BURNAND DAVID: (1888-1975) Swiss Painter and Illustrator. Son of renowned portraitist Eugene Burnand. Seven attractive colour signed 16 x 20 pastels portraits, drawing paper, by Burnand. The portraits corresponding to Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) Italian Fascist Dictator of World War II; Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French Physicist and Chemist. First woman to win a Nobel Prize, and first person to win two Nobel Prizes, in Physics 1903, and Chemistry 1911; Austen Chamberlain (1863-1937) British Statesman. Nobel Peace Prize, 1925; Gustav Stresemann (1878-1929) German Politician. Chancellor in 1923 and foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic. Nobel Peace Prize, 1926; Aristide Briand (1862-1932) French Statesman. Served as Prime Minister of France on multiple occasions between 1909 and 1929. Nobel Peace Prize, 1926. Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) French Prime Minister 1906-09 and Gustave Ador (1845-1928) Swiss Politician. President of the confederation 1919. EX, 7 £100-150
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![[CHAGALL MARC]: (1887-1985) Russian-born French Artist. One A.L.S., `Madame Marc Chagall´, and two A.Ls., by Bella Rosenfeld](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/db08fd8d-41b2-4bb0-86c0-a7690140d7e7/4d2a4676-da5f-4b98-f433-61e2cdaa95f5/468x382.jpg)
[CHAGALL MARC]: (1887-1985) Russian-born French Artist. One A.L.S., `Madame Marc Chagall´, and two A.Ls., by Bella Rosenfeld Chagall, on behalf of her husband Marc Chagall, each of two pages, 8vo, Paris, December 1927, March and July 1928, the last being written at the hotel St. Aubin, St Aubin sur Mer, Calvados, to André de Ridder, in French. To the first, Bella Chagall states in part `Unfortunately Chagall is not in Paris at this precise moment. He is in the countryside, not far from Paris, he is working. He is not intending to be back until next week…I will be going with my little girl to meet him next Friday, in order to be together for the new year,….the address is as follows “Montchaunet par Septeuil, at M. Guy. You must take the train to Mantes-Gossicourt, and then a bus.´ To the second Chagall refers to his Russian period, and lists also a small list of his French poets. To the last, Bella Chagall on behalf of Marc Chagall says `I am on the seaside…When are you intending to go to Paris. I´ll be back in fifteen days….I would like, if you agree, to give the chance to several Belgian and French writers to express their opinions on different aspects of my art…´ Chagall further lists a series of names of friends, with their addresses, and alongside the questions he would ask them regarding “Art and Religion”, his first days in Paris, Chagall in Germany, and other art works. An interesting set of three letters containing the names of Chagall´s chosen close friends and artists to be asked about his art and former artistic works. VG, 3 £100-150Bella Rosenfeld Chagall (1895-1944) Belarusian Writer and first wife 1915-44 of Painter Marc Chagall. She was the subject of many of Chagall's paintings.
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[CHAGALL MARC]: (1887-1985) Russian-born French Artist. Three good A.L.S., `M C´, and `Ch´, by Bella Rosenfeld Chagall, on behalf of her husband Marc Chagall, each of two pages, 8vo, Paris, January and February 1929, to André de Ridder, in French. To the first, Bella Chagall states in part `..the translation of my souvenirs has been done by my wife.. I do think that this time I should not write again about me.. Regarding my editor Vollard and his articles which you only wanted to include part of them, I know that he is very sensible to his writing and I do not have the courage to “hurt” him personally.´ and further concludes asking his correspondent if he received the Apollinaire´s poem sent to him, and saying `Forgive my weakness, but I do not like being the messenger with bad news´ To the second Chagall states `I have been working for twenty years now, but critics have not found the time to study what I have essentially done, what I have tried to contribute with in this field. Because I do not work to make business.. I would like to have my own part in this eternal life.´ To the last, Bella Chagall says `I will regret if you don´t find the time to write a deep essential study, if I deserve it, in your Chagall works. It seems to me that it would help me to better understand my twenty years professional life, during which I was isolated and did not stop having doubts.´ A good set of three letters with interesting content. VG, 3 £100-150Bella Rosenfeld Chagall (1895-1944) Belarusian Writer and first wife 1915-44 of Painter Marc Chagall. She was the subject of many of Chagall's paintings André de Ridder was a Belgian Writer who wrote Hommage a Marc Chagall (1961)
LEIGHTON FREDERIC: (1830-1896) First Baron Leighton. English Painter and Sculptor. A.L.S., Fr. Leighton, three pages, 8vo, n.p., 2nd November [n.y.], to Mr. Rathbone. Leighton refers to an exhibition, conditions to agree and difficulties, stating in part `I am again here at work for the winter exhibition, our difficulties.. but after withdrew when he learnt that we don´t ensure on the road but only in the exhibition…and accept the same conditions which satisfy all..´ Professionally repaired to the verso to the fold. VG £80-100
RODIN AUGUSTE: (1840-1917) French Sculptor. A.L.S., Aug Rodin, two pages, written to the first and fourth page, 8vo, Paris, 27th January 1909, on his personal printed stationery, 182, rue de l´Université, to an unidentified correspondent, in French. Rodin states `I am going to put together the photographs that I have about my last works and will send them to you as soon as possible, including some explanations which might be useful to you.´ Very small overall, minor age wear, with small folding, otherwise VG £250-350
LUMIERE LOUIS: (1864-1948) French Pioneer Filmmaker, along with his brother Auguste. T.L.S., Louis Lumiere, two pages, Bandol, 12th June 1943, on his personal printed stationery, Villa Lumen, Bandol, Var, to Monsieur Lo Duca, in French. Lumiere responds to his correspondent´s letter and confirms having received his request and books, as well as his last manuscript dedicated to the History of the Photography and Cinema only eight days ago, and states `..my health which is very precarious these days (cataracts make reading more and more difficult and painful) did not allow me to answer sooner´ and adds an interesting thought `(Light is taking its revenge for my repeated dares!)´. Lumiere further congratulates Lo Luca for his book The History of Cinema, and `for your little book´ The Cinema Technique. Referring further to the manuscript received and to his correspondent´s request asking for Lumiere´s comments and annotations to this manuscript, the French filmmaker states `..I am taking the liberty to direct you to the few remarks you will find on a separate sheet, under reference numbers, in order to make the lecture easier.´ Lumiere also offers to Lo Luca´s international museum an original print related to his first movies, and concludes on a postscript explaining the personal documents which he also sends to his correspondent. Accompanied by two printed 4to pages, containing the amendments and annotations referred above, and including numerous technical, scientific and historical comments with multiple references to Marey, Antoine Lumiere and Melies. A letter of good content. Small overall age wear, with trace of a former staple, not affecting the text or signature. G £500-800Joseph Marie Lo Luca (1910-2004) Italian writer and critic. Lo Luca was one of the founders of Cahiers du Cinema, an influential French film magazine founded in 1951. Etienne Jules Marey (1830-1904) French Scientist and pioneer of photography and cinema. Charles Antoine Lumiere (1840-1911) father of Auguste and Louis Lumiere. Georges Melies (1861-1938) French Film Director, a pioneer of cinema and innovator in the use of special effects.
MOORE HENRY: (1898-1986) English Sculptor and Artist. A.N.S., `Henry Moore´, one page, 8vo, Herts, 27th June 1955, on his personal printed stationery, to Gerald Barry. Moore adds a lengthy annotation at the base of a short typed letter, stating `I would have written to thank you for your letter before now, except that I have been away first in Germany and then in Holland, in connection with work, I only came home yesterday..´ Trace of a former paperclip to the upper edge, otherwise VG £100-150
CASANOVA GIACOMO: (1725-1798) Italian Author and Adventurer. A.L.S., Casanova, two pages (written on the first and third sides of the conjugate leaves), 4to, Prague, 18th May 1788, to Count Antonio Collalto ('Your Excellency, my Beloved Lord') in Vienna, in Italian. Casanova announces `This modern evil called Grippe, after travelling through the Austrian capital, did not forgive the Bohemian capital and caught me, obliging me to attend V[ostra] E[ccellenza] with such an ungrateful appearance; but thank God, V E is free of it, not me, I am in bed´ further remarking `I have here with me your precious letters dated 10th and 13th, but with my headache I am unable to remember if I have already answered to the first or not, so in order not to fail, I´ll answer to both of them.´ Casanova continues to refer to some books sent to his correspondent and also to some other individuals, `I understand, according to your letter, that you have received the box with the books, and I read also and appreciate the news regarding the call from the French Ambassador´s to Venice, and as a consequence the imbroglio with Naples, an affair on which I fully ignore the cause. According to your second letter I understand that with your usual excess of goodness, V.E. went personally to deliver to Countess Clari-Ligne the volumes, and that you refused to accept the nine Guilders. V.E. acted wisely, nevertheless I will write today to the Prince of Liechtenstein who knows me, and I hope that all will be taken care of in a noble way.´ He further writes `My brother wrote to me and he praised your kindness in sending the thirty volumes, and promised he will send the money to you as soon as he will receive it from the associates… Count Waldstein has the first 72 copies…and my brother promises he will get 24 more associates....´ Casanova concludes his letter `Additionally to all mentioned, I beg you to send me on the 27th of the present month the money you may have for me as I have to pay a bill of exchange before the end of the month. The third volume was welcomed here with applause and allowed me to get eight more associates. The King´s speech on page 261 pleased a lot.´ An attractive, boldly penned letter. A few very minor, insignificant holes to some words of text, evidently caused by the ink burning the paper, otherwise VG £10000 - 15000Count Antonio Collalto - Italian Nobleman and Military officer. Aloys I (1759-1805) Prince of Liechtenstein. He expanded the Liechtenstein library through the purchase of complete collections of books. Joseph Karl Emanuel Waldstein (1755-1814) Count Waldstein. Casanova spent the last years of his life in Bohemia as a librarian in Count Waldstein's household, where he also wrote the story of his life. Casanova's autobiography, Histoire de ma vie, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. Casanova is remembered today for his often elaborate and complicated affairs with women and his name is synonymous with 'womanisers'. He associated himself with European Royalty, Popes and Cardinals as well as luminaries including Voltaire, Goethe and Mozart.
