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Ulster Bank Limited, £20, 1 April 1943, serial number 15010, manuscript Larmour signature, graffiti on reverse, fine PMI UB 59, Pick 318 £150-£200

Ulster Bank Limited, £1 (2), 1 January 1935, serial number 1194823, and 1 October 1936, serial number 1522433, manuscript Gore and Clark signatures, very fine (2 notes) PMI UB 53a,b Pick 312a £120-£160

Ulster Bank Limited, £5, 1 October 1930, serial number 209873, manuscript Gore signature, small ink numerals on reverse, an attractive very fine PMI UB 48a, Pick 307 £80-£120

Royal Bank of Scotland, £1, 14 May 1926, serial number C 930/593, Speed and one additional manuscript signature, exceptionally clean and fresh paper, pinhole at centre, good very fine and scarce in such attractive condition PMS RB 53g, Pick 316e £150-£200

Ulster Bank Limited, £10, 1 May 1936, serial number 35435, manuscript Lester signature, pinholes, graffiti on reverse, good fine, scarce PMI UB 55, Pick 314 £300-£400

Isle of Man Bank Limited, £1, 31 January 1929, serial number Y/1 7973, manuscript Quayle and Cubbon signatures, an original and fresh very fine and scarce IOMPM M275, Pick 4 £440-£500

Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 1 November 1926, serial number 14/W 25172, Thomson signature and one manuscript signature, stain at right, fine PMS CO 62a, Pick S328a £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £20, 3 January 1923, serial number D.4859, manuscript Keith signature, original paper, very fine and the very scarce first date PMI BB 77, Pick 129a £200-£260

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £50, 3 February 1943, serial number B.5972, manuscript Wall signature, pinholes, completely original paper, one light fold thus extremely fine, a superb example, very scarce date with only 2000 notes printed PMI BB 84, Pick 130c £360-£460

Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 4 January 1906, serial number 17/L 138/392, printed Mackay and one additional manuscript signature, rust stain in left margin, pencil numeral at low right, an attractive fine, a very rare early type PMS CO 48d £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £100, 3 January 1923, serial number A.4264, manuscript Carlisle signature, completely original, one light fold, good extremely fine to about uncirculated, rare PMI BB 87, Pick 131a £1,000-£1,500

Royal Bank of Scotland, £5, 29 June 1923, serial number E1900/9931, Speed and one additional manuscript signature, lovely original paper, very fine and scarce, a lovely example PMS RB 57e, Pick 317b £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Ulster Bank Limited, £1, 1 January 1940, serial number A192814, manuscript Lockheed signature, £5, 1 October 1940, serial number 515590, Todd signature, the first lightly pressed extremely fine, second a lovely original very fine (2 notes) PMI UB 56, 57, Pick 315a, 316a £150-£200

Ulster Bank Limited, £1 (2), 6 May 1929, serial number 9166, and 1 December 1929, serial number 259580, manuscript Gore signature, second minor staining, both original very fine (2 notes) PMI UB 47b, Pick 306 £150-£200

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £1, 7 November 1927, serial number D/O 8510, Keith manuscript signature, a presentable about very fine PMI BB 64 £80-£120

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £100, 3 December 1963, serial number A.14119, manuscript Williamson signature, one light fold, original good extremely fine PMI BB 90, Pick 131d £500-£700

Bank of Westmorland, £20 sight note, Kendal, 2 March 1870, serial number good very fine, perforations and signature manuscript cancelled, attractive and scarce Outing 1061 for Bank £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Ulster Bank Limited, £1, 1 March 1928, serial number 1454573, manuscript Gore signature, lovely clean and original very fine PMI UB 40, Pick 388b £100-£150

Ulster Bank Limited, £5, 1 May 1918, serial number H.83930, manuscript Harrison signature, a pleasing and original good very fine, attractive and rare PMI UB 34, Pick 383 £2,400-£2,800

Falkirk Union Bank, 1 Guinea, 11 October 1811, serial number 51/683, two manuscript signatures, a lovely clean example, fine, scarce in this grade PMS FU 2b £200-£260 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- 1

Irish Poetry: Sarah, In Passing by Eithne Strong SIGNED with a manuscript letter,1974; Without Frenzy by Sean Clarkin, 1975; Oar by Moya Cannon, 1994 plus 6 others (9)

Jack B Yeats: Manuscript letter from Jack B Yeats on his personal headed note paper to Sarah Purser RHA who was an Irish artist mainly noted for her portraiture. She was the first woman to become a full member of the Royal Hibernian Academy SIGNED, dated April 11 1943

Eugene O’Curry – Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History delivered to the Catholic University of Ireland during he Sessions of 1855 and 1856 (1861). Half morocco and buckram, marbled edges. Ex-institution copy with two stamps to title page (Students’ Library, S[aint] P[eter’s] College, Wexford.

The Transplantation to Connacht 1654-58 by Robert C. Simington. 1970. Irish University Press for the Irish Manuscript Commission. definitive study based on original documentation of the forced movement of Irish landed families.

The Electric Bolt Hole by Jocelyn Braddell, 1995 1st Ed SIGNED. With an Invitation to Muriel Fitzgerald to a reading by Kate O'Toole. There is also a manuscript letter from Jocelyn to a friend where L. Cosgrove and "Randy" Alan are mentioned

Unique signed sheet of "First Love" by Samuel Beckett. A once off typed sheet of the first page of the play "First Love" which was first published in 1966. In 1969 Marguerite Cohn who owned The House of Books bookshop proposed to Beckett that she publish the first page from some of his plays as a single manuscript sheet, with each to be signed by Beckett, such as this example

Autobiography of Madame Guyon, in Two Volumes. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1898. With a four page manuscript letter to Miss Allen, Bray, Ireland , daughter of the author Thomas Taylor Allen

Unique signed page of "Enough" by Samuel BeckettA once off typed sheet of the first page of the play "Enough" which was first published in 1966. In 1969 Marguerite Cohn who owned The House of Books bookshop proposed to Beckett that she publish the first page from some of his plays as a single manuscript sheet, with each to be signed by Beckett, such as this example. Mounted on card alongside a photograph of Beckett by Jerry Baur.

Derbyshire Wills and Admons, 175 probated wills and admons 1901-1936, all concerning Derbyshire people, all on manuscript paper (gen gd)

A late 19th century Victorian c1880s book of pressed flowers, along with 1819 Walks Through Bath by P. Egan, printed for Meyler and Son. Walks Through Bath being disbound & comprising textblock only, richly illustrated with engraved plates depicting the Pump Room, Prior Park, Pulteney Bridge, the Royal Bath, the Cross Baths and other local sights during the Regency period (plates lightly spotted). The book of pressed flowers containing such examples as geranium, viola, veronica, rhododendron, leucanthemum and others, each named in manuscript hand. Contained in green gilt tooled cloth album. Measures approx. 22cm x 15cm.

A 19th century French hand drawn manuscript map of Europe as it was in 1715. With cartouche to left hand side of leaf reading Europe en 1715 J. Clemens, the map sketched in pen with pencil tracings visible beneath. With significant dates written alongside certain cities, such as 1688 Torbay, Agosta 1676, St. Petersburg 1704, etc. To verso, pencil sketch of an eye and nose and a geometric sketch, as well as more recent line markings in pen along the edges. Fold mark to centre, light age-toning to the edges and occasional nicks and edgewear. Measures approx. 37.5cm x 26.5cm. 

1974 The Book of Kells. Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin. Publ. Thames & Hudson. Publisher's original full cloth binding in slipcase, only light occ. wear to case. Illustrated with facsimile plates depicting the Book of Kells (or Book of Columba), a 9th century Latin illuminated manuscript containing the Four Gospels of the New Testament. 4to.

