AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS AUCTION

NECKER JACQUES: (1732-1804) Swiss Banker & Finance Minister 1777-81 under Louis XVI. Some of his decisions have been later considered as critical ...

CHARLES EUGENE OF LORRAINE: (1751-1825) Prince of Lambesc. Last member of the House of Guise. French Marshal and Proprietor of the Royal Allemand-...

[14th JULY 1789]: An extremely rare and exceptional A.L.S., one page, 4to, Lyon, 14th July 1789, in French. The letter is written by a French citi...

[14th to 20th JULY 1789]: An excellent A.L.S., Le Paige Bar, three pages, 8vo, n.p., 20th July 1789, to Charles-Pierre Le Paige de Sarnois, in Fre...

FLESSELLES JACQUES DE: (1730-1789) French Official. Last Provost of the merchants of Paris. Assassinated on the steps of the City Hall and decapit...

[BASTILLE WINNERS]: D.S., by several members of the National Guard and police, one page, 4to, Paris, 8th February 1793, with printed heading of t...

[BASTILLE WINNERS]: An attractive D.S., by the Commissar general of the city of Paris, one page, 4to, Paris, 22nd August 1794, with printed headi...

JAUGE THEODORE: (1747-1794) French Banker. First Aide-de-camp to Lafayette of the French National Guard since 1789. Jauge was guillotined, wearing...

LA FAYETTE GILBERT DU MOTIER: (1757-1834) Marquis de La Fayette. French Aristocrat and Military Officer. Close to George Washington and Thomas Jef...

TAPONIER ALEXANDRE CAMILLE: (1749-1831) French General. At the Storming of the Bastille Taponier was Sergeant and he leaded the assault to the pri...

MARAT JEAN-PAUL : (1743-1793) French Political Theorist, Scientist and radical Journalist during the French Revolution, advocating for basic human...

VIROT DE SOMBREUIL CHARLES DE: (1725-1794) French Lieutenant General and Governor of Les Invalides during revolution. Heroe of the Rocourt battle....

[14th JULY 1790]: Fête de la Fédération. 1st Anniversary of the Storm of the Bastille. The first anniversary was celebrated in Paris at the Champ-...

[MUTINY OF THE NANCY GARRISON]: A.L.S., Rostan, two pages, 4to, Metz, 4th September 1790, in French. Citizen Rostan suggests to take his correspon...

BAILLY JEAN SYLVAIN (1736-1793) French Mathematician, Astronomer and the first Mayor of the city of Paris. Guillotined for his participation in th...

[PRISONER EXCHANGE 1790]: Rare D.S., Niou, one page, folio, London, 27th December 1790, to Captain Radiguet. The partially printed document, beari...

[FLIGHT TO VARENNES]: Jean Baptiste Drouet (1763-1824) French Politician of the Revolution. Best remembered for the part he played in the arrest o...

[FLIGHT TO VARENNES DECREES]: Selection of printed original decrees related to King Louis XVI attempt of escape in June 1791, one to seven pages, ...

LOUIS XVIII & CHARLES X: Louis XVIII (1755-1824) King of France 1814-1824, with a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815, and Charles ...

[JACOBIN CLUB]: Also known as the Society of the Friends of the Constitution, the most influential political club during the French Revolution. A ...

[GUILLOTINE & DEATH SENTENCE]: A rare and good selection of printed original documents, including decrees, referring to guillotine and death sente...

DE BROGLIE VICTOR: (1756-1794) Prince de Broglie. French General and Politician. President of the Constituent Assembly. Guillotined at the early a...

LOUIS XVIII & CHARLES X: Louis XVIII (1755-1824) King of France 1814-1824, with a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815, and Charles ...

BACHMANN KARL JOSEPH VON: (1734-1792) Swiss aristocrat and Field-Marshal. Major General in command of the Swiss Guard during 10th August 1792 insu...