DUMAS ALEXANDRE Père: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A.L.S., your A. Dumas, one page, small 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Elisa, in French. Dumas writes to one of his mistresses, Elisa, and starts the letter sending a request to her `Come to see me in the morning more often than what you are doing.´ further instructing her `From 10h I am always alone, although you have nothing else to do, you will wait for me if necessary at the dining room.´ Dumas concludes with a statement `We will not always be so poor.´ A cleanly written short letter which describes well Dumas´ fame and behaviour. With blank integral leaf. Small area of paper loss to the right edge of the first page although not affecting the text or signature. G to VG £200-300
HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet and Novelist. Vintage signed sepia cabinet photograph, the oval image depicting Hugo in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by M. Lopez of Paris. Signed by Hugo in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone to the lower photographer's mount. Matted in dark brown and framed and glazed in a decorative frame to an overall size of 10 x 12. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG £1500 - 2000The French Poet, Novelist and Dramatist of the Romantic Movement, Hugo is considered one of the greatest and best-known French writers. In France his literary fame comes first from his poetry, however outside of France his best-known works are the novels Les Miserables (1862) and Notre-Dame de Paris (1831; known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). Hugo also earned respect as a campaigner for social causes, such as the abolition of capital punishment.
SAINTE-BEUVE CHARLES AUGUSTIN: (1804-1869) French literary Critic. Proust´s masterwork A la Recherche du temps perdu develops the ideas contained in his well-known set of essays Contre Sainte-Beuve (“Against Sainte-Beuve”). A very interesting A.L.S., Ste-Beuve, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., Saturday, to a woman [Jeanne Destourbet], in French. Sainte Beuve starts his letter stating `My dear and kind friend, I was feeling bad yesterday, and to my great regret had to leave suddenly although didn´t want to. Pasha Halil Bey had invited me for dinner next Saturday together with you..´ further sending intimate compliments to his correspondent `Yesterday your beauty was enhanced and superb. I can see that you have more than one kind of beauty, it´s as per your wish, depending on the day, on your whims, I like both. I even like the third, when you wear your robe de chamber, your hair half-combed..´ A letter of good association. With integral blank leaf. Very small folding, otherwise VG £200-300Jeanne Tourbey (1837- ?) Also known as Jeanne Destourbet was a very famous courtesan of her time. Prince Jerome Napoleon offered her a large house in Paris where she used to receive a long list of lovers including Alexandre Dumas, Téophile gautier, Gustave Flaubert, Sainte-Beuve, and Pasha Halil Serif who spent several millions in presents and looking after her. Pasha Halil Serif (1831-1879) Also known as Halil Bey, Ottoman diplomat and art collector. Appointed commissioner to the International Exhibition in Paris in 1855, and later Ottoman Ambassador to Athens and Saint Petersburg where he began collecting art. Téophile Gautier described Pasha´s collection as “The first ever to be formed by a child of Islam”. Pasha Halil serif was introduced to Gustave Courbet by Sainte-Beuve, and commissioned Le Sommeil (“The Sleepers”) and L´origine du monde from him. His collection included several Delacroix masterpieces.
DAUDET ALPHONSE: (1840-1897) French Novelist. A.L.S., Alphonse Daudet, one page, small 8vo, Paris, n.d., to a Minister, in French. Daudet kindly requests a recommendation for a musician and author working at the Paris conservatory, and being the second request he sends to his correspondent after the help received on the first occasion, Daudet in his usual small writing states in part `A good action always carries a punishment with it. You have been so kind...´ With blank integral leaf. A clean and carefully written letter. EX £100-150
MAUPASSANT GUY DE: (1850-1893) French Writer. A.L.S., Maupassant, two pages, 12mo, Paris, n.d., on his personal printed stationery, 10th rue de Montchanin, to an unidentified colleague, in French. Maupassant explains to his correspondent that he is was back to Paris and states `..I returned ill, have been four days in bed, then I went to Normandie, now back again and ready to travel tomorrow to the mount St. Michel, but back again next Wednesday..´, further saying `..Will you still be in Paris next week?…I intended to write the Swinburne preface while I was on my boat, but without your manuscript I could not work on it..´, and concludes `I am very busy these days, and ill, but ready to keep my promise. We should talk about this.´ A letter of good content. VG £1000-1500Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) English Poet, Playwright and Critic. A controversial figure of his time, sado-masochist and alcoholic, he wrote about taboo topics such as anti-theism, lesbianism or cannibalism. It has been reported that Swinburne and Maupassant met for the first time in France in 1868 when the English poet, drunk, was drowning in the Etretat sea and was rescued by a young Maupassant.
COLLINS WILKIE: (1824-1889) English Novelist and Playwright. His work The Moonstone (1868) is widely considered the first modern detective novel. A.N.S., Wilkie Collins, one page, on a 12mo clipped piece Collins states `..what you have done. I am only just back from Gads Hill. Ever yours, Wilkie Collins´. A bold black ink message in Collins´ hand. Extremely small remnants of former affixing to the verso, otherwise VG £100-150
BLACK WILLIAM: (1841-1898) Scottish Novelist. Black´s novels were very popular during his lifetime. A.L.S., William Black, one page, 8vo, London, 8th January 1890, on his personal printed stationery, to Chapman & Hall. Black states `Gentlemen, I am sorry, … should not have been able to agree about terms for the publication of my novel ”Kilmeny”, and I must hope to be more fortunate on some future occasion. I have to thank you in the meanwhile for your promptness in considering the matter..´ With small remnants of former affixing to the corners verso. VG £80-100Chapman & Hall was a British publishing house founded in London in 1834. They were publishers for Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and many more British authors. Kilmeny (1870) was one of the first Black´s novels meeting success. A year after he wrote his first great success novel A Daughter of Heth (1871)
JACOB MAX: (1876-1944) French Poet and Painter. A good A.L.S., Max Jacob, two pages, written to the first and third page, Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire, 29th May 1922, to his editors, in French. Jacob deeply thanks his correspondents for their kindness and refers to some inscriptions issues stating in part `..Cocteau has only taken advantage of my embarrassment asking me to report about his last work of verses based on new writing. I have written to Martin du Gard asking him to do it for me, but he has not responded.´ further saying `I would like to show you all my gratitude, and since you have these paintings, I am going to make you a gouache and offer it to you. Do you like landscapes? Or would you prefer to wait until I find something in Paris…Do you like horses? Dogs? Tell me frankly, I have resolved to dedicate my time to prove you my friendship.´ A letter of good association. Small overall, minor age wear. Folded. G £100-120Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) French Writer, Playwright and Filmmaker. Roger Martin du Gard (1881-1958) French Novelist. Nobel Prize for literature in 1937.
CONDE CARMEN: (1907-1996) Spanish Poet and Writer. Founder of the first popular University and the first woman to become number academic of the Royal Academy of Spain. Small collection of two A.Ls.S., and two T.Ls.S., Carmen, in blue pencil, one or two pages each, 8vo, Madrid 1955-57, all to Juana Granados, in Spanish. The first being a T.L.S., 14th April 1955, on the printed stationery of the Madrid University, and Conde states `I have been in Alicante and in the Spanish Morocco, and that is why I could not contact you. For the Miguel Hernandez book you have to contact…he is the Librarian at the Miro library in Alicante, his biographer and my friend..the book will be a success…I send to you a clipped piece from the ABC journal referring to Jorge Guillen´ (Clipped piece enclosed). The second being a postcard, 1st October 1956, and Conde pushes her correspondent saying `You must call and talk to the Consul, and to the General Director for Cultural Affairs, and to the Foreign Affairs Minister. Do it.-´ further saying `Tell me my friend. I am very sad and sorry for the illness..I´ll find you the book. And will write to you again´. The third, an AL.S., on a two pages card, dated 2nd April 1957. Conde refers to an article she has read about a lecture given by the Spanish Poet Dictinio on Juan Ramon Jimenez, with her correspondent´s presence alongside and wishes to get her feed back. On the fourth letter, an A.L.S., 10th August 1957, on the printed stationery of the Conference Archive of Ruben Dario, Conde reports about her prompt trip to Santander where she will meet her correspondent and asks her a favour as her daughter has lost her glasses and is very sad, and states `Everything from Italy pleases me, poor me ! I would live eternally in your country… Please send the work `Carmen Conde, Poetry´ to the noble German writer Gertrude de Fort, she has written a very good book…´. The four letters are accompanied by the original envelopes. G to generally VG, 4 + 2 £80-100Juana Granados de Bagnasco - Italian-Spanish Writer & Translator and close friend to Carmen Conde, with whom she worked on poem works. Miguel Hernandez (1910-1942) Spanish Poet. An iconic figure in the Spanish literature of the first half of 20th century. Condemned to death after the Spanish Civil War, he got it commuted to 30 years imprisonment. He would die two years after in prison of tuberculosis. Jorge Guillen (1893-1984) Spanish Poet, a member of the generation of 27. Juan Ramon Jimenez (1881-1958) Spanish Poet, Nobel Prize in literature in 1956. Gertrude von Le Fort (1876-1971) German Writer of novels and poems.