ZEPPELIN FERDINAND VON: (1838-1917) German General and inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships which dominated long-distance flight until the 1930s. L.S., G v. Zeppelin, to the verso of a picture postcard depicting a Zeppelin airship in flight, Friedrichshafen, 22nd August 1908, to Hedwig Zeiss, in German. Zeppelin writes, in full, ´Für Ihre liebenswürdige Sendung und Ihre freundlichen Glückwünsche zu meinem Geburtstage sende ich Ihnen nachträglich aufrichtigen Dank´ (Translation: ´I would like to send you my sincere thanks for your kind message and your kind congratulations on my birthday´). Accompanied by a photograph of Hedwig Zeiss signed to the (neatly detached) lower photographer´s mount by the actress, and several other pieces of printed ephemera etc. including a typed manuscript and printed copy of Der Genius der guten Laune (´The Genius of Good Humour´) by F. A. Geissler, described as ´A joke instead of a prologue for the general meeting of the Association of German Engineers´, Dresden, 1908, and a programme of events relating to to the reception evening of the 49th general meeting of the Association of German Engineers at the Dresden Central Theatre on 28th June 1908 etc. Loosely contained in a contemporary card folder. Some light age wear, generally G to VG, Sml. Qty.

DANTON GEORGES: (1759-1794) French lawyer, a leading figure in the French Revolution who served as Minister of Justice (1792) and as the first President of the Committee of Public Safety (1793). Danton, who has been described as ´the chief force in the overthrow of the French monarchy and the establishment of the First French Republic´, was executed by guillotine at the age of 34. A rare D.S., Danton (a fine example), one page, folio, Paris, 3rd September 1792, in French. The manuscript document is headed ´Loi du trois Septembre 1792 l´an Quatrieme de la liberte´ (Translation: ´Law of the third of September 1792 in the fourth year of liberty´) and states, in part, ´L´Assemblee Nationale voulant accelerer pour tous les moyens qui sont en son pouvoir, l´arrivee des deux cents pieces de canons que le Ministre de la Guerre se propose de retirer des Cidevant Provinces de Standres et d´Artois et de la fonderie d´Indres, ainsi que de celles qu´il voudrait faire venir de toutes autres parts pour les porter dans le camp qui si forme sous les murs de Paris.......L´Assemblee Nationale apres avoir Decrete l´urgence, decrete que le Ministre de la guerre est autorise a se servir des chevaux de Poste pour la conduite de ces differentes pieces et les faire ainsi arriver a leur destination donner le delai le plus court. Au nom de la Nation, le conseil executif Provisoire mande et ordonne a tous les Corps administratifs et tribunaux que les presentes ils fassent consigner dans leurs registres, lire, publier et assister dans leurs departements et ressorts respectifs, et executer comme loi´ (Translation: ´The National Assembly wanting to accelerate by all the means which are in its power, the arrival of the two hundred pieces of cannon which the Minister for the War proposes to withdraw from the Cidevant Provinces of Standres and Artois and from the foundry of Indres, as well as those which it would like to make come from all other parts to carry them in the camp which is formed under the walls of Paris.....The National Assembly, having decreed the urgency, decrees that the Minister of War is authorized to make use of the horses of the Post Office for the driving of these various pieces and thus to make them arrive at their destination in the shortest possible time. In the name of the Nation, the Provisional Executive Council instructs and orders all the administrative bodies and courts that the present provisions be recorded in their registers, read, published and witnessed in their respective departments and jurisdictions, and executed as law´). Boldly signed by Danton at the foot alongside an official red circular stamp, certifying that the text conforms with the original. Some very light creasing and minimal age wear, VG

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist. A.L.S., Emile Zola, two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), 8vo, Medan, 1st June 1883, to ´Mon cher ami´, evidently a publisher and most probably Pierre-Victor Stock, in French. Zola states that his friend must have received from a young man, Louis Desprez, a manuscript entitled L´Evolution naturaliste in which Desprez studied several authors, including Zola himself, and continuing ´Je ne connais pas une de ces etudes, mais je vous les recommande vivement. Voyez donc ce qu´elles valent le plus tot possible, et si le vivre vous parait bien fait, vous m´obligerez en l´editant chez vous - ceci n´est point une recommandation banale´ (Translation: ´I do not know any of these studies, but I highly recommend them to you. So see what they are worth as soon as possible, and if you think the work is well done, you will oblige me by publishing it with you - this is not a trivial recommendation´), further asking if his friend has located an article in Debats and remarking ´Envoyez-le moi donc, pour que je me fouette un peu le sang car les premieres chaleurs m´endorment´ (Translation: ´Send it to me, so that I can whip my blood a bit, because the first heat makes me sleepy´). A letter of good content in which Zola champions the work of the young Louis Desprez. VGLouis Marie Desprez (1861-1885) French Naturalist writer. Desprez first met Zola in 1882 whilst researching L´Evolution naturaliste, a work which was eventually published by Pierre-Victor Stock after being turned down by other publishing houses. This was followed by the publication of Autour d´un clocher in 1884 which resulted in legal proceedings being brought against Desprez for contempt of public morals. The young writer´s trial raised numerous protests and indignation on the part of writers, in particular Zola, and took on considerable importance in the late 19th century when the question of morality and freedom were called into question on numerous occasions. Above all it was the tragic death of Desprez, at the young age of 24, following his incarceration in prison, which aroused controversy at the time and led to Zola´s famous remark ´Ceux qui ont tué cet enfant sont des gens misérables!´ (Translation: ´Those who killed this child are miserable people!´).

EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A good, large D.S., Edward R I, as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 30th March 1936. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is addressed to Maurice Downer and appoints him to be an officer in the Royal Air Force from the 19th September 1935, and states, in part, 'You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge your Duty as such in the Rank of Flying Officer or in such higher Rank as We may from time to time hereafter be pleased to promote or appoint you to, of which a notification will be made in the London Gazette, and you are at all times to exercise and well discipline in their Duties both the inferior Officers and Airmen serving under you and use your best endeavours to keep them in good Order and Discipline'. With the facsimile signatures of Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick William Bowhill (1880-1960) and Sir Christopher Bullock (1891-1972) at the foot, alongside a circular blind embossed seal. Documents signed by King Edward VIII as King are rare and desirable. Some light overall foxing and minor age wear, about VG

FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French Novelist. Widely considered the leading exponent of the literary realism. Best-known for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857). A very good A.L.S., `Gus.Flaubert´, two pages, 8vo, written to the first and third page, n.p., Thursday morning, in French. Flaubert is very upset and concerned regarding his manuscript retained by the censorship, and states `Cher ami, lundi dernier, Mr. Hallays, Mr. de Beauplan et moi, nous sommes convenus des corrections censurales, au chevet même du lit de Mr. de Beauplan. Je devais r´avoir mon m[anu]s[crit] le lendemain mardi. Jusqu´à present rien encore. Je me suis adressé pour cela, hier à Mr. De Beauplan qui m´a répondu de m´adresser moi-même à Mr. Hallays… Voyez-le je vous prie, et demandez-lui pouquoi mon m[anu]s[crit] n´est pas rendu au théatre´ (Translation: “Dear friend, last Monday, Mr. Hallays, Mr. de Beauplan and I agreed on censorship corrections, at the very bedside of Mr. de Beauplan's bedside. I was supposed to get my manuscript back the next day, Tuesday. So far nothing yet. For this, I spoke to Mr. De Beauplan yesterday, who told me to address myself to Mr. Hallays… Please see him, and ask him why my manuscript is not returned to the theatre”) Flaubert further insists in his manuscript and shows his indignation, stating `Le retard prolongé de la censure (voila sept semaines qu´elle détient mon m[anu]s[critº]) rend ma position intolérable près des administrateurs du Vaudeville! … Notez que jamais de la vie on ne garde un m[anu]s[crit] si longtemps – et que de l´aveu des censures il n´y a rien de reprehensible dans ma pièce! Alors pourquoi?´ (Translation: “The prolonged delay in censorship (they have held my manuscript for seven weeks) makes my position intolerable with the Vaudeville administrators! … Note that never in life a manuscript is kept for so long – and that according to censors there is nothing reprehensible in my work! So why?”) Extremely small corner clipped to the upper right corner of the second leaf, otherwise about VG

