Manuscripts, Autographs & Books

Joseph-Louis GRANDCHAMP. Philosophical essay.Unique edition, very unusual, this book is extraordinarily precursor in its questioning and on the re...

Jerome Joseph of MOMIGNY. New music theory with piano accompaniment, in which the phrasing is reduced in principle; for the use of the Imperial Ho...

Ad. THIERS.History of the French Revolution; Queen’s College Cambridge Prize Binder;Ad. THIERS.Histoire de la Révolution française (...). 12e é...

Commentary of the Marengo Battle, won on twenty-five Prairial, year 8 by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul, commander in person of the French Reser...

(J.N.). CORVISART. Essay on diseases and organic lesions of the heart and large vessels; extract of clinical lessons First edition of this Treaty ...

Year 12. (1804) ALMANACH National of FranceBeautiful copy in morocco of this national Almanac preceding the Empire. An 12. (1804) ALMANACH Nationa...

Louis-Philippe de SÉGUR. 1753-1830. Son of the Maréchal, Grand Master of Napoleon’s Ceremonies.Autographed signed letter (to the Comte de Montes...

Joseph FOUCHE. 1759-1820. Duc d’Otrante, Minister of Police.Letter to S.A.R, Prince Eugène, Duke of Leuchtenberg, with autographed subscription f...

Charles-Maurice de TALLEYRAND. 1754-1838. Former Bishop of Autun, statesman, diplomat.Autographed letter (Paris, May 27th, 1824), 1 pp. bi-leaflet...

Charles-Maurice de TALLEYRAND. 1754-1838. Former bishop of Autun, statesman, diplomat.Signed and autographed letter “Tall” (to Mlle de Vaudémont)....

Adam Jerzy CZARTORYSKI. 1770-1861.Minister of Tsar Alexander I, diplomat, writer, figurehead of Polish nationalism.2 signed pieces, Paris, May 25t...

Henryk DEMBINSKI. 1791-1864. Polish general, adventurer, nationalist supporting the Polish (1831) Hungarian (1848) revolutions. Autographed and si...

Jacques (abbot) DELILLE. 1738-1813. Writer poet from the Academy.Autographed Poem. S.l.n.d. (c. 1803). 2 pp. in-folio paged 9-10, with erasures an...

LOUIS-NAPOLEON III Bonaparte. 1808-1873. French Emperor. Autographed and signed letter to M. de La Barge. Fort de Ham, October 28th, 1841. 1 pp. b...

LOUIS-NAPOLEON III. 1808-1873. French Emperor.Autographed and signed letter from “Napoléon Louis B” to the comte d’Orsay. London, March 1st, 1839...

LOUIS-NAPOLEON III Bonaparte. 1808-1873. French Emperor.Autographed minute to Firmin Raimbeaux. Chislehurst, April 10th, 1872. 1 pp. bi-leaflet in...

[LOUIS-NAPOLEON III]. Adélaïde LE BRETON. Lady-in-Waiting reader of the Empress. Autographed and signed letter to Madame La Roncière Le Nourry. Ja...

Mathilde BONAPARTE. 1820-1904. Princess Demidoff. 3 signed and autographed letters and 1 signed letter. 1850-1857. 3 pp. bi-leaflet in-12 Mathilde...

Maria-Manuella Kirkpatrick, comtesse de MONTIJO. 1794-1879. Mother of the Empress Eugenie.Autographed and signed letter to General (Roguet). Janua...

EUGENIE de Montijo. 1826-1920. French Empress, spouse of Napoléon III. Autographed and signed letter. Chislehurst October 14th, 1872. 4 pp. in-12....

EUGENIE de Montijo. 1826-1920.French Empress, spouse of Napoléon III.Printed proclamation with autographed apostil.Palais de St-Cloud, July 23rd,...

EUGENIE de Montijo. 1826-1920. French Empress, spouse of Napoléon III.Autographed and signed letter to the comte de Reiset. Château du Breuil. Far...

EUGENIE de Montijo. 1826-1920. French Empress, spouse of Napoléon III.2 photography portraits, s.d. silver print.EUGENIE de Montijo. 1826-1920. Im...

EUGENIE de Montijo. 1826-1920. French Empress, spouse of Napoléon III.Autographed and signed letter and 2 minutes of the correspondence between th...

Napoléon Eugène Louis BONAPARTE. 1856-1879. IMPERIAL PRINCE. Son of Empereur Louis-Napoléon III.Signed and autographed letter “Louis-Napoléon”...

Napoléon Eugène Louis BONAPARTE, known as le IMPERIAL PRINCE. 1856-1879. Son of Napoléon III.Autographed Manuscript. 1865. ½ pp. in-4, erasures. C...

Napoléon Eugène Louis BONAPARTE, known as le IMPERIAL PRINCE. 1856-1879. Autographed and signed Manuscript, “Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte”. November 6...

[PRINCE IMPERIAL].Large photography portrait. S.d. (1878). Silver print, oval portrait mounted on the photographer’s cardboard.[PRINCE IMPERIAL].G...

[PRINCE IMPERIAL].Photography portrait with signature and autograph. (Stockholm, 1878). Silver print, business card format mounted on photographer...

[PRINCE IMPERIAL].3 photography boards. S.d. 15 reproductions mounted on 3 boards with stamp on the back.[PRINCE IMPERIAL].3 planches de photo. S....

