Auction 26 November 2021 FINE ART, MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS & PHOTOGRAPHS - Monaco

S.A.S. LE PRINCE ALBERT 1ER (1848-1922)

Collection de Mémoires et Documents publiés par ordre de S.A.S. Le Prince Albert 1er (1848-1922) - Prince de Monaco Par Ferdinand Renauld (1837-1910 ; botaniste) Imprimerie de Monaco 1897. Ouvrage Couronné par l’Institut de France. En Français. VIII,...

ANDRÉ BECQ DE FOUQUIÈRES (1874-1959)

Writer and worldly speaker, André de Fouquières, brother of a chief of protocol at the Élysée Palace, cultivated royalist friendships and, as host of all the great receptions, became a leading authority on matters of elegance. • Texts by André de Fouquières...

HENRI GROUÈS, KNOWN AS THE ABBÉ PIERRE (1912-2007)

Different sizes, largest one 27 x 21 cm • Thoughts and speeches. Various autograph notes: meditations, preparatory work for articles and speeches, draft of a commemorative medal. 17 ff. in-8. “Free and just. / To know, love, serve, everywhere the one...

FERDINAND II D’ARAGON (1452-1516)

Written in Catalan. Barcelona, August 12, 1503. 1 p. in-4 square, vestige of stamp embellished with wax under paper. Small paper shortages with damage to some letters, some stains.

HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS (1783-1837)

(Daughter of the Empress Josephine, Queen of Holland, Duchess of Saint-Leu) Constance, 14 February 1816. 1 pp. in-8 oblong. Fold marks. Confirms the receipt of 70,000 francs by the Macaire frères bank, represented by M. Hottinguer Cie in Paris. Provenance...

CARL JACOB BURCKHARDT (1891-1974)

Vinzel, Vaud, 27 May 1967. Header paper «La Bâtie, Vinzel, Vaud». 4°. 1 page. Envelope preserved with stamp and postmark. In German. ... The time we had to live through was always full of threats. So it is a wonderful gift to hear from like-minded...

LA CASTIGLIONE (1837-1899) VIRGINIA OLDOÏNI COUNTESS OF CASTIGLIONE

Virginia Oldoïni, Countess of Castiglione, better known as La Castiglione, was born to an aristocratic family from La Spezia. She was a 19th-century Italian aristocrat who achieved notoriety as a mistress of Emperor Napoleon III of France. She was also...

ERNESTO RAFAEL GUEVARA DE LA SERNA, KNOWN AS "CHE GUEVARA" (1928-1967)

On the left "The fighter decorated to the next rank" and on the right "The rebel commander-in-chief of the Las Vilas region by the M-26-7 ("Che")". Las Villas, 11 December 1958. Small 4to. Oblong 1 p. torn into 5 pieces. Stamp "Comandancia General...

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL (WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER) (1874-1965) Typed letter signed “Winston S.Churchill” to Sir Norman Brook, regarding his long political trip.

London, 21.07.1959. 1 p. in-8°. On his writing paper. Verso mounting traces (minimal paper damage). “My dear Norman, Thank you so much for your letter. It was very nice of you to write and wish us a good trip, and it has given us much pleasure .....

ALFRED DREYFUS (1859-1935)

No place, no date Paris, ca. 1894. 6 x 9.5 cm

CHARLES DE GAULLE (1890-1970)

When he was asked if he was an official guest at a Celebration of the city of Autun. Belfort, 14.VI.1957. 2 p. in-8°. In French. On printed letterhead “The General de Gaulle”. With autograph envelope with postage stamp. “... The town of Autun -...

ACTE DE FRANCISATION D’UN BATEAU, 1808

Acte de Francisation des Bâtiments du Commerce de France, au nom de l’Empereur des Français, Roi d’Italie, 1808 Sur vélin (environ 50 x 31,5 cm) orné d’une vignette. Deux empreintes fiscales et un sceau à l’encre “Ministère des Finances” avec aigle impérial. Signé...

"A. KVITKA, COLONEL Diary of a Transbaikal Cossack / Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905"

With 160 illustrations in and out of the text from the author’s photographs and drawings. Maps and Plans Colonel A. Kvitka. Librairie Plon, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, Paris, 1908. In French. 403 pp. with a large folding map “Manchurian Campaign 1904-1905”...

ROBERT EDWARD LEE (1807-1870)

Bust-length portrait in three-quarter profile, probably made at the Boude and Miley studio in Lexington, Virginia, between 1865 and 1870. Albumen print, with some hand-tinting, mounted on card within gilt-rule with the imprint verso of William W. Davies's...

NAPOLEON III (LOUIS-NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, FUTURE) (1808-1873)

1) Autograph signed letter addressed to an earl. Forteresse de Ham, 2 March 1842. 20 x 26.5 cm Letter on military honor and patriotism, on the reading of a book he has just received. Most probably to General Count Auguste-Daniel Belliard, whose Memoirs...

LOUIS-NAPOLEON III BONAPARTE (1808-1876) EMPEROR

Signed letter signed with autograph compliments (2 lines) to Maréchal Niel. St-Cloud, November 22, 1867. 6 pp. on 2 double sheet in-4, crowned number “N” stamped in the corner, golden edges. Secret document addressed to the Minister of War. Extraordinary...

