The History Makers - An auction of autograph letters & historical documents

FERDINAND II (1452-1516) King of Aragon 1479-1516 and, as Ferdinand V, King of Castile jure uxoris 1474-1504 & ISABELLA I (1451-1504) Queen of Cas...

CHARLES V: (1500-1558) Holy Roman Emperor 1519-56, and King Charles I of Spain 1516-56. L.S., Yo el Rey, one page, folio, Burgos, 16th July 1524, ...

HENRY VIII: (1491-1547) King of England 1509-47.  A fine D.S., Henry R, (a good, bold example) as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong fol...

EDWARD VI: (1537-1553) King of England & Ireland 1547-53. Son of King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour and England's first monarch to be raised as a Pr...

[PHILIP & MARY]: [PHILIP II] (1527-1598) King of Spain 1556-98, King of Portugal 1581-98 & King of England and Ireland jure uxoris 1554-58 & [MARY...

GREGORY XIII: (1502-1585) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1572-85. Rare L.S., Ita est U[go], one page, 4to, Rome, n.d. (c.1576-77), to [Fantino ...

RICHELIEU CARDINAL DE: (1585-1642) Armand Jean du Plessis. French Clergyman and Statesman, Chief Minister of King Louis XIII 1624-42. A fine D.S.,...

HENRIETTA MARIA OF FRANCE: (1609-1669) Queen Consort of England, Scotland & Ireland 1625-49. Wife of King Charles I. A.L.S., Henriette Marie, one ...

CROMWELL OLIVER: (1599-1658) Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland & Ireland 1653-58.Portion of a D.S., Oliver P, as Protector, ...

RUPERT OF THE RHINE: (1619-1682) German Prince, a noted Soldier, Admiral, Scientist, Sportsman & Colonial Governor. Nephew of King Charles I of En...

JAMES II & VII: (1633-1701) King of England & Ireland and King of Scotland (as James VII) 1685-88.D.S., James R, as King, at the head, one page, f...

WREN CHRISTOPHER: (1632-1723) English Architect. An attractive D.S., Chr. Wren, (twice), two pages, large folio, Chelsea, 15th October & 12th Nove...

MARLBOROUGH DUKE OF: (1650-1722) John Churchill. English Soldier and Statesman. Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1690-91, 1702-08. D.S., Marlborou...

PHILIP V: (1683-1746) King of Spain 1700-24 & 1724-46. A fine L.S., Yo el Rey, with three lines of holograph text at the conclusion, two pages, fo...

ELIZABETH PETROVNA: (1709-1762) Empress of Russia 1741-62. D.S., Elisavet, as Tsesarevna, in Cyrillic, one page, folio, St. Petersburg, 14th Novem...

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. An interesting autograph manuscript, unsigned, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. (c.1746...

FREDERICK II: (1712-1786) King of Prussia 1740-86, known as Frederick The Great. L.S., Friedrich, one page, 4to, Berlin, 18th February 1741, to hi...

VOLTAIRE: (1694-1778) François-Marie Arouet. French Enlightenment Writer and Philosopher. '...the Russians are already wading in the Prussian snow...

 CATHERINE II: (1729-1796) Empress of Russia 1762-96, known as Catherine the Great.An excellent A.L.S., Catherine, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. (Dece...

 SADE MARQUIS DE : (1740-1814) Donatien Alphonse François de Sade. French Writer and Philosopher.'…that is a mocking on people just for the pleasu...

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. L.S., Georguis R, with holograph subscription ('Maj:tis V:ro Bonus Frater, Consangui...

FOX CHARLES JAMES: (1749-1806) British Statesman. L.S., C. J. Fox, one page, folio, St. James's, 29th March 1782, to Sir William Hamilton, marked ...

 CASANOVA GIACOMO: (1725-1798) Italian Author and Adventurer. 'This modern evil called Grippe'.A.L.S., Casanova, two pages (written on the first a...

LOUIS XVI: (1754-1793) King of France and Navarre 1774-1791, King of the French 1791-92. The only King of France to have been executed. D.S., Loui...

 ROBESPIERRE MAXIMILIEN: (1758-1794) French Lawyer and Politician. One of the most influential figures of the French Revolution. Guillotined. 'Do ...

MOMORO ANTOINE-FRANÇOIS: (1756-1794) French Printer, Bookseller and Politician during the French Revolution. Momoro is the originator of the Frenc...

ROUGET DE LISLE CLAUDE JOSEPH: (1760-1836) French Army Officer of the French Revolutionary Wars who wrote the words and music of the French Nation...

GUILLOTIN JOSEPH-IGNACE: (1738-1814) French Physician, Politician & Freemason who, in 1789, proposed the use of the guillotine as a device to carr...

WASHINGTON GEORGE: (1732-1799) American President 1789-97. A.L.S., G: Washington, as President, one page, 4to, Philadelphia, 14th November 1796, t...

