIOGRAPHY. GIRAUD BADIN SALE FROM JULY 6 TO 10, 1929 N° 2681 A 3374 142 PP + 1929 SA

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Tue 21 May

Reunion of 10 catalogs: 1/BULLETIN DU BIBLIOPHILE ET DU BIBLIOTECAIRE; 16° ANNEE. 2/THIBAUDET ALBERT. CATALOG DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE . 3/BIBLIOTHEQUE JEAN BORDEREL-1ER ET 2EME PARTIE: EDITIONS ORIGINALES, BEAUX LIVRES ILLUSTRES MODERNES, PUBLICATIONS DE STE DE BIBLIOPHILIES DANS DE BELLES RELIURES. 1938. GR IN 8 79 PAGES 1031 NOTICES DESCRIPTIVES DES LIVRES VENDUS A DROUOT. 4/BOSSE CH. CATALOG DE LIVRES RARES DU XVI,XVII,XVIII SIECLES. 1938. 5/BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M . GEORGES CANAPE 2° PARTIE EDITIONS ORIGINALES. 1938. 6/COUET JULES (BIBLIOTHECAIRE ARCHIVISTE DE LA COMEDIE FRANCAISE). CATALOGUE DE SA BIBLIOTHEQUE - 8e PARTIE: OUVRAGES SUR LA MUSIQUE, LE THEATRE, OUVRAGES RELETIFS AU THEATRE . 1938. 7/CATALOGUE OF FINE ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS, ANTIQUE BOOKS IN VARIOUS GENRES, WORKS ON PARIS, MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, FIRST EDITIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHY. 1938. Giraud-Badin. 8/OUVRAGES SUR NAPOLEON. 1938. Blaizot et fils; 9/M. du T.: CATALOGUE DE BIBLIOTHEQUE 1e p 389 N° DECRITS 12 PLANCHES. 2 vols. in-4 paperback. 10/BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M . G. M*** VENTE DROUOT SALLE N ° 8 LES 9 ET 10 MAI 1938 VENTE DE BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES. 1938. Reunion of 5 catalogs: 1/BIBLIOTHEQUE NAUTICA PART IV CATALOGUE 654. MAGGS BROS, 193829/01/2024 n-4 paperback. 2/M-F-D: CATALOGUE DE BIBLIOTHEQUE: LIVRES ANCIENS RARES ET PRECIEUX, RICHES RELIURES ANCIENNES ARMORIEES . 1938. In-4 of 47pp. And 138 no., 20 plates; 3/VOUTE PAUL: BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LIVRES RARES ET PRECIEUX DES XVI AU XIX SIECLES, BELLES RELIURES-DOCUMENTS AUTOGRAPHES DEDICACES. 1938. 4/CATALOGUE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M,C,L BOOKS MOSTLY COVERED WITH VERY RICH BINDINGS AND ENRICHED WITH PRECIOUS AUTOGRAPHS OF WATERCOLORS AND ORIGINAL DRAWINGS. 1939. IN 8 24 PL 176 N° 64 PP. 5/BIBLOTHEQUE DE M DU T 2° PARTIE LIVRES ANCIENS EN DIVERS GENRES LIVRES MODERNES LIVRES ILLUSTRES DES XVIIIe ET XIXe SIECLES. 1939. 408 n° Reunion of 5 catalogs: 1/CATALOGUE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE PAULEY. ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS IN VARIOUS GENRES. ILLUSTRIOUS BOOKS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. FIRST EDITIONS ENRICHED WITH AUTOGRAPH LETTERS. 1939. 146pp. Et 620 n°; 2/TECHENER J.: BULLETIN DU BIBLIOPHILE ET DU BIBLIOTECAIRE 18° ANNEE. 1939. 3/CATALOGUE D'OUVRAGES D'AUTEURS DU XIX SIECLES ET CONTEMPORAIN EN EDITIONS ORIGINALES ET QUELQUES LIVRES ANCIENS COMPOSANT LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M,FERNAND VANDEREM 1ER PARTIE. 1939. 2 VOLS IN 8 704 N° VII+184 PP ILL.N° 705 A 1360 76 PP.. 4/FEUILLET DE VENTE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. L'ABBE DE R*** OUVRAGES SUR LE MAINE, L' ANJOU ,LA TOURAINE ETC...HISTOIRE, LITTERATURE, BEAUX-ARTS, SCIENCES RELIGIEUSES-VARIA. 1943. 3000 no.; 5/HENRI DIDIER. BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L'ECOLE DES CHARTES. 1946. Reunion of 5 catalogs: 1/GIRARD ANTOINE MR ET Mme: CATALOGUE DE BIBLIOTHEQUE LIVRES ILLUSTRES MODERNE DANS DE TRES BELLES RELIURES 602 N° DECRITS 18 PL HORS TEXTE RELIURES DE CANAPE CARAYON CUZIN KIEFFER MARIUS MICHEL MEUNIER NOULHAC RUBAN. 1962. In-4 paperback. 2/CATALOGUE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE D'UN AMATEUR (SICKLES DANIEL COLONEL) 1ER PARTIE 300 N° 99 PP 15 16 NOVEMBRE 1962 2EME PARTIE 277 N° 105 PP -1963 - 3 EME PARTIE 242 N° 60 PP -1963-. 1962. 3 vol. in-4; 3/CATALOGUE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M PAUL VILLEBOEUF ANCIENS ROMANTIQUES ET MODERNES LIVRES TRES RICHES RELIURES ILLUSTRATION A PLEINE PAGE COMPRISES DANS LA PAGINATION . 1963. In-4, 127 pp, 366 no.; 4/BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS, Manuscrit A MINIATURES DU XV SIECLE, INCUNABLES ET LIVRES A FIGURES SUR BOIS, RELIURES PROVEN DE LA COLLECTION DE LEON GRUEL ET DECRITES DANS SON MANUEL. 12967 ; 5/ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS, AUTOGRAPHS AND MANUSCRIPTS, MOSTLY FROM THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES. 1967. Collection of 6 catalogs: 1/BIBLIOTHEQUE HISTORIQUE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS HOTEL LAMOIGNON. 1969. In-4 paperback. 2/PELLERIN JEAN VICTOR. BIBLIOTHEQUE ROMANS ET NOUVELLES THEATRE ET POESIE 319 N° DECRITS. 1969. In-4 paperback, 118 pages; 3/CATALOGUE D' AUTOGRAPHES LITTERAIRES ET MANUSCRITS. 1969. 4/LOLIEE BERNARD. CATALOG EDITIONS ORIGINALES . 1970. 5/VIGIER VICOMTESSE DU. Library. 1970. 6/CATALOGUE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M-X,,,INCUNABLES-GOTHIQUES-LIVRES DU XVI-XVII-XIX BIBLIO-TOPOGRAPHIE-MSS ENLUMINES. 1970. Reunion of three catalogs: 1/EARLY MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS. 1972. Drouot. 2/PALAIS GALLIERA. ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FROM THE 18TH CENTURY OF ROYAL PROVENANCE. 1973. 3/A.. (SIR ROBERT AGBY). SIR A.'S LIBRARY: ANTIQUE BOOKS, COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM, ARCHITECTURE, ANTIQUITIES, DECORATION, NATURAL HISTORY, ILLUSTRIOUS BOOKS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, PARTY BOOKS, ARMS BINDINGS, LACE AND MOSAIC BINDINGS. 350 NOS. DESCRIBED. 1975. IN 8 FULL CLOTH 350 N° 170 PP.

Estim. 50 - 80 EUR

Tue 21 May

Reunion of 10 catalogs: 1/CATALOGUE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. GEORGES ANDRIEUX 1883-1945 EXPERT PRES LES DOUANES FRANCAISES PREMIERE VENTE 17.18 19 MARS 1947 HOTEL DROUOT SALLE 10. 2/DE GROLIER ERIC WITH THE COLLABORATION OF THIBAULT BERNARD. LE GUIDE DU BIBLIOPHILE ET DU LIBRAIRE: BIBLIOGRAPHIE GENERALE DE LIVRES PASSÉS EN VENTES PUBLIQUES EN 1945. 1947. 3/CHADENAT CH: ANCIEN LIBRAIRE CATALOG DE SA BIBLIOTHEQUE-VOYAGES-DE MARINE-LIVRES SUR L' ASIE L' AFRIQUE L' AMERIQUE ET OCEANIA 12 PART . 1949. 4/DE GROLIER ERIC ET DE GROLIER GEORGETTE . LE GUIDE DU BIBLIOPHILE ET DU LIBRAIRE BIBLIOGRAPHIE GENERALE DE LIVRES ET MANUSCRIPTS SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTIONS FROM 1946 TO 1948. 1950. 5/ANDRE JACQUES. CATALOG DE SA BIBLIOTHEQUE. 1951. 6/BRIDEL MAURICE: CATALOG DE BEAUX LIVRES ET BELLES RELIURES N°12. 1952. 7/BIBLIOTHEQUE GABRIEL COGNACQ 4 FASCICULES IN 4 TOTALISING 1746 N° FROM 1952 TO 1953. 1952. 8/DE GROLIER ERIC DE-GROLIER GEORGETTE . LE GUIDE DU BIBLIOPHILE ET DU LIBRAIRE BIBLIOGRAPHIE GENERALE DE LIVRES ET MANUSCRITS PASSÉS EN VENTES PUBLIQUES DE 1949 A 1951. 1953. 9/HEILBRUN GEORGES. Catalog n°7. 1953. 10/CATALOGUE DE TRES BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS HOTEL DROUOT SALLE N°10 10 NOVEMBRE 1954. Réunion de 8 catalogs: 1/BERNY GERARD DE: CATALOGUE DE BIBLIOTHEQUE 1er PARTIE: MANUSCRITS ENLUMINES DES XIVe ET Xve SIECLES, GOTHICAL INCUNABLES, ILLUSTRATIONS, ORIGINAL EDITIONS OF THE 16th AND 17th CENTURIES, ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE 18th CENTURY, ANCIENT AUTOGRAPHS ROMANTIC AND MODERN, PAINTERS' BOOKS. 1958. 2/ANTIQUE BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS, MAINLY FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD, FROM PROFESSOR MILLOT'S LIBRARY. MILLOT. 1958. 3/BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. ET Mme X .... ANCIENT BOOKS HISTORY, TRAVEL, COSTUMES, ATLAS, NATURAL HISTORY, ILLUSTRATIONS ROMANTIC AND MODERN. 1958. . 4/BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES --3 VOL. Ader, 1959. 5/GUERQUIN PIERRE. BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LIVRES ANCIENS ROMANTIQUES ET MODERNES. 1959. 6/PRECIEUX MANUSCRIT A PEINTURE XII AU XVII. Ader, 1960. 7/ J.D. COLLECTION. CATALOG DE BIBLIOTHEQUE MANUSCRITS ET LIVRES PRECIEUX DU XV AU XX SIECLE. 1961. 8/SCHELER THOMAS. BOOKS SCIENTIFIC INNOVATIVE PRECURSOR. 1961. Set of 8 catalogs. 1/BIBLIOTHEQUE BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES. Lardenchet, 1976. in-8 paperback. 2/LIBRAIRIE LA ROUE A LIVRES. CATALOG N° 10 BULLETIN PERIODIQUE D'INFORMATION ET BULLETIN INFORMATIONS N°8 1976. 3/NOURRY EMILE . Library catalog. 1976. 4/BIBLIOTHEQUE ROGER PEYREFITTE: LIVRES ANCIENS, ANTIQUITES, DECORATION, NUMISMATIQUE, VOYAGES, LIVRES AUX ARMES n°1 160 N° 68 PP FRONT,ILL -CURIOSA n°2 264 N° 88 PP ILL,.N° 3 239 N° 64 PP ILL.VENTE DE 1976 A 1977. 1976. 3 vol. in-4. 5/LIVRES ANCIENS DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE J H F ET APPARTENANT À DIVERS AMATEURS . 1977. 6/LIBRAIRIE DU JARDIN DE FLORE. CENT LIVRES ILLUSTRES DU XV AU XX SIECLES CATALOG N° 1. 1977. 7/BIBLIOTHEQUE D'UN AMATEUR 1977. Drouot. 8/CATALOGUE BIBLIOTHEQUE LIVRES ILLUSTRES ROMANTIQUE ET MODERNES, EXEMPLAIRES UNIQUES ORNES DE DESSINS ORIGINAUX, RELIURES DE SIMIER BOZERAIN ETC...... 1977. In-4 88 pp. and 386 no. Reunion of 10 catalogs: 1/M.D.: BIBLIOTHEQUE CLASSIQUES FRANCAIS DU XVII SIECLES. 1978. 2/LEGUELTEL: Catalogue. 1979. 3/MINISTERE DE LA CULTURE. VENICE UNE CIVILISATION DU LIVRE XV XVIII. 1979. 4/BNF: TRESORS DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L' ARSENAL. 1980. 5/BIBLIOTHEQUE DE ROGER HILD: ANTIQUE ROMANTIC AND MODERN BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS. 1980. ; 6/BIBLIOTHEQUE EVRARD DE ROUVRE. EACH CATALOG (2) IS PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED IN BLACK AND COLOR IN THE TEXT AND FULL-PAGE REPRODUCTIONS OF BINDINGS. 1980. 2 VOLUMES IN 4 125 AND 88 PP. 7/BIBLIOTHEQUE D'UN AMATEUR BOOKS DU XVIII SIECLES. 1980. 8/BIBLIOTHEQUE D' UN AMATEUR: Manuscrits DU ROMAN DE LA ROSE; 1 ER EDITION IN FOLIO DE SHAKESPEARE. 1980. 9/DE LA BAUME PLUVINEL (MARQUIS). PRECIOUS BOOKS FROM FAMOUS LIBRARIES: GOTHIC, ILLUSTRIOUS, INCUNABULA, ROMANS DE CHEVALERIE, FIRST AND COLLECTIVE EDITIONS FROM THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES, INCLUDING THE COMPLETE WORKS OF MOLIERE; NUMEROUS ARMORIAL BOOKS, FIRST EDITIONS OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY AUTHORS. 1981. 10/BIBLIOTHEQUE D' UN AMATEUR: PRECIOUS ALMANACH AND SMALL-FORMAT BOOKS. 1981. Reunion of 4 catalogs Catalogue of rare and precious books by Jacques-Charles BRUNET. 1868. In-8 bound in half-maroquin with corners (spine faded). Printed on fine paper. Auction prices noted; -Catalogue de livres anciens et modernes provenant de la bibliothèque d'un amateur stéphanois. 1887. bound in post green half cloth. Auction prices noted; -Catalogue librorum Offgicinae Elzeviriannae..., 1928, in-8 paperback (defects); -Comte de Lagondie: Catalogues des livres imprimés par les Elsevier...composant le cabinet de...1879. In-8 paperback.

