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Bid on the lot list Thierry de Maigret : 22 March 2023 - Salle 1 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

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Lot n° 1

OLD REGIME. Two framed documents:...

OLD REGIME. Two framed documents: - Partly printed document on vellum headed Louis by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre, with tax stamp of the Generality of Paris, dated 1692. -- Act of 1688, on paper, with tax stamp of the Generality of M...

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Lot n° 2

Sarah BERNHARDT (1844-1923), la grande actrice.

5 L. A. S., 1914-1915, to Dr. Maurice DENUCÉ in Bordeaux; 11 pages in-12 oblong on 3 cards and 2 pages small in-4° with his number and motto, 3 envelopes, 3 pages in-8° (edges chipped); plus 4 telegrams. Friendly correspondence with Dr. Maurice Denucé...

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Lot n° 3

CHICAGO. L. A. S. by L. NATHAN,...

CHICAGO. L. A. S. by L. NATHAN, Chicago, September 11, 1859; 4 pages in-4°; in Yiddish. Long letter in Yiddish, written from Chicago, Illinois, in 1859.

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Lot n° 4

Eugène DELACROIX (1798-1863), peintre.

L. A. S., November 23 1855, to a collector; 1 page in-8°. "I was able to get the painting back and I am sending it back to you. You know that it would have been easy if it had not been transported to the industry Palais de l'Industrie whose exhibition...

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Lot n° 5

DIVERS.

Approximately 30 documents in parchment folder, 18th c. & XIXth c. Commercial cards (Mrs Odiot...). Vignettes. Printed matter. Voter's card. Death announcements. Notarial acts and correspondence (Lorraine). Ms of a speech on the merit.

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Lot n° 6

DIVERS.

ECUADOR. QUITO. MANUSCRITE MAP;...

ECUADOR. QUITO. MANUSCRITE MAP; copy on tracing paper of a map of 1750; canvas, 116 x 81 cm. Map of the province of Quito and its environs, posthumous work of Don Pedro Maldonado, drawn by D'Anville.

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Lot n° 8

René GUÉNON (1886-1951), philosophe.

L. A. S., Cairo, February 24, 1935; 4 pages in-8°. Illness has delayed his work on the Veil of Isis... "Yes, this rising tide of phantasmagoria of all kinds, which goes quite well with the prevailing materialism, reminds us in a rather striking way of...

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Lot n° 9

Victor HUGO (1802-1885).

P. A. S., Auteuil, August 5, 1873; 1 page in-4° with tax stamp (cracks at folds). Hugo wrote the lease for his rental, on behalf of the landlord P. Schmolle, who signed it. "I, the undersigned, declare that I rent to Mr. Victor Hugo the second furnished...

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Lot n° 10

Celso LAGAR (1891-1966), peintre espagnol.

7 notebooks with drawings and some autograph notes (studio stamps). Nice set of sketchbooks and sketches, in ink or in pencil. Plus a folder of drawings and sketches on about ten sheets.

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Lot n° 11

Pierre LOTI (1850-1923), romancier.

L. A. S., Bakharetcha (Hendaye) Aug. 23, 1920, to Viscount Henri de Sainte-Fortunade, at the château de la Roche-Ploquin by Sepmes; 1 1/2 pages small in-4° with envelope and black wax seal. "How touched I have been by your memory, your sending, by all...

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Lot n° 12

François de MANDELOT (1529-1588), gouverneur de Lyon pendant les guerres de Religion.

P. S., September 3, 1565; half page in-8° oblong (split). Acknowledgement of a debt of eight ecus to the widow of Nicolas Moyne. Attached is a period copy of 2 letters from Henri III to Mandelot, governor of the "pays de Lyonnois Forestz et Beaujolloys",...

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Lot n° 13

[François-Désiré MATHIEU (1839-1908), cardinal et historien].

4 diplomas, 1860-1879, and a letter (1893). Diplomas of Bachelier, Licencié and Docteur ès Lettres (Strasbourg 1860 and Nancy 1867, 1879). Letter of diaconate signed by Mgr Georges Darboy (Nancy 1862). Letter of Canon Grimault at the time of his nomination...

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Lot n° 14

Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-1992), compositeur.

P. A. S. musicale, 1951; 1 page in-4° oblong in black ballpoint pen (framed; ink a little faded). One line of music (3 bars on a staff), annotated: "Chant du rossignol tiré de mon "Regard des hauteurs" (8e des 20 Regards)" Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus,...

