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Bid on the lot list Aguttes : 18 November 2019 - 22 • BRITANNICA-AMERICANA • PAR AGUTTES EXPOSITIONS PUBLIQUES : DROUOT RICHELIEU - 9 RUE DROUOT, 75009 PARIS - SALLE 9 VENDREDI 15 ET SAMEDI 16 NOVEMBRE, DE 11H À 18H LE MATIN DE LA VENTE DE 11H À 12H COMMISSAIRES-PRISEURS : CLAUDE AGUTTES - SOPHIE PERRINE CLAUDE AGUTTES Président – Commissaire-priseur RESPONSABLE DE LA VENTE : SOPHIE PERRINE Commissaire-priseur habilité <a href="mailto:perrine@aguttes.com" target="_blank">perrine@aguttes.com</a> Tél. : +33 (0)1 41 92 06 44 Assitée de : Maud Vignon Tél. : +33 (0)1 47 45 91 59 EXPERTS POUR CETTE VENTE : LIVRES ET MANUSCRITS ARIANE ADELINE SYNDICAT DE LIBRAIRIE ANCIENNE ET MODERNE Tél.: +33 (0)6 42 10 90 17 <a href="mailto:livresanciensadeline@yahoo.fr" target="_blank">livresanciensadeline@yahoo.fr</a> MANUSCRITS ET AUTOGRAPHES THIERRY BODIN SYNDICAT FRANÇAIS DES EXPERTS PROFESSIONNELS EN OEUVRES D’ART Tél.: +33 (0)1 45 48 25 31 <a href="mailto:lesautographes@wanadoo.fr" target="_blank">lesautographes@wanadoo.fr</a> RENSEIGNEMENTS : PAULINE CHÉREL Tél.: +33 (0)1 47 45 00 92 <a href="mailto:cherel@aguttes.com" target="_blank">cherel@aguttes.com</a> Important : Les conditions de vente sont visibles en fin de catalogue Nous attirons votre attention sur les lots précédés de +, °, *, #, ~ pour lesquels s’appliquent des conditions particulières décrites en fin de catalogue. Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

22 • BRITANNICA-AMERICANA • PAR AGUTTES

Monday 18 November 2019 - 14:00 (CET) - Live

Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

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Lot n° 1

ALDHELM (SAINT) (vers 639-709)

Bishop of Sherbourne, Latin poet and scholar. Two leaves from De laude virginitatis In Praise of Virginity. In Latin, in Insular Southumbrian minuscule, decorated manuscript on parchment Southern England (probably Glastonbury or Worcester), circa 800 Bifolium,...

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Lot n° 2

AUDUBON JOHN JAMES (1785-1851)

American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. Autograph MANUSCRIPT of the episode entitled The Lost Portfolio from his renowned Ornithological Biography with a few autograph revisions, 1830, 2 and a half pages, in English. Dimensions: 416 x 260 mm....

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Lot n° 3

BARNEY NATALIE CLIFFORD (1876-1972)

« l’Amazone », Franco-American playwright, poet and novelist. 28 autograph signed letters. « Nathalie Clifford Barney » dated 1901-1916, letters to Pierre LOUŸS ; approximately 75 pages, variable formats, mostly in-8 and in-12 (one written in the margins...

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Lot n° 4

BECKETT Samuel (1906-1989)

Le monde et le pantalon. Paris, Les Editions de Minuit, 1989. Editor’s paperback cover. Uncut copy. Fine condition. Dimensions : 180 x 102 mm. Dedication copy, to « Josette » : « Pour Josette. Aff ectueusement Sam. Juillet 1989 ». For Josette with aff...

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Lot n° 5

BERNANOS GEORGES (1888-1948)

65 autograph letters signed « G. Bernanos » (one is signed « votre vieil ami » Your old friend and one is unsigned), 1939-1942, to Charles OFAIRE, in French ; approximately 170 pages in-4 or in-8 (perforations), letters mounted on tabs on vélin d’Arches...

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Lot n° 6

BLAKE WILLIAM (1757-1827)

English poet, painter and printmaker. Signed document signed « William Blake », one page, oblong small octavo (dimensions: 7,7 x 18,8 cm), 5 July, 1805; in English. An extremely rare autograph of the great poet and artist William Blake made out to his...

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Lot n° 7

BOLIVAR SIMON (1783-1830).

« El Libertador », South American revolutionary leader and statesman. Signed letter, signed « Bolivar », Guanare Venezuela, May 25, 1821 to Alejandro Osorio, three pages, in-4 format, in Spanish. Red half-morocco folder. Bolivar reports on news of preparations...

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Lot n° 8

BOLIVAR SIMON (1783-1830).

« El Libertador », Venezuelan military and political leader. Signed letter, signed « Bolivar », Huaraz (Pérou) 13 June 1824, to Commodore Isaac HULL (commander in chief of the United States Navy in the Pacific, based in Latin America); 1 page and a half,...

