English and Continental Letters & Documents

[Licence to Sergeant Mateo Feraçe to travel to Italy on private business], D.s ( Archduke of Austria, cardinal, archbishop of Toledo, viceroy of ...

Times New Roman; Abdelkader, also spelled Abd el-Kader or Abdul-Qadir Times New Roman; Abdelkader, also spelled Abd el-Kader or Abdul-Qadir, ...

Uncle Sam, pencil drawing, housed in a morocco-backed cloth-boards portfolio Uncle Sam, pencil drawing, housed in a morocco-backed cloth-boards ...

Regnier Recueil des Loix Constitutives des Colonies Angloises, first edition Regnier (C.A., compiler ) Recueil des Loix Constitutives des Col...

Letter signed "Anne R" to Leopold I Duc de Lorraine ( Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1665-1714) Letter signed "Anne R" to Leopold I Duc ...

Autograph Letter signed to Milton Mesirow "Mezz Mezzrow", 3pp., sm (Louis, "Satchmo", jazz trumpeter and singer, 1901-71) Autograph Letter s...

Deed by Raoul de Neuville, bishop of Arras Deed by Raoul de Neuville, bishop of Arras, the archdeacon of the cathedral (identified only as P) a...

Confirmation by Egidius, chatelain of Bapaume, a village to the south of Arras Confirmation by Egidius, chatelain of Bapaume, a village to the ...

Autograph Letter signed to "My dear Sir" [the secretary of the Statistical... (Charles, mathematician, 1792-1871) Autograph Letter signed to...

Long Autograph Letter signed to Schott Music publisher's, of Mainz, 3½pp ( Béla, composer and pianist, 1881-1945) Long Autograph Letter sig...

Autograph Postcard signed to Schott Music publisher's, of Mainz, in German (Béla , composer and pianist, 1881-1945) Autograph Postcard signe...

Autograph Letter signed to Schott Music publisher's, of Mainnz, 1p (Béla, composer and pianist, 1881-1945) Autograph Letter signed to Schot...

[The Paraguyan War]. Batalla Naval del dia 11 de Junio 1865 Plano de la... [The Paraguyan War]. Batalla Naval del dia 11 de Junio 1865 Plano de l...

Autograph scientific research note with small pen and ink diagram, 1p (Henri, French physicist, awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics jointly with...

?Copy letter signed to Antonio Martinez de la Torre, 2pp (Manuel, Argentinian economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader, 1770-1820) ...

[Notes from Bell's experiments with the Photophone] (Alexander Graham, inventor of the telephone and teacher of deaf people, 1847-1922) [Not...

Autograph music quotation signed, 21 bars from Benevenuto Cellini (Hector, composer, 1803-69) Autograph music quotation signed, 21 bars fro...

Autograph Letter signed "Madame" to her brother, Cardinal Fesch, 1p (Maria Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon I, 1750-1836) Autograph Lett...

Notarised certificate granting to Don Alphonso de Bermudez a doctorate of... (Ferdinando, abbot, 1697-1744) Notarised certificate granting t...

Typed Letter signed to Ralph Blumenfeld, editor of The Daily Express, 1p., sm (William Bramwell, Salvation Army officer, 1856-1929) Typed Le...

Autograph Letter signed to an unnamed recipient, 4pp. in German, 8vo, n.p (Johannes, German composer and pianist, 1833-97) Autograph Letter ...

Johannes Autograph Letter initialled "J.Br" to Fritz Simrock, 3pp Johannes ( German composer and pianist, 1833-97) Autograph Letter initialle...

Order on behalf of Leopoldina Empress of Brazil to the President of the... Order on behalf of Leopoldina Empress of Brazil to the President of th...

René Magritte, autograph manuscript notes, 1½pp., folds, slightly browned, sm ( André, writer and poet, 1896-1966) René Magritte, autograph...

Autograph Letter signed "Sandy" to Nancy, 1½pp., sm (Alexander, American sculptor, 1898-1976) Autograph Letter signed "Sandy" to Nancy, 1½p...

Letter signed "Yo el princípe" to Gabriel de la Cueva y Girón ( Prince of Asturias, eldest son of Philip II King of Spain, 1545-68) Letter si...

Autograph technical notes with drawings, 12 sheets, v.s., in pencil, n.d (John Joseph, American electrical engineer, 1861-1932) Autograph te...

Autograph Letter signed to Nancy Macdonald, 1p., 135 x 209mm (Pablo, cellist and conductor, 1876-1973) Autograph Letter signed to Nancy Macd...

Letter signed "Catrina" to Monsieur de Fourquevalux, 1p ( Queen of France, 1519-89) Letter signed "Catrina" to Monsieur de Fourquevalux, 1p....

Letter signed "Ekaterina" to Field Marshal Count Peter Alexandrovich... ( Empress of Russia, 1729-96) Letter signed "Ekaterina" to Field Mars...