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Lot n° 15

QUESTIONNAIRE. Pre-printed album...

QUESTIONNAIRE. Pre-printed album Mes Questions (Librairie Cumin frères, Nice) with 12 P. A. S., 1947-1958; in-8° oblong, publisher's binding in grey percaline. Printed questionnaire of 25 questions on 2 facing pages: "Your favorite flower? The country...

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Lot n° 16

REVOLUTION & MISCELLANEOUS....

REVOLUTION & MISCELLANEOUS. About 20 miscellaneous documents. Assignats: 2 plates of 20 assignats of ten cents and fifteen sols; 2 assignats (500 livres an II, 100 francs an III). Poster of the Program for the peace festival (Valence, 18 brumaire...

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Lot n° 17

Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921), compositeur.

2 L. A. S., Rio de Janeiro, 1899, to Count de Lavaur de Sainte-Fortunade; 3 pages in-4° on the letterhead of the Grande Hotel de Castro, Campos & C. On a stay in Brazil (the Count, minister plenipotentiary of France in Brazil, had welcomed Saint-Saëns...

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Lot n° 18

Paul VERLAINE (1844-1896).

AUTOGRAPH POEM SIGNED.

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Lot n° 18. b

BRITAIN. Set of more than 100 handwritten...

BRITAIN. Set of more than 100 handwritten documents, from the 16th to the beginning of the 19th century; paper or parchment, various formats (qqs defects). Set of deeds concerning the lands of Saint-Adrien and le Merdy, in the parish of BRIEC (Finistère),...

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Lot n° 19

Bernard BUFFET (1928-1999).

2 L.A.S., 1961-1965, to Louis ARAGON; 2 pages in-4 each at his address. Château l'Arc, Rousset-sur-Arc July 21 1961. He asks him to publish in Les Lettres Françaises an article he has just written "against those people who publish echoes - and other kinds...

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Lot n° 19. b

René-Guy CADOU (1920-1951).

L.A.S., Louisfert May 1, 1949, to "Madame and dear Comrade" Elsa TRIOLET; 1 page in-8. He cannot go to the General Assembly of the C.N.E., and asks to be exempted from paying dues: "I have only a modest salary as a country school teacher and am married...

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Lot n° 20

Francis CARCO (1886-1958).

4 L.A.S., 1944-1946, mostly to Louis ARAGON; 3 pages in-8 and 1 page in-fol. March 24, 1944. Finishes "a big novel" and does not have "time to review the manuscript of La Danse des morts that I am sending you for the review. He asks for news of Louis...

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Lot n° 20. b

Pierre-Jean DAVID D'ANGERS (1788-1856).

L.A.S., Tuesday evening 27 January 1830, to Joseph DROZ; 1 page in-8, addressed. About the young sculptor Victor HUGUENIN (Dole 1802-1860), Droz's protégé, whom David d'Angers recommended. The Archbishop will "go to see this young artist, and I have no...

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Lot n° 21

Saint FRANÇOIS DE SALES (1567-1622).

L.A.S. "Françs E. de Geneve," June 10 ca. 1615-1621, to Mme Rivolat; 1 page folio (pasted and framed, glass broken; small hole in middle of letter, a bit soiled and dusty). Beautiful letter of spiritual direction and consolation to a grieving widow. "Knowing...

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Lot n° 21. b

Henri de LATOUCHE (1785-1851).

L.A.S., April 18, to Eugène Bareste; 1 page in-8, address. He wants to talk to him before committing himself to a collaboration: "I only know of you your talent; and I am completely unaware of the philosophical tendency towards which the new journal is...

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Lot n° 22

André MASSON (1896-1987).

Postcard a.s. "André", Le Tholonet August 1, 1964, to Louis ARAGON; on the back of an illustrated card (Cézanne, La Montagne Sainte-Victoire), address. He thanks him for sending his Entretiens... Attached is a postcard addressed to Jean Pougny, with an...

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Lot n° 22. b

Auguste PRÉAULT (1809-1879).

3 L.A.S., 1852-1865; 1 page in-8 each. February 15, 1852, to Eudore SOULIÉ, asking for the size of the statue of Jules Hardouin-Mansard that he is to execute for the museum of Versailles. - July 1863, to CARJAT, his eyes hurt and he could not take advantage...

