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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 308 | Hugues de Lionne (1611-1671) | Letter to Christine de France, Duchess of Savoy |
ca. 1660; 1676; 1677 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 309 | Charles IV duc de Lorraine (1604-1675) | Appointment of Nicolas Maillet |
Paris | 1661; 1699 | EUR 120.00 - 150.00 | EUR 158.00 |
| 310 | Societe d'Agriculture, Sciences et Arts de Villeneuve sur Lot | Registre des deliberations de la Societe d'Agriculture, Sciences et Arts de Villeneuve sur Lot, 1819-1842 |
Villeneuve sur Lot | 1819-1842 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 659.00 |
| 311 | Louis XIII (1601-1643) | L.S. with autograph compliment to Pope Gregory XV, September 20, 1627 |
Paris | 1627 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 2,110.00 |
| 312 | Louis XIII | 2 P.S. and 2 L.S. (secretaries), 1612-1629 |
Paris; Saint-Germain en Laye | 1612-1642 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,319.00 |
| 313 | Louis XIV (1638-1715) | Letters of nobility with painted coat of arms, March 1654 |
Paris | 1654; 1577 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 725.00 |
| 314 | Louis XIV | 2 P.S. (secretary), 1665-1692, and P.S., 1715 |
Paris; Versailles | 1665-1692; 1715 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 396.00 |
| 315 | Louis XIV | L.S. (secretary) to S. Boistel on Protestantism, November 9, 1684 |
Fontainebleau | 1684 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 316 | Pierre Provost | Notes sur les ordonnances de Louis 14, pour servir de suplement aux Conferences de Bornier |
1737 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 725.00 | |
| 317 | Louis XV (1710-1774) | 5 P.S. (secretary), 1726-1772 |
Versailles; Compiegne | 1726-1772; 1773 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 318 | Louis XV | L.S. (secretary) to Comte de Clermont on Treaty of Paris, June 18, 1763 |
Versailles | 1763; 1746-1771 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 659.00 |
| 319 | Louis XV | P.S. by Ferrand de Saint-Disant on Presentation of the Coronation Crown, May 9, 1723 |
1723 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 320 | Louis XVI (1754-1793) | P.S. "Bon Louis" Order to pay Princesse de Lamballe, January 1, 1789 |
Versailles | 1789 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,374.00 |
| 321 | Louis XVI | P.S. Payment order for the Duchesse de Lamballe, April 1, 1791 |
Paris | 1791 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 6,330.00 |
| 322 | Louis XVI | Lettre de cachet |
Versailles | 1785 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 323 | Louis XVI | Brevet de retenue de Garde de la Porte du Roi; Convocation to the Assemblee des Etats ordinaires de Bourgogne; Loi Relative a la Garde du Roi |
Versailles | 1785-1787; 1791 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 324 | Louis XVI | 5 Prints, including: Declaration du Roi Portant abolition de la Question preparatoire |
1780-1791 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 325 | Richesses tirees du Tresor de l'Abbaye de S.Denis, du Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, et de differens artistes de Paris |
Paris | 1775 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 396.00 | |
| 326 | Indication des Traites & Conventions conclues entre la France & les Puissances etrangeres depuis l'avenement du Roi |
1788 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 330.00 | ||
| 327 | Comte d'Artois; Prince de Conde; Duc de Bourbon; Duc d'Enguien; Prince de Conty | Memoire presente au Roy par Mgr Comte d'Artois, M. le Pce de Conde, M. le Duc de Bourbon, M. le Duc d'Enguien et M. le Prince de Conty |
1789 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 659.00 | |
| 328 | National Convention | Decrees of the National Convention Relatifs aux Proces & Jugement de Louis Capet |
Paris | 1792 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 528.00 |
| 329 | Aubert; Chevalier; Dubois; Duval; Huret; Voisard | Petition to the Citizen President of the National Convention |
Honfleur | 1793 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 330 | Conseil executif provisoire; Thomas Payne | Proclamation du Conseil executif provisoire; Opinion Concerning the Judgment of Louis XVI |
Paris | 1793 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 2,242.00 |
| 331 | Maurice Collignon; Jean Robiquet; Wilhelm Schlau; Charles-Antoine Saladin (1761-1832) | 4 Letters and Documents, including: L.A.S. to journalist Rene Puaux |
1932 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 264.00 | |
| 332 | G. Lenotre; Felix De Backer | File concerning the 1894 excavations at the Sainte-Marguerite cemetery |
1894 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,451.00 |
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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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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
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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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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