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Margaret Mee, Flowers of the Brazilian Forests, Tryon Gallery in association with George Rainbird, 1968, no. 119 from an edition of 500, quarter morocco by Zaehnsdorf, folio, in a slipcase. H.56 W.41cm.

PALLADIO, Andrew (1518-1580). The Architecture of A. Palladio. London: John Darby for the author, 1721.2 volumes in one, folio (465 x 284 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait of Palladio, 230 copper-engraved plates by Bernard Picart, Michael Vandergucht, John Harris and others (most full-page, 5 double-page and a few in text). (Some toning and spotting, a few marginal repairs.) Contemporary calf (rebacked and repaired, some wear).Second edition in English of Palladio's influential architectural treatise, translated by Giacomo Leoni. The two editions form ''a turning point in the history of British Palladianism,'' marking not only the first complete English translation of I Quattro Libri but the first use of ''worthwhile engraved copies of the original woodcuts'' (RIBA). While portions of the original Italian text had been translated into English during the 17th century, the first edition in English in 1715 sparked a Palladian architectural revival in Great Britain and its American colonies. Fowler 224; Berlin Kat. 2598; ESTC T22366; RIBA 2392.This lot is located in Chicago.Condition reports are available upon request. All lots are sold "as is," in the condition they are in at the time of the auction. The physical condition of lots can vary due to age, normal wear and tear, previous damage, and restoration. Prospective buyers are strongly advised to inspect a lot personally or through a knowledgeable representative prior to bidding. The absence of any reference to the condition of a lot does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Prospective buyers must review and agree to the Conditions of Sale before participating in an auction, and it is the responsibility of the buyer to ensure that they have requested, received and considered any condition report.

CHIPPENDALE, Thomas (1718-1779). The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director: being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture. London: J. Haberkorn for the author and others, 1755.Folio (439 x 278 mm). Title printed in red and black, engraved dedication, 4pp. list of subscribers, 161 copper-engraved plates (including plate 25 [bis]). (Lacking half-title, some toning and light spotting, a few short marginal short tears.) Contemporary mottled calf gilt, tan morocco lettering-piece gilt, stamp-signed by Riviere (front cover detaching, old repairs to hinges reinforced, some light wear). Provenance: J. Hafford (18th-century signature on titlepage); Granville George Leveson-Gowe, second Earl Granville (1815-1891), Leader of the House of Lords (armorial bookplate, note of his sale 10/3/92); Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook (1826-1904), Viceroy of India (armorial bookplate). Second edition of Chippendale's breakthrough furniture design book. The Director was the most extensive pattern book to be created by a craftsperson and the first to have a wider audience outside tradesmen. The immense popularity of the 1754 first edition and subsequent reissues increased commissions for Chippendale's firm and cemented his position as one of the most premier 18th-century cabinetmakers. ESTC T14876.This lot is located in Chicago.Condition reports are available upon request. All lots are sold "as is," in the condition they are in at the time of the auction. The physical condition of lots can vary due to age, normal wear and tear, previous damage, and restoration. Prospective buyers are strongly advised to inspect a lot personally or through a knowledgeable representative prior to bidding. The absence of any reference to the condition of a lot does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Prospective buyers must review and agree to the Conditions of Sale before participating in an auction, and it is the responsibility of the buyer to ensure that they have requested, received and considered any condition report.

AD 1708/9. Hafez was the most famous Sufi poet. This fine manuscript of his poems is a good example of the finer editions, with most attractive layout, gold clouds and blue and red cartouches with gold floral decoration highlighting text. The final folio was dated precisely Hijrah1120, which translates to 1708/9 AD. It is thus quite an early example, some 300 years old. The condition of the text is fine, but some later folios have worm infestation, as do all the margins. These cannot be seen under mounts.A very attractive and imposing addition to any Islamic manuscript collection. Size: L:255mm / W:208mm ; 41.5gProvenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

A Hand Painted ‘King’s Colour’ of The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s). A fine quality hand painted design of the Regiment’s King’s Colour, Foolscap folio, by the College of Arms, London, dated 26 September 1924 and signed by H. F. Burke, Garter King of Arms and Inspector of Regimental Colours, with Battle Honours for Mons, Messines 1914 ‘17 ‘18, Ypres 1914 ‘17, Somme 1916 ‘18, Arras 1917, Bapaume 1918, Macedonia 1915-18, Gallipoli 1915-16, Palestine 1917-18, and Baghdad, extremely good condition £100-£140 --- The regiment, originally the 62nd Regiment of Foot, was re-designated ‘The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s)’ in 1921.

A Hand Painted ‘Regimental Colour’ of the King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). A fine quality hand painted design of the Regiment’s Regimental Colour, Foolscap folio, by the College of Arms, London, dated 22 September 1924 and signed by H. F. Burke, Garter King of Arms and Inspector of Regimental Colours, with Battle Honours for Namur 1695, Gibraltar 1704-5, Guadaloupe 1759, St. Lucia 1778, Corunna, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nive, Peninsula, Bladensburg, Waterloo, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol, Abyssinia, South Africa 1879, Relief of Ladysmith, and South Africa 1899-1902, extremely good condition £100-£140 --- The regiment, originally the 2nd Tangier Regiment, and later the 4th (King’s Own) Regiment of Foot, was re-designated ‘The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)’ in 1921.

A Hand Painted ‘King’s Colour’ of The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). A fine quality hand painted design of the Regiment’s King’s Colour, Foolscap folio, by the College of Arms, London, dated 22 September 1922 and signed by H. F. Burke, Garter King of Arms and Inspector of Regimental Colours, with Battle Honours for Marne 1914, Ypres 1915 ‘17, Somme 1916 ‘18, Arras 1917 ‘18, Messines 1917, Lys, France and Flanders 1914-18, Macedonia 1915-18, Gallipoli 1915, and Mesopotamia 1916-18, extremely good condition £100-£140 --- The regiment, originally the 2nd Tangier Regiment, and later the 4th (King’s Own) Regiment of Foot, was re-designated ‘The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)’ in 1921.

A Hand Painted ‘King’s Colour’ of The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own). A fine quality hand painted design of the Regiment’s King’s Colour, Foolscap folio, by the College of Arms, London, dated 26 August 1924 and signed by H. F. Burke, Garter King of Arms and Inspector of Regimental Colours, with Battle Honours for Mons, Marne 1914, Ypres 1915 ‘17 ‘18, Albert 1916 ‘18, Bazentin, Cambrai 1917 ‘18, Hindenburg Line, Suvla, Jerusalem, and Mesopotamia 1917-18, extremely good condition £100-£140 --- The regiment, originally the 57th Regiment of Foot, was re-designated ‘The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own)’ in 1921.

A Hand Painted ‘Regimental Colour’ of The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s). A fine quality hand painted design of the Regiment’s Regimental Colour, Foolscap folio, by the College of Arms, London, dated 26 September 1924 and signed by H. F. Burke, Garter King of Arms and Inspector of Regimental Colours, with Battle Honours for Louisburg, Nive, Peninsula, New Zealand, Ferozeshah, Sobraon, Sevastopol, Pekin 1860, South Africa 1879, and South Africa 1900-02, extremely good condition £100-£140 --- The Regiment, originally the 62nd Regiment of Foot, was re-designated ‘The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s)’ in 1921.

Folio Society: The Folio Shakespeare, six volume set, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Mardrus and Mathers' The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, four volume set, The Berlin Diaries of Marie Vassiltchikov and others Condition Report:Available upon request

Yates (British 19th century), river scene with bridge and mill, signed, watercolours. 34x53cm approx. Together with After Sir William Russel Flint R A , 'The dubious Bernini'. Coloured print, signed by the artist in pencil. Folio Society backstamp. The image 42x56cm approx. Glazed frame with wash-line mount. Together with British school, indistinctly signed, St David's Cathedral, limited edition coloured print No. 66/250. 31x38cm approx. Framed and glazed. (3) (B.P. 21% + VAT)

‘We have strong and numerous armies, but it is necessary to have forces equal to those of the Enemies…’ CLARKE HENRI-JACQUES-GUILLAUME: (1765-1818) 1st Duc de Feltre. Franco-Irish General in the French Revolutionary Wars, also a politician who served as Minister of War 1807-14, 1815 & 1815-17. Marshal of France. A fine Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, two pages, folio, n.p., n.d. (July/August 1809), in French. Clarke's manuscript, entitled Analise, provides his observations on Napoleon's military achievements to date, and assesses the threat of the English, in part, 'L'Emp[er]eur maitre de plus de la moitie de l'Autriche commande a l'armee la plus formidable que la France ait eue au -dela du Rhin. Il a vaincu a Thann, &, quand la moitie de cette armee etait a peine formee. Soit paix, soit guerre l'Emp[er]eur a dans ses depots de quoi recruter l'armee d'Allemagne. Le parjure de la cour de Vienne forca S. M. a laisser sa vieille armée en Espagne. Elle suffisait contre les Espagnols. Mais l'Angleterre a vu sa ruine dans le nouveau sisteme de l'Espagne. Elle a fait les plus grands efforts - - Malgre les pertes de Moore une nouvelle armee est venue a Lisbonne et forte de plus 40.000 h[omme]s elle s'est avancee jusqu'au milieu de l'Espagne avec les Insurges - - on les a repousses au Portugal….. Une expedition de meme force s'est presentee sur l'Escaut pour secourir Anvers....Flessingue a eu nombreuses garnison - & L'empressement des soldats & a forme 3 armees redoutables. La gend[armer]ie est accourue et l'exp[editi]on anglaise a échoué. L'Empereur a defendu l'offensive, les Anglais ont perdu un tiers et le reste va se rendre en Portugal…. 36.000 rassembles a Bayonne suffis[ent] pour repousser les forces que les Anglais pourr[aien]t faire avancer et pour reparer les pertes faites dans une guerre aussi acharnee. Le grand eloig[nemen]t des champs de bataille empeche qu'on puisse porter une armee de l'un a l'autre. L'Empereur veut epargner a l'armee du Danube les fatigues de l'Espagne et d'ailleurs…. Nous avons de fortes et nombreuses armees, mais il faut avoir des forces egales a celles des Ennemis.....Les Anglais 3 armees, une a Naples, une en Hollande et la 3e en Portugal. Nos ennemis s'agitent car il s'agit de la grandeur de la France et ce moment va la decider......Conduite insensee de l'Angleterre qui outre les moyens et qui veut lutter corps a corps avec la F[ran]ce. Elle n'en eprouvera que de la honte - - promesse de paix si les Anglais s'occupent encore du Continent.....Lutte inegale redoutee par les ministres anglais qui ont precede ceux-ci. S'ils viennent sur le Continent la paix g[ener]ale n'est pas eloignee, leurs sacrifices determineront le peuple anglais a la faire l'horreur pour les hommes cruels amis de la guerre. L'Espagne et le Portugal seront leur tombeau' (Translation: 'The Emp[er]or, master of more than half of Austria, commands the most formidable army that France has had beyond the Rhine. He conquered at Thann, &, when half of this army was barely formed. Either peace or war the Emp[er]or has in its depots enough to recruit the army of Germany. The perjury of the court of Vienna forced H.M. to leave his old army in Spain. It was enough against the Spaniards. But England saw its ruin in the new system of Spain. She made the greatest efforts - - Despite Moore's losses a new army came to Lisbon and more than 40,000 men strong it advanced to the missile of Spain with the Insurgents - - they were repelled in Portugal….An expedition of the same force presented itself on the Scheldt to rescue Antwerp…..Vlissingen had numerous garrisons - & the eagerness of the soldiers & formed 3 formidable armies. The gend[armer]y came running and the English exp[editi]on failed. The Emperor defended the offensive, the English lost a third and the rest will go to Portugal….36,000 gathered at Bayonne suffi[cient] to repel the forces that the English could advance and to repair the losses made in such a fierce war. The great distance from the battlefields makes it impossible to transport an army from one to the other. The Emperor wants to spare the Army of the Danube the fatigues of Spain and elsewhere…..We have strong and numerous armies, but it is necessary to have forces equal to those of the Enemies….The English have 3 armies, one in Naples, one in Holland and the 3rd in Portugal. Our enemies are agitated because it is a question of the greatness of France and this moment will decide it…..The insane conduct of England which, beyond the means and which wants to fight hand to hand with the F[ren]ch. She will only feel ashamed - - promise of peace if the English still take care of the Continent….Unequal struggle feared by the English ministers who preceded them. If they come to the Continent, general peace is not far off, their sacrifices will determine the English people to hold it in horror for the cruel men who are friends of war. Spain and Portugal will be their tomb'). A manuscript of excellent military content. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