Autograph Letter signed "Charcot" to an unnamed recipient, 1p (Jean-Martin, French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology, 1825-93)...

Autograph Letter signed "Charcot" to an unidentified recipient, 2pp (Jean-Martin, neurologist , 1825-93) Autograph Letter signed "Charcot" ...

Autograph Letter signed to Pauline Spender-Clay, 2pp ( Sir Winston Spencer, prime minister and writer, 1874-1965) Autograph Letter signed to Pauli...

Customs document for Edward Overing merchant Customs document for Edward Overing merchant, and John Sayers captain of the ship Boneadventure, D....

Letter signed "V[oste]r F[rater] Vicecancell[iere] (Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, Pope, 1478-1534) Letter signed "V[oste]r F[rater] Vicecan...

Draft of the beginning of Chapter III of his novel "The Water Witch", 4pp (James Fenimore, author, 1789-1851) Draft of the beginning of Chap...

Autograph Letter signed to Ralph Blumenfeld, editor of The Daily Express, 1½pp ( Sir Noël, playwright and composer, 1899-1973) Autograph ...

Autograph Note signed to Tana de Gómez, owner of the Gres Gallery, Washington (José Luis, Mexican artist, b. 1934) Autograph Note signed to ...

Examination paper for the forthcoming physics paper at the Imperial University (Georges, French naturalist and zoologist, 1769-1832) Examina...

Certificate signed "G Cuvier" electing John Dalton as Corresponding Member... (Georges, French naturalist and zoologist, 1769-1832) Certific...

Autograph Letter signed "Lee & Marie" to Carl Haverlin, 1p (Lee, inventor of the Audion vacuum tube, which made possible live radio broadcastin...

Autograph Letter signed to "Monsieur l«bé J. Barré", 2pp (Charles, President of France, general, resistance leader, writer and statesman, 1890...

Autograph Letter signed "Paul" to "Mon cher Claude", 3pp (Paul, Belgian painter, 1897-1994) Autograph Letter signed "Paul" to "Mon cher Clau...

Autograph Letter signed to Monsieur Vollard, 3pp (André, painter and sculptor, 1880-1954) Autograph Letter signed to Monsieur Vollard, 3pp...

4 Autograph Letters to various recipients, 8pp (Gaston, Comté D'Eu, French prince and military commander, 1842-1922) 4 Autograph Letters to ...

Autograph Letter signed to an unidentified recipient, 1p (Alfred, French artllery officer, wrongly tried for treason known as the Dreyfus Affair...

NaÊr…, autograph manuscript poem, for his friend Carlos Alberto Passos, 1p (Carlos, Brazilian poet, 1902-87) NaÊr , autograph manuscript poe...

Autograph Letter signed to "Cher Ami", 1½pp (Raoul, French Fauvist painter, 1877-1953) Autograph Letter signed to "Cher Ami", 1½pp. in Fre...

Les Volontaires Italiens, autograph manuscript, 3pp (Alexandre, père, writer, 1802-70) Les Volontaires Italiens, autograph manuscript, 3pp....

Protestation de François II contre la Russie, autograph manuscript signed, 6pp (Alexandre, père, writer, 1802-70) Protestation de François I...

Autograph Letter signed to an unknown recipient, 2pp (Antonín, Czech composer, 1841-1904) Autograph Letter signed to an unknown recipient, ...

Patent application for inventing an electric generator signed by Edison, D.s (Thomas Alva, inventor and businessman, 1847-1931) Patent appli...

Autograph Letter signed to anthropologist John D. Baldwin, 4pp (Karl R., German Egyptologist , 1810-84) Autograph Letter signed to anthropol...

Autograph Letter signed to "Mon cher Capitaine", 2pp (Gustave, civil engineer and architect, 1832-1923) Autograph Letter signed to "Mon cher...

Autograph Letter signed to "Monsieur", 2pp (Gustave, civil engineer and architect, 1832-1923) Autograph Letter signed to "Monsieur", 2pp. i...

Autograph Letter signed "Albert" to his first wife Mileva, 1½pp., in German, n (Albert, theoretical physicist, 1879-1955) Autograph Letter s...

Autograph Letter to "Dear John", 4pp., 8vo, Buckingham Palace ( Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, b. 1926) A...

Typed Letter signed to "Muy distinguido colega", 2pp (Manuel de, Spanish composer, 1876-1946) Typed Letter signed to "Muy distinguido colega...

& Isabella I, Queen of Castile and León, 1451-1504 ( King of Aragon and Castile, 1452-1516) & Isabella I, Queen of Castile and León, 14...

Autograph Letter to Philomena Boyer, 2 pp (Gustave, writer, 1812-80) Autograph Letter to Philomena Boyer, 2 pp. in French, 8vo, on blue wri...