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Lot n° 9

BOLIVAR SIMON (1783-1830).

« El Libertador », Venezuelan military and political leader. Signed letter, Bogota 27 November 1828, to his friend José Angel ALAMO in Caracas; 2 pages, in-4 format (foxing to paper; small slitting to folds; a few wormholes; repairs); in Spanish; in a...

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Lot n° 10

BOLIVAR SIMON (1783-1830).

El Libertador, Venezuelan military and political leader. Signed letter, signed « Bolivar », Guayaquil 21 August 1829, to Daniel Florence O’LEARY ; 2 pages and a half, in-4 format (splitting repaired (last leaf) ; letter mounted on a tab) ; in Spanish. Important...

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Lot n° 11

BRONTË CHARLOTTE (1816-1855)

Autograph MANUSCRIPT signed « CHARLOTTE BRONTË », Second Series of The Young Men’s Magazines. No Second. For September 1830 Edited by Charlotte Brontë. Sold by Sergeant Tree and all other booksellers in the chief Glass Town Paris Ross GT Parrys GT Wellingtons...

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Lot n° 12

BRONTË PATRICK (1777-1861)

Irish and British Anglican priest and author, father of the Brontë children. Signed autograph letter, signed « P. Brontë », Haworth 5 December 1850, to John GREENWOOD, book-dealer in Haworth ; 1 page oblong in-8 format (a few slittings to paper) This...

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Lot n° 13

BROOKE RUPERT (1887-1915). Poète anglais.

Signed autograph letter, signed « Rupert Brooke », Rugby 16 December 1908, to Sydney COCKERELL, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge; 1 page in-12 format, with address on the reverse (Post Card) ; in English. A rare autograph letter signed...

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Lot n° 14

BROWN HERBERT CHARLES (1912-2004). Chimiste américain (co-lauréat avec George Wittig du Prix Nobel 1979).

Autograph MANUSCRIPT, signed « Herbert C. Brown », New Continent Awaiting Discovery, 1992 ; 9 pages in-4 format, stapled; in English. Account of his work on the chemistry of boranes. This text underscores the importance of higher level research and was...

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Lot n° 15

BRY THÉODORE DE (1528-1598). Dessinateur, graveur et éditeur alsacien et belge.

Admiranda Narratio, fi da tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae, nuper admodum ab Anglis, qui a Dn. Richardo Greinville equestris ordinis viro eo in coloniam anno M D LXXXV deducti sunt, inventae, sumtus faciente Dn. Waltero Raleigh equestris...

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Lot n° 16

CALDER Alexander (1898-1976)

Signed autograph letter, signed « Alexander Calder » with a DRAWING, Saché 9 July 1960, to his plumber M. Ferry in Azayle-Rideau ; 1 page and a half, in-4 format (perforations from a binder), envelope; in French. Calder draws a version of the “machin”...

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Lot n° 17

CALDER ALEXANDER (1898-1976).

Signed autograph letter, signed « Calder », Saché 30 September 1969, to M. Tappy; 1 page, in-4 format (perforations from a binder); in English. Calder requests multiple copies of a photograph showing his with three stabiles as well as a selection of other...

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Lot n° 18

CALDER ALEXANDER (1898-1976).

Signed autograph letter, signed « Sandy Calder », Saché 17 May 1971 to Pierre DESCARGUES, 1 page, in-4 format, envelope. He asks Pierre Descargues to avoid speaking about his collection of paintings, including those by Léger and Miró...

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Lot n° 19

CALVIN MELVIN (1911-1997). Biochimiste américain (Prix Nobel).

Signed letter, signed « Melvin Calvin », Director of Laboratoire des Biodynamiques chimiques, Berkeley, California 26 July 1978, to Carl DAVIS ; 2 pages in-4 format, typed letter, on letterhead “University of California”. Thoughts on the future of the...

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Lot n° 20

CAPONE ALPHONSE [AL] (1899-1947).

Autograph MANUSCRIPT, signed « Alphonse Capone », music and lyrics for Madonna Mia, Alcatraz, between 1934 and 1939; 1 page in-fol. format (pencil); in English Dedicated to his favorite Jesuit priest: “To my good friend Father Vin Casey with the best...

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Lot n° 21

CASSATT MARY (1844-1926).

Signed autograph letter, signed « Mary Cassatt », Villa Angeletto, Grasse 6 April 1913, to the art critic Achille SEGARD; 4 pages in-8 format. Lovely letter relative to her mother and family, addressed to the author of Mary Cassatt, un peintre des enfants...