[PRINCE IMPERIAL].Photography board. Natal, 1879. 2 photos. (cabinet format and business card format), mounted on board with stamp on the back.2 p...

[PRINCE IMPERIAL].Photography board. 1879. 5 reproductions mounted on board with stamp on the back.3 portraits of the Prince (1 in cabinet format ...

[PRINCE IMPERIAL]. Joachim prince MURAT. 1834-1901. General of the Second Empire, grandson of the Empire Marshall.Autographed and signed letter to...

François-René de CHATEAUBRIAND. 1768-1848. Writer, politician. Autograph letter to the Duchess of Duras. (Val de Loup), Friday the 19th (June 1813...

François-René de CHATEAUBRIAND. 1768-1848. Writer, politician.Autograph letter to the Duchess of Duras. (Val de Loup), Saturday 26 (June 1813). 4 ...

Charles BAUDELAIRE. 1821-1867. Writer and poet.Letter from Baudelaire on the progress of his work on Poems in prose, which he intended for the pub...

Ilya METCHNIKOV. 1845-1916. Russian Bacteriologist.Autographed signed letter to Dr. Blanchard. Paris, October 18th, 1900. 1pp. bi-leaflet in-12, c...

WILHELM II. 1859-1941.Radowitz, C.M., de. The ex-Kaiser in Exile: A living moving picture by C.M. de Radowitz Baron Nei. [B.M.], 1922. - 82 p. tex...

MATA HARI pseud. Margaretha Grietje Zelle. 1876-1917.Dancer and courtesan, shot for spying.Photography portrait, signed and autographed. Monte Car...

[TITANIC]. Richard Norris WILLIAMS. 1891-1968. American tennis player, survived after the Titanic’s shipwreck in 1912. Business card with autograp...

Benito MUSSOLINI. 1883-1943.Two postcards with photos of Mussolini :1) Mussolini with his hand up. Vera Fotografia, ~ 1935 2) Mussolini and his fa...

Alexandrine of DENMARK. 1879-1952. Queen consort of Denmark, daughter of Frédéric-Francois de Mecklembourg and the Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russ...

Jean MARAIS. 1913-1993. Actor, intimate of Cocteau.4 signed and autographed letters to Eliane et Alex Marcus. Abidjan, Lyon, Palerme, 1963-1964-19...

Jean MARAIS. 1913-1993. Actor, intimate of Cocteau.2 signed/autographed letters and signed/autographed drawing. Lyon, March 2nd, 1970 & December 2...

Jean-Paul SARTRE. 1905-1980. Existentialist writer.Autographed manuscript, S.l.n.d. 1 pp. in-4 on graphpaper, blue ink, one erasure with correctio...

Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979)Autographed PhotographyPortrait of the artist in her studio of Rue Saint-Simon. Original silver gelatin print.St. Simon ...

Serge KANTOROWIZ. Born in 1942. Polish painter and sculptor, “master of modern printing”, having worked as an engraver for Miro, Calder, Giacomett...

John Ronald TOLKIEN. 1892-1973. AuthorTypescripted letter, signed with 2 autographed words to “Mrs Jeronémides”. Oxford (Merton College), June 14t...

Wallis Spencer-Simpson, Duchess of Windsor. 1896-1986. Spouse of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII of England before his abdication...

Wallis Spencer-Simpson, Duchess of Windsor. 1896-1986. Spouse of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward the VIII of England before his abdica...

[GOTHA]. 75 faire-parts. 1970-1990.Collection of special social announcements regarding weddings, births and deaths. (herewith photographies).Coll...

Henri MATISSE. 1869-1954. Artiste peintre, dessinateur.Henri MATISSE. 1869-1954. Painter, drawer.L.A.S. to Picabia. Issy (les Moulineaux), October...

Vladimir ASHKENAZY. Born in 1937. Russian pianist and conductor.Autographed and signed letter to Samuel Sheldon. Davenport, March 16th, 1967. 1 pp...

Shura CHERKASSKY. 1909-1995. Shura CHERKASSKY. 1909-1995. Pianist originating from Russia Signed typescript letter to Mr Sheldon. Nice, March 31st...

Charles GOUNOD. 1818-1893. Composer.Signed and autographed letter (to Louis Gallet ). Saint-Cloud, August 4th, 1877. 3 pp. bi-leaflet, small in-12...

César FRANCK. 1822-1890. Organist, composer.Signed and autographed letter. Thursday night. 1 pp. in-12 square.Friendly note to a musician friend,...

Paul DUKAS. 1865-1835. Composer2 signed and autographed letters including one to Maurice Herbette. Paris, February 1928 and February 1933. 1 pp. i...

Giacomo PUCCINI. 1858-1924. Italian composerAutographed and signed shipment. Milan, January 10th, 1897. 1 pp. in-8 square.Giacomo PUCCINI. 1858-19...

Olivier MESSIAEN. 1908-1992. Composer, organist.P.S. Paris, July 4th, 1946. 1 pp. in-4, letterhead on the corner from the “Fondation Américaine p...

Nicolas SLONIMSKY. 1894-1995. Musicologist, conductor.Typescript letter signed to his dear Mitia. Los angeles, June 13th, 1981. 1 pp. in-4, letter...