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Lot n° 23

Jules de RESSÉGUIER (1788-1862).

5 L.A.S., 1828-1835, to various; 6 1/2 pages in-4 or in-8 (some defects). The first letters are about his Tableaux poétiques (1828), which he offers to the Viscount de Martignac, to Baron Taylor. In 1835, he thanks the Count of Pastoret for his stories...

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Lot n° 24

ATLAN. POLIERI (Jacques). Atlan....

ATLAN. POLIERI (Jacques). Atlan. Catalog raisonné of the complete works. Biographical essay by Kenneth White. Preface by Alain Bonfand. S. l. Paris, Gallimard, n. d. 1996. In-4°, publisher's black cloth, illustrated dust jacket, slipcase. More than 1,900...

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Lot n° 25

CHAGALL. ARAGON (Louis). Chagall...

CHAGALL. ARAGON (Louis). Chagall l'admirable. S. l. Paris, Maeght Éditeur, n. d. 1972. In-folio in sheets, in a color illustrated cover, publisher's folder and slipcase. Number of "Derrière le miroir" dedicated to Marc CHAGALL. Three original lithographs...

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Lot n° 26

From CHIRICO. BALDACCI (Paolo)....

From CHIRICO. BALDACCI (Paolo). - De Chirico. The Metaphysical Period 1888-1919. Boston, New York, Toronto, London, A Bulfinch Press Book - Little, Brown and Company, n. d. 1997, -- De Chirico. 1888-1919. La Metafisica. S. l., Leonardo Arte, n. d. 1997....

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Lot n° 27

DEGAS. Letters of Degas collected...

DEGAS. Letters of Degas collected and annotated by Marcel Guérin. Preface by Daniel Halévy. Paris, Éditions Bernard Grasset, " Les Cahiers verts ", 1931. Large in-12 paperback, double cover. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 62 HEADWORKS ON MADAGASCAR, this one n°...

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Lot n° 28

DELACROIX. ROBAUT (Alfred) &...

DELACROIX. ROBAUT (Alfred) & CHESNEAU (Ernest). The Complete Works of Eugène Delacroix. Paintings, drawings, engravings, lithographs. Paris, Charavay Frères, Editors, 1885. In-4° paperback. Very numerous vignettes. One of the few copies on japon,...

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Lot n° 29

DUBUFFET. GLIMCHER (Arne). Jean...

DUBUFFET. GLIMCHER (Arne). Jean Dubuffet. The Radiant Earth. S. l. New York, Pace Wildenstein, n. d. 1996. In-12 oblong, vegetable fiber cover (Tomoko Makiura). Illustrations.

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Lot n° 30

ELOGES. Praise or Portrait of .......

ELOGES. Praise or Portrait of .... S. l., Manuel Bruker, n. d. 1946-1962. Reunion of 11 volumes in-4° stapled. Collection including the praises or portraits of : - CAVAILLÈS (by Jean Cassou), - CLAVÉ (by Pierre Osenat), - Jean FRÉLAUT by Jacques de Laprade),...

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Lot n° 31

GUARDI. PEDROCCO (Filippo) &...

GUARDI. PEDROCCO (Filippo) & MONTECUCCOLI degli ERRI (Federico). Antonio Guardi. S. l. Milano, Berenice, n. d. 1992. In-4°, publisher's red percaline, illustrated dust jacket. 244 references, reproductions, some in color.

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Lot n° 32

LIGHT. Le NOCI (Guido). Fernand...

LIGHT. Le NOCI (Guido). Fernand Léger, his life, his work, his dream. S. l. Milano, Edizioni Apollinaire, n. d. 1971. Small in-folio paperback, illustrated case of the publisher. Numerous facsimiles and reproductions, some in color. Printed at 1 150 copies,...

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Lot n° 33

LÉGER. BAUQUIER (Georges) &...

LÉGER. BAUQUIER (Georges) & MAILLARD (Nelly) (I) Fernand Léger. Catalog raisonné 1903-1951 de l'oeuvre peint. S. l. Paris, Adrien Maeght, Éditeur, n. d. 1990-2003. Set of 8 volumes in-4°, publisher's gray cloth, illustrated dust jacket, slipcase. 1,453...

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Lot n° 34

LÉGER. NÉRET (Gilles). Léger. S....