HASSAN II: (1929-1999) King of Morocco 1961-99. D.S., as King, at the foot in Arabic, one page, folio, Royal Palace, Rabat, 2nd July 1968, in Arabic. The attractive partially printed document features the colour coat of arms of Morocco at the head and has gold and red printed decorative borders, and awards Lorenzo Paraci Tauadi (?), First Counsel at the Embassy of Italy, with the Sharifian Order of Alawi, Commander Class. Countersigned at the foot by Abdul Bishir, Director of Royal Ceremonies and Decorations. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a few very small tears to the upper edge, otherwise VG

ISABELLA I: (1451-1504) Isabella the Catholic. Queen of Castile 1474-1504 and Queen consort of Aragon 1479-1504 as the wife of King Ferdinand II of Aragon. A fine D.S., yo la Reyna, one page, folio, 17th May 1501, in Spanish. The boldly penned manuscript document is an order by the Queen for her chamberlain, Sancho de Paredes, to pay the sum of 530 maravedis, or two florins, to the silversmith Anton de Carrion for the work that he has undertaken on a mirror. With a receipt from the silversmith and a summary of the document at the foot. Two very neat slits to the centre of the document, only very slightly affecting the text and signature, and with some very slight, minor traces of former mounting to the upper edge of the verso. VG

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of the French 1804-14, 1815. Manuscript Document, unsigned, with four passages struck through in bold, dark ink in Napoleon's hand, five pages (all edges gilt and featuring circular watermarks of the French Imperial Eagle and Napoleon in profile), folio, n.p., August 1810, in French. The document is a draft of the Emperor's decree on the dissolution of the Dutch Guard and is set out in fourteen numbered articles, in part, 'Napoleon, Empereur des Francias, Roi d'Italie et protecteur de la Confederation du Rhin. Nous avons decrete et decretons  ce qui suit: Article 1er La Garde hollandaise fera partie de notre garde imperiale sous la denomination de garde hollandaise. Article 2e La premiere compagnie des gardes du corps restera organisee telle qu'elle est, avec la denomination de velites hollandais. Les officiers a la suite de cette compagnie, les sous-officiers et les velites qui ont rang d'officier seront places dans la ligne. Article 3e La 2e, la 3e et la 4e compagnies des gardes du corps seront incorpores savoir: la 2e dans le regiment des grenadiers de la garde hollandaise, la 3e et la 4e dans les regiments de grenadiers et de chasseurs a pied de notre garde. Les officiers a la suite des sous-officiers de ces 3 compagnies qui ont rand d'officier seront places dans la ligne........Article 7e La compagnie d'artillerie legere de la garde hollandaise conservera sa denomination, et restera attachee a l'artillerie legere de notre guarde. Article 8e La compagnie du train d'artillerie de la garde hollandaise conservera egalement sa denomination sera attachee au bataillon du train d'artillerie de notre garde. Article 9e Les veterans de la garde hollandaise conserveront leur organisation. Ils seront employes a la garde de notre palais imperial de notre bonne ville d'Amsterdam. Article 10e Les officiers de tout grade qui par l'effet de la nouvelle organisation de la garde hollandaise se trouveront a la suite ou sans emploi, seront places dans la ligne.......Article 13e Ne seront admis dans notre vieille garde que les Francais et les Hollandais d'origine. Les etrangers qui se trouvent dans ce corps seront places dans les fusiliers de notre garde ou dans la ligne. Ils pourront meme etre incorpores dans une des gardes royales de Westphalie, de Naples, ou d'Espagne. Article 14e La solde, les masses de toute espece resteront les memes comme par le passe, jusques au 1er janvier 1811, epoque a laquelle il sera fait un changement a cet egard' (Translation: 'Napoleon, Emperor of France, King of Italy and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine. We have decreed and we decree as follows: Article 1 The Dutch Guard will form part of our Imperial Guard under the denomination of Dutch Guard. Article 2 The first company of bodyguards will remain organised as it is, with the denomination of Dutch velites.The officers following this company, the non-commissioned officers and the velites who have the rank of officer will be placed in the line. Article 3 The 2nd, 3rd and 4th companies of bodyguards will be incorporated, namely: the 2nd in the regiment of grenadiers of the Dutch Guard, the 3rd and 4th in the regiments of grenadiers and chasseurs a pied of our guard. The officers following the non-commissioned officers of these 3 companies who have the rank of officer will be placed in the line…..Article 7 The light artillery company of the Dutch Guard will retain its denomination, and will remain attached to the light artillery of our guard. Article 8 The company of the artillery train of the Dutch Guard will also retain its denomination will be attached to the battalion of the artillery train of our guard. Article 9 The veterans of the Dutch Guard will retain their organisation. They will be employed in guarding our Imperial Palace in our good city of Amsterdam. Article 10 Officers of all ranks who, by the effect of the new organisation of the Dutch Guard, find themselves out of service or unemployed, will be placed in the line……Article 13 Only the French and the Dutch of origin will be admitted into our old guard. The foreigners who find themselves in this corps will be placed in the fusiliers of our guard or in the line. They could even be incorporated into one of the royal guards of Westphalia, Naples or Spain. Article 14 The pay, the masses of all kinds will remain the same as in the past, until 1st January 1811, when a change will be made in this respect'). With blank integral leaf. An interesting document demonstrating the Emperor's talent for organisation. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGThe Dutch Guard had been created in 1808 by Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, at the request of his elder brother to take part in the Peninsular War. Following the annexation of the Kingdom of Holland by the French Empire in 1810, the brigade was officially disbanded and its personnel (who had become French citizens) and soldiers distributed amongst the different existing military bodies, as confirmed in the present document. The decree would be promulgated in the following month, September 1810.

[DE LA CATHELINIERE LOUIS-FRANCOIS RIPAULT]: (1768-1794) French military officer who participated in the War in the Vendee alongside the Royalist soldier Francois de Charette and who was guillotined in Nantes at the age of 25. An interesting D.S. by four politicians of the French Revolution, each members of the National Convention, comprising Marie Pierre Adrien Francastel (1761-1831), Pierre-Anselme Garrau (1762-1819), Nicolas Hentz (1768-1830) and Pierre Louis Prieur (1756-1827), four pages, folio, Nantes, 2nd March 1794, in French. The manuscript document is a certified copy of the interrogation given to Ripault de la Catheliniere, detailing the background to his military service, in part, 'noble, age de 25 ans, ne a Frossay....precedemment lieutenant de navire marchand....pris les armes contre la republique le 12 mars 1793.....il commandait environ dix mille hommes tires des 23 paroisses....Il tenait ordinairement poste au port St Pere avec 600 hommes.....le reste de ses troupes restait dans ses foyers et pouvait se reunir en trois heures....les signaux ordinaires etaient un coup de canon, les moulins a vent et il employait quelques fois des courriers' (Translation: 'nobleman, 25 years old, born in Frossay….previously a lieutenant in a merchant ship….took up arms against the Republic on 12th March 1793…..he commanded about ten thousand men drawn from 23 parishes…..He ordinarily held post at St. Pere port with 600 men…..the rest of his troops remained in their homes and could assemble in three hours…..the usual signals were a cannon shot, the windmills, and he sometimes used courriers') and continuing to refer to the arming of his men, the fighting, his wounding and the dispersal of his army and cavalry 'qu'il croit reunie a Charette, il y avait.....plusieurs allemands, quelques negre et plusieurs mulatres. Il a declare qu'il combattait pour le retablissement de la royaute et de l'ancien clerge.....qu'il imaginait qu'il se trouverait par la environ cinquante mille hommes.....qu'il y a deux ou trois mois seulement il avait eu un entretien avec Charette.....que le but des Chefs des Rebelles en passant la Loire et dans leur attaque de Granville etait de se joindre aux Emigres....que ces grandes mesures etaient dirigees par l'Elbee' (Translation: 'whom he believes reunited with Charette, there were…..several Germans, a few negroes and several mulattoes. He declared that he was fighting for the restoration of royalty and the old clergy…..that he imagined there would be about fifty thousand men there…..that only two or three months ago he had an interview with Charette…..that the object of the Chiefs of the Rebels in crossing the Loire and in their attack on Granville was to join the emigrants…..that these great measures were directed by the Elbee') and also adding that he was well informed of what was happening in Nantes where he used black women, children and men as spies. A document of significant historical content not only regarding Ripault de la Catheliniere himself, but also the counter-revolution in Vendee. A couple of very small areas of paper loss and a minor, neat split at the foot of the central vertical fold, otherwise VG 

 [NUREMBERG TRIALS]: JODL ALFRED (1890-1946) German Generaloberst, Chief of the Operations Staff of the German Armed Forces High Command 1939-45. An historically significant A.L.S., Jodl, (and also signed Alfred Jodl at the head of the first page), two pages, folio, n.p. (Nuremberg), 22nd October 1945, to the Major of the Royal British Army who is charged with the retaining of Defence Counsels [i.e. Airey Neave], in German. Jodl states that he would like to quote several extracts from letters which he has received from his wife regarding the appointments of a defence counsel, in part, '6.9. I make a most fervent plea that you will not undervalue the importance of a good lawyer for your defence. Dr. Sack, Berlin, and Prof. Grimm, Muenster, have been especially recommended to me. 25.9. I have been advised that a good criminal lawyer would perhaps be better than a civil lawyer…..26.9. I have been able to find out that if we want to retain privately a legal counsel that we shall have to pay him ourselves. From what? I suggest that we just let the Americans appoint the German counsel. If you want to retain one privately, perhaps I can find someone who will take the case without pay. I'll have to get at that right away, so that no time will be lost later'. Jodl concludes his letter by remarking 'In answer, I wrote my wife that I should like to have Prof. Mitteis, Rostock. I don't know whether my wife ever received this letter, and. If so, whether she will be able to get in touch with Prof. Mitteis. The Court should do that'. Neatly inlaid and with several file holes to the upper edge, only very slightly affecting a few words of text. Some very light, minor age toning, about VG Airey Neave (1916-1979) British Lieutenant Colonel, the first British prisoner-of-war to succeed in escaping from Oflag IV-C at Colditz Castle during World War II. After the war Neave served with the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremberg Trials. As a well-known war hero (as well as being a qualified lawyer who spoke fluent German) Neave was honoured with the role of reading the indictments to the Nazi leaders on trial. After the end of World War II, Jodl was indicted at the Nuremberg Trials on charges of conspiracy to commit crimes against peace, planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The principal charges against him related to his signing of the criminal Commando and Commissar Orders. Found guilty on all charges, he was sentenced to death and executed in Nuremberg in 1946. Provenance: The present document originated from the archives of Dr. Hans Werner who was responsible for directing the printing of the Record of the Trial of Major War Criminals in 42 volumes and in three different languages (English, French & German) immediately following the Nuremberg Trials. 