Estim. 30 - 40 EUR

Tue 21 May

Ω A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF ITEMS RELATING TO ELIZABETH KEITH (1887-1956) 20TH CENTURY Comprising: 1. a woodblock print entitled 'Forbidden City, Peking', 1935, signed 'Elizabeth Keith' lower right corner, 29.5cm x 41cm; 2. the original wooden key block for the above print, hand-carved with the main structural elements of the composition; the reverse also carved with the brown and green features in the image, 28cm x 42.7cm x 1.7cm; 3. a copy of M C Salaman 'Masters of the colour print, vol.9, Elizabeth Keith', 1933, with a hand-written dedication by Elizabeth Keith inside reading: To Mr & Mrs de Jongh from Elizabeth Keith With Christmas Greetings. 1944 4. a typed letter by Elizabeth Keith, with hand-written corrections and signed 'Elizabeth Keith' in ink, the letter reading: ' Idbury Manor. Kingham. February 8th. Dear Mr de Jongh, I must apologise for the delay in answering you, I had to go to London yesterday, and I am always busy! No women ever take part on the Noh Stage, nor in the Kabuki either, but in the modern present day plays only. (I should not be surprised to hear that has been put a stop to now!) If you would like to get an insight into the psychology of the Japanese, read the 'Year of the Wild Boar' by Helen Mear, it is excellent. The gown worn by Kongo (red) in' Hagaromo' is of the stiffest gauze perhaps 100 years old (many of his robes were much older) it would stand by itself! He wears many garments underneath. I have seen him dressed. He is a very handsome and charming man, I could not associate him with the devils who are fighting our peoples. His son-in-law hates the Militarists. I daresay he has been executed ere this! To return to the robes, they are generally stiff. The green dress is linen, it hangs more softly. He is (Shigiyama) a comic actor, and rarely has as fine garments as Kongo. Green may fade, I do not think the red will fade much, as I have so many 'coats' or 'brushings' of red! As you will not avoid temptation I shall make you a reduction of 25% if you buy two. 'Returning from the Funeral' is almost exhausted, and ought to have gone up in price. You need not decide at once, I shall not be leaving England for some time to come - Alas! I daresay you have heard that Mr Taylor has not been well, shortage of paper and a still greater shortage of staff, make it impossible for them to undertake books for newcomers! I feel it is perhaps the Partner perhaps who is not keen on Korea. We shall go elsewhere when we are ready, I should have preferred having it done by someone we know about! I think I have answered all your questions, please forgive all the mistakes, I taught myself to type not so long ago! With kind regards to you and family, Yours sincerely Elizabeth Keith.' 5. a handwritten letter by a relative of Elizabeth Keith (possibly her sister), composed shortly after the artist's death, reading: 106. Randolph Avenue WG 24.4.56 Dear Daniel, We thank you deeply for your warm sympathy and true appreciation of Elizabeth. Her loss to us is almost unbearable as she was really the centre of much that is left of our family life. She is mourned - truly mourned- by hundreds of friends in all parts of the world! It is good to realise that so many rejoiced in her quality of generous service to all she could help in some way. We so regret that the last years were spent on only caring really for a household instead of pursuing her art!! If only she could have had any peace at the end, but it was all so painful and had she ever left her sick-room she would have had led an invalid's life and we are grateful that she was spared that entailment of liberty. One can't picture her as helpless and she remains in one's memory as bright anyway. My brother-in-law is terribly cut up and had to keep his 90th birthday celebrations arranged for him by staff with a sad heart. Thank you both again. Affectionately yours, Rachel?. G.A.'; And further newspaper cuttings relating to Elizabeth Keith. (a lot) Provenance: according to the owner, the print was purchased by his grandfather, Mr de Jongh, directly from the artist at the Beaux Arts Gallery in London in 1937, and the wood key block was gifted to him by the Keith's family after her death in 1956. By repute, many of the early wood key blocks Elizabeth Keith used were lost in the fire which destroyed the studio of her publisher Watanabe Shozaburo in the 1920s, making this one a rarity.

Estim. 3 000 - 5 000 GBP

Wed 22 May

LA GESSÉE (Jean de). - Les Premières œuvres françoyses. Premier volume. Anvers, De l'Imprimerie de Christofle Plantin, 1583. 4 volumes in 3 volumes in-4, havana morocco, Du Seuil decoration framing the boards, ornate spine, interior lace, gilt edges (Binding of the second half of the 19th century). First and only extremely rare collective edition of the works of Protestant poet Jean de La Gessée. It was missing from the rich poetic collections of Nodier, Viollet-le-Duc and Herpin. According to J. P. Barbier-Mueller's meticulous count, this gigantic collection of over 1,500 pages comprises a total of 1,841 pieces, most of them previously unpublished. It is divided into four parts, grouped under the titles Jeunesses, Meslanges, Amours and Discours poétiques. The first is a collection of long poems, many of which evoke writers and poets of the period (such as Postel, Du Bartas, Pierre de Brach, Robert Garnier, Baïf, Ronsard, Belleau or Jean Dorat) or are dedicated to great personalities such as the King of Navarre, Henri III, Queen Elisabeth, the Duc de Joyeuse and others. The title is printed in a large woodcut architectural frame. A fine portrait of the author at the age of 31, finely engraved on copper by Jean Wierix, adorns the work: it was reused in the 17th century as a portrait of Ronsard and reproduced as such to this day (J. P. Barbier-Mueller). Along with Houwaert's Pegasides pleyn (1582), this is the finest collection of poems printed by Plantin (cf. Anvers, ville de Plantin et de Rubens, cat. Bibliothèque nationale, 1954, no. 284). Jean de La Gessée (whose name is sometimes spelt La Jessée) was secretary to François, Duke of Anjou and Alençon, and had accompanied his master to the Netherlands in the early 1580s, where the latter had been called to become the new sovereign. It was there, in Antwerp, on the presses of Plantin-Moretus that he had his works printed, no doubt thanks to the prince's protection. The mention Premier volume on the title page suggests that a sequel was planned, but it never saw the light of day; after the failure of his reign, Prince François and the French were expelled from the country, and Jean de La Gessée was unable to continue his publishing venture: It is even probable that the people of Antwerp, in their resentment against the French prince and the gentlemen who had surrounded him, destroyed most of the copies of volume one that had remained in the Plantin warehouse, which would explain their great rarity (Picot). The Rothschild copy contained a leaf printed in civil type, inserted after the title, which is not found here, nor in the copy in the Hector de Backer library (cf. cat. I, 1926, no. 380). A superb copy, perfectly established in the 19th century. The 15 leaves of table and privilege at the end of the fourth part are here in facsimile in a separate third volume bound identically to the other two. The absence of these leaves, noted after the acquisition of the copy at a sale in Troyes in 2000, hardly prevented J. P. Barbier-Mueller from fully enjoying his new poetic-bibliophilic treasure: [...] I considered my acquisition in a less gloomy light. I now owned all the poems contained in this enormous publication. The book was incredibly rare, and no doubt a bookseller would have charged me a huge price, even with a defect that I had to accept for the pleasure of reading "all of La Gessée". There are particular cases where one must accept a Venus de Milo without arms, or a Victory of Samothrace without a head. So my joy today is (almost) unmixed! The facsimile was made from the BnF copy, at the request of the collector who wrote this autograph note in pencil on the colophon of the new volume: "The extreme rarity of the book led me to consider that the text alone counted... I could never have owned it in its entirety, and the tables are not "text". The second volume, containing volumes III and IV, has been settled. J. P. Barbier-Mueller, IV-3, n°2. - N. Ducimetière, Mignonne..., n°77. - Picot, Rothschild, n°750. - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°418.

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

Wed 22 May

MURET (Marc-Antoine). - Juvenilia. Paris, Veuve Maurice de La Porte, 1553. In-8, black morocco, boards framed by a gilded fillet and decorated with a diamond-rectangle mosaic of fawn morocco, gilded numeral in the center, spine decorated with the same repeated numeral, chocolate moire lining and endpapers, smooth edges, case (Honegger). First edition of Juvenilia by Marc-Antoine Muret (1526-1585), an early collection including the tragedy Julius Caesar, 10 elegies, 2 satires, 107 epigrams, 3 epistles and 6 odes. It appeared in 1552-1553. Second state copy, dated 1553 (see Virginie Leroux's critical edition of the text, Droz, 2009, pp. 26-27 and p. 494). The humanist Marc-Antoine Muret counted among his pupils the young Michel de Montaigne, Remy Belleau, Jodelle and others. A friend of Paul Manutius, he was secretary to Hippolytus II d'Este and professor of moral philosophy at the University of Rome. It was during a stay in Paris from 1551 to 1553, where he forged deep friendships with Ronsard, Du Bellay, Dorat and their friends, that he wrote this work. A precious copy bearing the poet's handwritten ex-dono on the title page: Sexto Cal. Decemb. anno 1552 dabat Muretus Vivenotio. It belonged to Pierre Louÿs (autograph note in pencil on a flyleaf of the old binding), then was acquired by Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, who had it bound in his cipher. J. P. Barbier-Mueller, IV-4, n°30. - Oberlé, Poètes néo-latins, n°164. - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°551.

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Thu 23 May

John Lennon Signed Book - In His Own Write (Obtained in Memphis, Tennessee, During the Final Beatles Tour) - Rare signed book: In His Own Write. Eleventh printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1964. Pictorial hardcover, 5.75 x 7.25, 78 pages. Signed on an opening page above a printed sketch in ballpoint by John Lennon. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with edgewear and worn spine corners. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and a letter of provenance from a previous owner, who states that the signature was obtained when the Beatles played a concert at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee, on August 19, 1966. Published in London in 1964, Lennon's first literary effort is a thin volume comprised of nonsensical, disjointed short stories and line drawings. The first solo effort of any of the Beatles, In His Own Write remains a great showcase of Lennon's creative talent. The eighth date of the Beatles’ final tour took place at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee, where they performed two concerts. The tour, however, was mired in controversy arising from republished comments made by Lennon in a March 4th interview in the London Evening Standard newspaper, in which he stated that the Beatles were ‘more popular than Jesus.’ Although they had sought to downplay the statement in press conferences and interviews, there was much opposition to them, manifested in record-burning, radio boycotts, and protests outside venues. The anti-Beatles feelings were particularly strong in America’s Bible belt, and a local preacher, the Reverend Jimmy Stroad, staged a rally outside the Coliseum. Six members of the Ku Klux Klan picketed outside the venue wearing full robes and, during the second show, a cherry-bomb was thrown onstage during ‘If I Needed Someone.’ The group didn’t stop playing, but they all looked at each other to see who had been shot. ‘It was that bad,’ Lennon later remembered.