[WATERLOO BATTLE OF]: [HALKETT HUGH]: (1783-1863) British General who served in the Napoleonic Wars and fought at the Battle of Waterloo, commanding four battalions of Hanoverian militia. Halkett is remembered for having captured General Cambronne at Waterloo. An excellent, lengthy A.L.S., J Halkett, by Colonel James Halkett, son of Hugh Halkett, twenty-eight pages (comprising seven bifolia), 8vo, Farrance´s Hotel, near Eaton Square (London), 29th October 1862, to William Maynard Gomm (´My dear Sir William´). James Halkett states that his father is no longer able to read or write and that he is therefore replying on his behalf ´as I got him to tell me the story of his life the winter I spent in Hanover, & I then wrote down what he told me & can therefore repeat the story you ask about almost word for word as he gave it to me´, continuing to provide Gomm with ´a short sketch of my father´s proceedings & share in the glorious 18th June´ (the Battle of Waterloo), writing, in part, ´His brigade, composed of Hanoverian Landwehr, all untried troops, but partly officered & non-commissioned officered by the old King´s German Legion, formed part of General Clinton´s Division. After marching all night the bivouacked on the field of Waterloo. The Division.....was soon brought into the alignment with its right resting on Hougoumont. Whilst effecting this change the French cavalry attacked my father´s Brigade but they drew off on his forming en masse. At the time his first horse was killed, having both his hind legs shot away, the ball afterwards mowing down 8 men. His A.D.C. immediately dismounted & was shifting my father´s saddle on his horse when a shell fell near, wounded the man holding the horse & the horse scampered away. Colonel Dickson.....then caught a splendid English horse with new equipment & brought it to my father. At between 3 & 4 o/c in the afternoon General Clinton sent for my father & gave him the Duke´s orders to take whatever troops he liked & defend the garden & enclosures of Hougoumont......He immediately ordered the Salzgitter Battalion to attack the French who were in the wood, the Battalion did so, behaved very well, drove them out, & at the same time the skirmishers of the Brigade, who were excellent marksmen, formed together &.......drove back, with much spirit, the French skirmishers from the different enclosures, & my father then reported the place as secured. When, after 6 o´clock, the Duke gave orders for a general move in advance, my father placed himself at the head of the Osnabruck Battalion........He sent his Brigade Major to bring up the Battalion.....but the order was never received for Capt. Saffe was killed whilst carrying the order......Soon after the advance he fell in with old Garde Imperiale &......after driving them back he discovered the enemy´s artillery coming up out of a hollow way on his left, he ordered the skirmishers, supported by a company, to attack them.......About this time General Chasse (who afterwards defended Antwerp) galloped up to the front to see how matters were going on, & was full of admiration at the conduct of the troops.......Shortly after this an officer of the Duke´s staff galloped up & called out: "well done, Colonel Halkett, by God this is splendid". After a short pause he again advanced & under the heavy fire of the enemy´s artillery which had driven up on the left of the Imperial Guard, he attacked & took the guns.......Whilst following the French guards he saw their General, accompanied by two officers, come to the front to try & bring them to a stand. My father immediately threw forward his skirmishers & dashing full gallop at the General threatened to cut him down. He surrendered & declared himself to be General Cambronne......On leading his prisoner back, his horse, already wounded, received another shot & fell. With much difficulty he succeeded in getting him on his legs again when he discovered General Cambronne running back to the French Guards, he followed & caught him again, & seizing him by the aiguilette brought him back a prisoner & gave him over to a Sergeant......with orders to conduit him to the Duke of Wellington......Shortly after he had taken General Cambronne his horse was again hit & had his fore legs shot off.......He was soon remounted on a French Artillery horse which his men caught, but shortly after this third horse was shot under him. His men then shot a Frenchman who was mounted on a fine English, grey, Hussar horse, & brought him to my father who got a wet seat in the sheep´s skin which was satturated (sic) with the poor Frenchman´s blood.......After the French Guard had gone back, an officer belonging to them & who had been taken Prisoner, informed my father that Napoleon was amongst a large group of French officers & some French Cavalry who were hovering about his Brigade. He advanced his sharpshooters & these throwing some shot amongst them made them retire a short distance......My father then advanced on to the high road to Genappe & there fell in with the advanced Corps of the Prussians & shook hands with General Muffling. Not seeing any red coats near him, he halted & remained for the night in some straggling houses.....When returning next morning to re-join his Division he passed the guns which had been thrown into confusion......The Brigade when marching to Nivelle that morning was met by Lord Hill who highly complimented my father on its behaviour & marched at its head......When my father mentioned the gallant behaviour of the Brigade to Sir Henry Clinton, the General asked why this had not been mentioned the night before in order that he might have reported it to the Duke.....With regard to Cambronne´s "mot sublime" the only one my father heard was the one giving my father to understand that he surrendered, & it was pronounced in very good French! If anything ever was said about the Guard dieing etc., it certainly was at a later hour when Cambronne was safely lodged in our lines. My father was thrown together with the Comte d´Artois in Heligoland & when in Paris went to call on him. The future Charles X....did not think his countrymen fought well at Waterloo´. Halkett concludes his letter by writing of more social matters, but also makes a reference to the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Venta del Pozo which had been fought on 23rd October 1812 during the Peninsular War. A letter of wonderful content for its account of General Halkett´s involvement in the Battle of Waterloo, and not least in connection with the often disputed circumstances of the surrender of Cambronne to the British. Together with a slim oblong 12mo envelope wrapper annotated to the front panel in the hand of one of William Maynard Gomm´s relatives, ´Grass taken from the field of Waterloo, when I went over it with Uncle Gomm, Aunt Har[riet] & Miss Howard Vyse, July 23rd 1868´. With three small black seals to the verso, two of which remain intact. The contents of the envelope have not been examined, although dried grass can be seen through an opening at one end where the third seal is broken. Also including two other miscellaneous manuscript documents, one being a Report upon the proposed Sale of Land by Sir William Gomm to the Parish of Rotherhithe (1850). G to generally VG, 4OWING TO LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM, THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT DE DISPLAYED. PLEASE REFER TO IAA EUROPE DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.  