CAPOTE TRUMAN: (1924-1984) American Novelist. An excellent book signed `Truman Capote´, a 4to hardback printed edition of Capote´s famous novel In Cold Blood (1966), first edition, published by Random House, New York, 1966. Boldly signed in blue ink by Capote to the front free endpaper with his name alone. The 343 pages book is attractively bound in carmine with embossed gilt title and author letters to the spine and featuring to the front cover his two initials “T.C”. Accompanied by the dust jacket featuring Neil Fujita artist cover work. VG £250-350In Cold Blood (1966) details the 1959 murders of four members of the Herbert Clutter family in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas. Capote spent six years working on the book which got an instant success, and today is the second-biggest-selling true crime book in publishing history. In Cold Blood was first published as a four-part serial in The New Yorker, beginning in September 1965. Neil Fujita (1921-2010) American graphic Designer known for his innovative book covers and record album designs.
LE CARRÉ JOHN: (1931- ) British Author. Former member of the Secret Intelligence Service, best known for his espionage novels. D.S., twice, `le Carré´and `John le Carré´, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., the document being a printed copy of the first chapter, first page, of his novel The Russia House, 1989. The printed text bearing beneath the novel title “By John LeCarre”, which the British novelist crosses with a line, and adds above `le Carré´, in the correct way, adding also beneath `(Jorgine!)´, showing clearly the right way he expects his name to be written. Signed in bold blue ink at the head and at the base of the document. EX £80-100
PRUDHOMME SULLY: (1839-1907) French Poet, the first winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1901. Autograph statement signed `Sully Prudhomme´, on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard, Chatenay sur Seine, 19th November 1901, in French. Prudhomme states `I do not know how to improvise and I do not have spare-time. What to do?´ and signs to the white lower border front card beneath a painting by Hans Zatska, Austrian painter (1859-1945). Addressed in another hand to the verso and post-stamped. VG £80-100
ROLLAND ROMAIN: (1866-1944) French Dramatist & Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1915. An interesting A.L.S., Romain Rolland, two pages, written to the first and third page, 8vo, Villeneuve, 24th January 1937, to Paul Langevin, in French. Rolland writes to his `Dear and great friend and companion´ and states `I have never ever regretted so much not being able to go to Paris because of my health. I would have wished to join my fraternal tribute of affection and respect to the one of all those who will be present this evening. Others will say the same as I, but none feels better than I your generosity…´ further saying `We are proud of having you as chief and counsellor. Nothing is bigger or more stimulating, nothing can strengthen our confidence in victory more than watching the masters of science, like you, leading the countless crowds of citizens which at this time are defending the justice, so wildly attacked..´ A letter of good content. Folded. VG £150-200Paul Langevin (1872-1946) Eminent French Physicist and President of the Human Rights League 1944-46. The Langevin Dynamics and the Langevin Equations were named after him. Founder of an antifascist organization, he was arrested by the Vichy government for most of the war. Langevin had a very close sentimental relationship with Marie Curie.
MAURIAC FRANÇOIS: (1885-1970) French Author. Nobel Prize in Literature, 1952. A.L.S., François Mauriac, two pages, Paris, 4th June 1927, on his personal printed stationery, to British Ambassadress to France, in French. An interesting letter by Mauriac referring to the British Kings and to Lindbergh, stating `Madame the Ambassadress, I have kept a precious remembering of the admirable soirée you were so kind to honour me inviting me to attend it.´ further saying `I will always remain grateful for introducing me to a so noble King, a so charming Queen, so good looking both of them, awakening some nostalgia among the French... This magnificent party has been very much commented here, and we have been questioned about it as much as those who watched Lindbergh´s landing have been.´ Accompanied by an unsigned original 5 x 7 photograph showing Mauriac in a three quarter length pose wearing his academician uniform. Folded. VG £100-150George V (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36 & Mary of Teck (1867-1953) Queen of the United Kingdom. Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) American Aviator who made the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, 20th - 21st May 1927. The present letter was written only two weeks after Lindbergh landing at Le Bourget.
SARTRE JEAN-PAUL: (1905-1980) French Philosopher, Playwright & Novelist, awarded (but refused) the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964 . A.N.S., J Sartre, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. (1976/77), in French. Sartre writes, in full, 'Lotta Continua is going to be banned: it is the freedom of the revolutionary press which is once more at stake. I extend a call to Italian writers to gain control of the newspaper individually or jointly'. VG £800 - 1200Lotta Continua ('Continuous Struggle') was a far left extra-parliamentary organisation founded in Italy in 1969. The first issue of Lotta Continua's eponymous newspaper was published in the November of that year. In 1977 Sartre gave an interview to the paper on the occasion of a far left rally in Bologna in which he declared 'Je ne suis plus Marxiste'. It was around this time that the newspaper disbanded. Jean-Paul Sartre was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology and a leading figure in 20th century French philosophy and Marxism.
GORKY MAXIM: (1868-1936) Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, Russian Writer and political socialist Activist & CHALIAPIN FEODOR (1873-1938) Russian Opera Singer. An excellent vintage signed postcard photograph by Gorky and Chaliapin, the image showing both artists in a half length pose, Gorky seated alongside Chaliapin standing close. Individually signed by Gorky and Chaliapin, in bold black fountain pen ink, to clear areas of the image. Two very small ink stains to the first letter of Gorky´s autograph, otherwise VG £300-400Gorky wrote Chaliapin's autobiography in 1916. He would write to Chaliapin in 1909 `I myself will write your life as you dictate it… I hasten, my friend, to tell you the following: You're undertaking a serious business, an important and widely significant matter, that is, something interesting not only to us Russians but to the whole world of culture and especially of art! Do you understand this?... A symbolic life, which attests indisputably to the great strength and power of our land… Watch out, Feodor, don't toss your soul into the hands of word peddlers!… I am terribly afraid you won't understand the national, the Russian significance of your autobiography! Listen, my dear, shut your eyes and think a minute…´.
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[GENERAL MOBILIZATION ORDER]: An excellent original printed public notice issued for the French Mobilization Order given on 2nd September 1939. Original printed 28.5 x 36 poster, bearing at the heading “French Republic” with a colourful image of two French flags beneath, and entitled “Order of General Mobilization”. The document bears three large ink stamps at the base corresponding to the Ministers of War, of Navy and of Air. The printed text stating that all vehicles, engines, cars, boats, animals, and any other way of transport or supply, etc.. are requisitioned, and all men with any kind of military duty to occur.. The document also states “The First day of the General Mobilization is” and hand written alongside `Saturday, 2nd of September 1939, at zero hours´. Folded. With few very small tears to the fold edges, otherwise VG £80-100
GÖRING HERMANN: (1893-1946) German Political & Military Leader of the Nazi Party. President of the Reichstag 1932-45, Minister of aviation 1933-45 and former World War I Fighter Pilot. A fine signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photograph by Göring. The H. Hoffmann photograph, from Munich, depicting the military Leader outdoors, on horseback and wearing his uniform in a full length pose. Signed and inscribed in bold pencil `Till Landsfikalen… Good Guard´ to a largely clear area to the base of the photograph. Signed `H. Göring´and dated 1936 in his hand. Extremely small tear to the upper edge. Also including Carl Alexander von Fock (1854-1938) Swedish Officer and Göring´s father in law. Carl von Fock was father of Göring´s first wife Carin Fock (1888-1931). A.L.S., Carl A. Fock, two pages, 4to, Stockholm, 6th August 1927, to a comrade, in German. A cleanly written letter. Some overall, minor age wear. Folded. VG, 2 £500-800
KAMIKAZES: Small selection of signed photographs by few Japanese kamikazes, comprising Mitsuo Fuchida (1902-1976) Captain of the Japanese Navy, and bomber Aviator during WWII. Best known for leading the first air wave attacks on Pearl Harbour on 7 December 1941. Signed 8 x 11.5 photograph by Fuchida, the image showing Admiral Yamamoto, Chief Commandant of the Japanese Air Forces during WWII. Signed in bold black ink, in occidental and Japanese characters, to a clear area at the head of the image; Saburo Sakai (1916-2000) Japanese naval Aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Signed 7 x 9.5 photograph by Sakai, the image showing several Mitsubishi fighter bombers used by the Kamikazes during WWII. Signed in bold black ink, in occidental and Japanese characters, to a clear area of the image; and Ryuji Nagatsuka (1924- ) Japanese Kamikaze survivor. Professor at Tokyo University and Author of the work I was a Kamikaze. The Knights of the Divine Wind (1973). Signed 11 x 8 image by Nagatsuka showing a Mitsubishi Sally, Kc-21, the aircraft Admiral Yamamoto was flying in when it was shot down in April 1943. Signed in bold red ink, in occidental and Japanese characters, to the lower white border of the image. G, 3 £80-100
DOSS DESMOND: (1919-2006) United States Army Corporal, Combat Medic in World War II. The only conscientious objector to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor medal during World War II. The subject of film director Mel Gibson's World War II drama, Hacksaw Ridge (2016). Signed F.D.C., `Desmond T. Doss, C.m.H´, to the bottom right corner of an official first day of issue “A salute to United States postal people”. Together with an A.N.S., `God Bless you. Sincerely, Desmond T. Doss´, to a 4 x 3 unbound white sticking label VG £80-100
WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. A.L.S., Wellington, one page, 8vo, Stratfield Saye, 11th April 1841, to General Sir Willoughby Gordon. Wellington promises to convene a meeting of the committee on the Duke of York's Memorial, and concludes '…I will at that meeting suggest an arrangement for the gratification of the Commander of the Royal Military Asylum.' With integral address leaf in Wellington's hand, with a Penny Red postage stamp affixed and bearing a Maltese Cross postmark and also remnants of a red wax seal (small area of paper loss where broken). VG £100-150General Sir James Willoughby Gordon (1772-1851) British Quartermaster-General to the Forces 1811-51. In 1801 the Duke of York laid the first stone of the Royal Military Asylum in Dover, Kent.