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Lot n° 22

CASSATT MARY (1844-1926)

Signed autograph letter, signed « Mary Cassatt » and autograph NOTE, Villa Angeletto, Grasse, Wednesday May 1913, to the art critic Achille SEGARD ; 4 pages and 1 page and a quarter, in-8 format; in French. Fine letter dedicated to the fourth exhibit...

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Lot n° 23

CASSATT MARY (1844-1926).

Signed autograph letter, signed « Mary Cassatt », Villa Angeletto, Grasse, Monday 23 November 1914, to the art critic Achille SEGARD ; 3 pages, in-8 format; in French Fine letter. Mary Cassatt thanks Achille Segard for the two deluxe copies of his book...

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Lot n° 24

CASSATT MARY (1844-1926).

Signed autograph letter, signed « Mary Cassatt », Villa Angeletto, Grasse, 7 February 1918, to Ambroise VOLLARD; 4 pages, in-8 format with her address, envelope (stamp collection Max Thorek); in French. Mary Cassatt wishes to send her DEGAS paintings...

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Lot n° 25

CASSATT MARY (1844-1926).

Signed autograph letter, signed « Mary Cassatt », an unidentified correspondant Paris 2 November, 2 pages, in-12 format, from her address 10, Rue de Marignan ; en français. Cassatt has not forgotten when they met. Her Degas paintings are in Auvergne else...

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Lot n° 26

CASTRO FIDEL (1926-2016).

Autographe manuscript, signed « Fidel Castro », 1959 ; 2 pages in-4 format, with erasures and corrections, on letterhead “Republica de Cuba. Ministerio de Defensa nacional. Ejercito” (perforations to paper from a binder) ; in Spanish. Presentation of...

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Lot n° 27

CATESBY MARK (1683-1749). Naturaliste et artiste anglais.

The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: Containing the Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects, and Plants; Particularly those not hitherto described, or incorrectly figured by former authors. Edition corrected by...

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Lot n° 28

CHARLES II (1630-1685). Roi d’Angleterre.

Signed letter, signed « Charles R. », Whitehall “Court at Whitehall”, London 8 May 1675, to the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Heneage FINCH, lst Earl of Nottingham (1621-1682); 1 page in-fol., seal ; in English. “Our will and pleasure is that you forthwith...

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Lot n° 29

CHURCHILL WINSTON (1874-1965).

Signed autograph letter, signed « Winston S. Churchill », 105 Mount Street London 15 May 1905, to the journalist C.F. Moberley BELLl; 4 pages in-8 format, his address; in English. A candid and confidential letter from Churchill, young member of Parliament...

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Lot n° 30

CHURCHILL WINSTON (1874-1965).

Signed note, « W.S.C. » in red pencil, 16 March 1918; 1 page and a quarter in-fol. format, typed note on administrative stationary, ink and red crayon inscriptions (small slits in the upper portion of the note; perforation). A projected letter from Churchill...

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Lot n° 31

CHURCHILL WINSTON (1874-1965).

29 signed letters, signed « Winston S. Churchill », with a few autograph addenda, 1934-1951, to A.G. WATERS editor of News of the World, or other employees of the newspaper; approximately 34 pages, most in-4 format, on embossed letterhead; in English. A...

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Lot n° 32

CHURCHILL WINSTON (1874-1965).

Signed letter, signed « Winston S. Churchill » with an autograph note, Chartwell, Westerham, Kent, 23 March 1939, to the commander of the squadron and future Air Commodore and Parliamentarian Vere HARVEY ; 1 page in-4 format, typed letter; in English. Churchill...

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Lot n° 33

CHURCHILL WINSTON (1874-1965).

Signed letter, signed « Winston S. Churchill » with an autograph note, Chartwell, Westerham, Kent, 28 April 1939, to the commander of the squadron and future Air Commodore and Parliamentarian Vere HARVEY ; 1 page in-4 format, typed letter; in English. Churchill...

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Lot n° 34

CHURCHILL WINSTON (1874-1965).

Signed document, signed « Winston S. Churchill », also signed three times by his son Randolph CHURCHILL, and by 11 other British and French fi gures, Paris 6 January 1940 ; 21 x 15,5 cm, with a drawing. Illustrated menu for a diner in honour of Churchill,...

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Lot n° 35

CHURCHILL WINSTON (1874-1965).

Typed document (minute) with an autograph date « 10.6.40 » in Churchill’s hand, 10 June 1940; 1 page small in-4 format (perforations to paper); in English. Famous message of support to French Prime Minister Paul Reynaud during the critical days of the...

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Lot n° 36

CHURCHILL WINSTON (1874-1965).

Signed letter, signed « Winston S. Churchill », London, 3 February 1948, to Commodore A.V. HARVEY ; 1 page in-8 format, typed letter, from his address 28, Hyde Park Gate ; in English. Invitation to lunch with « a few of my Parliamentary colleagues »....