MIKLAS WILHELM: (1872-1956) Austrian politician who served as President of Austria 1928-38. D.S., Miklas, two pages, folio, Vienna, 6th September 1934, in German. The document takes the form of an official diplomatic letter and is addressed to Ghazi I, King of Iraq, informing him that, in order to maintain and develop economic relations between the Federal State of Austria and the Kingdom of Austria, Karl Buchberger has been appointed as the Austrian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Turkey and further stating 'I beg Your Majesty, Mr. Buchberger, who will have the honour of presenting this letter, to receive him kindly and to give full faith to everything he will do in my name or on behalf of the Federal Government'. Countersigned at the conclusion by Egon Berger-Waldenegg (1880-1960) Austrian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs 1934-36. With blind embossed paper seal affixed and blank integral leaf. Two file holes to the left and right edges and with some tears and a heavy vertical crease to the right edge, only slightly affecting the text but not the signatures, GGhazi I (1912-1939) King of Iraq 1933-39.  

WILLIAM IV: (1765-1837) King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1830-37. D.S., William R, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 19th August 1830. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is a military commission appointing Vere Webb to be a Captain in the Rifle Brigade 'commanded by our Right Trusty and Right Entirely beloved Cousin and Councillor Arthur, Duke of Wellington K.G. Field Marshal of Our Forces', countersigned at the foot by William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848) British Prime Minister 1834, 1835-41 and previously Home Secretary 1830-34. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light age wear, VG

ALBERT VII: (1559-1621) Archduke of Austria who served as Sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands with his wife Isabella Clara Eugenia from 1598-1621, and as Viceroy of Portugal 1583-93 and, briefly, as Archduke of Lower and Upper Austria from March-October 1619. An interesting L.S., Alberto, one page, large folio, Brussels, 22nd December 1605, in French. The manuscript letter is addressed to all of the lieutenants, governors, colonels, captains and men of war, provosts, mayors, aldermen and other justices, officers and subjects who may have cause to read it, and is a commission for Pierre Launay, an archer of the guard, to lead the tercio of Don Pedro Carmiento (?), lately arrived from England, asking that they be allowed free passage 'et le chemin accomodes de vivres et aultres choses necessaires pour leur meilleur passaige, Et enchargeons aud. Archier de tenir la main vers le Me de camp, Capnes et officiers dud. Tercio de faire vivre leurs gens en bon ordre et discipline militaire, et faire de sorte quilz se contentent raisonnablem. des viandes ordinaires que les subiectz auront en leur maison, sans leur demander ou les contraindre d'aller cercher du pain blancq, vin, poisson, chair de mouton, de veau et semblables boissons et viandes extraordinaires' (Translation: 'and the route accommodated with provisions and other things necessary for their better passage, and charge the said archer to join with the master of camp, captains and officers of the said tercio to make their people live in good order and military discipline, and to do so that they are reasonably content with the ordinary meats that the subjects will have in their house, without asking them or forcing them to go and get white bread, wine, fish, meat of mutton, veal and similar drinks and extraordinary meats') and also advising that the archer will notify the governor or principal officer of the province in advance of their arrival. With the small remnants of the affixed seal. Some extensive, small holes to the text and some splitting at the folds, slightly affecting the text and signature. FR The tercio military units of the Spanish Army, active during the reign of the Spanish Habsburgs in the early modern period, were renowned for the effectiveness of their battlefield formations and provided a crucial step in the formation of modern European armies. 

HENRY FREDERICK: (1594-1612) Prince of Wales, the eldest son and heir apparent of James VI and I, King of England and Scotland, and his wife Anne of Denmark. A fine, extremely rare D.S., Henry P, as Prince of Wales, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, n.p. (Richmond), n.d. (30th May 1611), in Latin. The attractive and boldly penned document is a Warrant for a grant of office and states, in part, 'Henry first-born son of the most mighty James, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland king, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester, to all to whom the present letters might come greetings; know you that we of Our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant to our beloved and faithful Francis Crane, gentleman, the office of clerk to our council, our chamber at London or at Westminster or elsewhere appointed called or reputed or to be appointed, reputed or named the Prince's Council Chamber, and keeper of Our books and records there; and we have made, ordained and constituted the same Francis Crane clerk of Our council of Our chamber aforesaid and do make…..the said office with its appurtenances to the aforesaid Francis Crane, by himself or by his sufficient deputy or sufficient deputies for as long as it might please us, and further of Our fuller grace we have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant to the aforesaid Francis Crane…..the wage and fee of thirty pounds by year of lawful money of England, to be received and taken yearly by the hands of Our receiver general of Our treasury being in the hands of Our same receiver general for the time being to be paid yearly on the feasts of St Michael the Archangel and the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary by equal portions…..' Countersigned at the conclusion as examined by Thomas Stephens, Attorney General to the Prince of Wales in 1610 & 1611, and, most unusually, with a minute in English at the foot, also signed by Stephens, explaining the content of the document to the Prince, in full, 'This containeth a grant by your highness to Francis Crane gentleman of the office of clerk of your highness's council and keeping of your books and records in your council chamber during your pleasure with the fee of thirty pounds a year for exercise of the same office, payable by your receiver-general out of your treasure and is done upon signification of your good pleasure in this behalf by Mr [Adam] Newton your highness's secretary'. Autographs of Prince Henry Frederick are extremely rare as a result of his untimely death at the age of 18 from typhoid fever. Neatly inlaid to the upper and lower edges, very slightly irregularly trimmed to the left edge and with some very light, minor dust staining and age wear to the edges, none affecting the text or signatures, VGSir Francis Crane (c.1579-1636) English courtier and tapestry manufacturer, the founder of Mortlake Tapestry Works. Crane served both Prince Henry and his younger brother Charles, who was later crowned King Charles I, becoming auditor-general to Prince Charles in May 1617 and a member of his council in 1623. Crane was considered of sufficient social standing to become lay chancellor of the Order of the Garter in July 1626. Crane's fame rests on his establishment of the manufactory at Mortlake. Bearing his initials, the finest tapestries ever made in England are his lasting memorial. In 1618 James I's 'princely cogitation' led his privy council to enquire into certain possibilities of tapestry manufacture. Crane's proposals were accepted and, in August 1619, having been granted fees for the making of three baronets to offset initial costs, he acquired property at Mortlake for erecting workshops. These could accommodate eighteen looms, and by 1637 140 persons were dependent on the manufactory. During his lifetime, Crane's Flemish weavers, besides copying individual paintings, produced sets from seven major tapestry series. Sir Adam Newton (d.1630) Royal official, a native of Scotland, who was appointed tutor to Prince Henry in 1599. In October 1604 Newton had apparently been promised by the King the deanery of Durham, but when it became vacant there was competition for the post and Newton was able to call upon Prince Henry to support his claims, Newton was duly installed as dean on 27th September 1606; he then served as an absentee. In 1610 Prince Henry was given a separate household, in which Newton served as his secretary. Following the death of Prince Henry in November 1612 Newton became receiver-general in the household of Prince Charles, relinquishing to Thomas Murray (1564-1623) his claim to the secretaryship.Great hope and enormous expectations were invested in Henry, who died at the age of eighteen. 'The Flower of his House, the Glory of his Country, and the admiration of all Strangers', he 'epitomized the yearning of those who wished England to lead Protestant Europe in a great crusade against the might of Catholic Spain. He simultaneously embodied the aspirations of a new era in the arts, creating a court which would have rivalled the Medici grand dukes in Florence or that of Rudolf II of Prague. He formed the first royal collection of works of art, re-established the royal library, imported the first Renaissance bronzes (by Giovanni Bologna) into England, and purchased antique gems and medals. Major artists were recruited' including Isaac Oliver and Inigo Jones. James I 'found himself outshone by an heir whose far-ranging interests embraced not only the arts, but also the navy, equestrianism, garden-design, festivals and the sciences' (Roy Strong, Henry Prince of Wales and England's Lost Renaissance, 1986).An exceptional rarity - American Book Prices Current record only three other documents signed by Prince Henry as having appeared at auction in the last thirty years. 

BALMAIN PIERRE: (1914-1982) French fashion Designer and leader of the fashion house Balmain. A good and lengthy A.L.S., `Pierre´, two pages, folio, Cairo, 25th September, n.y., to Anna, in French. On the attractive Hotel Mena House Oberoi of Cairo printed stationery, Balmain refers to their letters reaching each other of them late `Il semble en effet que nos correspondances soient frappées de quelque interdit…´ (Translation: “Indeed, it seems that our correspondence is subject to some ban...”) Further Balmain makes a funny comment about women on camels close to the Grande Pyramid, and continues with artistic opinions about the hotel decoration, saying `Ici, je vous écris tout en face de la grande pyramide - Il y a peu, un grand cortège de dames touristes aux appats lourds, juchées sur autant de dromadaires, a commencé à faire la large avenue qui mène à sa base - dérisoire hommage aux souveraines de cette terre des anciens âges - L´Hôtel où nous sommes est un vestige de l´occupation britannique - Certes redécoré mais encore cependant plein des fastes de ce temps là - C´est un peu “L´Année Dernière à Marienbad” à la mode Arabe - couloirs de marbre gris ponctués d´ogives arabes, cloisons en moucharabich et meubles incrustés d´ivoire.. rien n´y manque, - sauf le public nonchalant et follement élégant du temps des Anglais..´ (Translation: `Here I am, writing to you right in front of the great pyramid - Only short ago, a large procession of ladies, tourists, perched on as many dromedaries, began to make the way of the large avenue which leads to the base of the pyramid - a derisory homage to the sovereigns women of this land of ancient ages - The Hotel where we are is a vestige of the British occupation - Admittedly redecorated but still full of the splendour of that time - It is a bit like “Last Year in Marienbad” in the Arabian fashion way - grey marble hallways punctuated with Arabian warheads, moucharabich partitions and ivory-encrusted furniture. Nothing is missing - except the nonchalant and wildly elegant public of the English era…”) VG 

EICHMANN ADOLF: (1906-1962) Nazi SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer, known as the 'architect of the Holocaust'. An interesting, small series of autograph notes in the hand of Eichmann, unsigned (although with his surname Eichmann in the body of the text), one page, folio, n.p. (Jerusalem), n.d. (c. June 1961), in German. In bold blue and pink pencil Eichmann has written several notes concerning the Nazi official and SS-Brigadefuhrer Franz Six and his claim that Eichmann was not present when Six spoke with Reinhard Heydrich every three or four weeks. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGFranz Six (1909-1975) Nazi official, promoter of the Holocaust and convicted war criminal. In 1940 Six was appointed by Heydrich to direct state police operations in an occupied United Kingdom should a German invasion take place.Six was called as one of four witnesses by defence attorney Robert Servatius in the 1961 trial of Eichmann, and gave his testimony in West Germany which ultimately proved to be of more benefit to the prosecution. Reinhard Heydrich (1904-1942) German SS-Obergruppenfuhrer and police official of World War II, a principal architect of the Holocaust.Provenance: From the archive of Robert Servatius (1894-1983) German Lawyer known for his defence of Nazi war criminals including Adolf Eichmann.

ALEXANDER III: (1845-1894) Emperor of Russia 1881-94. Attractive signed printed large folio copy of L´Illustration Journal Universel, French weekly edition, sixteen pages, 7th March 1885, signed by Alexander III, as Emperor, with his initial `A´ in red indelible pencil to the upper right corner of the front page. The Parisian journal includes multiple and very attractive large engravings, showing to the front page an engraving of Mademoiselle Jane Hading and to the inside pages bearing several attractive engravings relating to the Parisian theatre “Theatre du Gymnase” and to the play being performed `Le Prince Zilah”, also to the Delacroix exhibition at the “Ecole des Beaux Arts”, and to the “assassination of O´Donovan Rossa in New York” among many others. The present copy was originally bound in a red leather folio volume for the Emperor, alongside other additions of the journal. Left edge very slightly trimmed, with some pages unbounded, otherwise G to VG Jane Hading (1859-1941) French Actress.Jules Claretie (1840-1913) French literary figure and Director of the Theatre Français. He is the author of Le Prince Zilah (1885)Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) French Painter. Regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school, he is also considered one of the last old Masters of painting, and one of the few who was ever photographed.Jeremiah O´Donovan Rossa (1831-1915) Irish Fenian leader and member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He was a pioneer in physical force Irish Republicanism using dynamite primarily in London. On 2nd February 1885, Rossa was shot outside his office near Broadway by an Englishwoman. Even though they were not life-threatening, a ball was to remain embedded there for the rest of his life.