FLAMMARION CAMILLE: (1842-1925) French Astronomer, and prolific Author. A fine A.L.S., `Flammarion´, two pages, 8vo, Paris, 5th December 1899, to Pierre-Roger Des Varennes, in French. On the printed stationery of the Société Astronomique de France, Flammarion writes to his correspondent and author of his biography, and states in part `Permettez-moi, Monsieur, de vous remercier de cette charmante biographie qui me présente, d´ailleurs, sous un jour beucoup trop flatteur. Si j´ai un mérite, c´est de consacrer ma vie au progrès intellectuel de l´humanité, race encore bien barbare et bien sauvage...´ (Translation: "Allow me, Sir, to thank you for this charming biography which presents me, moreover, in a much too flattering light. If I have one merit, it is to devote my life to the intellectual progress of humanity, a race that is still very barbaric and very savage...") Further saying `Je vous transmets, en même temps que votre manuscrit, la nouvelle édition, gracieusement illustrée, qui vient d´être faite de Lumen...´ (Translation: "I am sending you, at the same time as your manuscript, the new edition, graciously illustrated, which has just been produced with Lumen...") With blank integral leaf. Very small professional repair to the spine, otherwise VG

GANDHI MAHATMA: (1869-1948) Indian political and spiritual leader during the Indian independence movement. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (after March 1946). Gandhi writes his manuscript notes, evidently a draft intended for either a speech or a letter, to the verso of the upper half of an autograph letter written to Gandhi by George Mammen in March 1946 regarding Gandhi´s disapproval of image worship. Gandhi´s manuscript draft states, in part, ´Our India will have need of you. You have had your training. You will give India the benefit of that training. It would be sad only if after the trials and suffering of war that our soldiers have been through, they forget the lessons of their eyes, the moment the peril is lifted. But one thing you should remember, under remunerations and national Govt., you won´t be pampered. You won´t have all those lavish privileges which a foreign Govt. bribe you with at the expense of India. India is destitute. You can serve her only by showing her destitution and poverty. Otherwise you will earn not the gratitude but the execration of your country [continuing at the head of the page] You will, I know, fully share in this freedom, only to breathe the air of freedom with your countrymen´. A manuscript of interesting content relative to India. Some very light, minor age wear and with one crease and a couple of small pinholes to the upper left corner, otherwise VG

LISZT FRANZ: (1811-1886) Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor of the Romantic period. A good A.L.S., F. Liszt, two pages, 8vo, Rome, 3rd October 1868, to Tito Ricordi, in French. Liszt writes to recommend a young Danish composer, Mr. Ravenkild, who has an excellent reputation in Rome, and continues to remark 'Il desirerait editer chez vous une douzaine de pieces caracteristiques pour piano, d'environ deux pages chacune, et d'execution toute facile. Le style en est fort distingue, plein d'interet, et se rapproche de celui des meilleures compositions du meme genre de Mendelssohn et Schumann. En un mot cette oeuvre de M. Ravenkild merite d'etre connue et semble faite pour obtenir un succes de bon aloi' (Translation: ' He would like to publish with you a dozen characteristic pieces for piano, of about two pages each, and very easy to perform. The style is very distinct, full of interest, and similar to that of the best compositions of the same genre by Mendelssohn and Schumann. In a word, this work by M. Ravenkild deserves to be known and seems destined for a good success'). In a postscript Liszt further writes 'Sur votre reponse favorable, le manuscrit vous sera envoye de suite, et l'auteur ne pretend a d'autre honoraire que les quelques exemplaires gratis d'usage' (Translation: 'On your favourable reply, the manuscript will be sent to you immediately, and the author is not entitled to any fee other than the usual few free copies'). With blank integral leaf (professionally strengthened at the vertical central fold of the bifolium). About VGTito Ricordi (1811-1888) Italian music publisher who worked at the Casa Ricordi music publishing house founded by his father, Giovanni Ricordi, in 1808.

HENRY III: (1551-1589) King of France 1574-89, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1573-75. Assassinated. Henry III was son of Henry II and Catherine de´Medici who saw during her life time three of her sons becoming Kings of France, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. It has been reported that Henry was his mother's favourite; she called him chers yeux ("precious eyes") and lavished fondness and affection upon him for most of his life. A good and clean L.S., `Votre bon ami, Henry´, one page, folio, Paris, 9th April 1568, to Monsieur de Matignon, in French. The manuscript document is a request sent by the future King Henry III, in his capacity as Lieutenant General of France and responsible of French armies, and on behalf of his brother and King Chrales IX of France, states in part `Monsieur de Matignon, le Roi, Monseigneur et frère, vous écrit amplement son intention, tant sur les gens de guerre qu´il veut retenir et ceux qu´il veut licencier, que sur les plaintes du capitaine La Roche, et ce qu´il veut être fait de ses compagnies... pour vous prier de faire partir à la file et en petit nombre celles que vous licencierez et afin qu´ils ne puissent piller ni voler les sujets du roi, et mon dit seigneur et frère leur mettre à la guerre tous les prevôts des maréchaux qui sont en votre gouvernement pour les hâter de se retirer.´ (Translation: "Monsieur de Matignon, the King, Monseigneur and brother, writes to you amply his intention, both on the soldiers he wants to retain and those he wants to dismiss, as well as on the complaints of Captain La Roche, and what he wants to be made of his companies... to ask you to send away and in small numbers those whom you dismiss and so that they cannot plunder or steal from the subjects of the King, and my said Lord and brother put them in service to war all the provosts of the marshals who are in your government to hasten them to withdraw") With a five lines registry annotation to the verso. Very lightly affixed to the left border to a slightly larger card. Very small overall minor age toning, otherwise G to VGJacques II (?-1597) Sire de Matignon, Prince of Mortagne, Count of Thorigny, Baron de la Marque, Marquis of Lonray, Governor of Cherbourg and the Guiana, Lieutenant General of Normandie.

BRUNEL ISAMBARD KINGDOM: (1806-1859) British civil engineer, one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution. A good, large D.S., I K Brunel (a fine example), two pages (vellum), large oblong folio, London, 22nd April 1853. The partially printed document, completed largely in manuscript, is an indenture of conveyance between Brunel and James Michael Holdship to Mrs. Elizabeth Hammond and others for two pieces of land described as ´the Stable Field and Garden and Dragon Croft´ situated in Barn Yates, Leek, Staffordshire. Signed by both Brunel and Holdship individually to the verso , acknowledging receipt of a payment, ´Received on the day of the date of the within written Indenture of and from the within named Elizabeth Hammond, Thomas Brandon and William Lomas, the sum of Five hundred and fifty pounds, the consideration money within expressed to have been paid by them to us´, also bearing several countersignatures including those of witnesses. With an affixed blind embossed blue revenue stamp in the upper left margin. A small portion of the lower third of the document has been neatly excised, with the loss of some text. About VG

BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: A very fine, rare D.S., R Walpole, by Robert Walpole (1676-1745, British Prime Minister 1721-42), one page, folio, Palace at Whitehall, 22nd July 1740. The manuscript document is addressed to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury and is a warrant ordering the payment of two thousand one hundred and ten pounds eleven shillings and six pence to be made to Thomas Lowther without account, 'that is to say, the sum of Two thousand pounds to reimburse the like sum by him Expended to answer a Bill of Exchange drawn from abroad for his Majesty's Service, and the remaining sum…..is to defray the Fees and Charges attending the Receipt thereof…..'. Countersigned at the foot by William Clayton (1671-1752, 1st Baron Sundon, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury) and Thomas Winnington (1696-1746, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury) and further countersigned at the head by eight Lord Justices comprising Spencer Compton (c.1673-1743, 1st Earl of Wilmington, British Prime Minister 1742-43), Thomas Pelham Holles (1693-1768, 1st Duke of Newcastle, British Prime Minister 1757-62), John Potter (c.1674-1747, Archbishop of Canterbury 1737-47), Philip Yorke (1690-1764, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer & politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain 1737-56), Lionel Sackville (1688-1765, 1st Earl of Dorset, English political leader, Lord Steward 1725-30, 1737-44), Charles Lennox (1701-1750, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Aubigny, British nobleman, peer & politician, Master of the Horse 1735-50, remembered for his patronage of cricket), Charles Powlett (1685-1754, 3rd Duke of Bolton, British politician & Lieutenant General) and John Montagu (1690-1749, 2nd Duke of Montagu, British peer, Master of the Great Wardrobe 1709-49). With blank integral leaf. Documents from this period featuring the signatures of three British Prime Ministers are rare and desirable. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a few small, neat splits at the edges of some folds, otherwise VGSir Thomas Lowther (1699-1745) English peer and landowner.