PAUL I: (1754-1801) Emperor of Russia 1796-1801. Assassinated. L.S., Paul, as Emperor, one page, 4to, Gatchina, 6th October 1797, to Lieutenant Ge...

TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD CHARLES MAURICE DE: (1754-1838) French Statesman. D.S., Ch. Maur. Talleyrand, one page, 4to, Paris, 8th January 1797, in Frenc...

BEAUHARNAIS JOSEPHINE DE: (1763-1814) Empress of the French 1804-14, the first wife of Napoleon I. L.S., Lapagerie Bonaparte, two pages, 8vo, n.p....

 NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804- 14, 1815 LANNES JEAN (1769-1809) Marshal of France. Duc de Montebello. One of Napoleon's most dar...

 NELSON HORATIO: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. A good A.L.S., Nelson & Bron...

SCHILLER FRIEDRICH: (1759-1805) German Poet and Philosopher. An extremely rare D.S., v Schiller, one page, oblong 8vo, Jena, 21st July 1804, in Ge...

JORDAN DOROTHEA: (1761-1816) Anglo-Irish Actress and Courtesan, the mistress and companion of the future King William IV. Rare A.L.S., Dora Jordan...

MURAT JOACHIM: (1767-1815) Marshal of France, brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte. King of Naples 1808-15. L.S., Joachim Napoleon, (a bold exampl...

MARIE LOUISE: (1791-1847) Duchess of Parma. Austrian Archduchess, the second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and, as such, Empress of the French 1810-1...

 NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815.An extremely rare L.S., Nap, one page, 4to, Moscow, 5th October 1812, to the Duc de Feltr...

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. An extremely rare D.S., Nap, one page, oblong 8vo, Longwood, Saint Helena, 30th July 1817...

 CHARLES X: (1757-1836) King of France 1824-30. `The King´s entry into Paris is positively fixed'Brief A.L.S., Charles Philippe, one page, 4to, Pa...

DAVY HUMPHRY: (1778-1829) British Chemist & Inventor. A.L.S., Humphry Davy, three pages, 4to, Montpelier, 17th (?) (January) 1814, to Monsieur Le ...

GRIMALDI JOSEPH: (1778-1837) English Actor, Comedian & Dancer, the most popular English entertainer of the Regency era. Rare A.L.S., J. Grimaldi, ...

CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK: (1768-1821) Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and Hanover 1820-21. Wife of King George IV. A.L.S., Caroline, Princess de ...

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. A good D.S., George R, as King, at the head, four pages, folio, Court at Carlton House,...

JENNER EDWARD: (1749-1823) English Physician & Scientist, the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. An extremely rare and signif...

 BENTHAM JEREMY: (1748-1832) English Jurist, Philosopher and Social Reformer. A good L.S., Jeremy Bentham, two pages, small 4to, Q[ueen] S[quare] ...

ALEXANDER I: (1777-1825) Emperor of Russia 1801-25. Alexander was also the first Russian King of Poland (1815-25) and the first Russian Grand Duke...

WILLIAM IV: (1765-1837) King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1830-37. A.L.S., William R, as King, one page, 8vo, St. James's, n...

NICHOLAS I: (1796-1855) Emperor of Russia 1825-55. D.S., Nikolai, as Emperor, in Cyrillic, one page, folio, St. Petersburg, 2nd January 1832, in C...

 WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. '[It] depends upon the Negroes being something ...

BABBAGE CHARLES: (1791-1871) English Mathematician & Inventor. A.L.S., C Babbage, two pages, 4to, Dorset Street, Manchester Square, 7th January 18...

 STEPHENSON GEORGE: (1781-1848) English Civil Engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, 1...

WAGNER RICHARD: (1813-1883) German Composer. An unusual printed 8vo page annotated by Wagner, being the introduction to a publication relating to ...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet and Novelist. A.L.S., Victor Hugo, one page, 8vo, 17th May [1849], to [Athanase Laurent Charles] Coquerel, in...

ROSSINI GIOACHINO: (1792-1868) Italian Composer. Rare A.M.Q.S., Gioachino Rossini, one page, oblong folio manuscript paper, Florence, 3rd June 185...

A Blanc image inscribed to another Blanc  ROSSINI GIOACHINO: (1792-1868) Italian Composer.  A very fine, large signed and inscribed sepia 9.5 x 12...

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. A lengthy A.L.S., Victoria, seven pages, 8vo, Windsor Castle,...

FARADAY MICHAEL: (1791-1867) English Chemist & Physicist. A.L.S., M Faraday, one page, 8vo, Royal Institution, 3rd March 1853, to Dr. S. Muspratt....

[BYRON LORD]: (1788-1824) British Poet, a leading figure in the Romantic Movement. MILBANKE ANNE ISABELLA (1792-1860) Lady Byron. Wife of George G...