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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 283 | Letter describing a trip to Greece |
Constantinople | 1833 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 284 | 2 handwritten charters |
Paris | 1426 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 791.00 | |
| 285 | Louis-Bernard Bonjean (1804-1871); Abbe Bonhomme | Letters to his parents |
Paris | 1870; 1871 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 396.00 |
| 286 | Convention Nationale | Decret de la Convention Nationale Relatif a la Liquidation des frais de transport de la Guillotine |
Paris | 1794 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 725.00 |
| 287 | Gabriel Hanotaux (1853-1944) | Hommage a la Russie |
N/A | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 106.00 | |
| 288 | Henri III (1551-1589) | Letters to M. de La Roque and Arnaud d'Ossat |
Paris; Blois | 1575; 1584 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 725.00 |
| 289 | Henri IV (1553-1610) | Letter to M. de Cavours |
Avignon | 1574 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 290 | Henri IV | Order to pay the baron de Chasteauneuf |
Paris | 1597 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 541.00 |
| 291 | Henri IV | Letter to Philibert de La Guiche |
Chamoux | 1600 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 725.00 |
| 292 | 20 Documents, including: Marriage contract of Francois de Forlivio |
Avignon; Cepet; Puypaulin; Rodez; Utrecht; Venice | 1589-1610 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 293 | Henri V (1820-1883) | Letter to Count Emmanuel-Timoleon de Brissac |
Padua | 1843 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 294 | Marc-Antoine de Bombelles (1744-1822) | Letter to Mlle de Bombelles; 2 prints on the birth of the Duc de Bordeaux; Letter to the bishop of Amiens |
Paris; Bordeaux | 1819; 1820 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 295 | 11 Documents, including: Letter from the deputies of the Public Council of Este |
1550-1849 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 296 | 12 Letters and Documents, including: Partition of a house between Cino and Vespasiano Cilleri |
16th-18th centuries | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 297 | Jacques II (1633-1701) | Account of James II's flight from England and arrival in France |
1689 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 659.00 | |
| 298 | Guy de Chabot (1514-1584) | Minutes of letter to Queen Mother Catherine de Medicis; Minutes of letter to cousin de Lansac |
1566 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 299 | Jean Jaures (1859-1914) | Letter regarding election as vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies |
1903 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 198.00 | |
| 300 | Demailles | Day of June 20, 1792 |
1792 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 2,638.00 | |
| 301 | Duchaume | Transfer of Kleber's Body |
1801 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,978.00 | |
| 302 | Jacques Nompar de Caumont (1558-1652) | Siege of La Mothe |
1634 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,121.00 | |
| 303 | Louis-Alexandre-Joseph-Stanislas de Bourbon (1747-1768) | Hunting Rights Granted to Sieur Lanty |
1767 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 304 | Charles-Eugene de Lorraine (1751-1825) | Request for Letters of Service |
1789 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 106.00 | |
| 305 | Louis de Nogaret d'Epernon (1593-1639) | Letter to M. de Thou |
Turin | 1639 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 306 | Joseph Lebon (1765- 1795) | Order to Arrest Saison Farmer |
Arras | 1794 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 725.00 |
| 307 | Louis XVI | Lettre de Cachet |
Fontainebleau | 1786 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 145.00 |
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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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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