LÉGER. NÉRET (Gilles). Léger. S. l. Paris, Nouvelles Éditions françaises, n. d. 1990. Small folio, publisher's illustrated beige cloth, dust jacket. Illustrations, some in color. ATTACHED: - Léger and the Modern Spirit 1918-1931. S. l. Paris, 1982. In-4°...

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Lot n° 35

MATISSE. De la couleur. Paris,...

MATISSE. De la couleur. Paris, Éditions de la Revue Verve, s. d. 1945. In-folio, green chagrin decorated on the first cover with a personalized decoration inspired by a work of the artist, made by cutting a large plate of ivory box and, on the second,...

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Lot n° 36

MATISSE (Henri).

Vence 1944-48. Paris, Éditions de la Revue Verve, n. d. 1948. In-folio, illustrated yellow cardboard and dust jacket of the publisher. Volume VI, n° 21 & 22, of the Verve magazine. Cover and frontispiece in colors and drawings by Henri MATISSE, 24...

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Lot n° 37

MINOTAUR. Minotaure. Paris, Albert...

MINOTAUR. Minotaure. Paris, Albert Skira, s. d. Set of three volumes in-4°, publisher's brown cardboard, title and personalized decoration on the first plates, illustrated dust jacket. Facsimile reprint of the thirteen issues of this famous surrealist...

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Lot n° 38

MONET. WILDENSTEIN (Daniel). -...

MONET. WILDENSTEIN (Daniel). - Monet or The Triumph of Impressionism, -- Monet. Catalog raisonné - Werkverzeichnis ... and Les Grandes décorations (3 vols.). S. l. Paris, Taschen- Wildenstein Institute, n. d. 1996. Set of 4 volumes in-4°, publisher's...

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Lot n° 39

PASCIN. HEMIN, KROHG, PERLS &...

PASCIN. HEMIN, KROHG, PERLS & RAMBERT. - Pascin. Catalog raisonné. Paintings, watercolors, pastels, drawings (2 vols.), -- ... Drawings, watercolors, pastels, paintings, erotic drawings (1 vol.). Paris, Éditions Abel Rambert, s. d. 1984-1991. 3 volumes...

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Lot n° 40

PAINTING. CHEVREUL (Eugène). On...

PAINTING. CHEVREUL (Eugène). On the law of simultaneous contrast of colors and the assortment of colored objects. Roma, Art Center Editore, n. d. 1987. In-4°, illustrated cardboard of the publisher. Facsimile of the original edition published in 1839....

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Lot n° 41

PICABIA (Francis).

The Holy Virgin. Antwerp, Ronny Van de Velde Gallery Publishing, 1992. In-folio in sheets, in an illustrated slipcase of the publisher. Book-object on the model of the box-valise of Duchamp, containing 34 facsimiles of posters, manifestos, tracts, pamphlets...

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Lot n° 42

PICASSO. PALAU I FABRE (Josep)....

PICASSO. PALAU I FABRE (Josep). - Picasso vivant (1881-1907), -- Picasso cubism (1907- 1917), --- Picasso des ballets au drame (1917-1926). S. l. Köln, Könemann, n. d. 1981-1999. Set of 3 large volumes in-4°, publisher's beige cloth, illustrated dust...

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Lot n° 43

STAËL (Nicolas de). STAËL (Françoise...

STAËL (Nicolas de). STAËL (Françoise de). Nicolas de Staël. Catalog raisonné of the painted work. Introduction and comments on the letters by Germain Viatte. Presentation by André Chastel. Biography by Anne de Staël. S. l. Neuchâtel & Paris, Ides...

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Lot n° 44

Van LEYDEN & BRUEGEL the Elder....

Van LEYDEN & BRUEGEL the Elder. LAVALLEYE (Jacques). Lucas van Leyden. Peter Bruegel the Elder. Engravings. Complete work. S. l. Paris, Arts et Métiers Graphiques, n. d. 1966. In-4°, publisher's brown cloth, illustrated dust jacket. Numerous reproductions. ATTACHED:...

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Auction Books & Manuscripts - Paris

Bid on the lot list Thierry de Maigret : 22 March 2023 - Salle 1 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

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OLD REGIME. Two framed documents:...

OLD REGIME. Two framed documents: - Partly printed document on vellum headed Louis by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre, with tax stamp of the Generality of Paris, dated 1692. -- Act of 1688, on paper, with tax stamp of the Generality of M...