Estim. 6 000 - 8 000 USD

Thu 23 May

Jimi Hendrix Signed Program (London 1967) - Rare original 7.75 x 9.75 program from The Jimi Hendrix Experience's April 1967 UK Tour—the band's first first ever tour, opening for The Walker Brothers—neatly signed on the group's full-page portrait in blue ballpoint by Jimi Hendrix. The program has been folded open to the Hendrix-signed page, archivally corner-mounted, matted, and framed under Tru Vue Museum Glass to an overall size of 16 x 18. The inside of the program has also been signed by Cat Stevens, Engelbert Humperdinck, and John, Gary, and Scott Walker. Buried behind the chart-topping Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens, and Engelbert Humperdinck, the Jimi Hendrix Experience received modest billing at the start of the tour. By year's end they were one of the most sought-after tickets in live music, soaring high off the successful debut of Are You Experienced and their now-legendary performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks, indicating that the autographs were obtained at the Finsbury Park Astoria on March 31, 1967, the opening night of the UK tour, as well as a typed provenance statement from the original owner, in part: “I was given the signed programme by my eldest sister who worked for the ABC Cinema organisation for approximately five years the company had offices above our local cinema, the Granby in Reading. A perk of the job was that she often had the opportunity to attend pop concerts in London, this allowed her to go backstage where she could meet a few of the performers, so that she was able to get signed programmes which were given to me.” In fine condition, with light handling wear; the piece has not been examined outside of the frame.

Estim. 20 000 - 30 000 USD

Thu 23 May

Brian Jones Autograph Letter Signed, Sent to the First Secretary of the Rolling Stones Fan Club - ALS signed “Brian,” penned in black ballpoint on both sides of a 5 x 5 section of a very rare handbill promoting the Rolling Stones’ Sunday residency at the Ken Colyer Jazz Club (Studio 51) in London in June 1963. The handwritten letter, which is addressed to Doreen Pettifer, the first secretary of the Rolling Stones Fan Club, reads: “Sorry, no photos of us - but I’m sending a few others for you to go on with plus a few other items which may be of interest to you.” Interestingly, Jones has crossed out the ‘Studio 51’ club name and address and replaced them with “Palladium” and “Argyll St. W.1.” Jones continues on the reverse: “With compliments, the Stones. All completed love. The things we do for you! (The things we’d like to do for you!!) Can I open an account at you bank?” In very good to fine condition, with paper loss to the bottom, a tape stain, and central horizontal fold. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and the original hand-addressed mailing envelope, which was postmarked in Chelsea on June 25, 1963. The consignor notes that the letter originates from the collection of Doreen Pettifer, the Surrey-based teenager who would go on to set up The Rolling Stones Fan Club and become the group’s first-ever fan club secretary after meeting them at the Wooden Bridge Jazz Club in Surrey, England on March 29, 1963. Pettifer was so impressed by the Stones's performance that she approached Mick Jagger and mentioned that she could put the group in touch with the disc jockey David Jacobs and get them an audition to be on television. Pettifer had previously been on the panel of Juke Box Jury and was still in contact with the presenter, Jacobs. After returning home on the evening of March 29th she immediately typed her first letter to Jacobs to promote her discovery. In the coming months, Pettifer would selflessly write to almost every television station, radio station, and music-related magazine to let them know about The Rolling Stones; she even approached the BBC to try to get the group an audition. During this period she was constantly in direct contact with the members of the group keeping them informed about her promotional activities. In early June 1963 Pettifer approached Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham to request that she be allowed to set up the first official Rolling Stones Fan Club. Oldham passed the request on to Eric Easton who handled the Rolling Stones business matters. On June 14, 1963, Easton replied to Pettifer to give her the go-ahead to set up the fan club and offered her any help necessary to start the club. In July 1963 the first ever Rolling Stones fan club newsletter was mailed out. Wishing to remain anonymous, Pettifer adopted the pseudonym Diane Nelson in her position as fan club secretary. Doreen Pettifer pioneered the Stones and their music throughout 1963 and 1964 and wrote an authorized and still unpublished manuscript documenting the genesis of the group. In the second half of the sixties, she became involved in fan club work for a host of groups including Eric Clapton and John Mayall’s Bluebreakers.

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 USD

Thu 23 May

Prince Handwritten Rehearsal Notes from the 1988 Lovesexy Tour - From the Collection of Prince's Former Guitar Tech - Exceptionally rare handwritten rehearsal notes by Prince from his 1988 Lovesexy Tour, which were almost certainly used by Prince for his performance at the Palatrussardi in Milan, Italy, on July 16, 1988. The notes, unsigned and penned in blue ballpoint on an off-white 6 x 8.25 sheet of Hilton International Milano guest stationery, provide detailed stage production and musical arrangements for the songs ‘Alphabet Street,’ ‘Positivity,’ and ‘Let’s Go Crazy,’ three songs from two of Prince's most popular albums of the 1980s: Lovesexy and Purple Rain. Given the inclusion of the chart-topping hit ‘Let's Go Crazy,’ this was likely towards the end of the show, as part of the encore. Prince begins with instructions regarding the end of “Alphabet Street,” writing “V, W, X, Y, Z,” “confusion,” and an elaborate doodle with musical notes, stars, an exclamation point, and a question mark. He writes “on the 1—whoosh > water sound,” and then segues with a direction to “End Positivity chords with sax while stage pumping dry ice, Yes signs flicker.” Prince concludes with a “Positivity edit,” clarifying lyrical queues “Raise yo hand 4 Pos[itivity]” and “Hold on 2 your soul.” “That would be the end,” he writes, and then closes with “Water sound and chords / NO sax as usual — water segues into LET'S GO CRAZY.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from REAL, and a letter of authenticity from Jeff Gold, the owner of Recordmecca and a former executive vice president/general manager of Warner Bros. Records, who worked closely with Prince during the 1990s and art directed numerous album covers for him, including Diamonds & Pearls, Love Symbol, and The Hits/The B-Sides. Gold affirms that he obtained these notes directly from Joel Bernstein, Prince’s former guitar technician, who also provides a signed letter of authenticity. Bernstein’s letter reads: “This letter is to authenticate Prince's handwritten rehearsal notes likely dating from his show at the Pala Trussardi in Milan, Italy, on July 16, 1988. On stationary from the Hilton International Milano hotel, Prince has noted the detailed changes he wanted to make during three songs: ‘Alphabet Street,’ ‘Positivity’ and ‘Let's Go Crazy.’ Prince only played ‘Positivity’ five times during the Lovesexy tour, and never with these other songs. As the set list for the July 16 show is undocumented, and he wrote these notes while in Milan, these notes almost certainly were for that show. I worked with Prince from 1987 through 1991, as his personal guitar technician for concerts and recording, and occasionally as his photographer. This period included, Sign O' The Times, Lovesexy, the Batman soundtrack, and My Name is Prince. This is from my personal collection." Rehearsal notes by Prince are virtually unobtainable, with this rare handwritten sheet offering a unique glimpse into Prince's artistry and hands-on approach as a live performer during the 1988-1989 Lovesexy Tour, widely regarded as one of his creative peaks. A museum-quality Prince collectible of exceptional appeal and significance.

Estim. 12 000 - 15 000 USD

Thu 23 May

Prince's Stage-Worn Scarf from a 'Secret Show' in Cincinnati (1984) - Large section of Prince's stage-worn black scarf from his 'secret show' at Bogart's in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 23, 1984, during the iconic 'Purple Rain' era. The scarf segment measures approximately 25″ long by 7″ wide, and was tossed into the adoring crowd at the end of the show—where it was ripped to shreds by screaming fans, fighting over a relic worn by their idol. In fine condition, with fraying and small tears to either end. Accompanied by a handwritten letter of provenance from the fan who caught the scarf, in full: "In 1984 I was working in Middletown, Ohio. One of my closest friends was a student at a college in Cincinnati, Ohio. We heard a promo on the radio about this 'Hot-Red and Blue' band coming to play at Bogart's in Cincinnati. My friend was convinced it would be Prince. Red + Blue = Purple. Purple - Purple Rain - Prince. When we got there, we didn't know what to expect. Everyone was in shock and ecstatic when Prince appeared and began playing! There were a lot of screams and tears everywhere! My friend and I were standing on the floor, close to the middle of the stage. Toward the end of the concert, Prince grabbed his long, black silk scarf from his neck, and threw it off the front of the stage, into a swarm of fans. I, along with several other fans, grabbed and held on! It began tearing into pieces. I held onto my piece, as others held onto theirs. I ended up with a 2 foot piece of his scarf. It has been one of my prize possessions. (It also had the best scent/cologne for months!)."

Estim. 1 000 - 2 000 USD

Fri 24 May

Jean-Pierre DESCLOZEAUX (born 1938). Cover Le fou parle revue d'art et d'humeur n°2 - July/August 1977. Pencil and watercolor on paper. Signed lower right. 13.5 × 11 cm. A set of books and booklets illustrated by the artist is included: - 130 observational drawings made for the Nouvel Observateur. Grenoble, J. Glénat 1974. In-8 br. faded ed. cover. Fine signed autograph letter from the artist, enriched with a pencil and graphite drawing. - AUDOUARD (Yvan). L'heure d'été. Paris, Ed. Stock 1978. In-8 br. without cover. The endpapers were used by Desclozeaux to illustrate Jacques Vallet mad or reading Les chiens de la nuit, his first collection of poems published in 1960. - Le petit vampire. Paris, Gerfau Impressions, 1970. 6 artist's impressions in a publisher's envelope as is, enriched with a signed and illustrated autograph letter in black and red ink. - Cyclounes. Paris, Gerfau Impressions, 1969. 5 artist's impressions in a publisher's envelope, as is, enriched by a signed and illustrated autograph letter in black and red ink. - Lune et l'autre. Paris, Gerfau Impressions, 1971. 6 artist's impressions in a publisher's envelope, numbered 131/500. - DESCLOZEAUX - PUIG ROSADO. Hannover, Whilhelm Busch Museum 1978. Partially unbound exhibition catalog in unused condition. - A set of 13 silent-covered in-16 plates, and 6 catalogs or plates illustrated by the artist. Bernard CRETIN. Au bou-lon! Paris, Gerfau Impressions, 1970. 6 prints by the artist in a publisher's envelope, as is.

Estim. 80 - 120 EUR

Fri 24 May

Medi HOLTROP (born 1943). - The game of the goose. Graphite on paper. Signed and dedicated lower right, located and dated Malakoff 2008 lower left. 42.5 × 32.8 cm. Not examined out of frame. BIBLIOGRAPHY : - HOLDROP (Medi). Plaisir. Preface by Pierre Bourgeade. Interview by Jacques Vallet. Sl. Orbis Pictus Club, 2008, reproduced. - HOLDROP (Medi). Paper dolls. Talence, Éditions Humeurs, 2006, reproduced. - Vanity with bird. Silkscreen. Signed in the lower right margin, located and dated Malakoff 2004, dedicated to Jacques [Vallet]. 42 × 30 cm. Not examined out of frame. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Medi Holtrop - Poupées de papier. Talence, Éditions Humeurs, 2006. - Self-portrait with head under a bell. Charcoal. Signed lower right. 42 × 29.8 cm. - The Raven and the Little Girl with the Apple. Reproduction. Signed lower right and dedicated. 40 × 30 cm. - 4 exhibition posters by the artist. 10 books or prints by the artist: - 9 self-portraits, inkjet prints, based on charcoal drawings by Medi Holtrop, preserved including a makeshift portfolio. Published for the EXTASE exhibition at ESPACE ACCATONE in summer 2003. Malakoff 2004. Autograph signed letter. 29 × 21 cm each plate. - Medi Holtrop - Poupées de papier. Talence, Éditions Humeurs, 2006. In-8 br. lipstick marks on first page. Signed autograph letter. A second copy is enclosed. - Ma mère, ma sœur, ma fille, et moi. Text: adaptation by Jacques Vallet. S.l. Orbis Pictus, vol. IV 2011. In-4 br. Ex. 146/375 on natural Munken paper. Autograph signed letter from the artist: "Jacques, thank you for your work, your patience and your kindness. Thank you for our good book. Merci". A second copy on plain paper is enclosed. - I'm killing myself telling you! S.l. Orbis Pictus Club 2017.In-4 br. Autograph signed letter from the artist (some wear and tear). - Letterheads. Montreuil-Sous-Bois Ouvroir Humoir Vol. 9 [2010]. In-4 accordion-fold in publisher's flap folder. Autograph signed letter from the artist. - Plaisir. Interview by Jacques Vallet. S.l. Orbis Pictus Club 2008. In-4 br. cover ed. - COLLECTIF] Un moment d'inattention Numéro 3, 2004. In-8 booklet and publisher's folder. Autograph signed letter from the artist on one of his illustrations on page 17. Ex. 68/200. - 7 laser prints of Norwegian tales, preserved in publisher's red envelope, Medi Holtrop 2004.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Fri 24 May