MUSSOLINI BENITO: (1883-1945) Italian Fascist Dictator of World War II & VITTORIO EMANUELE III (1869-1947) King of Italy 1900-46. D.S., `Mussolini´, and `Vittorio Emanuele´, two pages, folio, San Rossore, 1st July 1938, in Italian. The partially printed document is a decree, bearing the printed heading ''Vittorio Emanuele III, by the grace of god and by the will of the Nation - King of Italy - Emperor of Ethiopia'', according to which the King of Italy accepts the appointment of officer Angelo Parenti, Major of the Royal Carabinieri, who is temporary readmitted in the same corps. Signed in bold black inks by the King and by Mussolini in his capacity as Minister of war, to the second page. With few official contemporary ink stamps and two countersignatures. With extremely small pinholes to the left border as a result of its detachment. Very small age wear, mostly to edges, otherwise G

GARCIA DE LEON Y PIZARRO JOSE: (1770-1835) Spanish politician who served as Minister of State of Spain (i.e. Prime Minister) from 1816-18. D.S., Jose Pizarro, one page, folio, Cadiz, 11th April 1812, in Spanish. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, states that the King has resolved, in the name of the Regency of the Kingdom of Spain, to grant a passport to Mariano Carnerero and his sister, who are to travel to Lisbon, and further instructing the Captains General, Commandants, Governors and other ministers etc. that they may come into contact with not to cause Carnerero or his sister any embarrassment on their journey and instead to give them any assistance they may require. Signed by Pizarro at the foot and with a printed coat of arms neatly inlaid to the lower left corner. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, extremely minor age wear to the upper edge, VG

RESPIGHI OTTORINO: (1879-1936) Italian Composer. A very fine A.M.Q.S., `Ottorino Respighi´, a large signature example, one page, large folio, to a drawing sheet removed from an album, dated Chicago, 29th January 1926 in his hand, in Italian. Respighi pens a four bars musical quote to the lower part of the page, annotating and underlining beneath `Concerto in modo misolidio´. The upper part of the page bears an inscription signed and dated by Elsa Respighi (1894-1996) Italian Singer and Composer. A former pupil of Ottorino Respighi who became her wife. Elsa Respighi annotates `In ricordo di una deliziosa serata - Elsa Respighi Olivieri Sangiacomo - Chicago 29th January 1926´ (“In memory of a delicious evening”) Left edge slightly trimmed as a result of the removing of the page, otherwise VG    

DALI SALVADOR: (1904-1989) Spanish surrealist artist. A remarkable illustrated autograph Manuscript Signed, Salvador Dali, five pages (separate leaves), large folio (16 x 17”, 40 x 42.5 cm), n.p., 1953, in a singular language based on French interspersed with Hispanisms and other words phonetically reproducing the Catalan accent. Dali’s manuscript is entitled Mes secrets sinematographiques (‘My Cinematic Secrets’) and was originally published in the review La Parisienne in February 1954 in an adaptation by Michel Deon who normalized Dali’s deviant spelling and syntax. The manuscript in its original form, with important variations, therefore reveals the delirious orality of the Dalian text, the artist first affirming the conviction of his genius in cinematographic art by recalling the importance of his first two films, Un chien andalou and L’Age d’or, and by demeaning the role of the filmmaker Luis Bunuel in their realisation, further unveiling his film project La Brouette de flesh and describing the delirious visions and hallucinations he intends to put into images, in part, ‘Il i ha peu près une semaine que ge viens de découbrir que dans ma vie ge suis en tout en retard environ de 12 ans, cinéma i compris, il i a 11 ans que ge progète de faire un film intégrallement totalitairement cent pour cent hiper Dali, donc cela veut dire que vraisenbleblement ce film se tournera infin, l'ané prochaine - Ge suis le contraire du verger et du lu de La Fontaine comme que dans ma vie, et déjà dans mon adolescence ge réalisse tan de chosses sensationelles ….À 27 ans j'arrivai à Paris et ge créé avec Buñuel 2 films qui resteron historiques le Chien andalou et L'Âge d'or. Dernièrement Buñuel a faid tout seul d'autres films me rendan ainsi l'inmense service de que tout le monde puisse enfin savoir à qui apartené le côté génial et le côté primaire dans Le Chien andalu et L'Âge d'or…….Por qu'un film soit prodigieux la première des chosses c'et que l'on puisse croire au prodige que l'on vous montre, pour cela avant tout autre chosse il faut en finir avec le répugnant ritme cinématographique, cete conventionelle et anuyuesse [ennuyeuse] rétorique du mouvement de la caméra - même dans lé plus cumun mélodrame coment croire à l'asasin, si la caméra le suis en travelin partout même dans lé lavabo où il va laver le sang de ses mains?.........Mon prochain film sera exactement le contraire d'un film expérimental de vangarde et surtout de ce que l'on apelle aujurd'hui “créatif” sinonime de l'imitation servile de tous les lieux comuns du triste art moderne. Mon film sera une vrai istoire d'une feme paranoyaque amureusse d'une bruète qui succesivement se revêt de tous les atributs de la persone aimé, le cadabre de la quelle avais servi pour moayen de transport ; jusqu'à s'incarné à nouveau en elle, la bruètte devien de chair et c'et pour cela que mon film s'apellera La Bruètte de chair. Tout espectateur rafiné ou hutre moayen sera forcé de participer au délire de ma fétichiste, car il s'agit d'un cas rigureussement vrai, et cera raconté, come aucune documentaire n'est capable de le réalissé….. Ainssi ge peut déjà asurer à mes lecteurs que dans mon film il verron avec toute la minutie des mouvements lents se dévelopent dans la plus rigu­reusse euritmie arcangélique, l'un après l'autre 5 cignes blancs explosan. Les signes seron trufés de pomes grenades elles aussi munis d'une charge explosive adécuate, de façont que quand on aura pu observé avec minuci les derniers entre-déchirements des entrailles des cignes, se produiront les explosions des pomes grenades, de sorte que probablement tel que nous avons déjà expérimenté les grains de la pome grenade progetés à la périférie du décartelage anatomique, parvenan à causse de leur petite taille par les intertices jusqu'aux plumes en suspension, orteron cellesci, tell que l'on peut rêvé et surtout rêvassé, doit se produire entre les cor­puscules de lumière (graines de pome grenade et ondes lumineusses représentés por les blanchisimes arcangéliques plumes du signe). - De sorte que les corpuscules dans la dite expérience auron la corporaïté de Mantegne et les plumes le flue qui fit fameux le peintre Eugène Carrière. Aussi on pourra voir une escène, représentan la fontaine de Trevi à Rome, les fenêtres s'ouvran et 6 rinocéros tomben à l'eau, à chaque chute de rinocéros un paraplui noir s'oubre émerjan de l'eau de la fontaine…….Dans un'autre oportunité 100 ziganes españols tueron et dépèceron jusqu'à ne lessé que son esquelette pelé, un éléfant dans une rue de Madrid (transposan ainsi une fameuse scène africaine que g'é lu dans un libre). À un moment doné qu'oùs apéressent les côtes du paquiderme, deux ziganes (lesquels malgré leur frénési sauvage n'arrêten pas un instin de chanter du canté hondo pénétren à l'intérieur pour atraper les viscères meilleures, quer, rognongs ect….’ (Translation: ‘It’s been about a week since I’ve just discovered that in my life I’m about 12 years late in everything, including cinema, it’s been 11 years since I’ve been planning to make a film entirely totally one hundred percent hyper Dali, so that means that this film will probably end up being shot next year – I am the opposite of the orchard and the lu de la Fontaine as in my life, and already in my adolescence I did so many sensational things……At 27 I arrived in Paris and I created with Bunuel 2 films that will remain historic, Le chien andalou and L'Âge d'or. Lately Bunuel has made other films on his own, so that everyone can finally know to whom belonged the brilliant side and the primary side in Le chien andalou and L’Age d’or……For a film to be prodigious, the first thing is for people to be able to believe in the prodigy that is shown to you, for that, before anything else, it is necessary to put an end to the repugnant cinematographic rhythm, this conventional and boring retort of the movement of the camera – even in the most common melodrama how to believe in the assassin, if the camera follows him in travelling everywhere, even in the sink where he will wash the blood from his hands?.......My next film will be the exact opposite of an experimental vanguard film and above all of what we call today “creative” if not the servile imitation of all the commonplaces of sad modern art. My film will be a true story of a paranoid woman in love with a brute who successively takes on all the attributes of the loved one, the corpse of which had served as a means of transport; until it is embodied again in herm the bruètte becomes flesh and that is why my film will be called La Bruètte de flesh. Any refined viewer or Moayan oyster will be forced to participate in my fetishist’s delirium, for this is a strictly true case, and it will be told, as no documentary is capable of realising it……Thus I can already assure my readers that in my film he will see with all the meticulousness of the slow movements developing in the most rigorous archangelic  euritimia, one after the other 5 white swans exploding. The signs will be riddled with pomegranates, also equipped with an adequate explosive charge, so that when we have been able to carefully observe the last tearings of the entrails of the swans, the explosions of the pomegranates will occur...) In the left margin of the third page Dali has drawn two illustrations of male figures, the first somewhat grotesque and the second in a Cubist style, seemingly with another man emerging from his torso. A wonderful, rare manuscript which is distinctly Dali in its composition. Some very light, minimal age wear, VG OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED - PLEASE REFER TO IAA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 

HAYDN JOSEPH: (1732-1809) Austrian composer of the Classical period. A bound folio edition of Dr Haydn's VI Original Canzonettas, for the Voice with an Accompaniment for the Piano-Forte, Dedicated to Mrs. John Hunter, the title page further stating 'Printed for the Author, & Sold by him at No.1. Bury Street, St. James's, at Messrs Corri, Dussek & Co., Music Sellers to her Majesty, No. 67 Dean Street, Soho & Bridge Street, Edinburgh', n.d. (c. June 1794). The sheet music comprises The Mermaids Song, Recollection, A Pastoral Song, Despair, Pleasing Pains and Fidelity. Signed ('Haydn', with a paraph) by Haydn in dark ink at the base of the title page. Bound by Kelly of Gower Place in dark red cloth with gilt stamped title to the cover. Rare. Some light foxing and minor overall age wear, about VG Anne Hunter (1742-1821) British poet and salon hostess, wife of the surgeon and anatomist John Hunter. Anne Hunter is chiefly remembered as the author of texts to at least nine of Haydn's fourteen songs in English, including several represented in the present volume. Hunter and her husband entertained the leading Bluestockings at their house.