Sarah BERNHARDT (1844-1923), la grande actrice.

5 L. A. S., 1914-1915, to Dr. Maurice DENUCÉ in Bordeaux; 11 pages in-12 oblong on 3 cards and 2 pages small in-4° with his number and motto, 3 envelopes, 3 pages in-8° (edges chipped); plus 4 telegrams. Friendly correspondence with Dr. Maurice Denucé...

CHICAGO. L. A. S. by L. NATHAN,...

CHICAGO. L. A. S. by L. NATHAN, Chicago, September 11, 1859; 4 pages in-4°; in Yiddish. Long letter in Yiddish, written from Chicago, Illinois, in 1859.

Eugène DELACROIX (1798-1863), peintre.

L. A. S., November 23 1855, to a collector; 1 page in-8°. "I was able to get the painting back and I am sending it back to you. You know that it would have been easy if it had not been transported to the industry Palais de l'Industrie whose exhibition...

DIVERS.

Approximately 30 documents in parchment folder, 18th c. & XIXth c. Commercial cards (Mrs Odiot...). Vignettes. Printed matter. Voter's card. Death announcements. Notarial acts and correspondence (Lorraine). Ms of a speech on the merit.

DIVERS.

More than 300 letters or documents, 17th c. - 20th c. Important set concerning notably Anjou (several documents coming from the G. Chereau collection). Manuscript book of Extracts. Engravings. Cut signature of Louis XIV (secretary). Letters of part. Posters....

ECUADOR. QUITO. MANUSCRITE MAP;...

ECUADOR. QUITO. MANUSCRITE MAP; copy on tracing paper of a map of 1750; canvas, 116 x 81 cm. Map of the province of Quito and its environs, posthumous work of Don Pedro Maldonado, drawn by D'Anville.

René GUÉNON (1886-1951), philosophe.

L. A. S., Cairo, February 24, 1935; 4 pages in-8°. Illness has delayed his work on the Veil of Isis... "Yes, this rising tide of phantasmagoria of all kinds, which goes quite well with the prevailing materialism, reminds us in a rather striking way of...

Victor HUGO (1802-1885).

P. A. S., Auteuil, August 5, 1873; 1 page in-4° with tax stamp (cracks at folds). Hugo wrote the lease for his rental, on behalf of the landlord P. Schmolle, who signed it. "I, the undersigned, declare that I rent to Mr. Victor Hugo the second furnished...

Celso LAGAR (1891-1966), peintre espagnol.

7 notebooks with drawings and some autograph notes (studio stamps). Nice set of sketchbooks and sketches, in ink or in pencil. Plus a folder of drawings and sketches on about ten sheets.

Pierre LOTI (1850-1923), romancier.

L. A. S., Bakharetcha (Hendaye) Aug. 23, 1920, to Viscount Henri de Sainte-Fortunade, at the château de la Roche-Ploquin by Sepmes; 1 1/2 pages small in-4° with envelope and black wax seal. "How touched I have been by your memory, your sending, by all...

François de MANDELOT (1529-1588), gouverneur de Lyon pendant les guerres de Religion.

P. S., September 3, 1565; half page in-8° oblong (split). Acknowledgement of a debt of eight ecus to the widow of Nicolas Moyne. Attached is a period copy of 2 letters from Henri III to Mandelot, governor of the "pays de Lyonnois Forestz et Beaujolloys",...

[François-Désiré MATHIEU (1839-1908), cardinal et historien].

4 diplomas, 1860-1879, and a letter (1893). Diplomas of Bachelier, Licencié and Docteur ès Lettres (Strasbourg 1860 and Nancy 1867, 1879). Letter of diaconate signed by Mgr Georges Darboy (Nancy 1862). Letter of Canon Grimault at the time of his nomination...

Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-1992), compositeur.

P. A. S. musicale, 1951; 1 page in-4° oblong in black ballpoint pen (framed; ink a little faded). One line of music (3 bars on a staff), annotated: "Chant du rossignol tiré de mon "Regard des hauteurs" (8e des 20 Regards)" Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus,...

QUESTIONNAIRE. Pre-printed album...

QUESTIONNAIRE. Pre-printed album Mes Questions (Librairie Cumin frères, Nice) with 12 P. A. S., 1947-1958; in-8° oblong, publisher's binding in grey percaline. Printed questionnaire of 25 questions on 2 facing pages: "Your favorite flower? The country...