CHARLES GEORGE: (1833-1885) British Army officer, known as Chinese Gordon. A.L.S., C G Gordon, three pages, 8vo, n.p., 19th January 1884, to Lord Northbrook, in pencil. The first page of the letter is barely legible and only a few words can be partially deciphered, however Gordon continues on the second and third pages, which are legible, and states, in part, '…Said Pasha Viceroy, before Ismail, ordered the road to Soudan to be closed as he thought Soudan was so worthless. Lesseps went with him to Banha (?), Said Pasha was so horrified at the misery of people & oppression of them that he ordered the cannon to be thrown in Nile (ask Lesseps….. if this is not true)… It was only through influence… that the road was open again……' Some light overall creasing and a few minor tears to the edges and central fold of the letter, only very slightly affecting a few words of text. G £300 - 400The present letter was written just one day after Gordon officially received command of the Sudan following the serious revolt which had broken out led by the Muslim religious leader and self-proclaimed Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad. Gordon was sent to Khartoum with instructions to secure the evacuation of loyal soldiers and civilians and to depart with them. Thomas Baring (1826-1904) 1stEarl of Northbrook. British Liberal Politician and Statesman, Viceroy of India 1872-76 and First Lord of the Admiralty 1880-85. In 1884, Northbrook was sent to Egypt as special commissioner to inquire into its finances and condition. After six weeks of inquiry Northbrook submitted two reports, which included advising against the withdrawal of the British garrison. Sa'id Pasha (1822-1863) Wāli of Egypt and Sudan 1854-63. Isma'il Pasha (1830-1895) Khedive of Egypt and Sudan 1863-79. Nephew of Sa'id Pasha. Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894) Vicomte de Lesseps. French Diplomat and developer of the Suez Canal. It was Sa'id Pasha who signed the concession, on 30th November 1854, authorising de Lesseps to build the canal.
MARAT JEAN PAUL: (1743-1793) French Political Theorist, Scientist and radical Journalist during the French Revolution, advocating for basic human rights for the poorest, and publishing on his periodical L´Ami du Peuple (“The People´s Friend”). Marat was assassinated in 1793 and became a revolutionary martyr to the Jacobins. Rare A.N.S., `Marat l´ami du Peuple´, on both sides of a clipped 12mo piece, Paris, January 1790, to Miss Victoria to the verso, in French. To the front clipped piece Marat states `..who denounced me at your assembly - who is the author of the letter… `[M]arat l´ami du Peuple.. January 1790. - de Ste Marguerite. F.S.A´. To the verso Marat´s hand written text states `Miss Victoria, good evening, and to my friends, I kindly ask you to give a payment on account of 81 Pounds to..´. An interesting document, Marat addiing alongside his signature `L´Ami du Peuple´, identifying himself as the people´s friend, the name of his newspaper, only founded three months earlier. F £800-1200On September 1789, Marat began his own newspaper, entitled first Publiciste Parisien (“Parisian Publicist”), before changing its name few days after to L´Ami du Peuple ("The People's friend"). From this newspaper, he often attacked the most influential and powerful groups in Paris, including the Commune and ministers. In January 1790, date of the present document, he moved to the radical Cordeliers section, then under the leadership of Danton. He was nearly arrested for his aggressive attacks against Jacques Necker, Louis XVI´s Finance Minister, and was forced to flee to London.
FRENCH REVOLUTION: A good selection of fourteen A.L.S. and L.S., some to partially printed documents, by members of the French National Convention during the French Revolution, most dated 1795-1800, including Eugène Melchior Patrin (1742-1815) A.L.S., 4to; Pierre Henry-Larivière (1761-1838) A.L.S.; Jean André Barthelemy (1742-1817) Partially printed document signed; Charles François Oudot (1755-1841) A.L.S., 1802. Jean André Barrot (1753-1845) A.L.S., to the Minister of war, stating in part `..no doubt fully guilty since he deserted under the Republic flags..´; Edme Alexandre Villetard de Prunières (1755-1824) A.L.S., 1797; Emmanuel Pérès (1752-1833) A.L.S., 1796, to the Minister of war; Dominique-Vincent Ramel Nogaret (1760-1829) a member of the National Convention and Minister of Finance. L.S., 1799, in his capacity as Minister; Antoine François Gauthier des Orcières (1750-1824) From exile; Théophile Berlier (1761-1844) A.L.S., 1795, to a judge; Marie-Denis Pellissier (1765-1829); Joseph Poullain-Grandprey (1744-1826); François Martin Poultier (1753-1827); Jean Baptiste Joseph Delecloy (1747-1807) an attractive A.L.S.; VG, 14 £80-100The French National Convention ("Convention Nationale"), 1792-95, succeeded the Legislative Assembly during the French Revolution, and founded the First Republic.
DANTON GEORGES: (1759-1794) Leading figure of the French Revolution and first President of the Committee of Public Safety. Danton voted for the death of Louis XVI in 1793. Guillotined by the advocates of revolutionary terror. Rare D.S., Danton, one page, folio, Paris, 10th September 1792, in French. The document being a decree issued by the Provisional Executive Committee, signed by Danton in his capacity as President of the recently created committee, and stating `In execution of the 13th November 1791 law, the commissars of the National Treasury will grant the payment of the expenses, ascending to eighteen millions and three hundred and thirty seven thousand and four hundred and seventy two pounds, for the purchase of gold and silver done by the National Treasury in foreign countries, including the period from February to first of September of the present year.´ The document is dated `Paris, the tenth September 1792, fourth year of the freedom and first of the equality.´ The document is countersigned at the base by the six commissars, members of the National Treasury Committee comprising Dutramblay, Devaines, De la Fontaine, Savalette, Lermina and Gaudin. The last would later be appointed Finance Minister under Napoleon I. A very interesting Revolutionary date document. Some overall, minor age wear, with a very small tear to the lower edge, otherwise VG £2000-3000Danton acts as President of the Provisional Executive Committee, holding therefore the executive power for a very short period of one month immediately after the fall of King Louis XVI. On 10th August 1792, only 30 days before the present letter was signed, the popular forces marched on the Tuileries ending with the French monarchy the day after. With the fall of the King, the six existing ministers created the 12th August 1792 the Provisional Executive Committee in charge of converting into law the decrees approved by the citizens representatives. Danton was also appointed Minister of Justice on 10th August 1792, holding the post only until 9th October same year. The present document was signed by Danton during that very short period of two months. The National Treasury Committee was at the time of the present letter in charge of granting the transfer from the past fiscal regime to the new revolutionary system.
SONTHONAX LEGER-FELICITE & POLVEREL ETIENNE: (1763-1813) and (1740-1795), both French Abolitionists Legislators at Saint Domingue. The first civil Commissioners and de facto rulers of Saint Domingue promulgating the total abolition of slavery on August 1793. An interesting D.S., Sonthonax and Polvorel, one page, folio, Port-aux-Princes, 1st May 1793, to vice-Admiral Sercey, in French. The attractive partially printed document states at the heading “French Republic - In the name of the Republic - Civil Commission”, and shows to the base an ink stamp stating “In the name of the Nation”. Sonthonax and Polvorel authorize vice-Admiral Sercey by the present document to `..take all the measures which he will consider necessary in order to keep the peacefulness and discipline on board and to send handcuff to prison cell the insubordinates if he judges convenient, until all passengers will safely reach France..´ Folded. Very small, minor age wear to the edges, not affecting the text or signatures, otherwise VG £80-100Pierre Charles de Sercey (1753-1836) French Admiral and Noble.
PICHEGRU JEAN CHARLES: (1761-1804) French General, Commander-in-chief of the Army of the Rhine, & AMBERT JEAN JACQUES (1765-1851) French General during the Revolutionary Wars. Both Generals´ names are inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe. A.L.S., Pichegru, at the base of an A.L.S., Ambert, one page, 4to, Bodenheim, 28th June 1795, to General Pichegru, in French. Ambert sends a request to Chief Commander Pichegru, explaining that in order to proceed with the military orders received he will need the Turenne area maps. Pichegru response is dated the same day from Ober-Ingelheim, and states `It is at today´s date absolutely impossible for the Generals to get maps considering the price they have which we can´t afford at all.´ further requesting the maps from the War department for General Ambert. Professionally repaired edge to the verso, no affecting the text or signatures. Very small overall, minor age wear. G to VG £80-100Pichegru headed a Royalist uprising against the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte in 1803. He was arrested and although was found later strangled in prison, the suicide is widely thought to be false.