[KLEBER & DAMAS]: [KLEBER JEAN-BAPTISTE] (1753-1800) French General during the French Revolutionary Wars & [DAMAS FRANCOIS-ETIENNE DE] (1764-1828) French General who served as chef d'etat-major under Jean-Baptiste Kleber. Printed Document issued in the names of Kleber and Damas and signed by the adjutant general Rene, two pages, folio, Headquarters, Cairo, 2nd June 1800, in French. The document is an Ordre du jour in which Kleber confirms that the paymaster general will pay the whole army for pluviose an 8 (February 1800), further stating that the surgeons of the armed corps will send all soldiers affected by serious injuries to the nearest military hospitals as soon as possible, although 'Ceux affectes seulement de gonorrhee ou de gale simple, d'ophtalmie legere, ou de toute autre indisposition ephemere, seront traités sous la tente ou dans les casernes' (Translation: 'Those affected only with gonorrhoea or simple scabies, mild ophthalmia, or any other ephemeral indisposition, will be treated in tents or in the barracks') also issuing guidance for the expense of treatment and supervision of medicines and dressing apparatus, and continuing 'Les demi-brigades qui sont au Kaire fourniront chacune huit ouvriers, macons, charpentiers ou menuisiers, pour les travaux du genie, y compris ceux que ces corps y ont deja donne: ces hommes.... seront inscrits chez le chef de brigade Bertrand, directeur des fortifications du genie, qui en enverra l'etat nominatif au chef de l'Etat-major general' (Translation: 'The demi-brigades which are in Cairo will each provide eight workmen, masons, carpenters or joiners, for the work of the engineers, including those which these corps have already given there: these men…..will be registered with the chief of brigade Bertrand, Director of Engineering Fortifications, who will send the list of names to the Chief of the General Staff'). The document concludes with an instruction to arrest a deserter, 'Les generaux commandant les divisions, et les commandans de place feront arreter et conduire au 4me regiment d'artillerie a pied le nomme Pierre Renault, canonnier de 2me classe, deserte le 7 prairial' (Translation: 'The generals commanding the divisions, and the local commanders, will have Pierre Renault, 2nd class gunner, deserted on 7 Prairial, arrested and taken to the 4th foot artillery regiment'), and provides a brief description of the individual, 'Pierre Renault.....natif de Landrecy, department du Nord, age de vingt-huit ans, taille de cinq pieds un pouce, cheveux et sourcils chatains, yeux gris, nez long, bouche grande, menton rond, visage plein' (Translation: 'Pierre Renault…..native of Landrecy, department of the North, twenty-eight years old, five feet one inch tall, brown hair and eyebrows, grey eyes, long nose, wide mouth, round chin, full face'). Some light staining and minor age wear to the edges, otherwise VG The present document was issued just less than two weeks before Kleber’s assassination in Cairo on 14th June 1800.  

LEOPOLD II: (1835-1909) King of the Belgians 1865-1909. D.S., Leopold, one page, large oblong folio, Brussels, 12th December 1889, in French. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, appoints Leon Dosogne to be the Belgian Consul General for British India and Ceylon, residing at Calcutta, who will 'en cette qualite exercer, conformement aux dispositions des lois, arretes et instructions, les fonctions qui lui sont conférées' (Translation: 'in this capacity exercise, in accordance with the provisions of the laws, decrees and instructions, the functions conferred on him') and further stating 'Prions Sa Majesté la Reine de Grand Bretagne et d'Irlande, Imperatrice des Indes de permettre que le sieur Leon Dosogne exerce librement l'emploi qui lui est confere, sans souffrir qu'il y soit apporte aucun empechement' (Translation: 'Pray Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, to allow Mr. Leon Dosogne to freely exercise the office conferred on him, without suffering any impediment'). Signed by the King at the foot and countersigned by Joseph de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay (1836-1892) Belgian diplomat and politician who served as Foreign Minister 1884-92. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light staining and minor age wear and a few small tears to the upper edge, G 

TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD & FOUCHE: TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD CHARLES MAURICE DE (1754-1838) Prince of Talleyrand, French clergyman, politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of France, 1815 & FOUCHE JOSEPH (1759-1820) 1st Duc d'Otrante, 1st Comte Fouche. French statesman and revolutionary who served as Minister of Police (1799-1810, 1815) under Napoleon Bonaparte. D.S. by both Talleyrand ('Charles Maurice') and Fouche ('Comte de l'Empire Fouche') individually, one page, folio, Schoenbrunn, 24th August 1809, in French. The partially printed document, with manuscript insertions in the hand of Fouche, is addressed to Monsieur Laffontan, President of the Canton of Valence and is an Extrait des Minutes de la Secretairerie d'Etat ('Extract from the Minutes of the Secretary of State') originally issued by Hugues-Bernard Maret, Duke of Bassano, on behalf of Napoleon I, and states that they have deemed it appropriate to convene the assembly of the canton on 17th October 1809, and consequently order Laffontan to execute, and cause to be executed, the provisions of the acts of the Constitutions of the Empire, further stating 'Nous avons fait connaitre a notre premier Inspecteur de la Gendarmerie, et au General commandant la 10 eme Division militaire, que vous avez seul la police de l'assemblee; que nulle force armee ne doit etre placee pres du lieu de ses seances ni y penetrer sans votre requistion; qu'ils doivent ordonner de deferer a celles que vous adresserez aux Commandans de la Gendarmerie, et de vous preter assistance, si le cas l'exige et que vous le demandiez' (Translation: 'We have made it known to our first Inspector of the Gendarmerie, and to the General commanding the 10th Military Division, that you alone have the police of the assembly; that no armed force should be placed near the place of its meetings or enter there without your request; that they must order to defer to those which you will address to the Commanders of the Gendarmerie, and to lend you assistance, if the case requires it and that you ask for it'). Signed at the foot by Talleyrand in his capacity as Vice-Grand-Elector and by Fouche in his capacity as Minister of the Interior (rare as such; Fouche only served in the post from 29th June to 1st October 1809) and with a circular blind embossed seal beneath. With blank integral leaf. Some light, minor staining to the lower left corner and a very small hole to the centre of the text, otherwise VG

Guillotin seeks additional information on ‘the restoration of the art of healing’  GUILLOTIN JOSEPH-IGNACE: (1738-1814) French physician whose name is eponymous with the guillotine, which he proposed as a device to carry out death penalties in France during the French Revolution. L.S., Guillotin, as President of the Comite de Salubrite, one page, folio, Paris, 3rd November 1790, to the Regent Deans and Doctors of the faculty of medicine, in French. The letter states 'Le comite de salubrite ayant d'eja demande a la faculte de medecine de Paris de vouloir bien lui faire part des vues de ses membres sur la restauration de l'art de guerir, desire se procurer un complement de lumieres......Il prie en consequence M. M. Les Doyens et Docteurs Regent de la faculte de medicine de nommer un depute pour assister en leur nom a ses seances et y apporter le voeu de la compagnie sur les questions importantes dont la Comite s'occupe et sur lesquelles sera fondee la constitution medicale du Royaume' (Translation: 'The Health Committee having already asked the Faculty of Medicine of Paris to share with it the views of its members on the restoration of the art of healing, wishes to obtain additional information…..It therefore requests the Regent Deans and Doctors of the Faculty of Medicine to appoint a deputy to attend its meetings on their behalf and bring to them the demands of the company on the important questions with which the Committee is in charge of and on which will be based the medical constitution of the Kingdom'). Countersigned by Jean-Gabriel Gallot (1744-1794) French politician, secretary of the Comite de Salubrite. With blank integral leaf. VG  

BERNADOTTE JEAN BAPTISTE: (1763-1844) Marshal of France, Prince de Pontecorvo and King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway 1818-44. A good L.S., `J. Bernadotte´, a bold ink signature with flourish, two pages, folio, Odense, Denmark, 4th April 1808, to the Minister of war, in French. Bernadotte, in his capacity as Marshal of the Empire, Prince of Pontecorvo, sends a personal recommendation to the Minister of war, recommending Chief of Battalion Emion for his multiple and devoted services. Bernadotte states in part `Les témoignages que j´ai reçu de la conduite honorable du Capitaine Emion, et l´estime dont il jouit dans le régiment où il sert, me déterminent à le recommander particulièrement à la bienveillance de S. E. le Ministre de la Guerre´ (Translation : `The testimonies which I have received of the honorable conduct of Captain Emion, and the esteem which he is treated in the regiment in which he serves, determine me to recommend him particularly to the benevolence of H. E. the Minister of War´) To the verso, the letter to the minister includes a list of Captain Emion´s  services, including a wound after a pistol shot in St. Domingue. Also including two short recommendations signed to the border by the Colonel and Chief of brigade of the regiment. Small overall age wear with creasing to the upper part of the document, not affecting the signature. G 

MARTI JOSE & ESTRADA PALMA TOMAS: José Martí (1853-1895) Cuban Poet, Writer and Revolutionary Philosopher. Martí is considered a national hero as well as a leading figure in Latin American literature. He became a symbol for Cuba's fight for independence in the 19th century, and is referred to as the ''Apostle of Cuban Independence''; & Tomas Estrada Palma (1835-1908) First President of Cuba 1902-1906, and previously during the Ten Year´s War. Remembered for allowing the Platt Amendment which ensured American dominance over Cuba. An exceptional and very attractive multiple D.S., `José Martí´, and `T. Estrada Palma´, two pages, large folio, New York, 20th January 1895, to Frederick W. Ramsden, in Spanish. The partially printed document bears the printed heading of the New York delegation of the Cuban Revolutionary party, being a title given to contributors in favour of the cause, a patriotic assistance fundraising to finance the war in favour of the Independence and for the Freedom of Cuba. The attractive document, printed in red ink, bears palms and a coat of arms to the front page. The document is signed by Marti and Estrada Palma in their capacity as delegates and is also signed by Gonzalo de Quesada as Secretary of the delegation. The lengthy handwritten text, is a manifesto in favour of Cuban Independence and freedom, against the Spanish occupancy and slavery, concluding with the motto ''Homeland and Freedom''. The document bears beneath the signatures a large black paper seal affixed of the Delegation of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. Small overall minor age wear, with small remnants of a former red wax seal to the lower edge. G to VG  The present document is signed by Jose Marti on 20th 1895, only one week before drawing up the Uprising order. A month later, on 24th February, the uprising took place, and three months later Marti was killed at the battle of Dos Rios only a month after having returned to Cuba.   Gonzalo de Quesada y Arostegui (1868-1915) was the key architect of Cuba´s Independence Movement with Jose Marti. Appointed Special Commissioner of Cuba to the United States in 1900. He later entered the diplomatic service, becoming minister to the United States. De Quesada authored ''A History of Free Cuba'' (1898) and ''Cuba'' (1905). He also edited Marti's literary works 1900-11.