REVOLUTION & MISCELLANEOUS....

REVOLUTION & MISCELLANEOUS. About 20 miscellaneous documents. Assignats: 2 plates of 20 assignats of ten cents and fifteen sols; 2 assignats (500 livres an II, 100 francs an III). Poster of the Program for the peace festival (Valence, 18 brumaire...

Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921), compositeur.

2 L. A. S., Rio de Janeiro, 1899, to Count de Lavaur de Sainte-Fortunade; 3 pages in-4° on the letterhead of the Grande Hotel de Castro, Campos & C. On a stay in Brazil (the Count, minister plenipotentiary of France in Brazil, had welcomed Saint-Saëns...

Paul VERLAINE (1844-1896).

AUTOGRAPH POEM SIGNED.

BRITAIN. Set of more than 100 handwritten...

BRITAIN. Set of more than 100 handwritten documents, from the 16th to the beginning of the 19th century; paper or parchment, various formats (qqs defects). Set of deeds concerning the lands of Saint-Adrien and le Merdy, in the parish of BRIEC (Finistère),...

Bernard BUFFET (1928-1999).

2 L.A.S., 1961-1965, to Louis ARAGON; 2 pages in-4 each at his address. Château l'Arc, Rousset-sur-Arc July 21 1961. He asks him to publish in Les Lettres Françaises an article he has just written "against those people who publish echoes - and other kinds...

René-Guy CADOU (1920-1951).

L.A.S., Louisfert May 1, 1949, to "Madame and dear Comrade" Elsa TRIOLET; 1 page in-8. He cannot go to the General Assembly of the C.N.E., and asks to be exempted from paying dues: "I have only a modest salary as a country school teacher and am married...

Francis CARCO (1886-1958).

4 L.A.S., 1944-1946, mostly to Louis ARAGON; 3 pages in-8 and 1 page in-fol. March 24, 1944. Finishes "a big novel" and does not have "time to review the manuscript of La Danse des morts that I am sending you for the review. He asks for news of Louis...

Pierre-Jean DAVID D'ANGERS (1788-1856).

L.A.S., Tuesday evening 27 January 1830, to Joseph DROZ; 1 page in-8, addressed. About the young sculptor Victor HUGUENIN (Dole 1802-1860), Droz's protégé, whom David d'Angers recommended. The Archbishop will "go to see this young artist, and I have no...

Saint FRANÇOIS DE SALES (1567-1622).

L.A.S. "Françs E. de Geneve," June 10 ca. 1615-1621, to Mme Rivolat; 1 page folio (pasted and framed, glass broken; small hole in middle of letter, a bit soiled and dusty). Beautiful letter of spiritual direction and consolation to a grieving widow. "Knowing...

Henri de LATOUCHE (1785-1851).

L.A.S., April 18, to Eugène Bareste; 1 page in-8, address. He wants to talk to him before committing himself to a collaboration: "I only know of you your talent; and I am completely unaware of the philosophical tendency towards which the new journal is...

André MASSON (1896-1987).

Postcard a.s. "André", Le Tholonet August 1, 1964, to Louis ARAGON; on the back of an illustrated card (Cézanne, La Montagne Sainte-Victoire), address. He thanks him for sending his Entretiens... Attached is a postcard addressed to Jean Pougny, with an...

Auguste PRÉAULT (1809-1879).

3 L.A.S., 1852-1865; 1 page in-8 each. February 15, 1852, to Eudore SOULIÉ, asking for the size of the statue of Jules Hardouin-Mansard that he is to execute for the museum of Versailles. - July 1863, to CARJAT, his eyes hurt and he could not take advantage...

Jules de RESSÉGUIER (1788-1862).

5 L.A.S., 1828-1835, to various; 6 1/2 pages in-4 or in-8 (some defects). The first letters are about his Tableaux poétiques (1828), which he offers to the Viscount de Martignac, to Baron Taylor. In 1835, he thanks the Count of Pastoret for his stories...

ATLAN. POLIERI (Jacques). Atlan....

ATLAN. POLIERI (Jacques). Atlan. Catalog raisonné of the complete works. Biographical essay by Kenneth White. Preface by Alain Bonfand. S. l. Paris, Gallimard, n. d. 1996. In-4°, publisher's black cloth, illustrated dust jacket, slipcase. More than 1,900...

CHAGALL. ARAGON (Louis). Chagall...

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