BERNADOTTE JEAN BAPTISTE JULES: (1763-1844) Marshal of France, Prince de Pontecorvo and King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway 1818-44. An attractive signed D.S., J B Bernadotte, one page, oblong 4to, Piedmont, 19th March 1794, in French. The partially printed document, featuring an attractive French Republic heading, is issued by the 6th regiment, first battalion of infantry, of the Republican French army, and is a leave document given to citizen Alexis Bigou, twenty years old, fusilier of the first battalion. The document explains the reason stating `..because of the cut of the left testicle, and considering that this disease can only cure after surgery which is often followed by accidents making difficult the day by day of the patient..´ Signed by Bernadotte in his capacity as Division General and head of the Officers administrative council of the battalion. The document bears eleven additional countersignatures, one to the verso, including officers, war commissars, etc.. and two red wax seals to the front. Light age wear and minor foxing to the edges, otherwise VG £150-200
LOWE HUDSON: (1769-1844) Anglo-Irish Officer and colonial Administrator. Best known for his time as Governor of St. Helena as gaoler of Napoleon Bonaparte. D.S., `H.Lowe M.General´, one page, folded folio, Brussels, 28th December 1814, to William Smith Deputy Paymaster General. Also signed by WILLIAM I (1772-1843) First King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1815-1840. Former Prince of Orange. Signed in bold black ink `William, Prince of Orange´. The partially printed document being a warrant given by `His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, commanding His Majesty´s forces in the United Provinces of Holland,.. authorizing payment to Major General H. Lowe, as Colonel Royal Corsican, Rangers regiment,..´ Folded. Professionally repaired to the left edge verso, otherwise VG £600-900Lowe, at the time of the present letter, is in charge of the duties of quartermaster-general of the army in the Netherlands. Prince William of Orange would be crowned less than three months after.
ALEXANDER I: (1777-1825) Emperor of Russia 1801-25, the first Russian King of Poland 1815-25. Fine D.S., Alexander, in Cyrillic, one page, oblong folio, Saint Petersburg, 29th December 1802, to Lieutenant Colonel Leonti Triden, in Cyrillic. The partially printed document being a title recognition given to Lieutenant Colonel Leonid Triden, who was appointed Colonel in March 1800 by former Emperor Paul I, Alexander´s father, although the title was never issued. Three written lines to the verso, dated 1803. With very small traces of former paper seal, not longer present. Folded to the centre. Some extremely light, very minor age wear, otherwise VG £1000-1500
GRABOWSKI STEFAN: (1767-1847) Polish Major General and Prussian Count. A major military figure taking part in multiple main battles during his career. Awarded by Tsar Alexander I of Russia with the Order of St. Stanislau of the first class. A good L.S., Count Etienne Grabowski, one page, 4to, Saint Petersburg 26th October 1827, to Baron Malvirade, in French. Grabowski informs his correspondent that following his request, he has been reported that the St. John church archives in Warsaw do not include François Pointin´s baptism, and states `I have instructed to make a research through all Warsaw churches in order to find out if Mr. Pointin may be wrong and he would appear in a different parish..´ A clean letter in very fine condition. VG £80-100
ZAKREVSKY ARSENY: (1783-1865) Russian Statesman and Minister of the Interior 1828-31 under Nicholas I. Two good A.L.S., Count A. Zakrevsky, in Cyrillic, three pages, 8vo, Moscow, 21st December 1852, the first, to Count Nikolai Alexeevich Orlov, in Cyrillic. Zakrevsky thanks his correspondent for his letter and states in part ` Please tell His Highness Konstantin Nikolaevich that at his will Andreev's daughter will be accepted under Lidenka´s shelter. I will notify you when she should be brought here.´ further saying ` Thank God, that cholera has ceased at your place, but we shall see what the spring holds.´ Together with a second A.L.S., Count Zakrevsky, in Cyrillic, three pages, 8vo, Moscow, 28th January 1853, to Count Nikolai Alexeevich Orlov, in Cyrillic. Zakrevsky responds to his correspondent´s letter dated 24th, and states `Lidenka wanted to find a special shelter for this child, but the father is looking for the best one, and not the one that should be.´ further saying `I liked your Bibikov, and he is exactly as you had described him to me. And on your recommendation, I spoke with him about everything as openly as I do with you.´ Both letters are accompanied by their respective original envelopes in Zakrevsky´s hand, the first bearing to the verso a red wax seal. Overall minor age wear, otherwise VG, 2 £100-150Prince Nikolai Alexeievich Orlov (1827-1885) Russian Diplomatist and author. Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich of Russia (1827-1892) Second son of tsar Nicholas I. Admiral of the Russian fleet. Lydie Zakrevsky (1826-1884) Lidinka in the present letter. Daughter of Arseny Zakrevsky and wife of Dmitry Nesselrode, son of Russian's Chancellor Count Karl Robert Nesselrode, and mistress of Alexandre Dumas fils.
ZAKREVSKY ARSENY: (1783-1865) Russian Statesman and Minister of the Interior 1828-31 under Nicholas I. Two very interesting A.L.S., Count A. Zakrevsky, in Cyrillic, six pages, 8vo, Moscow, 13th January 1854, to Count Nikolai Alexeevich Orlov, in Cyrillic. On a letter bearing a blind embossed seal to the upper left corner, Zakrevsky thanks his correspondent for his letters dated early January, and states in part `..I wish your father good health, safe trip and complete success for the delight of the Sovereign and the benefit of Russia. Negotiation is particularly difficult when time to act has come. Judging by the order of Fanton, I already imagine what they mean. To make the Christian subjects of Porte to rise up. But when taking this last measure, it is necessary to think what will happen to these people afterwards.´ further saying `Putting an end to the Turkish sovereignty in Europe will complicate even more the already irresolvable Eastern problem. I prise your father because he did not take you with him, but believe me, not everyone would appreciate his sensitiveness. I am thankful to you for Kukolnik´s play. I did not have time to read Pogodnik´s notes.´ and further again concludes `Together with Kamenev, send me his passport. I will personally examine it and destroy it. I won´t order the investigation of Kamenev´s actions according to your wish..´ A letter of good content. With blank integral leaf. Together with a second A.L.S., Count A. Zakrevsky, in Cyrillic, three pages, 8vo, Moscow, 9th May 1853, to Count Nikolai Alexeevich, in Cyrillic. Zakrevsky responds to his correspondent´s letter and states `My health, thank God, is improving. We have rainy days, and I won't be able to go to Ivanovka for few days. Cholera has increased after holidays because of the wet and bad weather. Write to me in your free time, and notify me about you Mother's health. I am extremely sorry for your father who is left totally alone..´ The second letter is accompanied by the original envelopes in Zakrevsky´s hand. Overall minor age wear, otherwise VG, 2 £100-150Prince Nikolai Alexeievich Orlov (1827-1885) Russian Diplomatist and author Kukolnik Nestor (1809-1868) Russian writer and playwright. Most remembered for his contribution to the libretto of the first Russian opera A Life for the tsar, by Mikhail Glinka, 1836.
NICHOLAS I: (1796-1855) Emperor of Russia 1825-55. L.S., Nicholas, in Cyrillic, two pages, folio, Peterhoff, 17th May 1854, to Duke Mikhail Semionovich, in Cyrillic. Nicholas states `By following with steady attention the progress in agriculture in Russia, and as the main source of national wealth, with special pleasure I read the part taken from the report of the Society of Agriculture from South Russia over the last 25 years presented to me by Minister of State saying that the efforts of this Society are of benefit to the State in general, and to the Novorossiysk Region in particular. By fully evaluating this beneficial course I express with pleasure my sincere appreciation to you as the Chairman, and one of the first founders of the Society, and entrust you the task of notifying active members about my benevolence, and to communicate to them my desire that they would continue such beneficial activities, putting special attention to the practical application of them to the branches of economy which are related to the Novorossiysk Region.´ A bold signature example by the Emperor, with flourish. With blank integral leaf. Folded. With few small tears to the edges, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG £600-900
BARIATINSKY VLADIMIR: (1843-1914) Prince Bariatinsky, Russian General of infantry, since 1866 adjutant of Tsesarevich Alexander, future Tsar Alexander III, and later chief Chamberlain at the court of the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. A.L.S., Pce Wladimir Bariatinsky, four pages, 4to, London, 12th Novenber 1874, to an unknown correspondent, in French. The letter bears at the head a blue embossed crowned monogramme of Buckingham Palace. Bariatinsky states `On behalf of Her Majesty the Empress, I am in charge of forwarding to you her gratitude for the letter that Your Excellence has sent…Madame the Duchess of Edinburgh also sends her best wishes. Her health as well as the august new-born couldn´t be better.´, further referring to the Empress, `I can´t say the same about the Empress´ health unfortunately. A few days after our arrival in England, Her Majesty caught a loud catarrh together with fever and a violent side pain. Her health condition was so concerning that Doctor Hartmann requested the help of professor Botkine who was asked to travel from Saint Petersburg and we expect his arrival next Saturday…´ With very light folds, otherwise EX £100-150Maria Alexandrovna (1824-1880) Empress of Russia 1855-80 as the first wife of Emperor Alexander II. Maria Alexandrovna (1853-1920) Grand Duchess of Russia, She was the fifth child and only surviving daughter of Emperor Alexander II and Empress Maria Alexandrovna. In 1874 Grand Duchess Maria married Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second son of Queen Victoria, and became the Duchess of Edinburgh. She was the first and only Romanov to marry into the British Royal family. The couple had five children, the first and only son, Alfred (1874-1899) Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, was born 15th October 1874 at Buckingham Palace, and is the new born Bariatinsky refers to in the present letter.