 [CATHERINE DE' MEDICI]: (1519-1589) French and Italian noblewoman, Queen of France 1547-59 by her marriage to King Henry II. A good, historic A.L.S., Loise de bretaigne, by Louise de Bretagne (d.1602; Baroness of Castelnau and of Clermont-Lodeve, one of the ladies of honour who accompanied Elisabeth of Valois to Spain for the festivities following her marriage to King Philip II), three pages, folio, Toledo, Second Day of Lent [15th February?] 1561, to Catherine de' Medici, in French. Louise de Bretagne sends news to the Queen on a variety of events including Elisabeth of Valois's recovery from small-pox, the death of Francois II and Queen Mary's return to Scotland, in part, 'Madam, the health of the queen your daughter grows better and better since I wrote to you; because two days after I sent you the last despatch they made her take a little medicine to finish purging her, which has done her so much good that she has no ailment in the world since……It is now several days since she complained of anything; and the day before yesterday, which was Shrove Tuesday, she went to dine in the garden, by order of the doctors…..I fomented her with milk and saffron, and was obliged then and there to give her a clyster…..the doctors have bidden her to begin every meal with Prunes from Tours…..which makes me beg of you, Madam, to send us some of them by every courier. They have ordered her a bath today to make her menses come on, the date of passing we had noted, the ninth of this month…..Her face is quite free of crusts now, and we wash it every day with asses milk; and yesterday we began to anoint her nose with balm, where she has some pits. I hope the balm will make them disappear. The reason for these is that when she got the small-pox she had a cold and blew her nose so much that the pustules got broken. She is much freer of the migraine than she used to be, but I am in great need of marjoram seeds……the season for sowing them here has passed, and it is not possible to get any more. The King has not come to sleep with her yet, for which I am very glad for she is not quite well enough…..The Prince [Don Carlos] has his fever again rather badly, the cause being I think the great army which they say the Turks are preparing to bring this summer to Goletta [Tunis]……From the last couriers who came…..there is much comment here about the story that the funeral of the late King [Francis II] was conducted with one little candle, which is thought very strange. It is also said for about a fortnight, that Monsieur the Cardinal of Lorraine is going to Metz after Easter, and Queen Mary either to Joinville or to Scotland……Our Lenten services last five hours every morning, and they do not finish until between one and two, which makes fasting easier for us. The Queen your daughter is dispensed from it this Lent on account of her illness and eats meat. They make no difficulty about it. However, none of the Frenchwomen eat it except her and mademoiselle, who is very well. We are told here that she is soon to be married. They are very anxious to know the truth about it, for the King is resolved to make her a very handsome present…..You will be informed of everything. At present I know of nothing more except that all are very well at this court and very glad at the power you have, and greatly wish that it may last long…..' With the address panel to the verso of the final page, 'A La Raine, ma souveraine daime'. Loosely contained within a dark brown morocco presentation folder (slight wear and damage to the inside) with gilt decorations to the borders of the interior and exterior and with a gilt stamped title to the front Louise de Bretagne - Letter to Catherine de Medicis relative to the Queens of Spain & of Scotland 1561. Also included are a series of interesting typed research notes and a French transcript and English translation of the letter, apparently prepared for (or by) Frank Lester Pleadwell (1872-1957) American physician and autograph collector. A letter of fascinating content, including intimate details from within the Royal court. Neatly inlaid and with some minor slits and a small area of paper loss to the left edge as a result of the letter having originally been tied with ribbon. About VG A remarkable, intimate letter relating to Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain, who was recovering from small-pox, the death of Francis II, and Queen Mary's return to Scotland. Elisabeth, the daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici, was born at Fontainebleau in 1545. Henry VIII was her Godfather and she was at first destined to be the wife of Edward VI, who had previously, by Treaty, been engaged to marry Mary, Queen of Scots. Edward's death, in 1553, put an end to this project, and a marriage was then arranged between her and Don Carlos, the son of Philip II of Spain. Philip's wife, Mary I, died in 1558, and in the year following he himself married Elisabeth, ignoring the engagement to his son, to whom Elisabeth appears to have been attached. The marriage was an unhappy one. The bride was not yet fifteen years of age and had been brought up with every care in a refined and luxurious Court. Philip, although only thirty-two years old, was morose and severe. The marriage took place (by proxy) in the Church of Notre Dame at Paris in June 1559, Philip being represented by Ferdinand de Toledo, Duke of Alba. Elisabeth first met her husband in the following year, on 2nd February 1560, at Guadalaxara, but the meeting was unfortunate. She died in October 1568, and the cause of her death was not without suspicion, especially as her former lover, Don Carlos, had died under very suspicious circumstances just a few months earlier.  Francis II, whose funeral is mentioned in the present letter, had died on 5th December 1560, and the occasion was perhaps the most important event in the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, when her power and prospects in France were shattered in one blow, and her life-long enemy Catherine de' Medici again placed in a position of authority. Hence forward the struggles between Catherine and the Guises went more in her favour since she possessed absolute power over her young son, Charles IX, who succeeded to the throne, and usurped complete control of the Kingdom.  The forecast given in the present letter regarding Queen Mary's future movements proved correct. Mary, who had lived in complete seclusion since her husband's death, spent Easter at Rheims and then set out to Joinville to visit her grandmother, Antoinette de Bourbon, dowager Duchess of Guise. Thence she returned to Rheims and spent some weeks in seclusion in the Convent of St. Pierre with the Abbess, her aunt, Renee de Lorraine. Finally, she went to Paris where she stayed until July, when she set out for Scotland. At the time when the present letter was written, early in 1561, great endeavours were being made by Mary's relatives to bring about a marriage between her and Don Carlos, a scheme very nearly concluded, in which case she would have become a step-daughter-in-law of Elisabeth, Queen of Spain, who was still supposed to be in love with her stepson herself. This scheme was strongly opposed by Catherine de' Medici, who wanted Don Carlos to marry her younger daughter, Margaret, who is referred to in the present letter as 'Madame your little daughter' Louise de Bretagne was one of the maids-of-honour who accompanied Elisabeth to Spain. The 'mademoiselle' of the letter was another maid-of-honour, Anne de Bourbon Montpensier.  

BRITISH POLITICS: A good selection of fine original black pen and ink drawings of various British Conservative (and some Unionist) politicians of the early 20th century, all executed by the accomplished German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor on folio (9.5 x 12 and one slightly smaller) sheets of art paper, each of the images depicting the subjects in head and shoulders poses and all signed by the politicians, the majority with brief additional quotations or statements in their hands, comprising Robert Cecil (1864-1958) Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal 1923-24, an architect of the League of Nations and Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1937; Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl (1874-1960) with a quotation from Robert Browning in her hand; James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury (1861-1947) Leader of the House of Lords 1925-29; Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon (1857-1941) British Ambassador to Berlin 1920-25; Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841-1917) Consul-General of Egypt 1883-1907; Eric Geddes (1875-1937) First Lord of the Admiralty 1917-19; his brother Auckland Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes (1879-1954) President of the Board of Trade 1919-20 and British Ambassador to the United States 1920-24; Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn (1837-1916) Chancellor of the Exchequer 1885-86, 1895-1902; and George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave (1856-1928) Home Secretary 1916-19, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain 1922-24, 1924-28. All of the drawings also bear the small signature of the artist Kastor. Some very light, extremely minor age wear to the edges, VG, 9 

CHRISTINE OF FRANCE: (1606-1663) Daughter of King Henry IV and Marie de Medici, and sister of King Louis XIII. Duchess consort of Savoy 1630-37. Upon the death of her husband Victor Amadeus I in 1637, she acted as Regent of Savoy 1637-48. A very fine L.S., `Christinne´, one page, folio, Turin, 23rd December 1661, to Cardinal Marquis Villa, in Paris, in Italian. The letter bears the written heading `La Duchesa di Savoya - Regina di Cipro´ (“Duchess of Savoy - Queen of Cyprus”). Christine of France instructs on how to receive and attend an important visitor, stating in part `Signor Camot che risiede nella citta di Lione pensa di portarsi in coteste parti per alcuni suoi interessi,... farete cosa grattissima di assisterlo con tutta l´efficacia de nostri uffici....´ (Translation: `Mister Camot who lives in the city of Lyons thinks of travelling to our lands for some of his interests,... you will do a very kind thing assisting him with all the effectiveness of our offices…´) The letter bears at the base a large countersignature. With address leaf. Very small minor age wear and toning to the edges, otherwise G to VG The letter bears to the heading “Regina di Cipro” (“Queen of Cyprus”). Christine of France did as much as she could to ensure that her court rivalled in splendour that of her sister Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I of England. She strongly encouraged her husband to claim his right to the rather empty title of King of Cyprus and Jerusalem, a kingdom which led to him being tagged as 'a King without a Crown'. She did not keep it a secret that she would rather have been a Queen than a Duchess.

[LOUIS XV]: (1710-1774) King of France 1715-74. Manuscript document issued in the name of King Louis XV and bearing a secretarial signature ('Louis'), one page (vellum), large oblong folio, Paris, 4th May 1720, in French. The document gives orders for, in part, 'Provisions de Capitaine de la Capitainerie du Havre pour le S. de Cauville.....[charge entre autres de]......faire faire le Guet et Garde pour empecher les descentes et desseins d'Ennemis et Pirattes' (Translation: 'Captain's provisions of the Harbour Master's office at Le Havre for the S. de Cauville…..[responsible for, amongst other matters]……having the Watch and Guard made to prevent the raids and designs of enemies and pirates'). With contemporary endorsements to the verso countersigned by Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon (1678-1737) Count of Toulouse, Grand Admiral of France, the son of King Louis XIV and his mistress Francoise-Athenais, Marquise de Montespan, Joseph Fleuriau d'Armenonville (1661-1728) French politician who served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1716 and as Secretary of State for the Navy from 1718-22, and several others. Some light damp staining and a few other minor faults, G 

MATHIEU GEORGES & MALRAUX ANDRÉ: (1921-2012) French Painter. Considered one of the founders of the Lyric Abstraction. A very fine A.L.S., `Mathieu´, three pages, to three sheets, folio, Paris, 11th December 1971, to André Malraux, in French. On his personal printed attractive stationery, bearing an artistic embossed abstract figure above his motto “Moult de Parte”, Mathieu with his usual large attractive writing, and in India ink, states in part `Cher André Malraux, Vous le savez peut-être, Frédéric Rossif a tourné sur mon oeuvre un film de 57 minutes intitule “Georges Mathieu ou la Fureur d´être”. La diffusion de ce film aura lieu sur la deuxième chaine le 22 Décembre a 21 heures. Rossif et moi-même aurions été heureux de vous le montrer auparavant en une projection privée qui pourrait avoir lieu le jour et à l´heure de votre choix…´ (Translation: “Dear André Malraux, As you may know, Frédéric Rossif has made a 57-minute film on my work entitled “Georges Mathieu ou la Fureur d´être”. The broadcast of this film will take place on the second channel on December 22nd at 9h p.m. Rossif and I would have been happy to show it to you beforehand in a private screening which could take place on the day and at the time of your choice...”) Together with MALRAUX ANDRE (1901-1976) French Novelist. Well-remembered for his novel La Condition Humaine (''Man´s Fate''), 1933. French President De Gaulle appointed Malraux Information Minister 1945-46, and during his second mandate he appointed again Malraux as the first France´s cultural affairs Minister 1958-69. A.L. by Malraux, being a draft of the letter he intended to send to Mathieu as a response to the above Mathieu´s letter, one page, small 8vo, n.p., n.d., in French. Malraux states `Cher ami, Math., votre lettre s´est trouvée liée au cours de celles du Bangladesh. Il ne me reste donc qu´à souhaiter que la chance vous ait accompagné hier…´ (Translation: “Dear friend Math., your letter appeared mixed with those from Bangladesh. I can only wish that luck had accompanied you yesterday…”) At the time of the present letter the Bengali from Oriental Pakistan were about to declare the Independence of the Bangladesh. VG,2  

GENET JEAN: (1910-1986) French Novelist, Playwright, and political Activist. A.L.S., `Jean Genet´, one page, folio, n.p., 5th June 1983, to Edmonde Charles-Roux, in French. Genet explains the reasons of his long silence stating in part `Il s´est passé en effet beaucoup de temps. Depuis 76 j´ai été trop souvent hospitalisé a Villejuif pour un cancer - pres des cordes vocales ce qui m´a laisse a peu pres muet pendant pres d´un an. J´aurais, il y a deux ou trois ans, aimé vous revoir, mais vous étiez “aux marches des Palais” officiels… Si vous me revoyez, j´aurai change: je parle a peine, mon élocution est aussi claire que celle d´un escargot, je boite, etc… et vous, vous êtes aussi belle…´ (Translation: “A long time has indeed passed. Since 1976, I have been hospitalized too often in Villejuif for cancer - near the vocal cords, which left me almost mute for almost a year. I would have liked, two or three years ago, to see you again, but you were “on the steps of the official Palaces”… If you see me again, I will have changed: I barely speak, my speech is as clear as that of ´a snail, I limp, etc… and you, you are also beautiful…´) Accompanied by a copy of a T.L.S. sent by Edmonde Charles-Roux responding to Genet´s letter, dated 31st August 1983, stating in part `Même avec une voix d´escargot, vous demeurerez l´ami Jean don't la seduction est intacte…´ (Translation: “Even with a snail speech, you will remain being the friend Jean whose seduction remains intact…”) Both letters attached by a staple. VG  

WILLIAM V: (1748-1806) Prince of Orange 1751-1806 and the last stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. D.S., W. Pr. V. Orange, one page, folio, Breda, 17th September 1792, in Dutch. The manuscript document is untranslated although would appear to be a military commission and makes reference to a Captain Kulp and a Major Reusch. Countersigned at the foot by Thomas Isaac de Larrey (1703-1795) Secretary to the Prince of Orange. With blind embossed paper seal affixed and blank integral leaf. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