ASHBERY JOHN: (1927-2017) American poet and art critic, awarded the Pulitzer Prise for Poetry in 1976. Small series of four T.Ls.S., John Ashbery, each one page, 4to, New York, February 1974 - September 1976, all to Stephen Brook. Ashbery writes regarding the possible publication of his poetry in chapbooks, as well as the paucity of his published works in Great Britain, in part, ´I was very interested to hear about your series of poetry chapbooks, and think that it is an excellent idea. However, I´m sorry to say that at the moment I have nothing to submit to you for consideration. The pieces I do have are already committed for the next few months´ (8th February 1974), ´I am pleased to hear that you are still interested in doing a chapbook of my poems.....When I return after Thanksgiving, I will sit down and get a manuscript together for you; I hope to have it ready for submission well before the Christmas holidays. I´m sorry about the delay, but it seems unavoidable under the circumstances´ (10th November 1974), ´.....thank you for sending me the new Godine catalogue which I find most impressive. Since I don´t want to keep you on hold indefinitely regarding my sending you a manuscript for a chapbook, I think it would be best if I declined......My problem is that I would like to use the poems in a Viking book sooner than the year and a half after publication that you require......I am still hoping that I may produce a long poem or a set of short poems which might be appropriate for the chapbook format, and which I could keep aside from my next larger collection of poems´ (27th September 1975), ´The only two books of mine ever published in England, Cape´s edition of Selected Poems and Penguin´s selection as part of the Modern Poets series, have been out of print for years. Carcanet has recently agreed to bring out Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror sometime next spring.......However, since the contract was signed, Tom Maschler of Cape, and now you, have expressed interest. So you see, my relations with the English publishing world are somewhat confusing´ (12th September 1976). Together with two carbon typed copies of letters from Brook to Ashbery. One letter with three file holes to the left edge and another with a couple of small staple holes to the upper left corner, VG, 6Stephen Brook (1947- ) English author and wine journalist, a former editor of The Atlantic Monthly Magazine and publisher at Routledge, Kegan & Paul from 1976-80.

RIVERA DIEGO: (1886-1957) Mexican painter. A significant Autograph Manuscript signed, Diego Rivera, thirteen pages (separate leaves, written to the rectos only), 4to, n.p., n.d. (annotated April 1933 in pencil in another hand at the head of the first page), in French. The untitled manuscript relates to one of the artist´s most famous works, the Detroit Industry Murals (1932-33) and states, in part, ´Comme programme pour la decoration du jardin couvert cour centrale du Musee de l´instiut d´Art de Detroit, j´ai choisie comme theme l´expression plastique du mouvement oudulant qui se trouve dans les courants d´eau, les ordes electriques les stratifications des differentes couches du sol de la terre et en general dans le developement continuel de la vie.......Le Musee d´Art d´une ville, et specialement dans le cas de l´institut d´art de la ville de Detroit est on doit etre, la cellule centrale pour le developpement de la culture esthetique de la communaute, pour cela, dans le developement de mon travail je fus ammene a preciser de plus en plus la centralisation de l´ensemble des fresques dans l´expression du germe, peinte sur le mur central face a la porte principale d´acces a la cour. Le germe, un enfant, non un embryon contenu dans l´interieur de l´oignon qui s´enracine dans la terre vegetale acumulee dans la conque d´un ancien lac. Sur des lits de sable couches d´eau et sel et gisements de fer, charbon et pierre de chaux. Realite geologique du sol de Michigan et raison primondiale de l´existance de la vie de Detroit......En dessous de ce panneau et des deux cotes de la porte d´entree, est peinte la representation du generateur de vapeur et son ouvrier mecanicien, et du generateur d´electricite et son ingenieur, la force ouviere et la force creatrice de l´imagination et la connaissance. Combustion, expansion, energie positive et negative, mort pour creer de la vie, vie qui amene la mort, mouvement rithmique en onder continues. Tout en haut, l´aviation, a gauche les contructeurs d´aeroplanes usant de la rondage autogine electrique correspondant a ca un petit panneau du frise montre les tourne-soleils analogues en forme aux moteurs d´avion.......L´effort createur merveilleux des ouviers de toutes les races du monde qu´integrent la population industrielle de Detroit, et qui son expression du caracter international et universel du continent americain, et des Etats Unis aussi, circonstance qui est la plus grande force de l´amerique dans la profondeur de l´avenir historique.......La pierre de chaux est analogisee avec la race blanche et le sable a la jaune par des semblables raisons que le fer a l´indienne et le charbon a la noire.......La "predella" en grisaille contient une serie de petits panneaux qui montrent des operations fabriles complementaires au long d´une journee de travail a gauche les travailleur entrant a l´usine au matin marquant le temps a droite ils sortent du travail, a cette angle a l´extreme de la grande composition ont ete peints les portraits du Docteur William Valentiner que par sa volonte pleine de sympathie et bonte pour l´auteur des peintures etant directeur du Musee, fit possible la commande et de Monsieur Edsel B. Ford qui par la liberalite de son criterium, par son donatif, et des grandes facilites qu´il donnat pour le travail fit possible l´execution des fresques, dont il fit don a la ville de Detroit´. (Translation: ´As a programme for the decoration of the covered garden in the central courtyard of the Detroit Art Institute Museum, I have chosen as my theme the plastic expression of the undulating movement found in the currents of water, the electrical orders, the stratifications of the different layers of the earth's soil and, in general, in the continuous development of life.......A city's art museum, and especially in the case of the Detroit Art Institute, is, or should be, the central unit for the development of the community's aesthetic culture. For this reason, in the development of my work, I was led to specify more and more the centralisation of all the frescoes in the expression of the seed, painted on the central wall opposite the main door leading to the courtyard. The seed, a child, not an embryo contained within the interior of the onion which takes root in the vegetable earth accumulated in the conch of an ancient lake. On beds of sand, layers of water and salt and deposits of iron, coal and limestone. The geological reality of Michigan's soil and the primordial reason for Detroit's existence......Below this panel, on both sides of the entrance door, is painted a representation of the steam generator and its mechanic, and the electricity generator and its engineer, the working and creative forces of imagination and knowledge. Combustion, expansion, positive and negative energy, death to create life, life that brings death, rhythmic movement in continuous waves. At the very top, aviation, on the left the aeroplane builders using the electric auto generator corresponding to this a small panel of the frieze shows the sun turners analogous in shape to the aeroplane engines.......The marvellous creative effort of the workers of all the races of the world who make up the industrial population of Detroit, and which is an expression of the international and universal character of the American continent, and of the United States too, a circumstance which is America's greatest strength in the depths of the historical future.......Limestone is analogous to the white race and sand to the yellow for similar reasons as iron to the Indian and coal to the black.......The ‘predella’ in greyness contains a series of small panels which show complementary manufacturing operations throughout a working day: on the left, the workers enter the factory in the morning marking the time; on the right, they leave work. At this corner, at the extreme of the large composition, are painted the portraits of Dr William Valentiner, who, by his willingness, full of sympathy and kindness for the author of the paintings and director of the Museum, made the commission possible, and of Mr Edsel B. Ford, who, by the liberality of his criterium, his donation, and the great facilities he gave for the work, made possible the execution of the frescoes, which he donated to the city of Detroit´). An important manuscript of fine content. Some very light, extremely minimal age wear and with small staple holes to the upper left corner of each page. VGIn 1932 Wilhelm Valentiner, Director of the Detroit Instiute of Arts, and the American business executive Edsel Ford, commissioned Rivera to create the Detroit Industry Murals, a series of frescoes consisting of twenty-seven panels depicting industry at the Ford Motor Company and in Detroit. Together they surround the interior Rivera Court in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Painted between 1932 and 1933, they were considered by Rivera to be his most successful work.