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL ROMANOV FAMILY: An exceptionally rare multiple signed 8vo feint ruled page by Romanov family members, sixteen signatures in total, dated Reval 8th & 9th June 1908. An excellent set of bold black ink signatures including the seven members of the Emperor Nicholas II family, all of them assassinated in Yekaterinburg in 1918. NICHOLAS II (1868-1918) Emperor of Russia 1894-1917. Signed ('Nicky'), a rare example of the Tsar's English signature using his family name. ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA (1872-1918) Empress Consort of Russia 1894-1917. Signed (`Alix´), originally known as Alix of Hesse and by Rhine. MARIA FEODOROVNA (1847-1928) Mother of Tsar Nicholas II and Empress of Russia 1881-1894 as spouse of Tsar Alexander III. Signed with her family name `A[unt] Minny´. MICHAEL ALEXANDROVICH (1878-1918) Youngest brother of Tsar Nicholas II. In 1899, and after his brother George passed away, Michael became the heir presumptive. OLGA ALEXANDROVNA (1882-1960) Grand Duchess of Russia, the youngest sister of Tsar Nicholas II. Signed (`Olga A.´) OLGA CONSTANTINOVA (1851-1926) Daughter of Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich. Queen of Greece 1867-1913 as spouse of King George I of Greece, and Regent of Greece in 1920. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is her grandson. OLGA NIKOLAEVNA (1895-1918) Grand Duchess of Russia, the eldest daughter of the Tsar and Tsarina. TATIANA NIKOLAEVNA (1897-1918) Grand Duchess of Russia. Daughter of the Tsar and Tsarina. MARIA NIKOLAEVNA (1899-1918) Grand Duchess of Russia. Signed (`Marie´). Daughter of the Tsar and Tsarina. ANASTASIA NIKOLAEVNA (1901-1918) Grand Duchess of Russia, the youngest daughter of the Tsar and Tsarina. Signed (`Anastasia´) only a week before her seventh birthday. ALEXEI NIKOLAEVICH (1904-1918) Tsarevich of Russia, the youngest child and only son of the Tsar and Tsarina. A rare ink scrawlby the three years old, close to four, child, adding his initial (`A´), being his sister Princess Olga the one who completed his name on his behalf. PETER ALEXANDROVICH OF OLDENBURG (1868-1924) First husband of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna. Known as “Petia”. Peter of Oldenburg married Olga Alexandrovna in 1901, an unexpected wedding by family and friends, as Peter had shown no prior interest in women, and members of society assumed he was homosexual. At the age of 19, Olga married 33-year-old Peter. After the celebration the newlyweds left for the Oldenburg palace where Olga spent her wedding night alone in tears, while her husband left for a gambling club returning the next morning Their marriage remained unconsummated. In 1916, Tsar Nicholas II officially annulled the marriage between Duke Peter Alexandrovich and the Grand Duchess, allowing her to marry Colonel Kulikovsky. STOLYPIN PIOTR (1862-1911) A rare signature of Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs 1906-11. Chairman of the Council of Ministers. Widely considered one of the last major statesmen of Imperial Russia. Stolypin was shot on September 1911 while attending a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov´s The Tale of Tsar Saltan at the Kiev Opera House in the presence of the Tsar and his two daughters, the Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana. ALEXANDER BENCKENDORFF (1849-1917) Russian Count and Diplomat. He served as Ambassador to Denmark and the United Kingdom. To the verso appear twenty five additional signatures including John Fisher (1841-1920), 1st Baron Fisher, Admiral of the fleet; Percy Noble (1880-1955) Royal Navy officer serving in both world wars; Colin Keppel (1862-1947) British Admiral and Extra Equerry to four Kings; Gavin Hamilton (1872-1952) 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell. Scottish politician, etc… About EX £10000-15000 Provenance: The present page originates from an album of signatures collected by Princess Victoria (1868-1935), daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The signatures were obtained by the Princess when she encountered her cousin and his family whilst on vacation in Reval (the name of the modern day Tallinn, capital of Estonia, until 1918). Autographs of all of the Romanov family on a single item are extremely rare in any form. American Book Prices Current record only two items signed by multiple members of the Romanov family. This being one of them. The present signatures are illustrated in the book ‘In the Presence of History - The Authoritative Guide to Historical Autographs for Collectors, History Enthusiasts and Investors' by Steven Raab & Jonas Raab with Nathan Raab, and the authors, previous owners of the signatures, recounted their acquisition of Princess Victoria’s album, `Another time, we found that English dealer of long acquaintance had an autograph album that had been kept by Princess Victoria, daughter of King Edward VII. There were scores of large pages, a few thousand signatures, and virtually every royal house in Europe from about 1890-1925 was represented. Entire royal families, each with their own page or two, plus some groups interestingly mixed, jumped off the sheets, but one page struck me immediately – the entire family of the Tsar had signed, including Anastasia and the rest of his children. This was not merely a rarity – it was al-together unique and we couldn´t believe our eyes. We bought the album and lovingly researched it; many a time I´ve wished I had it back”.
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[RUSSIA]: An excellent selection of Autograph Statements signed by a variety of famous Russian personalities, beneath an original pen and ink drawing by the German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor, the well executed works depicting each Russian personality in head and shoulders poses, each one page, large folio, various places and dates, including GEORGY LVOV (1861-1925) Russian Statesman and the first post-Imperial Prime Minister of Russia in 1917. Lvov states `I testify that Great Russia is alive and recovering.´, in Cyrillic, 1918; Pavel Milyukov (1859-1943) Russian Politician and founder of the Constitutional Democratic party, the "Kadets". He was at the head of the foreign policy during the Russian provisional government. Milyukov states `Witness of two revolutions in Russia and enemy of both despotisms, I still hope to see my homeland politically free and socially released´, in French, 1921; Alexander Guchkov (1862-1936) Russian Politician, Chairman of the Third Duma and Minister of war. Guchkov states `It is with my life that I would lose my life in Russia resurrection´ in French, 1919; Sergey Muromtsev (1850-1910) Russian Politician and Chairman of the first Imperial Duma in 1906. A lengthy statement in French, 1906; Count Pierre Heiden (1840-1907) Russian Poitician and member of the first Duma, and Minister of Justice; Mikhail Khilkov, Russian Prince and Minister; VG, 6 £100-150
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, folio, El Buen Retiro Palace, Madrid, 25th April 1705, to Marquis Jacques de Puységur, in Spanish. King Philip V states `I have received your letter reporting the positive news regarding the location of most of the enemy´s troops, and that they were ready to start military operations close to Badajoz. Because the Marquis was without enough troops to resist or defend an invasion, I decided to send an extraordinary envoy to Maréchal de Tessé, instructing him, notwithstanding the King, my grandfather, orders for him to march straight to Extremadura where, according to these days reports, their presence is more necessary´ further adding `I specifically order that as soon as you receive this letter, you march to Extremadura with all the French troops located in the Old-Castile….and you will only leave to defend Castile all the infantry and cavalry Spanish troops.´ He concludes `I expect your zeal, and knowing that you are dealing with an affair which the King and I consider of the utmost interest, you will not delay a single instant in the prompt accomplishment of all orders instructed, and that you will report back on all you achieved´. Beneath his signature the King has added a further, severe instruction in his own hand, `The situation is too much under pressure, it´s not the time for you to have fun playing roles: therefore I want that you obey me absolutely and with no delay´. A letter of good content. With integral address leaf, bearing the remnants of a seal. VG £600 - 900Jacques François de Chastenet de Puységur (1656-1743) Marquis de Puységur. French Lieutenant Général and military tutor of King Louis XV. Appointed Marshal of France in 1734. René Mans IV de Froullay (1681-1746) Marquis of Lavardin and Tessé, Grandee of Spain. Appointed Marshal in 1707. Louis XIV (1638-1715) King of France 1643-1715. The longest reigning monarch in European history. Grandfather of King Philip V. The Spanish city of Badajoz, in Extremadura, was besieged in October 1705 during the War of the Spanish Succession 1701-15. Triggered by the death of the childless King Charles II of Spain, the major European conflict was to determine who should be the next King of Spain and whether a Bourbon or a Habsburg would take control of Spain's very extensive possessions. It was well known that the union of France and Spain under one monarch would upset the balance of power in Europe, such that other European powers would take steps to prevent it. The War concluded with the Treaty of Utrecht which forbade any future possibility of unifying the French and Spanish thrones. Philip V, Duke of Anjou, was born at the Palace of Versailles and was the Heir apparent to the throne of France. The grandson of King Louis XIV, Philip was the first member of the House of Bourbon to rule as King of Spain. The sum of his two reigns is the longest in modern Spanish history.