- PETROPOULOS (Elias). Tsoclis's Tree. Large In-4, leaves (6 leaves), publisher's undersleeve (some wear and tear: pages and covers slightly chipped at top right). Greek poem by Elias PETROPOULOS and English translation by John TAYLOR. One of 150 copies, this one bearing no. 9 with signatures, autographs of the authors and artist C. TSOCLIS. Handsomely signed autograph letter to Jacques and Lise [VALLET]. Also included: - PETROPOULOS (Elias). Tsoclis. Athens, Ed. Adam, 1992. In-4, br. publisher's cloth boards, publisher's dust jacket. Autograph signed letter to Jacques VALLET, page 10. - KOUKOULES (Mary). Loose-Tongued-GREEKS; A miscellany of neo-hellenic ecrotic folfklore. [Designed by Elias PETROPOULOS]. Paris, Ate-lier Mérat et Digamma, 1983. Large in-8, br. in folio, blue cloth publisher's undersleeve and portfolio (lightly dusted). H.C. copy on Arches paper. Signed by the author. Autograph signed letter from the author to Jacques [VALLET]. - PETROPOULOS (Elias). Elias Petropoulos after. Athens, Ed. Nefeli, 2004. In-8, br. publisher's dust jacket (slight damage to dust jacket). Text in Greek translated into French by Mary Koukoulès and Jacques Vallet; photographs by Phaidon Koukoulès. - PETROPOULOS (Elias). Elias Petropoulos jamais et rien. Athens, Ed. Nefeli, 2004. In-8, publisher's dust jacket. Text in Greek translated into French by Mary Koukoulès and Jacques Vallet; photographs by Phaidon Koukoulès. A miscellany of neo-hellenic ecrotic folfklore. [Designed by Elias PETROPOULOS]. Paris, Atelier Mérat et Digamma, 1983. Large in-8, br. in folio, blue cloth publisher's undersleeve and portfolio (lightly dusted). H.C. copy on Arches paper. Signed by the author. Autograph signed letter from the author to Jacques [VALLET]. - PETROPOULOS Elias. Elias Petropoulos after. Athens, Ed. Nefeli, 2004. In-8, br. publisher's dust jacket (slight damage to dust jacket). Text in Greek translated into French by Mary Koukoulès and Jacques Vallet; photographs by Phaidon Koukoulès. - PETROPOULOS Elias. Elias Petropoulos jamais et rien. Athens, Ed. Nefeli, 2004. In-8, publisher's dust jacket. Text in Greek translated into French by Mary Koukoulès and Jacques Vallet; photographs by Phaidon Koukoulès.

Estim. 80 - 120 EUR

Sun 26 May

Salvador DALI (1904-1989). Collection of unpublished correspondence from Salvador Dali to Josep Puig Pujades, leader of the Empordà Spanish Republicans. "La femme visible". Editions surréalistes, Paris. 1930. Copy no. "service de Presse". Signed and dedicated. Paperback, aluminium foil cover filled and covered with red crystal paper printed in black. With an original etching. "Métamorphose de Narcisse". Editions surréalistes. 1937. Unnumbered copy. Dedicated and signed. Four letters, dedications and postcards addressed by Dali to Puig Pujades are enclosed. Translation of the transcription of the letters: 1. Letter 1. My dear friend; Forgive me for not writing to you sooner, as you must know, of XXX's death. Within a few days I shall be sending him my last book. I hope it will have the [X] to give him a few pleasant or at least entertaining hours. Gala and I are [XXX] Your friend DALI 2. Letter 2. Friend Puig Pujades, By mail you will receive my latest book, in which is reproduced one of my last works. In the autumn, we'll see each other as we had decided XXX to make a big propaganda film for abroad, which we'd come to Barcelona and [on the coast?] "Montserrat" (big mountain with sanctuary), "Gaudi", the sardana "xiquets de valls" (troupe of castellers, surely), etc. etc.... Everything that makes up Catalonia's "originality phenomenon". Did you receive the package of newspapers I sent him from New York? And now a favor I want to ask of you. I'd like to send some money to the fishermen of Port Lligat, to help them a little in these difficult times, since they are (were?) all our friends. The mayor of Cadaquès already knows how to divide the amount, the problem being to get the money there, as the banks don't want to take responsibility for sending it and I lost the amount once in Perpignan, and you could take care of getting it to the mayor of Cadaquès. I would be very grateful in advance. I'd love to hear your impressions, and if you have them to hand, I'd love some weekly newspapers from Figueres. Salvador Dali Homage to your wife from me and Gala. 3. Comments to the visible woman: Distinguished friend, Forgive me for simply passing you a press copy but, in the contract I have with (the publisher?) I unfortunately do not have any copies. (xxx) in the copy I sent him and xxx everything is naturally quite inferior in terms of presentation (e.g.) a metal (strip?) is missing in front of Gala's habit, which makes it look like a mirror (xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx). If you're interested, I have a deluxe copy on xxx (marble?), (xx xxxx xx) (Costis?) the (least?) possible, (xxx xx, of the unit are already subscribed) I miss never hearing from you. XXX to your wife and friends, see you in two weeks. Best regards Dali Thanks to Mr. Tomas Bres Pintat for his version of the letters.

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

Pablo Picasso (Franco-Spanish, 1881-1973) Portrait of a Bearded Man, 1969 Black felt pen. Sent "Pour mon ami Brassaï", signed "Picasso" and dated "12.10.69". On the page of the Czechoslovak publisher Tatran's 1966 book devoted to the two artists. Height 19.5 Width 18.5 cm. Provenance: former Brassaï collection (1899-1984). Pablo Picasso, 1969. A black felt pen portrait of a faun. Signed and dedicated "to my friend Brassaï". On a page of a 1966 book about both artists. Picasso Committee certificate dated April 10, 2024. Exhibitions : - "Brassaï-Picasso Conversation with Light", Anne Baldassari, Musée Picasso, Paris, February-April 2000. - Brassaï, Paris et Picasso", Musée Picasso Málaga, Brassaï Picasso, November 2021-April 2022. Picasso's portrait of this virile man, with his straight nose, laughing eyes and full beard framing a slight smile, appears on the cover of the Czech edition of his conversations, published by Brassaï with Tatran in 1966. When "l'oeil de Paris" visited the sacred monster on rue de la Boétie in 1932 to portrait him, the friendship between the two expatriates was immediate. Brassaï transcribed Picasso's words at the time: "I like your photos because they're true. The ones you took on rue de la Boétie were like a blood test, allowing us to analyze and diagnose what I was like at that moment". Like graffiti nestled in the hollow of a page, Picasso's free, vivid line drawing recalls the artist's photographic work on fragments of Parisian walls adorned with notches and posters. Brassaï was fascinated by the contrasts and contradictions of Paris; he loved to depict the artistic and intellectual bohemia as well as its interloped corners and walls worn down by popular energy. In this autograph, Picasso pays him a friendly tribute.

Estim. 25 000 - 35 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

CAULAINCOURT (ARMAND-LOUIS-AUGUSTIN DE). Autograph letter signed [to Marshal Lannes]. Moscow, October 11 [1812]. One p. in-4. RARE LETTER FROM MOSCOW by the Grand Écuyer, recounting in his Souvenirs his return from Russia by sleigh with the Emperor. "Madame la duchesse, the excellent chocolate arrived at a time when I was so overwhelmed that my gratitude was silent so as not to speak of my misfortunes to one who knows so well how to love her own. NOTHING CAN CONSOLER ME FOR THE LOSS OF MY BROTHER [AT THE BATTLE OF MOSKOVA], and the distance in which I live from all my family adds to it by the worry that my unfortunate mother's health gives me. She will only live through tears, as we have just lost M. d'Aubusson the younger near Drissa. The letter announcing this new misfortune is dated September 12. I am told that M. Guéheneuc is doing well [the marshal's father, François-Scholastique Guéheneuc, then a senator]. Behold my indiscretion, Madame la Duchesse, I speak only of my sorrow when all I wanted to offer you was my thanks. Please forgive my indiscretion and accept with kindness the homage of my respect..." The Grand-Écuyer's brother, cavalry general Auguste Jean Gabriel de CAULAINCOURT, led the 5th cuirassiers to capture the great redoubt at the battle of La Moskowa, but was killed in the action. He was married to Henriette Blanche d'AUBUSSON de La Feuillade, whose younger brother, a lieutenant in Sebastiani's corps, was wounded in Russia and for a time thought dead. - LA MARECHALE LANNES, née Louise Guéheneuc (1782-1856), was Joséphine's lady of the palace, then Marie-Louise's lady-in-waiting. Her father was made a senator and her brother an aide-de-camp to Napoleon I.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Sun 26 May

LANNES (JEAN). Set of 7 autograph letters signed to his wife Louise Guéheneuc. 1801-winter 1804-1805. - Malmaison, 23 messidor an IX [July 12, 1801]. "Oui, ma petite amie, je te demande pardon, sans sepandant avoir tort, tu dois pien pancer, ma petite Louise, que je n'ai pas de plus grand plaisir que celui de t'écrire; tue est parti[e] hier sans me l'avoir dit, tu vois don bien qu'on ne doit jamais juger sans entandre; JE NE CROIS PAS QUE LE PREMIER CONSUL AILLE [A] PARIS AUJOURD'HUI, JE LE VOUDRAI[S] SEPANDENT BIEN..." (one p. in-4, address on spine; small tear to address leaf due to opening without damage to text). Chief of the Consular Guard, the future Marshal Lannes followed Napoleon Bonaparte on his travels. - Malmaison, 23 thermidor an IX [August 11, 1801]. " ... LE CITOYEN TALAYRAN M'A DIT QU'IL T'AVAIT RANDU VISITE; IL T'A TROUVÉ BIEN JOLIE, ET BIEN FRECHE. This morning I saw Doctor Corvizard, who gave me news of your friend [Louise's father], he must get better, he assured me that it would cure him completely; you know, my good friend, that he is never wrong; so you must rest easy, and so must I..." (one p. in-4, address on back). - Malmaison, 9 fructidor IX [August 27, 1801]. " ... How time is l[o]ng, my dear friend, when one is far from what one loves; I told you I would only be in Paris on the twelfth, that's at least a siè[c]le for me; I won't keep my word, I'll go and kiss[r] you before then... For life all yours..." (3/4 p. in-4, address on spine; small tear to address leaf due to opening without affecting text). - Saint-Quentin [in the Aisne department], 22 pluviôse an IX [February 11, 1801]. " ... It is when one is far from what one loves, that one sant le bezoint de ce rapprocher; oui, ma bonne Louise, JE PRESSE LE PREMIER CONSUL DE REVENIR A PARIS... Mille choses à ton ami [Louise's father] et ta maman, je sans que je les aime beaucoup..." (1/3 p. in-4, address on spine, address of future Marshal Bessières crossed out, small tears to address leaf due to opening without affecting text). - S.l.n.d. "It's against my heart, my good friend, if I'm not with you. I feel it's been a s[ièc]le since I've seen you; I'll be home early. It will be a pleasure to kiss you. Adieu, ma bonne Louise, pour la vie ton bon ami..." (1/3 p. in-4; small tear to blank leaf due to opening). - Vitry, 19 fructidor an X [September 6, 1802]. "Your friend [Louise Guéheneuc's father] wrote to you, my dear Louise, two days ago, that BUSINESS DEPRIVED ME OF THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO JOIN YOU..." (one p. small in-4). - S.l., [winter 1804-1805]. Continuation of instructions concerning their château and estate in Maisons (now Maisons-Laffitte), purchased in October 1804: he speaks of the upholsterer, the mason, the staircase to the stables, the dovecote, the sheepfold, the English garden, the oats to be sold, the rows to be pulled, the rabbits and hares he wants to have, etc. (2 pp. in-4, address on back, remnant of red wax seal; small marginal tear due to opening without affecting the text). LA MARECHALE LANNES, née Louise Guéheneuc (1782-1856), was Joséphine's lady of the palace, then Marie-Louise's lady-in-waiting. Her father was made a senator and her brother an aide-de-camp to Napoleon I.

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

LANNES (JEAN). Set of 3 autograph letters signed to his wife Louise Guéheneuc. [Portugal, 1804 and n.d.]. Stationed in Lisbon from March to August 1802, then from March 1803 to July 1804, Jean Lannes served France's interests with vigor and sometimes naiveté, but managed to win the friendship of the Regent of Portugal - who initially tried to use him, but managed to negotiate a treaty of neutrality and subsidies. - "This Thursday" [probably April 1804]. "I am sending you... a statement of the people to whom you will distribute the five [c]erfs I am passing on to you; if you think you still understand the Marquis de Pombal, you will do so. WE HAD A VERY NICE HUNT YESTERDAY. THE PRINCE IS OF A KINDNESS ONE CANNOT IMAGINE... Today we're going to hunt hare, so tomorrow I'll send you some...". (one p. in-8, address on back). - "This Friday" [probably April 1804]. " ... Tomorrow we will finish our hunt and the day after tomorrow I will dine with you. THE PRINCE ABSOLUTELY WANTED TO SEND YOU A WILD BOAR AND THREE HARES..." (3/4 p. in-4, address on back). - This Saturday. " ... THE PRINCE ABSOLUTELY WANTED ME TO SEND YOU TWO WINES. YOU CAN SHARE THEM WITH THE MINISTERS OF VIENNA, RUSSIA, HOLLAND, THE AMBASSADOR AND THE NUNCIO. I'm not telling you... how much I'm worried here, it takes all this to make me stay so long away from you and my little Alfred [second son of Lannes, of whom the Regent was godfather]..." (3/4 p. in-8, address on spine; small tears to address leaf but no damage to text).

