Ader: Autographed Letters and Manuscripts, Part II, 175704, PARIS

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 11, 2026 - March 11, 2026

Page Size: 294 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
540	Jean-Baptiste COLBERT (1619-1683).	Jean-Baptiste COLBERT (1619-1683). L.A.S., January 30, 1662, to the archbishop of Paris [Hardouin de Perefixe]	1662	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 290.00
541	Emile COMBES (1835-1921).	Emile COMBES (1835-1921). L.A.S. to a lady	N/A	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
542	CONVENTION NATIONALE.	CONVENTION NATIONALE. 19 posters from the Bulletin de la Convention Nationale (and Supplements), April 1793-May 1794 (Imprimerie nationale).	1793-1794	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
543		CRIME war. Joseph-Honore PEYRAS (1818-1913) officer. Autograph manuscript signed, Crimea from 1854 to 1856	1854-1856	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 2,901.00
544		CRIMEE war. 3 drawings by Charles BLANCHOT, 1855	1855	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
545		DENMARK and SWEDEN. 3 L.S. by Kings of Denmark or Sweden, 1764-1817	1764-18	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 369.00
546	Louis-Charles-Antoine DESAIX (1768-1800)	Louis-Charles-Antoine DESAIX (1768-1800) general. L.A.S., Nothweiler headquarters September 21, 1793, to citoyen Charles Grandjean [future general] adjoint a l'etat-major a Lauterbourg	1793	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
547		MISCELLANEOUS. 6 documents, 16th-19th c.	16th-19th c.	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
548		MISCELLANEOUS. 5 documents, 3 on vellum.	N/A	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
549		MISCELLANEOUS. 27 letters or documents, 18th-20th c.	18th-20th c.	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
550		MISCELLANEOUS. 37 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., 19th-20th c.	19th-20th c.	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
551		MISCELLANEOUS. 5 documents, 19th-20th c.	19th-20th c.	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 290.00
552		MISCELLANEOUS. 18 letters, including 11 L.A.S., 1952-1958 and n.d., to General Edouard Corniglion-Molinier.	1952-1958 and n.d.	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 462.00
553	Geraud-Christophe-Michel DUROC (1772-1813)	Geraud-Christophe-Michel DUROC (1772-1813) general, Grand Marshal of the Palace. L.S. "Duc de Frioul", Paris March 20, 1811, to the Grand Marshal of the Palace in Naples	1811	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
554		EMPIRE. 20 letters or pieces, mostly L.S. or P.S.	N/A	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 791.00
555		ESCLAVAGE. Manuscrit, Memoire sur l'etendue et les bornes des lois prohibitives du commerce etranger dans nos colonies, 1765	1765	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 725.00
556		SPAIN. PHILIPPE IV (1605-1665) King of Spain. L.S. "Yo El Rey", Madrid October 9, 1623, to the Duke of Alva, Viceroy of Naples	1623	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 765.00
557		SPAIN. PHILIPPE IV (1605-1665) King of Spain. 2 P.S. (griffe), Madrid March 25, 1654 and Palacio del Pardo January 13, 1657	1654 and 1657	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 528.00
558	EUGENIE (1826-1920) Empress.	EUGENIE (1826-1920) Empress. 2 L.A.S. and 1 L.S., 1871-1875, to Lucien Corvisart	1871-1875	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
559	Jules FERRY (1832-1893).	Jules FERRY (1832-1893). 5 L.A.S., 1862-1878 and s.d., to "my angels", his cousins Edouard Ferry and Emilie Ferry-Schutzenberger	1862-1878 and s.d.	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,583.00
560	Jules FERRY.	Jules FERRY. L.A.S., Saint-DieOctober 19 [1885], to Mathilde Charras in Thann (Alsace)	1885	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 593.00
561	FRANCOIS Ier (1494-1547).	FRANCOIS Ier (1494-1547). P.S., Folembray October 31 [1545]	1545	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 857.00
562	Giuseppe GARIBALDI (1807-1882).	Giuseppe GARIBALDI (1807-1882). L.A.S., Autun December 10, 1870, to Ad. Chevassus, editor of Le Republicain	1870	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
563	Charles de GAULLE (1890-1970).	Charles de GAULLE (1890-1970). L.A.S., Colombey-les Deux Eglises August 7, 1946, to General Edouard Corniglion-Molinier	1946	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,187.00
564	Charles de GAULLE.	Charles de GAULLE. 2 L.A.S., March 16 and June 6, 1951, to General Edouard Corniglion-Molinier	1951	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,846.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.