CHARLES IX: (1550-1574) King of France 1560-74. Son of King Henri II and Catherine de´Medici. Charles IX died at the very early age of 23. Extremely rare D.S., Charles, as King, to a large 23 x 13 vellum, Fontainebleau, 11th March 1563, in old French. The document refers to a Royal loaning accepted by his father King Henri II in 1556, for the amount of 50.000 écus in gold received from Spain-Italy, paid in Venice and Piedmont, including a part of 10.000 écus given by André Regniery which will get now this amount back plus interest to a total of 14.469 écus. The present document is signed by a young 13 years old King Charles IX, attending his first council Royal Council accompanied by his mother, Catherine de´Medici, acting in her capacity as Queen Regent and Governor of France. The document states in part `The King having attended his first council, also attended by the Queen his mother, Cardinals of Bourbon, De Guise and Strozzi, the Duke of Montpensier Prince of Mantua, Sir de Boissy grand-squire of France, Bishops of Orléans and Valence, and the Secretary of State Jacques Bourdin sieur o Vilaines…´ Countersigned by Bourdin. To the verso bearing several annotations from the Royal Treasurery secretaries. An excellent content document. Overall creasing and toning, otherwise G £500-600Jacques Bourdin (15?-1576) Minister Secretary of State in charge of the Swiss and Italy affairs.
LOUIS PHILIPPE I: (1773-1850) King of France 1830-48. An excellent content A.L.S., Louis Philippe D´Orléans, four pages, 4to, Richmond, 19nd May 1815, to Charles Stuart, in French. A lengthy and carefully written letter during the Hundred Days period, and only a month before Waterloo, Louis Philippe states in part `Permit me my dear Knight to send you copies which you will find enclosed to my correspondence with the King, as it is quite possible that they do not inform you at Ghent. I give very much importance to the fact that you are aware of all happening because you are the English Minister beside the King and also because you have always shown your willingness..´ further stating `I have another reason for this letter, this being that the Prince Regent, who is aware of this documents, thinks that I should send copy to you, and same to Duke of Wellington.´ Louis Philippe further reports about his conversations with the King between March and May 1815, with his wishes and decisions `The 23rd of March, when the King was leaving Lille and France, I asked His Majesty what was he expecting me to do, what was he ordering, and the King answered… ´ and further on saying `Allow me also to give you a parcel to be forwarded to Monsieur the Prince de Talleyrand, containing copy of these letters, because as I have been assured the King has appointed him his Prime Minister, and I very much wish him to get these copies. I have been informed that they are waiting for him at Ghent at any time from now on, and I fear that he did not receive the first two copies which I sent to him addressed to Vienna.´ Louis Philippe concludes with a very interesting statement `I write to Mr. de Talleyrand saying that if he is appointed Prime Minister I recommend that from now on the first Prince and heir should be aware of what they will be expecting from him in future..´ On a post-scriptum in English, Louis Philippe adds `As the copies for Prince Talleyrand are not ready I will postpone the sending of them till the next post. Extremely small, minor age wear, otherwise VG £1500-2000Charles Stuart (1779-1845) British Diplomat, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal and Brazil 1810-14, British Ambassador to France 1815-24, 1828-30 and British Ambassador to Russia 1841-44. The Hundred Days marked the period between Napoleon´s return from exile on the ısland of Elba to Paris on 20th March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815 after Napoleon´s second abdication. Louis Philippe flee France during the period of the French Revolution in order to avoid imprisonment and execution. He spent 21 years in exile, mostly in England, after he left France in 1793. George IV (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. From 1811 until his accession, he served as Prince Regent during his father's mental illness. Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1754-1838) French Diplomat and Statesman. Prime Minister of France July-September 1815.
LEOPOLD I: (1790-1865) First King of the Belgians 1831-65. Former German Prince. L.S., Leopold I, one page, 4to, Brussels, 24th February 1858, to His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and Naples, in French. With holograph in the king´s hand before signing `Monsieur my Brother, and Cousin of Your Majesty, the Good Brother and Cousin´. The King reports about his daughter in law, the Duchess of Brabant, has given birth to the new-born Princess Louise Marie Emilie. With blank integral leaf, With traces of a former paper seal. Accompanied by the original envelope, with a red wax seal to the verso. Folded. VG £200-300
STANISLAW I: (1677-1766) Stanislaw Leszczynski. King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1704-09 & 1733-36, father of Marie Leszczynska, Queen consort of France 1725-68 as spouse of Louis XV. Rare and fine L.S., Stanislas Rex, one page, 4to, Lunéville, 14th February 1754, to Monsieur de la Condamine, in French. Stanislaw I thanks his correspondent stating `I will never thank you enough for the supplement of the historical journal related to your trip to the Equator which you have sent to me. I have instructed to read to me the main parts which you have marked to me´. The Duke of Lorraine further refers to the unfair objections his correspondent´s work received and says `Your responses have seemed to me very solid. However I am quite angry that you have had to feel compelled to do such work, you who can make such good ones..´ and concludes granting with pleasure his support to La Condamine´s future projects. With blank integral leaf. Small overall, minor age wear and foxing stains, with an extremely small tear to the right edge not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG £500-800When the treaty of Vienna recognized Augustus III as King of Poland in 1738, Stanislaw I was allowed to keep his Royal titles and was granted the province of Lorraine for life. He was the last Duke of Lorraine 1733-66. Stanislaw I established his court at Lunéville, the capital of Lorraine in the 18th century, which became a famous cultural centre. Stanislaw I was also an author and philanthropist, and many famous followers of the enlightenment visited his court, including Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu and many more. Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701-1774) French Explorer, Geographer and Mathematician. La Condamine spent ten years in present-day Ecuador measuring the length of a degree latitude at the equator and preparing the first map of the Amazon zone. The expedition drew a great deal of attention in France, as he was a popular writer. The journal of his ten-year-long voyage to South America was published in Paris in 1751.
GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. An excellent and rare lengthy A.L.S., `Your most affectionate Father, George R´, four pages, 4to, Queens House, 20th March 1795, to his son Prince Frederick. The King sends a very important letter to his son, going through all the military issues existing, explaining his views and advising on wise decisions. George III refers first to the additional troops requested for the West Indies, and states in part '..I am enabled to put you into a proper train to bring some regularity in forming the general plan the want of which caused all the disasters in the different services from the outset of this war..´ further explaining to his son the common sense that some military matters require, saying `..It is obvious that the defence [sic] of this Island is the first object, for which purpose the reports of the Generals who command districts must be examined, each of them will naturally desire to have a larger proportion of troops than can be furnished, but at the same time care must be taken that they have what appears sufficient in case of emergency to secure success provided they use every kind of exertion which the cases that may occur can possibly demand.´ further on saying about the situation in Germany `After I have consented to let the British infantry return from Germany which cannot but be looked upon as a personal sacrifice considering the exposed situation in which my electorate will be left, it is but just that I must insist that the British cavalry now there be left to preserve my Dominions, and consequently that that corps be compleated [sic] to its full compliment and without further loss of time formed with the German troops into n Army of Observation not a cordon to act independently of the Austrians..´ The King then refers to Gibraltar stating `Gibraltar must be kept by sending Young Corps to season there in a respectable state. Ireland must be furnished with Feasible Regiments to replace Regiments that can be employed in Foreign Service. The same measure must be followed up in Guernsey and Jersey, and the Island of Corsica must have a sufficient [sic] to prevent any insult from the Enemy.´ George III concludes saying `..The only possible means that can occur to me would be if some Irish Troopers could be taken from Ireland as the foundation of some new Corps of Cavalry and sent with such Recruits as may be raised to form a Corps of that nature… Upon the whole I would have you therefore state the whole on paper, then send for the Secretary of War and apprize him of the whole… I can make no other cause for the loose manner in which I have stated my thoughts, but my desire of letting you have as soon as possible the result of my thoughts on what you mentioned last night. I ever remain my dear Frederick…´ A letter of extremely interesting content. Folded, with very small remnants of former mounting very slightly affecting the “R” of the signature, otherwise VG £2000-3000Prince Frederick (1763-1827) Duke of York and Albany. Second son of George III and Commander-in-chief of the British Army. His father George III promoted him to the rank of Field-Marshal on 18th February 1795 and on 3rd April 1795 appointed him effective Commander-in Chief. The present letter was written only few weeks after being appointed Field-Marshal, and two weeks before becoming the Commander-in-Chief of the Great Britain Army. Prince Frederick headed the most important army reform that Great Britain has ever lived, founding military colleges and organizing massive fortification of the country´s southern coast, and is credited with defeating Napoleon in the Peninsular war. Henry Dundas (1742-1811) Secretary of war 1794-1801 under Prime Minister William Pitt. The present letter refers to 1795 French attack on the Dutch Republic when referring to Groningen and Friesland, to Hanoverians and British soldiers in Germany, to Gibraltar, to Irish troops, to the fortifications of the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, to Corsica which the British had wrested from the French in 1794 establishing the short-lived Anglo-Corsican Kingdom, and to the economically important British West Indies.
EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A good A.L.S., Edward P, as Prince of Wales, two pages, 8vo, St. James' Palace, 9th May 1921, to Leila Gough-Calthorpe, on the Prince's personal monogrammed stationery. The Prince writes to thank his correspondent and the Commander-in-Chief for their hospitality and for making him very comfortable, adding that he is sorry his stay was so short and remarking 'I would far sooner have remained at Portsmouth these next few days so as to escape all these "Japs" in London who have come at a very inopportune moment & are really a great nuisance just now!' Accompanied by the original envelope (stamp torn away) hand addressed by the Prince to The Hon. Leila Gough-Calthorpe at Admiralty House, Portsmouth, and signed ('EP') by Edward with his initials in the lower left corner. About EX £400-500Effie 'Leila' Gough-Calthorpe (c.1868-?) Wife of Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe (1865-1937) British Admiral of the Fleet, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, from 1920. Crown Prince Hirohito (1901-1989) visited England during his six month tour of Europe in May 1921, becoming the first Japanese Crown Prince to travel abroad. Upon his return to Japan Hirohito became Regent in place of his ailing father. The Prince of Wales accompanied the Crown Prince on a number of official engagements including the inspection of a Guard of Honour of World War I heroes at the Guildhall and a carriage procession along Fleet Street in London.
PRINCE OF OUDH: Rajah of Oudh. Two bold ink signatures, In English and in Persian, by Bkbal-ood-Doulab, Prince of the Oudh State. Signed `Bkbal-ood-Doulab´, also in Persian beneath first signature, at the base of a 4to page, featuring at the heading a written text by a collector stating “Autograph of the Prince of Oude in English and Persian. Written on board on his way to Dublin”. VG £80-100The Oudh State, or Oude State, was a Princely state during the British Raj until 1856.
IBRAHIM OF JOHOR: (1873-1959) Malaysian Sultan Ibrahim I 1895-1959. Also known as Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abu Bakar Al-Khalil. Considered one of the richest men of the world during his reign. Ibrahim I signs to the verso of an 8vo printed card, one page, London, 11th April 1906. The card being an Emergency Meeting call issued by the Empire Lodge, bearing at the heading an attractive gilt embossed Freemasonry monogramme. Boldly signed in pencil and ink by Sultan Ibrahim of Johor at the heading. With four additional autographs beneath the Sultan´s one, including Abdul ?, A. J. Barry, Robert Langton Douglas and William Vincent. VG £500-800Ibrahim of Johor was the first member of the Malaysian Royalty to become a freemason. His Royal Highness was initiated into Freemasonry on 11th April 1906 in Empire Lodge nº 2108 in London. The present document corresponds to that day meeting call. Robert Langton Douglas (1864-1951) British art Critic, Author and Director of the National Gallery of Ireland.
YIKUANG, PRINCE QING & LI HONGZHANG: YIKUANG, PRINCE QING: (1838-1917) Manchu Noble and Politician of the Qing dynasty. First Prime Minister of the Imperial cabinet in 1911, & LI HONGZHANG: (1823-1901) also known as Li Hung-Chang. Chinese Politician, General and Diplomat of the Imperial Court and late Qing Empire. Minister and Viceroy. Very rare A.L.S., with red ink Chinese stamp, and beneath `Li Hungsing´, Pechino (Beijing), in Italian, one page, card folio, April 1892, in old Chinese characters. The written text entitled `Cina´ (“China”), in Italian, being a memorial poem of four verses on the occasion of the four hundred years celebration of the discovery of the new continent of America by Christopher Columbus in 1492, Yikuang stating `Four hundred years ago America was discovered by Humans in the very far horizon, on our maps we had the Divine Land, and now the New World, with great extension, as big as the world known till then.´ and further saying `Colon´s feat discovering the new continent deserves veneration from each generation. His fight and his achievement in the middle of the huge extensions of sea deserve praise.´ Further concluding with a question `leaving aside Magallanica and other lands, who will be able to discover the two other continents that the legend talks about?´ The document contains two written sentences in a slightly smaller letter size, explaining what Prince Qing´s statement refers to. The document bears a contemporary translation into English affixed to the verso. Very small overall, minor age wear, otherwise, VG £1000-1500 The poem is written in a very old Chinese language, a dead language not in use since many centuries, but which was kept in the Imperial Court only in the written form. A similar situation to Latin in Europe. Prince Qing refers in a poetic way to the old belief that after discovering America, men would conquer Magallanica. Terra Australis, or Magallanica, was a hypothetical continent first posited in antiquity and which appeared on maps between the 15th and 18th centuries. The existence of Terra Australis was based on the idea that continental land in the northern hemisphere should be balanced by land in the south. When he mentions the Divine Land he probably refers to China also in a poetic way. The year date is written as the eighteenth year of Guangxu throne. Guangxu (1871-1908) was the eleventh Emperor of the Qing dynasty. He ruled, under Empress dowager Cixi who launched a coup in 1898, after which he was put under house arrest until his death.
WORLD LEADERS: An attractive 10 x 12 autograph album containing over 75 autographs, mostly signed photographs, also including signed cards and few signed letters, by various world leaders, including Raul Alfonsin (1927-2009) President of Argentina 1983-89; Itamar Franco (1930-2011) President of Brazil 1992-95; Fahri Korutürk (1903-1987) President of Turkey 1973-80; Miguel de la Madrid (1934-2012) President of Mexico 1982-88; Mario Soares (1924-2017) President of Portugal 1986-96; Rudolf Kirchschläger (1915-2000) President of Austria 1974-86; Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) President of India 1992-97; Chandrika Kumaratunga (1945- ) President of Sri Lanka 1994-2005; Agatha Barbara (1923-2002) President of Malta 1982-87; Forbes Burnham (1923-1985) Prime Minister and President of Guyana 1964-85; Rodrigo Carazo Odio (1926-2009) President of Costa Rica 1978-82; Ellis Clarke (1917-2010) Last Governor & President of Trinidad Tobago 1972-87; Penaia Ganilau (1918-1993) First President of Fiji 1987-93; Leon Febres Cordero (1931-2008) President of Ecuador 1984-88; Kristjan Eldjarn (1916-1982); Pierre Aubert (1927-2016) and many more Swiss leaders. All are boldly signed and contained in a Victoria Groot red binder. Very small duplication. VG, 80 £100-150
NAPOLEON III: (1808-1873) Emperor of the French 1852-70, the nephew and heir of Napoleon I. First President of France 1848-52, therefore holding the distinction of being the first titular president and the last monarch of France. D.S., Napoleon, one page, 16 x 15, Paris, Palais des Tuileries, 20th August 1860, to Pierre Paul Casanova, in French. The attractive vellum partially printed document being a title given by Napoleon III, as Emperor of the French, to Pierre Paul Casanova, appointing him Knight of the Legion D´Honneur Imperial Order. The document bears an attractive and rich heading and borders with coat of arms. Countersigned by the Grand Chancelor of the Legion D´Honneur Imperial Order Marshal Pelissier, and by the General Secretary of the Order. Overall staining, with few repairs, one large repair to the bottom right border, only partially affecting a countersignature. F to G £150-200Aimable Pelissier (1794-1864) Duke of Malakoff. Marshal of France.
NAPOLEON III: (1808-1873) Emperor of the French 1852-70, the nephew and heir of Napoleon I. First President of France 1848-52, therefore holding the distinction of being the first titular president and the last monarch of France. L.S., Napoleon, one page, folio, Paris, 31st January 1869, to an unidentified Cardinal, in French. Napoléon III thanks his correspondent for his greetings and states in part `..I receive with pleasure this year your kind wishes and I thank you for your prayers to heaven for my happiness and for my family too..´ Countersigned at the base of the front page by La Valette. With blank integral leaf. Folded, otherwise EX £250-350Charles Jean de La Valette (1806-1881) Marquis de La Valette. French Politician and Diplomat. Minister of Interior and Foreign Affairs under Napoleon III. In 1869 he was appointed French Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
NAPOLEON III: (1808-1873) Emperor of the French 1852-70, the nephew and heir of Napoleon I. First President of France 1848-52, therefore holding the distinction of being the first titular president and the last monarch of France. A.L.S., Napoleon, one page, 8vo, Wilhelmshöhe, 18th September 1870, to an unidentified lady, in French. Napoleon III thanks his correspondent for her letter and states ´I am very touched Madame by the feelings and words you express to me at this time of my misfortune…´ A touching message from Germany where Napoleon was just starting this captivity period. Accompanied by a 4 x 2.5 sepia cabinet photograph, by E. Flamant, Paris, the image showing the “Death of Emperor Napoléon III” photomontage. With blank integral leaf. Extremely small foxing stains, otherwise VG £400-500On 3rd September 1870, and as a result of the defeat of the French army at the battle of Sedan, Napoleon III and Bismarck agreed the terms of French surrender. From 5 September 1870 until 19 March 1871, an ill Napoleon III and his close entourage were held in captivity in a castle at Wilhelmshöhe near Kassel, where the present letter was written.
TOCQUEVILLE ALEXIS CHARLES DE: (1805-1859) French Politician and Scientist. He was best known for his works Democracy in America (1835-40) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856), the first being considered an early major work of Sociology. A.L.S., `Alexis de Tocqueville´, one page, small 4to, n.p. [London], Wednesday evening, n.d., to an unidentified British lady, in French. Alexis de Tocqueville explains to his correspondent how much he regrets not being able to attend the invitation stating in part `We were very much pleased my Lady, Madame Tocqueville and myself, to visit you this evening, but health reasons are unfortunately preventing us to do so. Madame de Tocqueville has been for the last 48 hours retained in bed because of the flu…´ Very small overall, minor age wear, otherwise VG £150-200
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