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

Sun 26 May

LANNES (JEAN). Set of 5 autograph letters signed to his wife Louise Guéheneuc. 1805. VICTORY OF DONAUWÖRTH - Donauwörth [in Bavarian Swabia, north of Augsburg], "le 16" [vendémiaire an XIV-8 octobre 1805]. "I am taking advantage of the departure of a courier that His Majesty is sending to Paris to tell you, my good friend, that I am still doing well. WE CROSSED THE DANUBE YESTERDAY, THE EN[NE]MI ARMY IS ABSOLUTELY CUT OFF. I hope that in two days we will have many prisoners..." (3/4 p. in-4, address on spine; tears to address leaf due to opening without damage to text). On October 6, 1805, the vanguard of Soult's corps took control of the Donauwörth bridge, while Murat and his cavalry captured the Rain-am-Lech bridge, supported by Colonel Wathier's dragoons. Napoleon I then personally led his troops across the Danube. VICTORIES AT WERTINGEN AND GÜNZBURG - Augsburg [in Bavaria], 17 vendémiaire an XIV [October 9, 1805], erroneously dated "18". "You see... we're marching fast and making good headway; THE ARMY CORPS I COMMAND MEET THE ENEMY YESTERDAY, we fought for about four hours, I TAKEN THREE THOUSAND PRISONERS AND ABOUT AS MANY KILLED. So it was I who opened the campaign. I received a very kind letter from the Emperor. THE EMPEROR'S LETTER. THE ENEMY ARMY IS MORE BLOCKED THAN IT WAS AT MARINGO. We hope that in eight days it will be all in our power. MARECHAL NAY HAS ALSO BEATEN THE ENEMY, taking many prisoners. Thus, the Austrians are in plain rout [and] no retreat; THE RUSSIANS WILL ARRIVE JUST TO BE ROSSED as soon as there is no Austrian army left... I receive orders to leave to camp an enemy corps...". (one p. 1/4 in-4; one margin and one tear restored). The battle of Wertingen, won on October 8, 1805 by the troops of Murat and Lannes over the Austrians under Baron Auffenberg, was the first serious engagement of the campaign. The battle of Günzburg was won on October 9, 1805 by the Walther division of Marshal Ney's corps, over General d'Aspre's Austrians, and enabled the French to regain control of the town's bridge over the Danube. ULM TAKEOVER - Nördlingen [in Bavarian Swabia, northwest of Donauwörth], Vendemiaire 29, Year XIV [October 21, 1805]. "I'm well, I'm tired, but FATIGUE IS NOTHING, WHEN WE ARE VICTORIOUS AS WE ARE. THERE IS NO MORE AUSTRIAN ARMY: we've taken over 50,000 prisoners, over 100 cannon and at least 800 cars. SO HERE WE ARE WITH THE RUSSIANS IN A FEW DAYS... Please see Princess MURAT and tell her that the Prince is doing well, HE HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS. He has taken ten thousand prisoners with more than thirty general officers and pri[s] all the enemy's park, MY ARMY CORPS WAS WITH HIM, WE OPENED THE BALL TOGETHER, and we are closing it with the Austrians. A BRAVER PRINCE COULD NOT BE SEEN. I beg you to tell your friend [Louise Guéheneuc's father] to go and see Prince Joseph for me, and to tell him that I am very upset that he is not with us. I think he is very useful where he is. Besides, he is well, and loved everywhere... [He then expresses his hope that the campaign will end soon, so that he can be reunited with his wife and children]. I wrote to you that I had received a letter informing you that YOU WERE ON DUTY TO THE IMPERATRISSE FOR THE CAMPAIGN IN HIS TRAVEL [Josephine was away from home from September 1805 to January 1806, in Strasbourg and then in various German cities]... P.S. Say a thousand friends to the good doctor [Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Napoleon I's personal physician, and a great friend of Jean Lannes], tell him to kill all the rabbits at Maison [the Maisons estate, now Maisons-Laffitte, acquired by Marshal Lannes in October 1804, where Doctor Corvisart was a frequent guest, especially for hunting]. I like him, I will like him even more if it is possible" (3 pp. in-4, address on the back, remnant of the red wax seal of the General Staff of the V Corps of the Grande Armée; marginal tear with loss of a few words). Through a masterful encircling maneuver, Napoleon I was able to cut off General Mack's army from its rear and lock it in Ulm, forcing it to surrender on October 20, 1805. "J'ESPERE QUE NOUS SERONS DANS HUIT JOURS A VIENNE...". - Linz [in Austria], "14 [sic for 13]" brumaire an XIV [November 4, 1805]. Letter written shortly before the victory of Lannes and Murat in Am

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

LANNES (JEAN). Set of 5 autograph letters signed to his wife Louise Guéheneuc. 1806. - Probably Maisons, today Maisons-Laffitte], "this Thursday" [probably March 1806]. "I am very sorry not to see you, my good Louise. If it hadn't been for the bad weather, I could have gone to Paris on Monday and not come back without you... Give my love to our little children. I'm very happy that you tell me the little one will be pretty. Adieu ma belle, I can't tell you how much I love you..." (one p. in-4, address on spine; small tear to address leaf due to opening without damage to text). Louise Guéhenneuc had just given birth to their daughter Joséphine on March 4, 1806. - "Beurbourg" [probably for Würzburg], "le 5 8bre" [1806]. "I'm having deer driven by a [s]erg[en]t from Quiot's regiment. Tu verras... de les faire aller jusqu'à Étoge [property of Louise Guéhenneuc's parents, in the Marne département] et de là à Paris après quelques jours de repaux..." (3/4 p. in-4; address on spine; small tear in address leaf due to opening, but no damage to text). Marshal Lannes was a member of Empress Josephine's retinue, who was visiting Mainz at the time. The future general Joaquim-Jérôme Quiot Du Passage, Lannes' aide-de-camp during the Austerlitz campaign, had been colonel of the 100th infantry regiment in the V corps of the Grande Armée under the orders of the same Lannes since December 2, 1805. "WE ARE ON THE MARCH NIGHT AND DAY. MY CORPS IS CROSSING THE ELBE RIGHT NOW...". - Dessau [between Leipzig and Berlin], October 21 [1806]. "I can't give you my news... as I would like. We [are] on the march night and day. My corps is crossing the Elbe right now, and I hope we'll be in Berlin in five days. THE ENEMY ARMY SINCE THE LAST BATTLE [IENA] HAS DISAPPEARED. I don't see that we can have another battle...". (one p. in-4, address on spine; small tears to address leaf due to opening without damage to text). IN PURSUIT OF THE DEBRIS OF THE PRUSIAN ARMY - Löcknitz, "à dis lieux de la mer" [in Prussian Pomerania, now in Germany, east of Stettin today Szczecin in Poland], [November 1, 1806]. "I'm doing well,... WE ARE STILL MAKING A LOT OF PRISONERS, another six thousand this evening, here are 30 thousand prisoners we have made since yesterday. ALL WE HAVE TO DO NOW IS TAKE A SMALL CORPS THAT IS BLOCKED TO GET THE WHOLE PRUSSIAN ARMY...". (3/4 p. in-4, address on spine, vestige of red wax seal; tears to address leaf due to opening without damage to text). Napoleon I had sent five of his marshals in pursuit of the routed Prussian army. Murat and Lannes were to take charge of General de Hohenlohe, who was trying with his troops to rally his king in East Prussia: they caught up with him on October 28, 1806 at Prenzlau, where he was already fighting with General Lasalle, and defeated him completely, taking many prisoners. "WE TOOK THE WHOLE PRUSSIAN ARMY, THAT IS, OVER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND MEN...". - Stettin [Prussian Pomerania, now Szczecin in Poland], [early November 1806]. After the battle of Prenzlau, Marshal Lannes let the men rest for a few days, to reconstitute his army's logistics, while having his light cavalry beat the Prussian country between the Oder and Vistula rivers. "I write to you very often, my dear friend, and I don't understand why you don't receive my letters. I have received four of your letters by courier from my corps. I don't need to tell you, my dear friend, what a pleasure they were... I'm with my corps in Stettin, from the shores of the Baltic Sea. I DON'T KNOW IF THE EMPEROR WILL MAKE PEACE, all I can tell you [is] that we [have] taken the whole Prussian army, that is more than one hundred and twenty thousand men. Thus, there will not be another shot fired with this nation...." (folio, address on spine; address leaf almost detached with tears due to opening without affecting the text). The future general Jean Guillaume Barthélemy Thomières was then adjutant-commandant on the staff of the 5th corps under Marshal Lannes. COMPLETE CARD TO BE FOUND IN THE CATALOG

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

LANNES (JEAN). Set of 13 autograph letters signed to his wife Louise Guéheneuc. Present-day Poland, 1806-1808. - Stettin [then in Prussia, now Szczecin in Poland], November 4, 1806. "I thought... that everything was over and that I would be with you soon; we are leaving in two days for Poland [in fact his cavalry would leave on November 7 and his infantry on November 8], but you can rest easy, we won't be fighting anymore and this movement will only delay the pleasure of embracing you for a few days... I urge you, my dear friend, not to grieve. THIS IS OUR LAST CAMPAIGN. It is much better to end it now that we are underway, than to start again in two months[s]. So, my dear friend, once I am with you, it will be for life... Thomières and Louis are doing well..." (one p. in-4, address on spine with vestige of bronze wax seal; tear to address leaf due to opening without damage to text). Louis Guéheneuc, brother-in-law and future aide-de-camp to Marshal Lannes, would become a general and aide-de-camp to Napoleon I. The future general Jean Guillaume Barthélemy Thomières was then adjutant-commander of the 5th corps staff under Marshal Lannes. - Bromberg [then in Prussia, today Bydgoszcz in Poland], November 14 [1806]. "I haven't heard from you for several days... Why don't you write to me by the courier of the Empress? I AM WITH MY CORPS ON THE VISTULA. THE POLES ARE VERY FOND OF US. There's talk of peace. You have no doubt... of the pleasure it would give me. As soon as it's assured, I'll send you a letter to let you know. And in case we spend the winter in this country, I'll bring you to Berlin. You can be sure of that..." (one p. in-4, address on spine, vestige of red wax seal; tears to address leaf due to opening without affecting text). - Thorn [then in Prussia, now Toruń in Poland], November 24, 1806. "You see, my good friend, that I am keeping my word to you, and that I am sending you a lovely courier to accompany you to Berlin [Louis Guéheneuc, brother of the maréchale, future aide-de-camp to Jean Lannes, also a future general and future aide-de-camp to Napoleon I]. I advise Louis not to walk at night. I forbid you, you hear me, to come at short notice because of the strait. As soon as you get to Berlin, I'll leave to join you... A SU[S]PENSION OF ARMS HAS BEEN SIGNED IN BERLIN, Marshal Duroc has gone to see the King [of Prussia] for ratification, and there is no doubt about it. Je pence... que la paix s'en suivra bientôt, et que nous reviendrons ensenble près de nos petits enfans..." (one p. in-4, address on back). - "To the Imperial Quarter" [Finkenstein Castle in Prussia, now Kamienec in Poland], April 30, 1807. "Mr. Quioq has arrived, he took 13 days on the road, he gave me all your letters. I am very surprised, my good friend, that you are not hearing from me... I have received a letter from Monsieur Corvizard [Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Napoleon I's personal physician, and a great friend of Jean Lannes], and I am jealous that my little girl is as much in love with him as he tells me she is...". (one p. in-4, address on spine; tears to address leaf due to opening without damage to text). The future general Joaquim-Jérôme Quiot Du Passage, aide-de-camp to Lannes during the Austerlitz campaign, had been colonel of the 100th infantry regiment in the V corps of the Grande Armée under the same Lannes since December 2, 1805. - In front of Danzig [in Prussia, now Gdańsk in Poland], May 20, 1807. " ... My health is still the same, THERE IS ONLY COURAGE THAT SUPPORTS ME. J'AURAI BIEN DE LA PEINE A BIEN REMETTER, MON CŒUR N'EST PAS CONTENT, tu sais mieux que personne que je ne suis pas heureux quand je ne fais pas les choses avec plaisir, et serte je ne suis pas payé pour cela; ON N'AIME ICI LES GENS QUE QUAND ON A BESOIN D'EUX, je m'en suis bien convincu, heureux si on ne cherche pas à attaquer votre honneur... I'm not writing to your friend [Louise's father], I'm on horseback night and day..." (one p. in-4, address on spine; marginal tears due to opening without damage to text). The marshal, wounded at Pułtusk in December 1806, had been ill and had had to leave his command to take convalescent leave in Warsaw, then had been placed at the head of the reserve corps of the Grande Armée in May 1807 to cover the operations of the siege of besieged Danzig: he enabled the Russian relief army to be repulsed. COMPLETE CARD TO BE FOUND IN THE CATALOG