LE CORBUSIER: (1887-1965) Charles-Edouard Jeanneret. Swiss-French architect, designer and urban planner, a pioneer of modern architecture. An exceptional typescript MS, Le Corbusier, ten pages (separate leaves, typed to the rectos only), 4to, Paris, 1st March 1938 (although the place and date struck through in ink by Le Corbusier), in French. The working manuscript, with many holograph corrections, is titled Un Homme Chez Lui ('A Man at Home') and states, in part, 'C'est ici que la notion de liberte prend toute sa force. Au sein de cette organisation saine de la vie des hommes reunis en societe: "La Ville Radieuse", commandee par une discipline acceptee avec joie, la cellule d'habitation s'ouvre derriere une porte de logis. Et ici, la clef tournee, un homme est chez lui. Il est entre. Que fera-t-il? Ce qu'il voudra! Ce qu'il pourra.......Et il sera maitre de son destin, un un sens limite, bien entendu: celui de la libre expression de son imagination. Et nous trouverons alors, au pied du mur, ce terrible "Francais individualiste" dont les mechantes langues et les decides-a-rien-faire levent les fantomes innombrables a chacune de nos propisitions. J'avais mis en exergue a mon rapport sur l'urbanisation de la Ville de Moscou, en 1930, ceci: Je place comme pierre angulaire de toute urbanisation moderne le respect sacrede la liberte individuelle. On m'en avait voulu. Mais qu'importe!.......Cette gageure qui fut proposee dans "Urbanisme" en 1924 elle a ete meme: "La Ville Radieuse". Il existe desormais une doctrine d'equipement des villes dont la clef de voute est: soleil, espace, verdure, en chaque logis. En chaque logis! Voici donc ce que la societe moderne peut apporter a chacun de ses membres, par l'enterprise des grands travaux de readaptation des villes aux besoins d'une conscience nouvelle.......Une telle transformation dans la coupe du logis est une veritable revolution architecturale. Le logis devient une petite maison. Et que m'importe que ces petites maisons soient a dix, rangees les unes au-dessus des autres et qu'elles s'alignent innombrablement au long d'une "rue interienne": l'homme est entre chez lui, il a ferme la porte. Il a recu le choc de set amenagement architectural: grand et puis intime, et tout ce soleil, cet espace et ces verdures que cette reforme a precisement permis de capter. Je dis que cet homme desormais n'est plus jamais le chien battu qui hante les "boites locatives" de nos villes......cet homme chez lui a perdu le souvenir des lourdes tribulations que lui et sa famille ont vecu depuis toujours. Riche ou miserable, c'etait l'absence pour tous des "joies essentielles". Les "joies essentielles" sont apportees a la societe moderne par les techniques modernes, l'invitation urbanistique et la poesie de l'architecture. Ceci n'est pas d'utopie. Depuis 20 ans, des travaux limites ont ete accomplis, fixant les etapes constructives. Chez nous et ailleurs, par nous et par d'autres. Il existe deja des fragments - des jalons, des preuves - de "Ville Radieuse"......' (Translation: 'This is where the notion of freedom comes into its own. Within this healthy organisation of the life of men gathered in society: "La Ville Radieuse" (The Radiant City), governed by a discipline accepted with joy, the living cell opens behind a door of dwelling. And here, with the key turned, a man is at home. He has entered. What will he do? Whatever he wants! Whatever he can.......And he will be master of his destiny, in a limited sense, of course: that of the free expression of his imagination. And then we'll have that terrible 'individualistic Frenchman' at our heels, whose nasty tongues and decide to do nothing raise countless ghosts at every one of our proprieties. In my report on the urbanisation of the City of Moscow in 1930, I wrote the following: I place as the cornerstone of all modern urban development the sacred respect for individual freedom. People were angry with me. But never mind!.......This challenge, which was proposed in "Urbanisme" in 1924, was even called "La Ville Radieuse". There is now a doctrine for equipping towns and cities, the key to which is sun, space and greenery in every home. In every home! Here, then, is what modern society can bring to each and every one of its members, by undertaking the great work of readapting cities to the needs of a new consciousness......Such a transformation in the cross-section of the dwelling is a real architectural revolution. The dwelling becomes a small house. And it doesn't matter to me that there are ten of these little houses, arranged one above the other and lined up innumerably along an "internal street": the man has entered his home, he has closed the door. He received the shock of the architectural layout: large and then intimate, and all the sun, space and greenery that this reform made it possible to capture. I'm saying that this man will never again be the beaten dog that haunts the 'rental boxes' of our cities.......this man at home has lost all memory of the heavy tribulations that he and his family have always endured. Rich or miserable, it was the absence for all of the "essential joys". These "essential joys" are brought to modern society by modern technology, inviting urban planning and poetic architecture. This is not utopia. Over the last 20 years, a great deal of work has been done to define the constructive stages. Here and elsewhere, by us and by others. There are already fragments - milestones, proof - of the "La Ville Radieuse"......'). A rare manuscript of excellent content. A few minor tears and light creasing to the edges of some pages and the final page with a small area of paper loss to the lower left corner. GVille Radieuse (The Radiant City) was an unrealised urban design project designed by Le Corbusier in 1930. It constitutes one of the most influential and controversial urban design doctrines of European modernism.Le Corbusier's essay Un homme chez lui was published in Les Plans de Paris 1956-1922 in 1956.

STRAND MARK: (1934-2014) Canadian-born American poet, United States Poet Laureate 1990-91. Small selection of three A.Ls.S., Mark Strand, each one page, 4to, New York, n.d. (mid-1970s), to Stephen Brook (2) and a writer, Flavio (1). Strand writes concerning various aspects of his work, in part, ´Thank you very much for asking me [to] submit poems for your distinguished series......Well, nothing would please me more than to send you a batch of worthy poems, but I don´t have any. And when I do they must go to Atheneum. And since I am a poet of few poems, the chances of my having an extra book length manuscript are very slim. But, I do have an idea, and that is that I submit either two or three essays on poetry to you. They would make a nice little book´ (to Brook), ´Too bad about the essays, but I understand......As for Mr. Moreira - I have not read his entire book. But I did like what I read. He is a gifted man and a likable one - and, yes, I was interested in translating that book (O Desastrita) but that was when I needed money badly. Now, with a good Brandeis job for next year and the Guggenheim for the year after, it´s no longer the case. Also - I´m tired of translating - and I want to concentrate on my own work´ (to Brook, dated 4th May 1974 in pencil in an unidentified hand), ´I have your book and have read around in it some more and think it should be translated. I´m taking it to Ronald Christ at the Center for Inter American Relations to see if they can get a New York publisher. I´ll offer myself up as the translator - if I get paid enough, and if that is okay with you......Has Paul Engle said anything to you about a South American anthology? About an anthology of Sambista poetry? Probably not. I´m glad to be back in N.Y. I am writing again and translating some Spanish poems - Antonio Machedo. On Wednesday´s I teach at Yale - easy work´ (to Flavio). VG, 3Stephen Brook (1947- ) English author and wine journalist, a former editor of The Atlantic Monthly Magazine and publisher at Routledge, Kegan & Paul from 1976-80.Paul Engle (1908-1991) American poet, editor, teacher, literary critic, novelist and playwright, a long-time director of the Iowa Writers´ Workshop.