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865)

Springfield, 28 February 1859 Printed check, drawn on the Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Company, accomplished by Lincoln in favor of R. H. Beach for $12, printed in blue ink on paper by Richards & Smith, railroad vignette at left border. Neat cancellation...

[LA CAPITULATION DE SEDAN]

Wilhemshoehe, October, 1870. In French. 1 page in-8, signed envelope with his number. Autograph apostille signed by General de Wimpffen. Historical document of exceptional importance on the capitulation of the French army in (the battle of) Sedan...

[DONA LEOPOLDINA, THE FIRST EMPRESS OF BRAZIL]MARIA-LEOPOLDINA OF AUSTRIA (1797- 1826)Autograph letter signed from Leopoldina, first Empress consor of Brazil, to the Emperor Ferdinand of Austria.

(Maria Leopoldine Josepha Caroline Franziska Ferdinanda von Habsburg-Lothringen) Livorno, 10 of August 1817. 1 p. On 2 September 1822, in absence of her husband Dom Pedro, then prince regent of Brazil, she declared the independence of Brazil...

KLEMENS WENZEL VON METTERNICH (1773-1859)

Eaux de Lucques (Italy), 8 August 1817. 4 p. folio. In French. This interesting letter to V.E.(Baron Bartenstein) concerns the sale of the semi-sovereign principality of Ochsenhausen in Wirtenberg (a popular say in those days was that the most tasteful...

MIRZA RIZA KHAN ARFA OD-DOVLA (MIRZA RZA KHAN TABRIZI; 1846-1937),

More than 30 rare documents, letters, original photographs, business cards, books and various documents of the Iranian politician’s family. 1) Handwritten letter from Alexander Somov, State Counsellor and diplomat, in which he pays his respects to...

BENITO MUSSOLINI (1883-1945)

By the Italian photographer Vincenzo Laviosa. Original photograph, silver print, mounted on card. On the cardboard: Autograph dedication, signature and date in black ink by Mussolini. Signature stamp of the photographer Vincenzo Laviosa "Grand'Uff....

EMPRESS MARIE-LOUISE (1791-1847)

Blois, April 3, 1814. 1 p. in-4 with two handwritten corrections of the time, two marginal tears, a small burn without damaging the text. Original Edition.

MARIA THERESA OF AUSTRIA (1717-1780)

N.p., 9 August 1768. 1/2 p. in-4. In German Mother of Marie-Antoinette, Empress Maria Theresin dominated the Austrian 18th century with her stature.

MICHEL MAZARIN (1605-1648)

Castelfiorentino, 15th August 1645. fol. 2 pp. Some ink damage.

HORATIO NELSON DUKE OF BRONTE (1758-1805)

Famous British admiral, victorious death at the Battle of Trafalgar. St. George off Bornholm, May 22, 1801. 1 pp. bi-folio in-4. Very rare letter from Admiral Nelson to the diplomat Fitzherbert Baron St-Helens, British Ambassador to the Imperial...

IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI (1860-1941)

Morges (Switzerland), 14. V. 1934. Large mourning margin. Envelope with stamp and postmarks. 4°. 1 page. In Polish to composer and pianist Alfred Gradstein (1904-1954) in Paris. Translation: ...affected by a serious shoulder condition throughout...

RUDOLF CROWN PRINCE OF AUSTRIA (1858-1889)

1p. In German. "Ich bitte gleich abzusagen. Ich komme um 11 Uhr in die Kanzlei. Rudolf Fm (Feldmarshall)." "I'll ask you to cancel right away. I will come to the office at 11 o'clock. Rudolf Fm (Field Marshal)." Rudolf Franz Karl Joseph von Habsburg-Lothringen...

GEORG WILHELM VON SIEMENS (1855-1919)

On letterhead "W. v. Siemens", Berlin-Siemensstadt, 5 June 1917. 4°. 1 page. Double sheet. Folder perforations. In German. To the journalist Harald von Hoerschelmann (1878-1941) with thanks for his letter: "... The main means of protection lies...

CHARLES-MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND (1754-1838)

Paris, May 27th, 1824 1 pp. bi-leaflet in-12. Note to his banker Simon-Moritz von Bethmann, about a directive imposed by Ministre Mollien, and referring to financier Pierre-César Labouchère

CHARLES-MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND (1754-1838)

S.l., July, 29th, 1832. 2 pp. ½ bi-leaflet in-8. Fine Autograph letter from Talleyrand before returning to England (like Ambassador of France in London), in which he details his agenda before returning to London. “I am giving up on my trip in Valencay,...

LEV TROTSKI (LEV DAVIDOVITCH BRONSTEIN) (1879-1940)

Constantinople, October 26, 1929. 1/2 p. in-folio typed. Rare in French. Leon Trotski had signed a contract with the publisher Frédéric Rieder for the publication of French translations of three of his books, La Révolution défigurée, L’Internationale...