CELINE LOUIS FERDINAND: (1894-1961) French Novelist. Known as Celine, his real name being Destouches, a controversial writer because of his anti-Semitism. A very good and lengthy A.L.S., with his initials `L.F.D´, four pages, folio, n.p, the 27th, n.d., to his brother Marcel, in French. Celine states in part `Oui sans doute Joulon is an admirable poet, mais lui globe-trotter acharné, s'il était venu nous voir depuis 5 ans, je l'aurais affranchi de bien des salades qui m'ont fait un tort énorme. Les malentendus, bevues, ignorances, naïvetés, mirages, miraculages, blablas, soigneusement entretenus, tu le sais, c'est pire que tout. Ça bat la campagne. A la fin on se retrouve couvert d'une légende de merde si bien épaisse qu'il y a plus qu'à te foutre à la fosse ! Et sans Te Deum!...´ ("Yes, no doubt Joulon is an admirable poet, but he is a relentless globetrotter, if he had come to see us 5 years ago, I would have freed him from many salads which have done me enormous harm. Misunderstandings, blunders, ignorance, naivety, mirages, miracles, blablas, carefully maintained, you know, it's worse than anything… At the end we find ourselves covered with a caption of shit so thick that there is more than to through you in the pit! And without Te Deum!...") a lengthy letter referring to a woman `an adorable fairy`, also to the Liberation, and saying before concluding `… j'ai pas de recours, je suis hors la loi !... Vive la mobilisation générale, l'amnistie générale, la bombe générale ! ça fera sortir les taupes des trous…´ ("…I have no recourse, I am outside the law!... Long live to the general mobilization, to the general amnesty, to the general bomb! it will get the moles out of the holes…") A letter of very interesting content. Small overall age wear and creasing, with few small tears to edges and a small repair to the second page edge. G 

 [NUREMBERG TRIALS]: GORING HERMANN (1893-1946) German Political and Military leader, Commander of the Luftwaffe during World War II. D.S., Hermann Goring, in bold pencil, one page, folio, n.p. (Nuremberg), 29th November 1945, in German. The partially printed (mimeographed) document, completed in typescript, is addressed to the General Secretary of the International Military Tribunal and is a Defendant's Application for Summons for Witness in which Goring requests that Ward Price, Chief Correspondent of the Daily Mail in London, be summoned to give evidence on his behalf, as 'The witness knows: a) That the Defendant Goering endeavoured always to promote German-English understanding before and after the outbreak of war. b) That the prepondering majority of Austrian people desired annexation of Austria to Germany and welcomed marching in of Germans into Austria with tremendous enthusiasm' and that such facts are relevant because 'They serve to support my contention that I did not wish a War of Aggression and that the annexation of Austria corresponded to the wish of the population'. Countersigned in bold pencil at the foot by Dr. Otto Stahmer, the Defence Counsel representing Goring. Accompanied by the official IMT English translation of Goring's document. Some file holes to the upper edge of each document, light overall age wear and minor traces of professional restoration, otherwise VG, 2 George Ward Price (1886-1961) British journalist who worked as a foreign correspondent for the Daily Mail newspaper. In the 1930s Price carried out several interviews with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini and the journalist clearly held pro-fascist views. In his book I Know These Dictators (1937) Price portrayed himself as a close friend of Hitler, writing of the Fuhrer 'Behind the forceful character which Hitler displays in public, there is a pleasant personality known only to his intimates'. During the Anschluss, the German annexation of Austria, Price accompanied Hitler's party as they entered Vienna. After the war, Goring, who had been one of the most powerful figures of the Third Reich, was convicted at the Nuremberg Trials of conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to death by hanging in 1946, but committed suicide by ingesting cyanide hours before the sentence was to be carried out. Provenance: The present document originated from the archives of Dr. Hans Werner who was responsible for directing the printing of the Record of the Trial of Major War Criminals in 42 volumes and in three different languages (English, French & German) immediately following the Nuremberg Trials.

CHARLES XIII OF SWEDEN: (1748-1818) King of Sweden 1809-18 & King of Norway 1814-1818. With no natural heir, King Charles, the last King of the house Holstein-Gottorp, chose Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, a Napoleon´s Marshal, as his successor King Charles XIV John. An excellent L.S., `Carolus+´, two pages, folio, Stockholm, 22nd October 1816, to the King of the Two Sicilies Ferdinand I, in Latin. Charles XIII sends a friendly letter to Ferdinand I, announcing him the appointment of  J.C. Lagersvard as plenipotentiary Minister of Sweden to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Countersigned at the base by Gustavus Baron of Wetterstedt. Accompanied by the original envelope bearing an attractive  and large paper seal affixed. With blank integral leaf. The paper bears a "C. Willmott 1814" watermark. Very small tears to the upper and lower edges as a result of the letter opening, not affecting the text or signature. Very small overall minor creasing, otherwise G to VG 

GUSTAV V: (1858-1950) King of Sweden 1907-50. Gustav V D.S., Gustaf, as King, one page, folio, Stockholm, 28th June 1935, to Ingvar Lagerquist, in Swedish. The partially printed document, featuring the heading of Gustav V, King of Sweden, being a military appointment, upgrading officer Lagerquist to the grade of vice-lieutenant of the artillery regiment. The document bears a large and attractive Royal paper seal, in very fine condition, affixed to the bottom of the front page, only very slightly covering the King´s signature. With six binder holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature. VG

WILHELM I: (1797-1888) King of Prussia 1861-88 and the first German Emperor 1871-88. D.S., Wilhelm, three pages, folio, Berlin, 14th March 1885, in German. The manuscript document relates to a Patent dated 5th October 1883 for Colonel Ernst v. Twardowski, Commander of the 1st Bodyguard Grenadier Regiment of Baden. Lightly tipped at the left edge to a card. Some light age wear, VG 

ZAMET SEBASTIEN: (1549-1614) Italian-born French financier who entered the service of the court of France as a valet to King Henry III. Zamet later maintained a close friendship with King Henry IV who would regularly visit the financier's mansion in Paris, where many people were received, particularly gentlemen looking for amorous and discreet appointments. A rare D.S., Sebastien Zamet, with five additional words in his hand, one page (vellum), small oblong folio, n.p. (Paris?), 31st December 1600. The manuscript document is a receipt for the sum of 400 'ecus soleil' for one year of his salary as superintendent of buildings at the Chateau de Fontainebleau. Some very light, minor age wear and a few creases, otherwise VG  

FREDERICK PRINCE: (1763-1827) Duke of York and Albany, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1795-1809. Small series of three Ds.S., Frederick F.M., four pages (total), folio, n.p., 1794-99. In each of the manuscript documents the Prince approves leave of absence of between two and three months for various officers including Captain Thomas Burrowes of the 38th Regiment ('for the recovery of his health'), Ensign Craig of the 4th West India Regiment, Captain Pierson of the 6th West India Regiment (also for the recovery of their health), Lieutenant Donahoe of the 87th Regiment ('on his private affairs') etc. Each with blank integral leaves. Some dust staining and various small tears to the edges of folds etc. G, 3

CATHERINE II THE GREAT: (1762-1796) Empress of Russia 1762-96, Catherine the Great. An excellent and very attractive D.S., `Ekaterina´, in Cyrillic, a bold and good signature example, one large page, oblong 15 x 21 folio, Saint Petersburg, 8th August 1769, in Cyrillic. The document bears to the front a splendid and very large paper seal with coat of Imperial arms and is signed by the `Empress and Sovereign of All Russias..´, being a title given, appointing a representative to the Pope Clemens XIV, who will carry out his duties from the Russian consulate established in the port city of Ancona on the Adriatic Sea. Countersigned at the base by Prince Alexander Golitsyn. It is likely that this appointment was postponed or canceled, the name of the diplomat having never been completed. It was probably part of a political strategy of Catherine II who, after the occupation of Poland, had waited only a spark to launch a war of expansion against Turkey, under the false pretext of providing help to Christians against the unbelievers. It will be done in September 1768, and the port of Ancona, natural gate to Turkey, will serve as a base for the Russian fleet already installed in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1771, Russia will seize Crimea and the Turks will finally sign peace in 1774. Accompanied by an official contemporary translation into Latin, attached to main document signed by Catherine II. Very small overall minor age wear. VG    Prince Alexander Golitsyn (1718-1783) Russian Marshal and Diplomat. Governor of Saint Petersburg. One of the main Russian military leaders involved in the war against Turks.

MAZARIN JULES: (1602-1661) Italian Cardinal, Diplomat and Politician, served as Chief Minister of the French Monarch 1642-61. L.S., `Le Card[inal]e Mazarini´ with an holograph sentence in French immediately above `Le tres affection et tres veritable serviteur´ in bold ink and in his hand (“The very affectionate and very truly server”), one page, folio, Dijon, 10th November 1658, to the Duke of Neubourg, in French. An interesting letter where Mazarin tries to convince his correspondent on his friendship and loyalty, stating `Aussitost que Mr. Le Comte Guillaume de Furstenberg m´a tesmoigné de la part de V.A. qu´elle désirait certaines preuves de mon amitié et de ma passion a son service, j´ay eu impatience d´en parler au Roy en termes qui ont obligé Sa Majesté a l´heure mesme par sa bonté d´escrire a V.A. la lettre qu´elle trouvera cy jointe, dont je m´asseure qu´elle aura grande satisfaction. J´y adiousteray maintenant que si j´estais capable de pouvoir souhaiter quelque mal ou quelque embarrass a V.A. dont je suis aussi esloigné que de le désirer a moy mesme, j´aurais bien de la peine a m´empischer de faire ce mauvais souhait contre elle afin d´avoir occasion de luy faire mieux cognoistre la vérité et la réalité de tout ce que Sa Majesté luy promet, et certes l´estime qu´on fait icy de la personne de V.A. est a si haut point, que sans traité et sans pareilles lettres elle ne pourrait pas moins d´asseurer dans son besoin de tout ce que peuvent les forces de cette Couronne qui sont Dieu mercy en estat de se faire respecter…´ (Translation: “As soon as Mr. Le Comte Guillaume de Furstenberg notified to me on behalf of Y.H. that You wanted certain proofs of my friendship and of my passion for Your service, I was impatient to talk about this to the King in terms which compelled His Majesty at that very moment by his kindness to write to Y.H. the letter which You will find enclosed, and which I am sure will give You great satisfaction. I will now add that if I were capable of being able to wish some evil or some embarrassment to Y.H., from which I am as far as from wishing it to myself, I would have great sorrow and would prevent myself from making this bad wish against Y.H. in order to have an opportunity to make Y.H. better acquainted with the truth and the reality of all that His Majesty promises Y.H., and certainly the esteem that is held here for the person of Y.H. is so high that without a treaty and without such letters Y.H. could not less assure in his need of all that can the forces of this Crown which are thank God in a condition to make themselves respected”) A letter of good content. Page with attractive watermark. Small overall age toning, otherwise G to VG The present letter is addressed to Philip William of Neuburg, Elector Palatine (1615-1690) Count Palatine of Neuburg 1653-1690. In 1685 he inherited the Electorate of the Palatinate, which thus switched from a Protestant to a Catholic territory. Charles II's sister, the Duchess of Orleans and Louis XIV´s sister-in-law, also claimed the Palatinate. This was the pretext for the French invasion in 1688, which began the Nine Years War. Mazarin refers to the report received from Guillaume de Furstenberg, being Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1629-1704) German Count and later Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. He was a clergyman who became Bishop of Strasbourg. He worked for the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and for Louis XIV of France at the same time, and was arrested and tried for treason for convincing the Elector to fight on the opposite side of a war from the Empire.

