Ader: Autographed Letters and Manuscripts - Part II, 177753, PARIS
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 21, 2026 - May 21, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 183 | Charles-Alexis Alexandre (1759-1825) | Precis sur Ch. Al. Alexandre chef de la premiere Legion de la garde nationale |
1792 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 528.00 | |
| 184 | 14 Paper Currency Bills |
1780; 1861-1862; 1862; 1863; 1905; 1909; 1917 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 264.00 | ||
| 185 | M. de Saint-Jean | 14 L.A.S. from M. de SAINT-JEAN to M. Le Cavelier |
1776-1777 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 2,374.00 | |
| 186 | Joseph-Mathias Gerard de Rayneval (1736-1812) | L.A.S. from Joseph-Mathias Gerard de Rayneval |
1782 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 369.00 | |
| 187 | Louis Arcambal; A. Gillot | Certificate of existence and life for citizen Melanie Le Boucher |
1794; 1795 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 290.00 | |
| 188 | Anne-Marie d'Orleans (1669-1728) | L.A. to the Duchess of Ventadour |
Paris | 1661; 1716 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 189 | Livre des fondations de L'Arbresle |
1611-1685 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 659.00 | ||
| 190 | Marc-Rene de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1652-1721); Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson | 10 L.S. from the Comte d'Argenson and his son |
1718-1720; 1744-1757 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 191 | Pierre Augereau (1757-1816) | L.A.S. to Dr. Raymond |
1811 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 192 | Charles Archduke of Austria (1771-1847) | L.S. with autograph compliment |
1809 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 106.00 | |
| 193 | Antoine-Louis-Francois de Besiade d'Avaray (1759-1811) | Flight of the future Louis XVIII |
1791 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 194 | Andre Aude (1765-1824) | Massacres in AVIGNON |
1791 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,319.00 | |
| 195 | Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736-1793) | On his duties as Mayor of Paris |
Paris | 1790 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 317.00 |
| 196 | Fould & Oppenheim Bank Correspondence |
1815-1816 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 1,319.00 | ||
| 197 | Francois de Bassompierre (1579-1646) | Payment of 900 livres tournois to Maurice Desvieulx |
Paris | 1635 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 198.00 |
| 198 | Francois Ravaisson-Mollien | Prise de la BASTILLE |
1789; 1874; ND | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 1,714.00 | |
| 199 | Francois Cointeraux (1740-1830) | Prise de la BASTILLE |
Paris | 1789 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 923.00 |
| 200 | Charlotte de Beaune (1551-1617) | Appointment of Laurent Moyreau as attorney |
1602 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 201 | Roger de Saint-Lary duc de Bellegarde (1563-1646) | Letter to Claude Bouthillier |
Sens | 1643 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 202 | Charles-Ferdinand Duke of Berry (1778-1820) | Letter to Marquis de Clarac |
Vienna | 1802 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 203 | Elie Decazes | Minute of a telegraphic dispatch |
Paris | 1820 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 462.00 |
| 204 | Collection of 34 Letters |
1888-1889 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 205 | Antoine-Francois marquis de Bertrand de Molleville (1744-1818) | Autograph note |
1792 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 206 | Francois-Xavier comte de Sade (1777-1846) | Minute du Rapport sur la reconstruction de la Bibliotheque |
1835 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 396.00 | |
| 207 | Jean II de Gontaut baron de BIRON (1561-1636); Henri II de MONTMORENCY | Letter to Baron de Castelnau d'Estretefonds |
1629; 1626 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000