JOSEPH VINOY (1800-1880)

Sathonay camp, August 23, 1856. In French. 8 pp. in-8° on bi-sheet. Extraordinary General Vinoy’s war story on the Taking of Malakoff and fight with the Russians. The General Vinoy was under the command of General Mac-Mahon. With all the details...

WALLENSTEIN (WALDSTEIN), ALBRECHT VON, DUKE OF FRIEDLAND, IMPERIAL GENERAL IN THE THIRTY YEARS WAR (1583-1634)

Güstrow (“Küstrau”), December 26, 1628. 1 p., double sheet with address. Address sheet with missing seal. Minimally stained; slightly damaged, without affecting the text. Nice letter to his trusted military leader Hans Georg von Arnim (Boitzenburg;...

MAX BORN (1882-1970)

Bad Harzburg, 24.VII.1967. Fol. 1 page. “Airmail light letter” on bluish paper with address and sender on the back. “...your letter has been forwarded to me (we will be here in 3388 Bad Harzburg, Hotel Harzburger Hof, until August 15th). Thank you...

CHARLES DARWIN (1809-1882)

Down house, June 8th 1876. 2 pp. 20,5х13cm Darwin tells the reporter that his sister (Caroline Wedgwood, 1800-1888) returned to Leith hill place healthy, thanking him for his great kindness and help in arranging a “special train” for her. And expresses...

ERICH VON DRYGALSKI (1865-1949)

Munich, 2. III. 1907. 1 1/2 pp. 8°. Double sheet. To a gentleman with the message, "that I have no manuscript yet for the conference on 8 March and that I shall hardly find time to hand in a dictation before the conference, as I shall be completely...

GUSTAVE EIFFEL (1832-1923)

Paris July 4, 1889. 1 page and a half in-8 on his letterhead and address "G. Eiffel, 37 Rue Pasquier, Paris". In French. "Madame, I really regret not being able to give you the written authorization that you ask me by your letter of June 27, but...

JUAN IGNACIO MOLINA GONZALEZ (GIOVANNI IGNAZIO) (1740-1829)

No place, no date Bologna, ca. 1800 Draft of a petition for support. On the reverse side scientific notes on longitudes and latitudes of certain Chilean places. 4°. 2 pp. Added : I. Confirmation of authenticity by the Italian Ministry of the Interior,...

"CARL GUSTAV JUNG (1875-1961) Typed letter signed, in German, from Carl Gustav Jung to his former student Anja Teillard-Mendelssohn."

Küsnacht-Zürich, 30 August 1943. 3/4 p. folio, printed header “Prof. Dr. C. J. Jung”, two perforations in the margin on the left-hand side, not affecting the text.

Alexandre-Charles de MONTGOLFIER (1737-1794)

countersigned in the same capacity by 5 other people, addressed to Mr Gaillard, also a councillor of this sénéchaussée. S.l.n.d. 2 pp. in-4, address on the back with red wax stamp. Tear in the address sheet due to opening without damaging the text. Brother...

"WILHELM VON OPEL (1871-1948) Typed postcard signed addressed to Mr A. Roth"

Wiesbaden, 2. 8. 1947. 1 page. Stamps and postmarks. In German. ... ... Thank you very much for your card informing me that you are coming to Wiesbaden next week. Unfortunately, I was very ill and had to stay in bed because of pleurisy. But...

MAX PLANCK (1858-1947)

Berlin-Grunewald, 9 October 1910. 2 pp. 8° gr. bi-leaflet. To a "highly respected Madam President" to cancel a social gathering after the ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Friedrich Wilhelm University Berlin: … I feel impelled to follow...

"MAX PLANCK (1858-1947) Printed brochure entitled «Sinn und Grenzen der exakten Wissenschaft» "

ANTONIO SCARPA (1752-1832)

Pavia, 11 May 1819. 1 p. 4°. Double sheet. Letter about the care Scarpa took with his publications. Unprinted. Very rare. To a friend. Scarpa announces that he is sending a copper plate to illustrate one of his works (Sul taglio ipogastrico per...

JAMES WATT (1736-1819)

Truro, Cornwall, 17 September 1792. 1 pp. two-sheet in-4, addresses on verso, postmarks. In English. A letter evoking with horror the latest events of the French Revolution. He assures him that he received her letter several days ago, but has not...

JACQUES-EMILE BLANCHE (1861-1942)

Offranville Seine-Maritime, 25 October 1918, 3 November 1918, 17 August 1927. With stamped envelopes with postmark. The painter and writer Jacques-Emile Blanche was a friend of Marcel Proust, whose famous portrait he painted in 1892, and played an important...

MAURICE DENIS (1870-1943)

to the painter Jacques Jullien, drawing teacher in Lesneven (Finistère). Le Prieuré in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 25 January 1926. 1 p. 1/2 in-12. Envelope stamped with postmark.

EUGÈNE DELACROIX (1798-1863)

in French, to the architect Charles Devieur known as Robelin. Paris, n.d. 1 p. in-12, address on reverse.

[ÉLUARD] – LEONOR FINI (1907 -1996)

Hauterives (Drôme), July 27, 1939. On the front, a photographic view of the “Palais idéal du facteur Cheval.” 1 p. in-12.