[COGNAC]: An important autograph manuscript by Henri Guilbault entitled Memoire sur un nouvel appareil de distillation continue au moyen de la vapeur ('Memoir on a new apparatus for continuous distillation by means of steam'), eighty-eight pages, folio, n.p., n.d. (early 1850s), in French. The neatly penned manuscript, containing various corrections and additions, as well as numerous variations (in particular significant unpublished sections) to the final published version, concerns the distillation of eaux-de-vie, and particularly cognac, from Saintonge, the region of France famous for its grapes. In Chapter III of the manuscript, comprising almost half of the original unpublished text, is entitled Observation sur le but general que j'ai du me proposer en ce qui concerne les produits de la Saintonge (Translation: 'Observation on the general goal that I had to set myself with regard to the products of Saintonge') and was edited to Observation sur le but general que je me suis propose (Translation: 'Observation on the general goal that I have proposed') in the printed version, Guilbault specifies the object of the research he is undertaking on distillation stating, in part, [unpublished] 'S'il est vrai que le commerce et la consommation en general regrettent generalement l'abandon que l'on a fait pendant quelque temps de l'ancien appareil de distillation, a cause de la qualite des produits qu'il donnait, il a fallu tendre dans un nouvel appareil, a produire le meme effet que l'ancien, a la condition cependant qu'il pourrait toujours etre employe dans tous les pays a distillation, quelque soit d'ailleurs la nature et l'origine des produits alcoolique…….[published] Les eaux-de-vie de Saintonge, si justement renommees, auxquelles on a donne a tort le nom d'eau-de-vie de Cognac, sont tellement superieures en qualite, a cause de leur gout et de leur arome special, que personne ne pense a convertir les vin blancs du pays en ce qu'on appelle des trois-six ou alcools d'un degre tres eleves.......Le but que j'ai du me proposer, pour le moment du moins, n'a pas pu etre de faire un appareil a produire des trois-six, mais bien de trouver le moyen de faire de bonnes eaux-de-vie, plus rapidement et a meilleur marche, quant a la fabrication, qu'aucun systeme employe dans ce pays et partout ailleurs. Ce n'est pas cependant qu'avec mon appareil, on ne puisse tres facilement faire des trois-six, si on le desire, puisqu'en rectifiant plusieurs fois un produit, on doit parvenir a en separer les parties aqueuses de celles alcooliques au moyen de la distillation, en continuant a employer la vapeur qui fait la base fondamentale de mon systeme' (Translation: [unpublished] 'If it is true that trade and consumption in general generally regret the abandonment that was made for some time of the old distillation apparatus, because of the quality of the products it gave, it was necessary to strain in a new device, to produce the same effect as the old one, on the condition however that it could always be used in all countries with distillation, whatever the nature and origin of the alcoholic products'…..[published] 'The Saintonge eaux-de-vie, so justly renamed, to which the name of Cognac brandy has been wrongly given, are so superior in quality, because of their special taste and aroma, that no one does not think of converting the white wines of the country into what are called three-sixes or alcohols of a very high degree……..The goal I must have set myself, for the moment at least, could not have been to make a device to produce three-sixes, but rather to find the means of making good spirits, much quicker and cheaper, as regards the manufacture, than any system employed in this country and everywhere else. It is not, however, that with my apparatus, one cannot very easily make three-sixes, if one wishes, since by rectifying a product several times, one must succeed in separating the aqueous parts from the alcoholic parts at the means of distillation, continuing to use the system which is the fundamental basis of my system'). The manuscript is bound together with Guilbault's own final printed copy of his work published by La Librairie Bourbaud, Saintes, in 1854, and includes patent diagrams of the distillation apparatus as well as numerous pencil annotations in his hand to the margins. Also included within the volume is the autograph manuscript of Guilbault's memoir entitled De l'education, des Moeurs, des Institutions politiques chez les anciens & de leurs resultats (Translation: 'On Education, Customs, Political Institutions among the Ancients & their results'), comprising over one hundred folio pages, with extensive corrections, and several other printed works authored by Guilbault. All are contained within their original paper wrappers and the ensemble neatly bound within a folio volume with a gilt stamped title to the spine and bearing the ex-libris of Martineau of Saintonge. Some light age wear, generally VGIt would appear that the process for distilling Saintonge's cognac eaux-de-vie, developed by Guilbault, the main purpose of which was to avoid direct contact between the fire and the boiler, contact which produces irregularities of taste in the alcohol, was not adopted as in 1870 coal was still used for the direct heating of boilers in the region of Saintonge.  

SOUBLETTE CARLOS: (1789-1870) President of Venezuela 1837-39, 1843-47, a hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence. D.S., Carlos Soublette, one page, large oblong folio, Caracas, 24th June 1844, in Spanish. The manuscript document recognises the desire to promote trade between the Republic of Venezuela and the domains of His Majesty the King of Belgium through consular establishments, 'and not doubting the good disposition of His Majesty King Leopold I to cultivate with Venezuela the friendship and good relations that the interests of both countries demand', thereby announcing the appointment of Jose A. Hauman to be the Consul General for Venezuela in Brussels, and asking the corresponding authorities to recognise and approve the appointment. Countersigned at the foot by Juan Manuel Manrique (1798-1856) Venezuelan politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs 1844-47. With blind embossed seal. Some light age wear and a few minor splits at the edges of folds, about VG

GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. A good D.S., George R. I., as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court at Saint James, 1st July 1926. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, states that it has been thought 'necessary for the encouragement of Our Subjects trading to the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to appoint a Consul for the Departments of Sarajevska, Mostarska, Iravnicka, Urbaska, Inglanska, Bihacka and Uzicka, to reside at Sarajevo, to take care of the affairs of Our said Subjects and to aid and assist them in all their lawful and mercantile concerns', thereby appointing Charles Alexis Grieg to be His Majesty's Consul at Sarajevo. Countersigned at the foot by Austen Chamberlain (1863-1937) British statesman who served as Foreign Secretary 1924-29, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1925. With blind embossed seal. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG Charles Alexis Greig (1880-1958) British diplomat who served in the Balkans and Middle East.

MATISSE HENRI: (1869-1954) French Artist. Unusual and very attractive autograph short poem-canticle, with drawing, one page, oblong folio, n.p., n.d., in French. Matisse has drawn a first and large capital letter, coloured to the inside, stating `Loué, sois-tu, Monseigneur, Pour Soeur Onde, Laquelle est bien utile et humble et précieuse et chaste.´ Beneath the large letters written text, Matisse has drawn six waving lines. Two small stains to the left border. The page bears an "Imperial Japan paper" watermark. VG The written text corresponds, with few small changes, to a canticle, the "Letter to the faithful" by Saint Francis of Assis.

MAHFOUZ NAGUIB: (1911-2006) Egyptian writer, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1988. A rare A.L.S., one page, folio, n.p. (Egypt), 2nd May 1988, to Philippe Vigreux, in Egyptian Arabic. The untranslated letter, penned in bold red ink on feint ruled notepaper was written by Mahfouz to his French translator. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Mahfouz to Vigreux in Paris. About EX

ROTHSCHILD NATHAN MEYER: (1777-1836) Jewish German banker, businessman and financier, one of the second generation of the Rothschild banking dynasty. D.S., N M Rothschild, in his capacity as contractor, in the right margin, two pages, folio, n.p. (London?), 1st March 1822. The printed document, in Russian, French and English, is a financial certificate 'of a perpetual Annuity in the Great Book of the Public Debt of the Imperial Commission of the Sinking Fund, representing a Capital of Seven Hundred and Twenty Silver Roubles…', equal to £111. With various decorative engravings to either side and a number of official stamps, as well as one of the original coupons lightly affixed at the base. Some light overall age wear and some two lengthy, neat splits at the edge of the central horizontal fold, G The present Russian bond of 1822 is widely recognized by Economic historians as being the first Eurobond. Issued by the House of Rothschild in London, Frankfurt, Paris and Vienna, the bond promised payment in European currencies, as well as in Russian roubles. Perhaps more importantly, dividends could be claimed in any of the aforementioned cities, effectively protecting the bondholder from the effects of a continental war. Although titled an annuity, the 1822 issue was in fact a perpetuity, a promise by Russia to pay a dividend to the bondholder forever, or at least until the Revolution of 1917.

HARDIE JAMES KEIR: (1856-1915) Scottish politician, a founder of the Labour Party who served as its first parliamentary leader 1906-08. A fine original black pen and ink drawing of Hardie by the accomplished German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor, executed on a folio (9.5 x 12) sheet of art paper, the image depicting the Labour leader in a head and shoulders pose. Signed by Hardie beneath the image, adding a statement in his hand in praise of Scottish poet Robert Burns, 'No finer truism was ever spoken or penned than that contained in the Couplet by Robert Burns, the great Scottish ploughman poet, when he wrote. The man of independent mind is King of men', and further dated 23rd February 1901 by Hardie. Together with J. H. Thomas (1874-1949) Welsh Labour politician who served as Secretary of State for the Colonies 1924, 1931 & 1935-36. A fine original black pen and ink drawing of Thomas by the accomplished German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor, executed on a folio (9.5 x 12) sheet of art paper, the image depicting Thomas in a head and shoulders pose. Signed by Thomas with his name alone immediately beneath the image. Both drawings also bear the small signature of the artist Kastor. Some very light, extremely minor age wear to the edges, VG, 2

SCHLEIERMACHER FRIEDRICH: (1768-1834) German Reformed theologian, philosopher and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional Protestant Christianity. D.S., Schleiermacher, one page, folio, Berlin, 15th January 1818, in German. The manuscript document is a certificate of diligence for the student of theology Friedrich Schirmer of Berlin and confirms that he attended various lectures 'of Prof. Dr. Neander about the second part of the church history, of Prof. Dr. de Wette about the Gospel of John and the Hebrew antiquities, of Mr. Wolf about Christian grammar, and of Mr. Lucke about the historical critic of the New Testament', and having done so with diligence is granted a scholarship. With a blind embossed paper seal affixed. A single light red line runs vertically through the text, not affecting the signature. A few very small, minor holes to the left edge, VG 

MASARYK & BENES: MASARYK TOMAS (1850-1937) Czechoslovakian statesman who served as President of Czechoslovakia 1918-35 & BENES EDVARD: (1884-1948) Czechoslovakian statesman who served as President of Czechoslovakia 1935-38, 1945-48, and also led the Czechoslovak government-in-exile 1939-45 during World War II. A good D.S. T. G. Masaryk and Dr. E Benes by both Masaryk and Benes individually, two pages, folio, Prague, 24th May 1934, in French. The document takes the form of an official diplomatic letter and is addressed to the King of Iraq, stating, in part, 'J'ai l'honneur de porter a la connaissance de Votre Majeste que la Chambre des Députés et le Sénat reunis en Assemblee Nationale, le 24 Mai dernier, M'ayant reelu President de la Republique Tchecoslovaque; J'ai pris aujourd'hui possession des pouvoirs que Me confere la constitution. En le notifiant a Votre Majeste Je tiens a l'assurer que je continuerai a concentrer mon effort pour maintenir et resserrer les excellentes relations qui existent entre la Tchecoslovaquie et l'Irak' (Translation: 'I have the  honour to inform Your Majesty that the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate meeting in National Assembly, on May 24th last, having re-elected me President of the Czechoslovak Republic; I have today taken possession of the powers granted to Me by the constitution. In notifying Your Majesty, I would like to assure you that I will continue to concentrate my efforts to maintain and strengthen the excellent relations which exist between Czechoslovakia and Iraq'). Signed by both Masaryk and Benes at the conclusion, the latter in his capacity as Minister of Foreign Affairs. With blank integral leaf. Two file holes to the left edge and a lengthy, neat split to the lower half of the vertical central fold, about VGGhazi I (1912-1939) King of Iraq 1933-39.