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

LANNES (JEAN). Set of 5 autograph letters signed to his wife Louise Guéheneuc. 1808-1809. TO TUDELA: "... I BEAT 50,000 MEN WITH DIS THOUSAND FRENCH...". - Tudela, November 28, 1808. " ... I LIVED A BATTLE ON THE 23rd AT CASTAGNOS, IT WAS COMPLAINTLY BEATEN, we took many prisoners and 45 cannon. We are pursuing CASTAGNOS and marching on SARAGOSSE, which will soon be in our power. I expect to be back with the Emperor in two or three days; I'm very tired... Louis had a horse killed under him and was [a little] scratched in the face [the future general Louis Guéheneuc, brother-in-law and aide-de-camp to Marshal Lannes, also a future aide-de-camp to Napoleon I]; I HAVE BEATEN 50 THOUSAND MEN WITH A THOUSAND FRENCH...". (one p. in-4, address on spine; tears to address leaf due to opening without damage to text). Three important victories enabled Napoleon I, who had come in person to supervise operations in Spain, to re-establish the military situation in his brother Joseph's kingdom: the present victory of Tudela won by Marshal Lannes against General Francisco Javier Castaños, the battle of Burgos won by Marshal Soult against the Marquis de Belveder on November 10, and on the same day the battle of Espinosa won by Marshals Lefebvre and Victor against Blake. "TUDELA. THIS BATTLE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL I HAVE YET SEEN...". - Burgos, December 4, 1808. "I only have time to tell you that I am well... I'm going to join the Emperor, who must be in Madrid. You will no doubt have received my letter from Tudela. This battle is the most beautiful I have yet seen. I will send you the report I made to the Emperor... Louis [Guéheneuc] is doing well..." (3/4 p. in-8, address on spine; tears to address leaf due to opening without damage to text). - Spain], December 14, 1808. " ... I am very angry with you that you write me only two words; you know, my dear Louise, that I like you to write me long letters; I think that much has been planted at Maison [the estate of his château de Maisons, now Maisons-Laffitte], and that our hotel is coming along [in accordance with the emperor's desire to see his marshals properly established in Paris, in December 1807 Marshal Lannes had bought the Hôtel de Rohan-Chabot, rue de Varenne]. Our children must be very kind, Joséphine must be a great lady, give them all a big kiss for me; I arrived yesterday evening quite tired, I think I'll stay eight days, I'll use them to take good care of my health, I HAVE SUFFERED A LITTLE FROM THIS DAMN HORSE FALL...". (one p. in-8, address on spine with remnants of red wax seal; tear to address leaf due to opening without damage to text). - Benavente, January 5, 1809 [erroneously dated 1808]. "I forgot to tell you... to have six months of my income in Vesphalia paid to you; for this you must contact Mr d'Arue who must be in Paris at the moment [Pierre Daru, who had been intendant general of the Grande Armée in Prussia and Poland]; you will tell Gaudin to continue to receive my salary as m[aréch]al and g[énéra]l en chef, I receive nothing here... The weather is horrible in this country... HERE, THEY ARE NOT STRONG, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND THERE IS MUD UP TO THE WAIST... Louis [Guéheneuc] [es]t parti hier pour Vaillalody [Valladolid]; je pense que [nous] prennentrons demain cette route. ON [ES]T TOUJOURS A LA POURSUITE DES ENGLAIS, ON FAIT DES PRISONIERS, LES RETIRENT DANS LE PLUS GRAND DESORDRE en abandonnant tous leurs bagages; si le mauvais temps n'arrette pas la marche de nos troupes, il n'en échapera pas beaucoup... Adieu, ma chère Louise, je t'aime de cœur, et d'âme..." (one p. 1/2 in-4, address on spine, remnants of red wax seal; tears to address leaf due to opening without affecting text). - Valladolid, January 8, 1809. "You will be very surprised... when you learn that mdame Frère has left her husband [General Bernard-Georges-François Frère, Marshal Lannes' chief of staff for the siege of Saragossa], to put herself in the hands of a little poliçon; this poor devil is sorry, he is sending an aide-de-camp to Paris to make sure she doesn't get the little money he has plastered, at least the children won't be ruined. We've been at Vailladoli[d] for two days; I'm leaving tomorrow to go to Sarragosse; I hope, once that city has been taken, to get to Paris [the siege would not end until February 21, 1809]; EVERYTHING ANONCES THAT HER MAJESTY WILL LEAVE SOON; THE ENGLISH HAVE LEAVE, ... COMPLETE CATALOG CARD

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

LARREY (DOMINIQUE-JEAN). Set of 5 letters and pieces. A SYMBOL OF EMERGENCY SURGERY IN THE EARLY 19th CENTURY, DOMINIQUE-JEAN LARREY (1766-1842) was Surgeon-in-Chief of the Consular and Imperial Guard, Surgeon-in-Chief of the Grande Armée, Inspector General of the Health Service, and member of the Académie des Sciences and the Académie de Médecine. He took part in all Napoleon's campaigns, from Italy (1796-1797) to Waterloo (1815). RARE PIECE WRITTEN DURING BONAPARTE'S VISIT TO MALTA - Signed as Surgeon-in-Chief of the Army of the East, addressed to Surgeon Jean-Baptiste Labrunie. MALTE, 28 prairial an VI [16 juin 1798]. "You will please, citizen, go immediately to the newly established hospital in Malta, to fulfill the functions of your rank, under the orders of the chief health off[icie]rs. Greetings and fraternity..." (3/4 p. in-4, printed "Military Hospitals" letterhead; stains due to prophylactic operations carried out in the lazaretto, marginal tear reaching 2 words without missing). On his way to Egypt, Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Malta: his troops landed on June 10 and the knights capitulated on June 12, 1798. He left the island on June 19, leaving behind a small occupying force. - Signed as surgeon-in-chief of the Armée d'Orient. Marseille, 25 frimaire [an X, 16 décembre 1801]. "D. J. Larrey [...] certifies that citizen Mainville, 3rd class surgeon, served in the Egyptian expedition throughout its duration, and that he constantly fulfilled the duties entrusted to him with zeal, activity and intelligence worthy of praise..." (1/2 p. folio, headed with his name and title, illustrated with a woodcut vignette depicting an allegory of Humanity). Dominique-Jean Larrey distinguished himself particularly during the Egyptian expedition, through his courage, activity and organizational skills: he founded a surgical school in Cairo, cared for a large number of wounded, bringing one of them back on his shoulders under enemy fire at the height of the battle of Canopé, provided care for all, including the Mamelukes, closely studied the pathological facts particular to this region (scurvy, dysentery, ophthalmia, etc.), had the sick taken on board in a ship with a view to their recovery.He was among the last to leave Egypt on October 17, 1801. Bonaparte made him surgeon-in-chief of the Consuls' Guard on his return. "THE RUSSIAN ARMY... WAS TERRIFIED ET S'EST DISPERSEE DANS LE FOND DE LA RUSSIE..." - Autograph letter signed to his wife Élisabeth-Charlotte Le Roux Delaville. VILNA [then in Russia, now Vilnius in Lithuania], July 1 [1812]. "Several unfortunate circumstances... have prevented me from writing to you since our departure from Eilsberg [now Lidsbark Warmiński in Poland] until our arrival in this city. Besides, OUR MARCHES HAVE BEEN SO STRONG THAT THE POST OFFICE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEND ANY MAIL TO FRANCE. Oh what suffering...No sooner had I got rid of my ophthalmia than I developed an abscess on my right armpit, which I had to have incised, but you have to think of the pain I must have experienced during the work of inflammation and suppuration; I almost fell off my horse several times as a result of the extreme and HORRIBLE PAIN THAT I HID AS MUCH AS I COULD BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT THE EMPEROR TO KNOW THAT AT THE MOMENT OF A BATTLE I WOULD FIND MYSELF UNABLE TO DO MY DUTY, WHILE I WOULD PREFER TO DIE THAN TO LIE THERE. In the midst of these torments, I was informed that my crews, whom I had not seen for several days, were lost in the countryside. However, they found each other again, but a wheel on my caisson was watered by the artillery because Dubreil, in charge of driving it, had nonchalantly left it in the middle of the road. I was obliged, in the absence of any kind of help, to forge the irons myself to repair it and get the car back on its feet. To make matters worse, Mr Moreau de Danzik (your cousin), in order to oblige Mr de Menval [Napoleon I's secretary, Claude-François Méneval], whom he wanted to take... to the imperial quarter, lent him his carriage and, not knowing how to get it back, asked him to give it to me as a cadot on his behalf. I bought some bad horses, and wanted to get the two carriages on the road, but what misery, what pain and what difficulties!... COMPLETE SHEET TO BE FOUND IN THE CATALOG

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

BEAUTIFUL PRESENT SABER GIVEN BY GENERAL DE DIVISION MERLE (1766-1830), TO CAPTAIN ADJUDANT DE PLACE GUISSE. Finely checkered ebony handle. Chased, gilded brass mounting. Short-skirted lion's head cap, ending in fish scales and palmettes. Guard with two inverted quillons with flower-shaped ends and two oval Bellone-headed auricles on a radiating background. Superb curved blade with round back, counter-edge and gutter running the length of the back, marked "Coulaux Frères" on the heel, engraved, gilded and one-third blued, with laurel wreath, flowers and foliage on one side, crowned eagle in cartouche, military attributes, lictor beam, flags, trumpets, axes, cannons, shield decorated with eye and cannonballs; on the other side, a helmet emblazoned with a crowned eagle on a laurel wreath and in a cartouche inscribed "Don fait par Monsieur le Général de Division Merle Gouverneur de Braunau à Monsieur Guisse" and military attributes, spears, ensigns, lictor beam, breastplate, snake-decorated shield, sword, cannon, cannonballs, marked on the heel "Manufacture de Klingenthal", "Coulaux frères"; all on a gold background. Blued iron scabbard, patinated, with four brass fittings, cut out, gilded, with repoussé decoration in ovals, of military attributes, bundle of flags, empanelled helmet, laurel branches, cannon, shield, powder keg, cannonballs, timbales, quivers, flowered urns, geometric motifs and foliage. Iron sting. Fruit and foliage ring pitons, two gilded iron rings. B.E. First Empire period (restored crack to ebony handle on back). Accompanied by a six-page handwritten letter to the Ministry of War. "French Republic", dated "March 7, 1932", relating the service record of Jean Louis Guisse. Signed by Commandant Lasseray of the Army Staff.... quoting Merle's opinion of December 10, 1807..." I, the undersigned, certify that Mr. Guisse, Captain Adjutant of the place, has for fifteen months been employed under my orders in the fortress of Braunau, served with as much zeal as intelligence, and paying homage to the truth, I must say that the activity of this soldier has begged for a staff officer who would have been indispensable for the surveillance required by the war service of this place, if Captain Guisse had not devoted himself day and night to fulfilling his arduous duties. In addition to his wound (shrapnel in the right leg), he was shot in the left cheek on the day he was taken prisoner by the Prussians. He was shot again in the leg......... ". Historical background: Napoleon attached great importance to the possession of Braunau, "which can be considered one of the finest acquisitions of the army". He added in his correspondence: "I am delighted with the capture of Braunau, it is one of the keys to Austria". To lead this key position, he chose an energetic and prudent commander, General Merle. As soon as he was appointed governor of Braunau, General Merle had to complete his staff. Guisse played a major role in this organization, as an 1807 notice states that "general" Guisse, "commander of the Braunau position", had left the position on August 8, 1807, for Paris. BRAUNAU-BROUMOU BRÜNN-BRNO, Czechoslovak town in southern Moravia, 148 km northeast of Prague.

