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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 233 | Jean-Baptiste Santi Lhomaca | Attestation for an officer of the merchant brig l'Heureux Clairon |
Alexandria | 1794 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 234 | Account of the trial and execution of Cinq-Mars and de Thou |
Lyon | 1642 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,055.00 | |
| 235 | Charles-Georges de CLERMONT-GALLERANDE (1744-1823) | Letter to the Countess de Lage de Volude on revolutionary effervescence in Paris |
Paris | 1792 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,187.00 |
| 236 | Charles-Joachim COLBERT DE CROISSY (1667-1738) | Lettres choisies de Mr Colbert Eveque de Montpellier |
1833 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 237 | COMITE DE SALUT PUBLIC | Order to citizen Bellœil regarding postal laws and destruction of royalist signs |
1794 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 238 | 8 receipts or invoices concerning the de Sade family |
Paris; Lyon; Bordeaux | 1815; 1816; 1834 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 239 | Durandi | Handwritten document and 8 attached legal papers, 1450-1681 |
Caromb; Avignon; Les Baux de Provence; Carpentras; Lisle | 1499; 1450; 1496; 1605; 1669; 1673; 1681 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,345.00 |
| 240 | Gerard Coquart | Handwritten letter concerning the death of the Grand Conde |
Paris | 1686 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 593.00 |
| 241 | Louis-Joseph de Bourbon prince de CONDE (1736-1818) | Handwritten letter to an earl, with attached letter |
Wanstead | 1809; 1767 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 242 | Louise-Marie-Therese-Bathilde d'Orleans duchesse de Bourbon princesse de CONDE (1750-1822) | Two handwritten letters to the comtesse de La Saumes |
Neuilly | circa 1816-1820 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 158.00 |
| 243 | Armand de Bourbon prince de CONTI (1629-1666) | Signed letter to Marquis de Castelnau |
Pezenas | 1655 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 290.00 |
| 244 | CONVENTION NATIONALE | 5 printed Decrees of the Convention, 1793 |
1793 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 245 | Cour de Parlement; Cour des Monnaies | 3 prints of criminal judgments, 1741-1784 |
1741-1784 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 246 | Adam-Philippe comte de CUSTINE (1742-1793); Francois de Bariac sieur de Licieux | Signed letter to General Kellerman on the capture of Mainz, with attached postscript |
Mainz; Pignerol | 1792; 1641 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 264.00 |
| 247 | Louis-Etienne-Francois comte de DAMAS-CRUX (1735-1814) | Set of autograph manuscripts and account notebook, 1792-1801 |
1792-1801 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 593.00 | |
| 248 | Henri Picot marquis de DAMPIERRE (1756-1793) | Signed letter to Mr. Holcroft in London |
Liege | 1792 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 356.00 |
| 249 | Anne-Henri vicomte de DAMPMARTIN (1755-1825) | Biographies de mon pere et de ma mere avec divers autres morceaux |
Paris | 1821 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,253.00 |
| 250 | Louis-Charles-Antoine DESAIX (1768-1800) | Letter to citoyen Levasseur |
Paris | 1798 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 251 | DIANE DE POITIERS (1500-1566) | Advertissementz a Madame touchant ses afferes qui se sont offertz a ceste assemblee |
Estoilles | 1556 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 725.00 |
| 252 | Theobald dillon (1745-1792) | Civic oath |
Lille | 1791 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 224.00 |
| 253 | Miscellaneous 16th century deeds and documents |
1518-1588 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 254 | Miscellaneous 17th century deeds and documents |
1611-1699 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,121.00 | ||
| 255 | Miscellaneous documents, 15th-19th century |
1463; 1719; 1826 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 256 | Miscellaneous letters and documents |
1678; 1820-1822; 1826; 1830; 1835; 1876; 1933 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 257 | Miscellaneous letters and pieces |
1819; 1824; 1852; 1859-1870; 1894 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | 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