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Lot n° 37

CHURCHILL CLARISSA SPENCER (née 1920). Nièce de Winston Churchill, elle épousa Anthony Eden.

Signed autograph letter, signed « Clarissa Churchill », Paris, Tuesday evening Autumn 1945, to Jean COCTEAU ; 2 pages in-4 format, in pencil, on letterhead “British Embassy, Paris” ; in French. Letter written after her visit to the studio during the shooting...

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Lot n° 38

CLEMENS SAMUEL LANGHORNE [MARK TWAIN] (1835-1910).

Signed autograph letter, signed « S.L. Clemens » with an autograph POEM, Elmira (New York) 1 September 1886, To the Bride Clara SPAULDING ; 4 pages in-8 format (letter on pp. 1-2, poem on pp. 3-4), tied with a blue ribbon in the upper lefthand corner;...

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Lot n° 39

CLEMENS SAMUEL LANGHORNE [MARK TWAIN] (1835-1910).

Autograph MANUSCRIPT, Huck & Tom, undated; 3 pages in-8 format, pencil (slight foxing to the first page; ifolds and paper frayed). Clemens’s manuscript notes for a projected stage version of “Tom Sawyer”. As early as July 13, 1875 Clemens had asked his...

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Lot n° 40

COCTEAU JEAN (1889-1963).

Autograph MANUSCRIPT, signed « Jean Cocteau », Salut à Louis Armstrong Salutation to Louis Armstrong 4 January 1961 ; 4 pages in-4 format, black ink on 4 pages on letterhead “Santo-Sospir”, St Jean Cap-Ferrat; in French. Vibrant tribute to Louis ARMSTRONG,...

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Lot n° 41

DARWIN CHARLES (1809-1882).

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: W. Clowes and Sons for John Murray, 1859. In-8 format, IX, 502 pp. with a folding diagram facing p. 117 by W. West, half-title...

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Lot n° 42

DARWIN Charles (1809-1882)

Autograph MANUSCRIPT, circa 1875 ?; 2 pages in-4 format (scattered foxing); in English. Darwin’s notes on “insectivorous plants” and regeneration. The fi rst side contains Darwin’s notes for his work, Insectivorous Plants (1875), and the reverse, a discussion...

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Lot n° 43

DARWIN CHARLES (1809-1882).

La faculté motrice dans les plantes par Ch. Darwin ; avec la collaboration de Fr. Darwin fils ; ouvrage traduit de l’anglais, annoté et augmenté d’une préface par le Dr Édouard Heckel, Paris, C. Reinwald, 1881. Title-page supplied by the translator. La...

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Lot n° 44

DEFOE DANIEL (1660-1731).

La vie et les aventures de Robinson Crusoë. Ancienne traduction revue et corrigée sur la belle édition donnée par Stockdale en 1790, augmentée de la vie de l’Auteur, qui n’avoit pas encore paru. Edition ornée de 19 gravures d’après les dessins originaux...

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Lot n° 45

DICKENS CHARLES (1812-1870).

Signed autograph letter, London 8 February 1836, to Lord STANLEY (Secretary of State for Ireland); 2 pages and a half, in-4 format; in English. Rare letter in which the budding author presents his fi rst book. Dickens was a parliamentary reporter for...

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Lot n° 46

DICKENS Charles (1812-1870)

Signed autograph letter, signed « Charles Dickens », London 1 September 1842, to Thomas C. GRATTAN, Irish novelist and British Consul at Boston; 1 page in-4 format, integral address with postmarks two British postmarks, one of which states, “Ship Letter,”...

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Lot n° 47

DICKENS CHARLES (1812-1870).

Signed autograph letter, signed « Charles Dickens », Athenaeum Club, London 27 June 1847, to Moritz FEIST, in Frankfurt am Main; 2 pages in-8 format, envelope ; in English. Letter to Julius Moritz FEIST (1802-1870). “I am exceedingly sorry not to have...

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Lot n° 48

DICKENS CHARLES (1812-1870).

Signed autograph letter, signed « Charles Dickens », 5 Hyde Park Place London 23 April 1870, to Mrs BENZONI ; 1 page in-8 format, blue ink, letterhead “Gad’s Hill Place”; in English (sold with engraved portrait). Dickens writes that Mrs Benzoni is quite...

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Lot n° 49

DIVERS

7 letters or manuscript documents, one printed document, 18th to 19th centuries. CAZOTTE DE LA CHASSAIGNE (Commander of the artillery corps based in the Island of Oléron; signed autograph letter, dated 1781) ; General Olivier HARTY (Signed note, Quimper...

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Lot n° 50

DODGSON CHARLES LUTWIDGE [LEWIS CARROLL] (1832-1898).

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland… Sixteenth Thousand. London: Macmillan & Co., 1869. With: Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There... Thirteenth Thousand. London: Macmillan & Co., 1872 In-8, respectively Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland:...

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