[THE STORMING OF THE TUILERIES PALACE]: Also known as The 10th August Insurrection, was one of the defining events in the history of the French Re...

[ASSIGNATS]: Type of a monetary instrument used during the time of the French Revolution and further. Three attractive sets of assignats printed b...

DANTON GEORGES: (1759-1794) Leading figure of the French Revolution and first President of the Committee of Public Safety. Danton voted for the de...

CAMBON PIERRE-JOSEPH: (1756-1820) & LOUVET PIERRE FLORENT (1757-1818) French members of the National Convention. Both opposed to Robespierre. Camb...

HERAULT DE SECHELLES MARIE JEAN: (1759-1794) Convention Deputy. Guillotined at the early age of 34. D.S., `Hearult´, two pages, folio, Paris, 8th ...

MONTMORIN ARMAND MARC DE: (1745-1792) Count de Montmorin Saint-Hérem. French Minister under Louis XVI. Murdered in the Abbaye prison during the Se...

[SEPTEMBRISEUR]: French name given to the people who participated in the 2nd to 7th September 1792 massacres. Half of the prisons population of Pa...

PEYSSARD JEAN PASCAL DE: (1755-1808) French member of the National Convention. Peyssard voted in favour of executing King Louis XVI. A good D.S., ...

GREGOIRE HENRI: (1750-1831) Also known as Abbé Grégoire (“Abbot Gregoire”). French Catholic Priest, Abolitionist and revolutionary Leader, appoint...

ROLAND JEAN MARIE: (1734-1793) Vicount of la Platière. French Manufacturer, Leader of the Girondists during the French Revolution, largely influen...

[LOUIS XVI DEATH SENTENCE]: LOUIS XVI (1754-1793) King of France 1774-91 & 1791-92. An extraordinary set of contemporary printed original document...

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MANUEL LOUIS PIERRE: (1751-1793) French Writer and political figure during the Revolution. Member of the Convention, he was guillotined for callin...

[PARISIAN SECTIONS DURING REVOLUTION]: A good selection of thirty seven documents related to the sections created during the revolution in Paris, ...

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PICOT DE DAMPIERRE AUGUSTE: (1756-1793) French General. Dead at the early age of 36 as a results of his wounds after having his leg ripped by a ca...

[SECURITY CARDS]: The Cartes de Sûreté were created on 12th March 1793 with the purpose of granting that their holders were not suspect. The cards...

SANTERRE ANTOINE: (1752-1809) French Brewer who participated in the Storm of the Bastille and became General and Commander of the National Guard d...

BIGORIE DU CHAMBON AUBIN: (1757-1793) French Convention Deputy who voted in favour of King Louis XVI death sentence. Member of the Girondins polit...

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MASUYER CLAUDE LOUIS: (1752-1794) & DUPRAT JEAN (1760-1793) & FAUCHET CLAUDE (1744-1793). Three members of the Convention, all of them guillotined...

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METTOT DOMINIQUE: (1749-1794) French Secretary of the Commune, executed together with Robespierre´s accomplices. D.S., Mettot, two pages, large fo...

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[BESIEGE OF MAYENCE]: D´OYRE FRANÇOIS (1739-1799) French General and Governor of the Mayence fortress. Best-known for his behaviour during the May...

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CHAUMETTE PIERRE: (1763-1794) French Prosecutor of the Parisian Commune and Spokesperson of the Sans-Culottes. Guillotined together with the Heber...

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[SENTENCE TO DEATH]: An interesting D.S., three pages, large folio, Paris, 19th October 1793, in French. The partially printed document, being a t...

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BASIRE CLAUDE (1764-1794) & PHILIPPEAUX PIERRE: (1756-1794) French members of the Convention, guillotined the 5th April 1794 together with Danton....

FOLLOPPE GEORGES: (1730-1794) French Pharmacist and member of the Commune. Accused of helping Louis Capet, King Louis XVI, and his family, and gui...