[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. Manuscript list of illustrations, unsigned and in an unidentified hand, one page, folio, n.p., n.d. (c.1927). The page is headed The Tomb of Tut-ankh-amen and relates to the illustrations to appear in Volume II of Carter´s book The Tomb of Tutankhamun: Volume II - Burial Chamber & Mummy (1927). The list comprises twenty-five plate illustrations, each individually numbered and with an indication of the page number and text of the relevant caption, including a frontispiece portrait of Tutankhamen, a first glimpse of the sarcophagus, the mummy of the King, a floral and bead collarette, an alabaster calcite lamp, a cosmetic jar, several of the King´s gold coffin, and the King´s perfume box etc. Annotated to the verso ´List of Subjects´. A few minor creases, VG

GEORGE VI: (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52. A good D.S., George R I, as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court at Saint James´s, 7th September 1946- The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, states, in part, ´Whereas We have thought it necessary for the encouragement of Our Subjects trading to Spain to appoint a Consul-General for the provinces of Cadiz (with the exception of the Spanish State Territory of Ceuta), Huelva, Seville, Cordova, Badajoz and Caceres, to reside at Seville, to take care of the affairs of Our said Subjects and to aid and assist them in all their lawful and mercantile concerns´, and appoints Hugh William Border to the post of Consul-General, ´Hereby giving and granting unto him full power and authority by all lawful means to aid and protect Our Merchants and others Our Subjects, who may trade with, or visit, or reside within his Consular District as aforesaid.....´. Countersigned at the foot by Ernest Bevin (1881-1951) British statesman and politician who served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1945-51. With blind embossed seal to the upper left corner. Accompanied by a related document issued in the name of Francisco Franco (1892-1975) Spanish General who served as head (Caudillo) of the Spanish state 1936-75 and as Prime Minister of Spain 1938-73, bearing his rubber-stamped signature, one page, folio, Madrid, 23rd March 1946, in Spanish, confirming the appointment of Hugh William Border as a Consul-General by His Majesty the King of Great Britain. Countersigned at the foot by Alberto Martin-Artajo (1905-1979) Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs 1945-57- Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG, 2

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. An exceediling rare early autograph manuscript by Napoleon Bonaparte, one page, folio, n.p. [Nice], n.d. [February-March 1794], in French. Napoleon, recently appointed General of Brigade, plans a military expedition to Corsica, trying to organize the military defence of his native island in order to face the threat of the English navy forces under Horatio Nelson. In an unusually lengthy text in Napoleon´s hand, eleven lines, Napoleon in his usual unclean writing, including few corrections and words crossed, states `Les représ[entants] arrêtent que le général d´artillerie faira préparer un équipage de campagne pour 10000 hommes pour passer en Corse avec les bouches à feu nécessaires pour mettre Saint Florent à l´abri de toute entreprise de la part de l´escadre anglaise. Met pour cet effet cinquante mille francs (a sa disposition) que le payeur de la guerre (mettera) tiendra à sa disposition´ (Translation: "The representatives have decided that the artillery General will prepare a military crew for the transport of 10,000 men to pass into Corsica with the necessary cannons to protect Saint Florent from any attempt military from the part of the English squadron . Allowing for this purpose fifty thousand francs (at his disposal) which the payer of the war deprtment (will put) at his disposal") An excellent historical document related to Napoleon and Corsica which would end up short time later with the occupation of Corsica by the English forces. With blank integral leaf. Right edge very slightly trimmed, not affecting the text. GIn March 1794, the young Bonaparte, just appointed General of brigade, settled in Nice, where the staff commanding the artillery of the Army of Italy was established. He stays with Count Laurenti, route de Villefranche. It was there that he prepared a planned expedition to Corsica at the beginning of 1794. His native island is in the hands of Paoli and has gained independence from the French Republic, but the English fleet in the Mediterranean threatens to take control of it and offers protection to the independent insurgents. We know from a letter dated 24th March 1794 that Saliceti, the representative of the people had instructed General Buonaparte to go to Nice in order to prepare this mission. This expedition did not take place and the English forces led by Horatio Nelson occupied Corsica a few weeks later. This was the birth of the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom. The attempt to take back Bastia led by Bonaparte before his arrest failed and it was not until 1796 that the triumphant General Bonaparte returned victorious to his native land.

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French Writer. Nominated for the first and second award of the Nobel of literature in 1901 and 1902. A leading figure in the political liberalization of France. A very fine A.L.S., `Emile Zola´, two pages, 8vo, written to the first and third page, Paris, 10th February 1877, in French. Zola doesn´t want that his manuscript reaches Monaco too late, explaining `J´ai passé ce matin au Palais Royal, où l´on m´a dit que Plunkett était encore à Monaco. Seulement, on n´a pas voulu me dire si son retour est plus ou moins prochain. Tachez donc de me savoir immédiatement la chose. Je voudrais lui envoyer là-bas le manuscrit, mardi; mais il ne faudrait pas que le manuscrit se croisat avec lui´ (Translation: "I went this morning to the Palais Royal, where I was told that Plunkett was still in Monaco. Only, they didn't want to tell me if his return is more or less imminent. So try to let me know immediately. I would like to send him the manuscript there on Tuesday; but the manuscript should not arrive late´ Further Zola makes a funny comment and refers to one of his works, saying `Ce matin, la marchande de curiosités de la rue de Rennes nº 68, Mademoiselle Guilleau, m´a supplié de lui envoyer les Rougon-Macquart, en me jurant qu´elle nous vendrait toute sa boutique au prix coûtant, à vous et à moi. Envoyez-lui la série, n´est-ce pas? Cela nous permettra de la marchander´ (Translation: "This morning, the seller of curiosities, rue de Rennes nº 68, Mademoiselle Guilleau, begged me to send her the Rougon-Macquarts, swearing that she would sell her entire shop to you and me at cost. Send her the series, right? This will allow us to trade with her") VGLes Rougon-Macquart is the collective title given to a cycle of twenty novels by Zola. Subtitled "Histoire naturelle et sociale d'une famille sous le Second Empire" ("Natural and social history of a family under the Second Empire"), it follows the lives of the members of the two titular branches of a fictional family living during the Second French Empire and is one of the most prominent works of the French naturalism literary movement.

NICHOLAS I: (1796-1855) Emperor of Russia 1825-55. L.S., Nicolas, a good and bold signature example, three pages, folio, Saint Petersburg, 23rd March 1837, to His Majesty the King of Naples, in Cyrillic. The manuscript letter informs the King, 'Our Dear Brother and Friend.. after having accepted the petition received from our Privy Councillor, Chamberlain and Cavalier Count Adam Matushevits, who is residing now at the Court of Your Majesty as our Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Minister, we relieve him from his duty and Envoy..´. Countersigned at the foot by Karl Nesselrode. Accompanied by the original envelope wrapper bearing a large Imperial paper seal. Some extremely light, minor age wear, otherwise VG Ferdinand II (1810-1859) King of the Two Sicilies 1830-59. Karl Nesselrode (1780-1862) Russian Count and Diplomat. Foreign Affairs Minister 1816-56. Nesselrode served under Tsars Alexander I, Nicholas I and Alexander II.

PIUS XII: (1876-1958) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1939-58. Apostolic Blessing Signed, Pius pp XII, one page, large folio, n.p. (Vatican City), n.d. (April 1942). The attractively penned manuscript blessing, with a colourful decorative initial letter, in Italian, reads, in full, 'The Provincial Superior of the Daughters of Charity, Canoness of the Province of Saint Mark, humbly prostrate to kiss Your feet, implores the Papal blessing for the orphanage, which by the charitable generosity of the good Signora Teresa Remi Achiesari has been set up in Conselve and inaugurated on 10th April 1942, under the patronage of the Blessed Madalena di Canossa, so that her spirit of charity may be revived and relived among the girls.' Signed in dark fountain pen ink at the base alongside a blind embossed Papal seal. Affixed to the upper half of the document is a circular image of the Pope standing in a half length pose wearing his ecclesiastical robes. The photograph is encircled by an attractive hand painted floral decoration of various colours. A heavy horizontal fold to the centre and some light age wear. One tear to the base, only very slightly touching the Pope's signature. G.