Estim. 12 000 - 15 000 EUR

Pierre ABRAHAM / MARCEL ARLAND... JEAN DUTOURD... FRANçOIS WEYERGANS - Lot of 24 volumes enriched with a signed autograph letter from the author Henri Sonet (one or the other excepted). First editions in current print runs, one or other numbered. In-12 or in-8. Paperback. 1: Pierre ABRAHAM - Tiens bon la rampe! Paris, Les Éditeurs Français Réunis, (1951). Fine mailing to Simone Cordet, a Belgian singer whom the author met in Brussels in 1957. 2: Marcel ARLAND - Terres étrangères. With a portrait of the author engraved by GALANIS. Paris, NRF, 1923. Limited edition of 545 numbered copies. 1/535 on Navarre laid paper (no. 18). 3: Marcel ARLAND - La Route obscure. Portrait of the author by G. AUBERT. Paris, La Nouvelle Revue Française, "Une Oeuvre, un Portrait", 1924. paperback. Edition of 1131 numbered copies. One of 1115 on vellum (no. 62). Fine mailing to Henri Sonet, dated June 1973: "this book, which appeared almost at the same time as Terres Étrangères - the book of a 'rebel' who was looking for a kind of 'order' (and who didn't find it)/ in very cordial sympathy." 4: Marcel ARLAND - Étapes. With a portrait of the author by CHAGALL. Paris, Nouvelle Revue Française, "Une Oeuvre, un Portrait", 1927. Letter to Henri Sonet, dated June 1973 "... I don't think Chagall's portrait is very accurate...". 1/670 numbered on Navarre vellum (no. 237). 5: Marcel ARLAND - Sidobre. (Paris), Minuit, "Nouvelles Originales -VIII-", 1949. First edition. One of 990 numbered on vellum (no. 396). "This short story, which I never took up again as a whole, I wrote after the war, in a corner of the Sidobre plateau where I spent my vacations with Paulhan...". 6: Marcel ARLAND - Je vous écris... II: La Nuit et les sources. Paris, Bernard Grasset, "Les Cahiers Verts", 1963. First edition. One of 200 hors commerce on esparto foam, reserved for the press (n° S.P. 191). Envoi de l'auteur à M. Young. Mint condition. 7 : Charles BERTIN - Les Jardins du désert. Paris, Flammarion, 1981. 8: Charles BRAIBANT - Le Secret d'Anatole France: du boulangisme au Panama. Paris, Denoël et Steele, (1935). First edition. 1/100 on alfa for "Les Amis de Charles Braibant" (n° LXXXVIII). Spine faded. 9: Pierre BOURGEADE - L'Armoire. [Paris], Gallimard, 1977. First edition. Copy of the S.P. 10: Noël DEVAULX pseudonym of René Forgeot. - Sainte Barbegrise. [Paris], Gallimard, (1952). First edition. Copy of the S.P. Letter to Paul Neuray, unidentified signature. 11 : Jean DUTOURD - La Fin des Peaux-Rouges. [Paris], Gallimard, (1964). First edition. Copy of the S.P. Sent to the journalist Victor Moremans. Accompanied by a signed typed letter on Gallimard letterhead. Envelope preserved. 12: Jean DUTOURD - Le Demi-solde. [Paris], Gallimard, (1965). First edition. Copy of the S.P. 13: Hervé GUIBERT - Des aveugles. [Paris], Gallimard, 1985. 14: Jean-Edern HALLIER - Le grand écrivain. Paris, Seuil, 1967. 15: Violette LEDUC - La Bâtarde. [Paris], Gallimard, 1964. First edition. Copy of the S.P. 16: Violette LEDUC - La Folie en tête. [Paris], Gallimard, 1970. First edition. Copy of the S.P. 17: Maurice PONS - Metrobate. Paris, Julliard, "La Porte ouverte", (1951). 18: Jorge SEMPRUN - La Montagne blanche. [Paris], Gallimard, 1986. 19: Jorge SEMPRUN - Netchaïev is back. [Paris], JCLattès, 1987. 20: Jacques SERGUINE - Les saints innocents. [Paris], Gallimard, (1961). First edition. Copy of the S.P. 21: Michel TOURNIER - Le Fétichiste, un acte pour un homme seul. Paris, La Quinzaine littéraire, (1974). Forms the supplement to No. 190 of "La Quinzaine littéraire". 22: Yves VÉQUAUD - Monarque. [Paris], Gallimard, (1967). First edition. Copy of S.P. Sent to novelist Jean-Pierre Giraudoux (Paris, 1919-2000) "au risque d'encore vous déplaire." 23: François WEYERGANS - Le Radeau de la Méduse. [Paris], Gallimard, (1983). 24: François WEYERGANS - La Vie d'un bébé. [Paris], Gallimard, (1986). 24 VOLUMES. GOOD CONDITION.

Starting price  30 EUR

Georges SIMENON - Lot of 13 volumes. First editions, published without large papers. Paris, Arthème Fayard, various dates. In-12. Paperback. Covers damaged, spines cracked, sometimes missing. 1: M. Gallet deceased. February 1931. Menguy, 1. 1 loose leaf at head of flyleaf bearing Georges Sim's autograph signature. Spine crudely restored with minor damage. 2: Le Pendu de Saint-Pholien. February 1931. Menguy, 2. Spine cracked and split along upper spine. 3: Le Chien jaune. April 1931. Menguy, 4. spine absent. 4: Pieter-le-Letton. May 1931. Menguy, 5. Tail of spine missing. Bookshop label glued to bottom of front cover. 5: Un crime en Hollande. July 1931. Menguy, 7. Spine cracked and missing. 6: Rendez-vous des Terre-Neuvas. August 1931. Menguy, 9. 7: La Tête d'un homme. August 1932. Menguy, 10. Tail of spine missing. Ownership stamp on endpaper. 8: L'Ombre chinoise. January 1932. Menguy, 14. Missing at head and tail of spine. 9: L'Affaire Saint-Fiacre. October 1933. Menguy, 15. Head and tail of spine missing. Small ring of wetness at bottom of first 25 pages. 10: Chez les Flamands. May 1932. Menguy, 16. Restorations, small tears on spine. 11: Le Fou de Bergerac. April 1932. Menguy, 17. slight loss at head and tail of spine. 12: The Passenger on the "Polarlys". June 1932. Menguy, 19. last quire uncropped, intersection of pp. 244-250 restored with kraft paper. 13: Liberty Bar. July 1932. Menguy, 20. 13 USED & FADED VOLUMES.

Starting price  30 EUR

[AUTOGRAPHES - EMPIRE] Maréchal Nicolas Charles OUDINOT / GéNéRAL LAMARQUE / RÉGNIERDAMAS / - 4 autograph letters signed by former generals and high magistrates of the 1st Empire. Most are small in-4°. 1: Maréchal Nicolas Charles OUDINOT, Duc de Reggio (1767-1847) to a "Monsieur". Paris, 23 (?) [avant 1809?]. 1 p. in-12, s. "le G.al Oudinot de Reggio". About an album on which he has written "a few words". Nicknamed "the Bayard of the Grande Armée" because of the number of his wounds, he became Marshal in 1809. 2: General Jean Maximilien LAMARQUE (1770-1832) to [Pierre Hubert] Cambacérès (1798-1881). Paris, 11-03-1824. 1 p. Slight browning. "Yes, I had a tender attachment to your uncle [Jean-Jacques de Cambacérès, former Second Consul and Minister of Justice, who had just died] whose exile I had shared a great admiration for his talents [...]. 3: Lieutenant-General François-Étienne DAMAS (1764-1828) to M. Pitat, Lieutenant of Gendarmerie at Château-Salins. Paris, 10-03-1826. 1 p. in-4°, postmark. Long note concerning the nephew of one of his former servants who is included in the conscription draw. He asks to be informed of the decision concerning him. 4: Claude Ambroise RÉGNIER, Duc de Massa (1746-1814) to Nicolas Olry, proprietor. S.l.n.d. ½ p. Thanks for "the two pikes caught in your ponds". ATTACHED, from the same source: circular letter from the Grand Judge and Minister of Justice, printed with his autograph signature. Paris, 11 fructidor an 2 [28-08-1794]. SET OF 5 PIECES.

Starting price  60 EUR

[LIÈGE & HERVE - ARCHIVES] 7 handwritten and printed ephemera concerning a.o. Herve. Various formats, on paper. Good condition. HERVE: 1-2. Two handwritten docs including: a) List of French émigrés, extracted from the registre aux recès de la régence de la ville de Herve. [Herve, February 26, 1794]. 1 p. in-f°. - b) Notarized inventory of Eugène & Jules Hoen's business. Herve, May 31, 1900. 4 ff. in-4°, in contemporary cover. - 3 Prospectus for the Herve boarding school run by Derome. [Herve, ca 1805]. Folder 22.5 x 19 cm, two handwritten corrections from the period. MISCELLANEOUS: 1-2. Two large death announcements adorned with a large woodcut frame. Placards +/- 30 x 50 cm (impression a little weak at 1 doc.). Concerns Damide Lambrecht (Liège, C. Plomteux, 1780) and Nicolas-Edmond Delrée, former burgomaster of Theux (Stembert, J.-B. Depouille, 1801). - 3 Supplique très-humble pour l'épouse de Joseph-Adrien-Jean de Lincé [née Marie-Anne Plompe]. [Liège, 1789?] In-8°, 6 pp. in ff. Addressed to the burgomasters and council of the city of Liège, concerning the arrest of her husband, a bourgeois from Antwerp, who was imprisoned in Liège, then in Huy and Brussels. - 4 Geslachtboom van alle de mannen nakomelingen uit de oud adelyk stamhuis der heeren van Brederode. 1788. In-8°, 32 pp. 1 folding plate h.t. Br. in contemporary mute cover. Paper browned, spine split.

Starting price  60 EUR

[LIÈGE - AUTOGRAPHES] 9 signed autograph letters and various handwritten documents including songs. 17th-19th c. Various formats, mostly in-8° and in-12, on laid paper, in ff. Generally fair condition. CONTAINS E.A.: - L.a.s. from Marie Remiche to monsieur de Chaffenbort in Seraing. Liège, 11-10-1660. 1 p., small red wax armorial seal (complete). Word carried by Guillaume d'Othée, addressed to the son-in-law of M. de Gerbehaye in Jehay-Bodegnée, concerning an annuity on land in Blavier. - "Memoire des reveries d'un pauvre aveugle qui a la gloire de son Prince et de son Peuple a coeur". [Liège, ca. 1789]. 8 pp. in ff. Some stains, creases from mailing. Period copy given to Comte de Lannoy de Clervaux by Comte de Ghistelle. Reflections and advice addressed to the prince-bishop on reforms to be undertaken. - Recueil de chansons par M.r le V... de [redacted text]. S.l., [ca 1785]. [9-1 bl.] ff. Some light staining. Voltairean songs, some dated 1778, 1784, 1785. - L.a.s. from Théodore Lafontaine to "Ma chère Thérèse" (his wife) "chez Monsieur de Wybaril au Parc à bruxelles". Varsovie, 19 mars [1807?]". 1 p. Tears with paper reinforcements without noticeable loss, some foxing. Letter from a soldier, probably of the Grande Armée, hospitalized in Warsaw for illness, recounting his misfortunes and destitution. Allusion to the crossing of the Vistula. - 5 misc. docs, dated Seraing, Liège (1 from Tournai).

Starting price  50 EUR

Mon 27 May

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (French, 1721-1764) Autograph, May 5, 1750 Bill giving orders to send a messenger to deliver a letter written by the Marquise de Pompadour to "M. d'Argenson" at the exit of the "Opéra", on the occasion of the premiere of Léandre et Héro, and to wait if there is a reply in return. One page in-12 oblong. (small lack, small tear). Framed. France, May 5, 1750. A handwritten note by Madame de Pompadour ordering a messenger to deliver a letter to Monsieur d'Argenson. Extremely rare handwritten bill written by the Marquise de Pompadour, favorite of King Louis XV, addressed to one of her "people" devoted to her service [Madame du Hausset, her chambermaid, Charles Jacques Collin, her confidant and first steward, or the Chevalier d'Hénin, her squire]: "Just now, send one of my people to deliver this letter to M. d'Argensson [sic]. Whomever you send need only go to one of the Opera gates. He will surely find M. d'Argensson's people waiting for their master. All he has to do is give the letter to M. d'Argensson on his way out of the Opéra, and he'll only stay there if M. d'Argensson tells him to." At the top of the bill a handwritten apostille probably from a member of his staff: "5 may 1750. Dépêché Lajamelle postillon". On May 5, 1750, "Léandre et Héro", an opera-tragédie composed by the Marquis de Brassac to a text by Le Franc de Pompignan, was performed for the first time at the Académie royale de musique, known "vulgarly" as the Opéra. The catalog of the Marquise de Pompadour's library mentions a copy of this opera, published on the occasion of this performance by Mme Boivin/M. Leclerc in Paris. Leclerc in Paris. René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, Marquis d'Argenson, wrote a critical review of Brassac's tragic opera in his manuscript "Notices sur les œuvres de théâtre, depuis le théâtre grec jusqu'au XVIIIe siècle" [fol. 179], held by the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. In the spring of 1750, relations between the Marquise de Pompadour and de Voyer de Paulmy's brothers, René-Louis, Marquis d'Argenson, former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Marc-Pierre, Comte d'Argenson, Secretary of State for War, were detestable, even hateful. The Court was divided into two rival factions: on the one hand, the devout or "family party", around Queen Marie Leszczynska, several bishops, the king's children and a few minority government ministers, such as the comte d'Argenson, secretary of state for war; and on the other, the majority of the government, such as Saint Florentin (Maison du Roi), Machault (Garde des Sceaux), supported by the marquise de Pompadour, who exercised a veritable tutelage over the king's mind. Forced to resign his portfolio at Foreign Affairs in January 1747, René-Louis, Marquis d'Argenson wrote in his diary and memoirs: - "[March 1748] The marquise sells everything, even regiments. The master falls more and more into the ease of letting himself be governed by this woman and by those whose flattering rather than estimable qualities seduce him, which does not make the state count." - "April 25, 1750 ( ) The Marquise de Pompadour is increasing in credit, but she is hoarding tiles and storms for the time when her favor will wane ( ). - May 5, 1750: ( ) The King is convinced that he governs at his best and that everything is well governed. He sees in my brother a man of expediencies to whom everything succeeds, war, victory, today arrangements in Paris ( ) I would define the king and his reign of deceived reason" "The Marquise de Pompadour is becoming more and more the mistress of affairs, that she has had four or five decided differently than my brother had settled them, which was called four or five camouflets, and that they were trying to give her others".

