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
390		SPECTACLE. 43 letters, most of them L.A.S., addressed to Curnonsky.	N/A	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 528.00
391	Igor STRAWINSKY (1882-1971).	Igor STRAWINSKY (1882-1971). P.A.S.	N/A	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 923.00
392		THEATRE. 12 autographed photographs	N/A	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
393		THEATRE. Lot of documentation works.	N/A	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
394	Ambroise THOMAS (1811-1896).	Ambroise THOMAS (1811-1896). Autograph musical manuscript, Le Songe. Recitatifs	N/A	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 2,638.00
395	Henri TOMASI (1901-1971).	Henri TOMASI (1901-1971). Autograph musical manuscript signed, U Meru Pastore (Le Maire Berger)	N/A	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 330.00
396	Arturo TOSCANINI (1867-1957).	Arturo TOSCANINI (1867-1957). Photograph with autograph dedication signed, 1915: 19x14cm on 35x24.5cm cardboard with photographer's mark.	1915	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,187.00
397	Arturo TOSCANINI.	Arturo TOSCANINI. Engraved portrait with autograph dedication signed, 1938	1938	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 422.00
398	Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901).	Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901). L.A.S., Genova (Genoa) December 21, 1893, to Professor Arrigo Tamassia	1893	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
399	Richard WAGNER (1813-1883).	Richard WAGNER (1813-1883). L.A.S., Penzing near Vienna October 21, 1863, [to Kapellmeister Max Seifriz at Lowenberg]	1863	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
400	Richard WAGNER (1813-1883).	Richard WAGNER (1813-1883). L.A.S., Tribschen September 3, 1870, to his friend Edouard Schure	1870	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
401	Louise ACKERMANN (1813-1890).	Louise ACKERMANN (1813-1890). 44 L.A.S. (mostly "L.V.A." or "L.A."), Nice (and a few other places) 1848-1871, to her sister Caroline Fabregue	1848-1871	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,978.00
402	Henri ALAIN-FOURNIER (1886-1914).	Henri ALAIN-FOURNIER (1886-1914). L.A.S., November 4, 1910, [to Charles Dumas]	1910	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
403	Louis ARAGON (1897-1982).	Louis ARAGON (1897-1982). Autograph manuscript signed, [1963]	1963	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 396.00
404	Jacques AUDIBERTI (1899-1965).	Jacques AUDIBERTI (1899-1965). 10 L.A.S., Paris, Neuilly and Antibes [1946]-1954 and n.d., to General Edouard Corniglion-Molinier	1946-1954 and n.d.	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,583.00
405	Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (1808-1889).	Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (1808-1889). L.A.S., December 30, 1879, to M. Hannoteau	1879	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
406	Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY.	Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY. L.A.S., [1886], to Charles Buet	1886	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
407	Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY.	Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY. L.A.S. to a lady	N/A	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 290.00
408	Charles BAUDELAIRE (1821-1867).	Charles BAUDELAIRE (1821-1867). L.A.S. "C.B.", May 30, 1861, to his mother Caroline Aupick	1861	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 2,110.00
409	Charles BAUDELAIRE.	Charles BAUDELAIRE. L.A.S. "C.B.", [ca. June 10, 1861, to Eugene Crepet]	1861	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
410	Charles BAUDELAIRE.	Charles BAUDELAIRE. Les Pieces condamnees des Fleurs du Mal. With an original etching by Armand Rassenfosse (frontispiece). (Paris, La Plume, in year XV of its foundation [1903])	1903)	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 198.00
411	Paul BOURGET (1852-1935).	Paul BOURGET (1852-1935). Autograph manuscript signed, Quelques problemes d'aujourd'hui. Pour l'Intelligence Francaise, [September 1919]	1919	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 422.00
412	Louis-Ferdinand CELINE (1894-1961)	Louis-Ferdinand CELINE (1894-1961) L.A.S., [Korsor] 20 [April 1948], to Dr. Odette Poulain	1948	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,693.00
413	Louis-Ferdinand CELINE.	Louis-Ferdinand CELINE. L.A.S. "LFC", [Korsor] January 12 [1949], to Dr. Odette Poulain, with signed typescript	1949	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
414	Louis-Ferdinand CELINE.	Louis-Ferdinand CELINE. 4 L.A.S., Korsor [1949], to Dr. Odette Poulain	1949	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,165.00

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.