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at St. James´s, 1st July 1875. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is addressed to the Governor of the Kirkdale Prison in the County of Lancaster, and is a remission document relating to John Kennedy who was ´convicted of Larceny and sentenced to twelve Calendar months imprisonment for the same´ at a Sessions of the Peace on 3rd November 1874, continuing to state that the Queen, ´in consideration of some circumstances humbly represented unto Us, are Graciously pleased to extend Our Grace and Mercy unto him and to remit unto him such part of his said sentence as remains yet to be undergone and performed´ and instructing that Kennedy be forthwith discharged out of custody. Countersigned at the conclusion by Richard Assheton Cross (1823-1914) 1st Viscount Cross. British politician who served as Home Secretary 1874-80 and 1885-86. With blind embossed paper seal affixed and blank integral leaf. Some light staining and some thin bands of dust staining to the edges, not affecting the Queen´s signature. G

EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955) German-born theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1921. T.L.S., A. Einstein, one page, 4to, Mercer Street, Princeton, New Jersey, 25th February 1942, to Hermann Broch, in German. Einstein states that he has read Broch's manuscript with great interest, remarking 'I really believe that your method brings the important subject closer to understanding' and concluding 'I will be pleased if I am given the opportunity to be of use to you through my judgement'. A letter of interesting association. One small, light stain to the upper edge and some very light creasing and a couple of extremely small, minimal tears to the edges, VGHermann Broch (1886-1951) Austrian writer, remembered for two works of modernist fiction, The Sleepwalkers (1930-32) and The Death of Virgil (1945). From August to September 1939 Broch had resided in Einstein's Mercer Street home while the physicist and his wife were on vacation.

BACARDI EMILIO: (1844-1922) Emilio Bacardi Moreau. Cuban Industrialist and Politician. Bacardi managed the Bacardi Rum Company and served as the first democratically elected Mayor of Santiago de Cuba. He was nicknamed "Cuba´s foremost son". T.L.S., Emilio Bacardi, signed twice, to both pages, two pages, 4to, Santiago de Cuba, 15th March 1902, on the Santiago de Cuba Town Hall printed stationery, to the Municipality Doctor Antonio Reyes Zamora, in Spanish. The typed letter states `Please go to Mr. Luis Artigas´ home and inform me about his health situation´. Signed by Bacardi in his capacity as Mayor of Santiago. Beneath his signature the document bears a four lines annotation in the hand of the doctor, explaining that Mr. Artigas was absent, and according to the neighbour he is fine now. At the base of the front page and to the verso bearing a second manuscript annotation in the hand of a Town Hall clerk, stating `According to the previous report, and considering that Mr. Artigas do not attend his office post for more than a month, we declare him unemployed until the Town Hall authority will resolve.´ Signed by Bacardi at the base a second time. Also bearing two Santiago Town Hall ink stamps. Paper with watermark showing a coat of arms above the word Cuba. Few very small tears to the bottom edge, with left edge trimmed with small pinholes as a result of former filing. G Emilio´s father, Facundo Bacardi, founded in 1862 the Bacardi Rum Company. Although Facundo went into bankruptcy, his elder son Emilio upon his return from Spain where he received literary and political instruction, started occupying an important role in the company. Over the 1870s to 1890s years Emilio became a business magnate as well as a subversive political activist. In 1877 he became President of the company which continued to grow under his leadership. Emilio Bacardi was repeatedly arrested and imprisoned for helping rebels and for his resistance against the Spanish Empire occupancy of Cuba. Emilio´s reputation distinguished him as an honest public server. The Bacardi company kept on growing into today´s International Corporation, Bacardi Limited.

HILGENFELDT ERICH: (1897-1945) German Nazi Party government official and SS-Gruppenfuhrer of World War II who served as Leader of the National Socialist People's Welfare 1931-45. D.S., Hilgenfeldt, one page, oblong 12mo, Berlin, 18th April 1942, in German. The black, red and gold partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is a Honorary Membership card for the National Socialist People's Welfare issued to Dr. Brockmann-Rohne on the tenth anniversary of its founding. Signed by Hilgenfeldt in bold fountain pen ink to the base of the card alongside an official circular stamp featuring the Nazi eagle and swastika. Some very light, minimal age wear, VG

CHARLES II: (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland & Ireland 1660-85. D.S., Charles R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Whitehall, 18th October 1667. The manuscript document is addressed to Anthony, Lord Ashley, Treasurer of Prizes, and is a warrant for him to pay the sum of one hundred pounds of Royal Bounty from the monies remaining from the sale of prizes to the wife of Captain Archibald Douglas ´lately slaine in Our Service by the Dutch att Chatham......for the supply of her present necessityes´. Countersigned at the foot (and a second time in the left margin) by Henry Bennet (1618-1685) 1st Earl of Arlington, English statesman who served as Keeper of the Privy Purse and was a key adviser to King Charles II. With a few minor remnants of a seal to the upper left corner and blank integral leaf. Some small areas of paper loss, restored and professionally silked to a high standard. GAnthony Ashley Cooper (1621-1683) 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. English statesman who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1661-72 and held several other senior political offices under King Charles II. Captain Archibald Douglas (d.1667) Scottish military officer who served under Colonel Lord George Douglas in the Royal Regiment of Foot (The Royal Scots). Captain Douglas and the regiment were recalled from garrison duty in France in 1667 in order to confront the Dutch threat during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, and in particular to defend Chatham. Douglas was sent with a detachment of soldiers to protect HMS Royal Oak during the Raid on the Medway in June 1667, and performed his duty with great courage, although his brave actions ultimately cost him his life at the hands of the Dutch, who set fire to the vessel. Despite being advised to retire, Douglas maintained his position, apparently declaring ´it shall never be told that a Douglas quitted his post without orders´, and subsequently perished in the flames on 13th June 1667. Douglas was married to Anne-Marie Herry (b.1639) at the time of his death.

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. An interesting autograph manuscript page by Rousseau, 4to, n.p., [Paris], n.d. (c.1745), in French. The manuscript page, in Rousseau's hand, is from his unpublished work relating to the history of women and laws which he prepared between 1745-51 for his benefactress Louise Marie Madeleine Dupin. Rousseau, in an unusual clean writing, states `On assure qu´actuellement il y a en Provence deux couvents de religieuses chartreuses qui reçoivent de l´´evêque l´imposition des mains, avec les principaux attributs du diaconat – savoir poser l´étole, et chanter l´évangile. A éclaircir´ (“It has been assured that currently there are in Provence two convents of Carthusian nuns who receive the imposition of hands from the Bishop, with the main attributes of the diaconate – knowing how to put on the stole, and sing the gospel. To clarify”) With right and bottom edges slightly trimmed and a small area of paper loss to the left Edge, not affecting the text. G Louise-Marie-Madeleine Fontaine (1706-1799) Madame Dupin. French saloniste, famed for her spirit and beauty who hosted a famous literary salon in Paris from 1733-82 and owned the Chateau de Chenonceau, known as the centre of the most famous French philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. Dupin employed Rousseau as her secretary and tutor of her son from 1745-51. At the time Rousseau wrote these pages, he was also working as secretary to his benefactress Louise Madame Dupin. The present text corresponds to Rousseau´s work about the history of women, written between 1745 and 1751 for Mrs Dupin, and which would never be published.