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Mon 27 May

Alfred Jarry (French, 1873-1907) "Gestes et Opinions du Docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien", 1898 [Paris, Le Phalanstère], [1898] Autograph manuscript, signed three times, once in capital letters on the title page and twice at the end of the text. In-8 (Height 201 Width 154mm - not including tabs). Collation: 211 autograph pages on 206 leaves, paginated 1-218, in black ink by Alfred Jarry. Second numbering in blue pencil by the printer. Illustrations: original lithographs by Alfred Jarry, cut into two or four parts, forming 36 fragments on the reverse of which Jarry wrote the manuscript. The details of the fragments are as follows: - plate 47 (numbered in the 1968 catalog raisonné): seventeen fragments: first quarter four fragments, second quarter five fragments, third quarter five fragments, fourth quarter three fragments: three complete lithographs (approx. 300 x 220mm, after assembly of the fragments) and five fragments; - plate 49: eight fragments: one complete lithograph (approx. 275 x 185mm, after assembling the fragments) and four fragments; - plate 54: eleven fragments: one complete lithograph (the quarters are missing a few centimetres) and seven fragments; Contemporary binding: probably made for Victor Lemasle. Black chagrin spine, marbled paper boards. Provenance: - Victor Lemasle (1876-1932), autograph dealer and publisher, notably of Alfred Jarry's last book, Albert Samain (Souvenirs), in 1907. He sold some of the Jarry manuscripts he owned to - Louis Libaude, pseud. Louis Lormel (1869-1922), art dealer; by descent; - private collection. Exhibition of this manuscript: - "Expojarrysition", Galerie Jean Loize, Paris (18 palotin to 8 gidouille 80), May 7 to June 20, 1953, no. 1 (with reproduction); - Alfred Jarry 1873-1917", Graphisches Kabinett, Kunsthaus Zürich, December 14, 1984 - March 10, 1985. Alfred Jarry, 1898. An autograph manuscript entitled "Gestes et Opinions du Docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien". Signed. Bibliography: - Œuvres complètes (ed. Henri Béhar), III, Paris, 2013, p. 9 ff (notice by Alain Chevrier); - Œuvres complètes (pléiade) I, Paris, 1972, p. 655 ff, p. 1216 ff ; - Patrick Besnier, Alfred Jarry, Paris, 2005, p. 358 ff; - Peintures, gravures et dessins d'Alfred Jarry, Paris, Collège de Pataphysique, 1968; - Apollinaire's remarks on Jarry: Le Courrier des Arts , in Paris-Journal, June 28, 1914. Webography : - Jarry's manuscripts known today: http://alfredjarry.fr/amisjarry/fichiers_ea/etoile_absinthe_132_133.pdf (p.18 ff.); Complete autograph manuscript of one of Alfred Jarry's most important works: Au cœur de la pataphysique. This manuscript was partly written on the back of large original lithographs by Alfred Jarry, cut in half or quarters: two of these lithographs are known today only through this manuscript. The manuscript belonged to Louis Lormel, one of Jarry's earliest friends and a conduit for the avant-garde. The manuscript is sold with its export certificate. Presentation text on rouillac.com. https://www.rouillac.com/fr/news-3746-la_naissance_pataphysique?p=655

Estim. 50 000 - 70 000 EUR

Mon 27 May

Alfred Jarry (French, 1873-1907) "L'Amour absolu", February 20, 1899 Autograph manuscript signed and dated. In-8 (Height 205 Width 158mm - not including tabs). Collation: 115 autograph pages by Alfred Jarry, in black ink, folioed 1-115. Contemporary binding: probably made for Victor Lemasle. Black chagrin spine, marbled paper boards (hinges slightly rubbed). Provenance: - Victor Lemasle (1876-1932), autograph dealer and publisher, notably of Alfred Jarry's last book, Albert Samain (Souvenirs), in 1907; he sold some of the Jarry manuscripts he owned to - Louis Libaude, pseud. Louis Lormel (1869-1922), art dealer; by descent ; - private collection. Exhibition of this manuscript: - "Expojarrysition", Galerie Jean Loize, Paris (18 palotin to 8 gidouille 80), May 7 to June 20, 1953, no. 419; - Alfred Jarry 1873-1917", Graphisches Kabinett, Kunsthaus Zürich, December 14, 1984 to March 10, 1985, no. 91. Alfred Jarry, Feb. 20, 1899. An autograph manuscript entitled "L'amour absolu". Signed and dated. Bibliography: - Œuvres complètes (dir. Henri Béhar), III, Paris, 2013, pp. 467 ff (notice by Paul Edwards); - Œuvres complètes (pléiade) I, Paris, 1972, p. 917 ff, p. 1257 ff ; - Patrick Besnier, Alfred Jarry, Paris, 2005, p. 395 ff. Webography: Jarry manuscripts known today: http://alfredjarry.fr/amisjarry/fichiers_ea/etoile_absinthe_132_133.pdf (p. 24 ff., with an error confusing a facsimile held at the Bibliothèque Littéraire Jacques Doucet with a non-existent manuscript - which was confirmed by the library's curators and the Société des Amis d'Alfred Jarry. We thank them here). Remarkable autograph manuscript by Alfred Jarry: one of two known manuscripts of L'Amour absolu, the Louis Lormel manuscript "crowning" the "Expojarrysition". The manuscript is sold with its export certificate. Presentation text on rouillac.com. https://www.rouillac.com/fr/news-3747-lamour_absolu?p=655

Estim. 30 000 - 50 000 EUR

Tue 28 May

Jean COCTEAU (Maisons-Laffitte 1889 - Milly-la-Forêt 1963). Autograph manuscript of the poem ''Cherchez Apollon'', 12 p. in-4 (275 x 215 mm) including title page, with TWO ORIGINAL DRAWINGS on two separate pages, (the first, second and fifth with ink stains). Several pages show splits, folds, tears, stains and weakened edges. The poem comprises 18 stanzas of 4 lines each, with numerous erasures and corrections in ink and pencil. This first draft of a major poem by Cocteau, composed in late 1931 or early 1932, presents numerous variants with the published text, the first four stanzas with changes in almost every line, the fifth and sixth significantly different, the seventh to tenth fairly close to the published version, the eleventh very different. The twelfth stanza does not appear in this manuscript, and the following stanzas are close to the published text, albeit with some unpublished variants. Cf. Pléiade, Cocteau p. 617, Cf. also N.R.F. Poésie/Gallimard, pp. 145-147 and page 223. Printed in Barcelona on September 15, 2015. The manuscript shows the author's creative process, often under the influence of opium. The poem was dedicated to Nathalie PALEY (Madame Lucien Lelong (1905-1981), a beautiful, elegant young woman of the world whom Cocteau had met at a performance of Le Sang d'un poète, with whom he is said to have had a love affair in the spring of 1932. Attached to the manuscript: Jean PAULAN (Nîmes 1884 - Neuilly-sur-Seine 1968). French writer, literary critic and publisher. Editor and manager of La Nouvelle Revue française. - Autograph letter signed "J. P." Paris mardi s.d. (1932), one page in-8 on N.R.F. letterhead, 43 rue de Beaune Paris (VIIe). Small paper losses, outside text. To inform her of the enthusiasm of readers who have just discovered the poem: "Pour Cherchez Apollon, je n'entends qu'éloge et enthousiasme. Lothe, Benda, Gide, Supervielle. People sometimes want to recite it to me (I already knew that). I am yours affectionately, dear Jean. - L.a.s. "J. P." Paris mardi s.d. (1932), one page in-8 on N.RF. letterhead. Paris (VIIe). Small chips, folds and tears. Concerning the desired rectification of a verse: "I find your verse very good as it is... ". - Bon à tirer of the manuscript, consisting of 4 printed pages in-8°, recto-verso, standing on a single yellow sheet. The text, printed by F. Paillart in Abbeville (Somme), features numerous handwritten corrections by the author in black ink. Bon à tirer dated May 5, 1933. Exhibition: - Center Pompidou, "COCTEAU", November 25, 2003 to January 5, 2004, listed under number 107 C and described as "Jean Cocteau, Cherchez Apollon, manuscrit avec achevé d'imprimé". Provenance: - French private collection Erotica Monsieur X Expert: Mario MORDENTEThis lot is only accessible if you are logged in, and if your age matches your ID.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Tue 28 May

Prestigiosa Collezione di biglietti da visita del '700 '800 - Extraordinary collection of business cards from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. All made with printed engravings, woodcuts on vintage paper, some with autograph inscriptions in ink of the holders represented on the ticket itself. There are names of the well-known bourgeoisie, lawyers, writers, various nobles, military officers, prelates.The album contains approximately 267 pieces, which after a visual examination would appear to beall removable from the album pages itself. Among the well-known people are Alexandre Dumas fils with inscription and autograph signature, Ferdinand Gregorovius with autograph inscription, Lady Shelley. We then find one of the first ever hand-filled business cards (of the Baron de Waldkirch chamberlain). Some other names identified:Marquis Carlo Maria Bichi Ruspoli, Marchioness Faustina Capranica del Grillo, Monsignor Azeido, Bianconi minister of Saxony, the imperial and Royal Apostolic agent and secretary De' Brunati, Prince Rospigliosi, Abbè Galiani, Antonio Grassi magician, Captain Graziani, the Archbishop of Ravenna, Prince Giovanni Gonzaga, Domenico Caracciolo, John Leigh Philips, Count Lupi, Duke Strozzi, Marchese Ginori, Lucrezia de Ricci nee Antinori, Neri della Gherardesca, Le Comte de Breunner ambassedeur de S.M. the Empereur et Roi, Marquis Borelli Poggiolini, Senator Knight Antonio Serristori, Marquis Tacoli gentleman of the chamber of H.R.H. of Parma, the Comte de Haga, Prince Camillo de Rohan Ambassador of Malta, Marquis Vivaldi, the Bishop of Acquapendente, the Marquis Cav. Giovanni Vettori, Le Ministre Plenipontentiaire de S.M. Britannique, a secret valet of his Holiness, Francesco Bernini Manfroni, and many others. The album is in excellent condition, the cards are of various sizes in the order of 3 cm. to 11 cm. per sideThe album measures approximately 24.5 x 37 cm, 19th century hard binding. Prestigious collection coming from the Mattarella family.

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Tue 28 May

Album contenitore collezione di biglietti da visita - Another album with an important collection of business cards from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. All made with printed engravings, woodcuts on vintage paper, some with autograph ink inscriptions of the holders represented on the ticket itself.This second album collects approximately 316 pieces, which after a visual examination would appear to beall removable from the album pages itself. Among the well-known personalities are Antonio Canova, Cardinal Pecci Bishop of Perugia (who later became Pope Leo XIII) with autograph inscription, Nino Bixio with autograph inscription, Prince Borghese, Prince Andrea Doria Pamphilj. Other names identified: Rossi Seniori Representative in the VI Republican year (Cisalpina), Marquis Paolo Spada, Count Filippo Bentivoglio, Prince Rezzonico Senator of Rome, Monsignor Castiglione, Odoardo de Cinque Knight of the Guard of Our Lady, A. Canova, Giuseppe Fornari with 4 different tickets of the four seasons engraved by Giovanni Petrini in Rome, Count Ercole Orsi, Duke of Ceri, the Imperial and Royal Agent and Secretary Aplico De Brunati, the Duke Capecelatro, Luigi Vannini Lieutenant, Don Antonio Odescalchi, Le General Majnoni , Prince Corsini, Percival Mann musician, Navy Captain Agostino del Bene, Papal Consul in Venice, Count Boschetti, Countess Boschetti, Francesco Maria Sanzii, etc etc The album is in excellent condition, the cards are of various sizes in the order of 3 cm. to 11 cm. per sideThe album measures approximately 22 x 33 cm, 19th century hard binding. Prestigious collection coming from the Mattarella family

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR
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