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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 358 | Marie-Clotilde of France | Autograph Letter Signed to the Marquise de Coetlogon |
Florence | 1799 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 359 | Marie-Josephe de Saxe (1731-1767) | Autograph Letter Signed to her brother |
1748 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 659.00 | |
| 360 | Estienne de Fort; Charles de Vergennes | Maritime passport |
Alexandria | 1763 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 361 | Louis-Francois Dubuc (1759-1827) | Notebooks of correspondence |
Fort-Royal; Saint-Pierre | 1815-1816 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,319.00 |
| 362 | Detail de ce qui s'est passe a la Section du Contrat Social le 2 7bre I792 |
1792 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,714.00 | ||
| 363 | Jean-Siffrein Maury (1746-1817) | Autograph Letter Signed to Marquis de Bombelles |
Rome; Paris | 1794; 1790 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 364 | Angelique de Fougeret comtesse de Maussion (1772-1851) | Memoires ou portraits de famille |
Fossoy | 1814-1832 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,275.00 |
| 365 | Louis-Urbain de Maussion (1765-1831); Angelique de Fougeret comtesse de Maussion (1772-1851) | Archive set of family letters and manuscripts |
1764-1837 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 791.00 | |
| 366 | Charles de Lorraine duc de Mayenne (1554-1611) | P.S. confirming statutes and customs of Tande |
Grenoble | 1580 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 198.00 |
| 367 | Julien-Bernard-Dorothee de MAZADE-PERCIN (1750-1823) | L.A.S. on the aftermath of Robespierre's fall |
Paris | 1794 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 132.00 |
| 368 | Hortense Mancini duchess of MAZARIN (1646-1699); Armand-Charles de La Porte duc de La Meilleraye puis de MAZARIN (1623-1713); Adrienne-Emilie-Felicite de La Valliere duchesse de CHATILLON | L.A. on the forthcoming marriage of the Duke of Burgundy; P.S. pension patent; L.A.S. |
Paris | 1662; 1782 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 528.00 |
| 369 | Les Obseques, les funerailles et l'oraison funebre de Mazarin; Epilogue, ou Dernier appareil du bon citoyen |
Paris | 1649 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 158.00 | |
| 370 | Florimond-Claude comte de MERCY-ARGENTEAU (1722-1794) | L.A.S. on the beginnings of his embassy |
Compiegne | 1766 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 371 | V.B.; Adjutant Major Soyer; Itier | Theorie pratique ou Manœuvres d'Infanterie representees par des figures dessinees en regard du texte |
1857 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 528.00 | |
| 372 | Commercial correspondence from a ribbon manufacturer with samples |
1789-1790 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 725.00 | ||
| 373 | Charles de Sainte-Maure duc de MONTAUSIER (1610-1690); Julie d'ANGENNES | L.A.S. with autograph lines from Julie d'Angennes |
Paris | 1651; 1864 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 791.00 |
| 374 | Louis de Bourbon duc de MONTPENSIER (1513-1582); Jacques de Cordouen; Francois de Lyon; J. de Mondion; Rene d'Orvault; Guillaume des Vaulx | P.S. by 5 deputies, Minutes of the assembly of the deputies |
Tours | 1561 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 375 | Jean-Baptiste de MONTYON (1733-1820) | L.A.S. on the unrest in France and the departure of the Comte d'Artois |
Lausanne | 1789 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 376 | Gouverneur MORRIS (1752-1816) | P.A.S. certifying notaries of the city of Paris |
Seine-Port | 1793 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 377 | Jean-Charles-Joseph comte LAUMOND (1753-1825) | L.A.S. on Elba and the Emperor's fortune |
Paris | 1814 | EUR 120.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 378 | Andre PONS de l'Herault (1772-1853) | 2 Letters to Denis Larabit and Rapport on the island of Elba |
Portoferrajo | 1847; 1815 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 528.00 |
| 379 | Jehan Velu | Receipts concerning the Breteuil forest |
Conches | 1427 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 158.00 |
| 380 | NUBAR PACHA (1825-1897) | Letter to M. Vigreux on agricultural machinery |
Cannes | 1890 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 381 | Jules ARNOUS (1803-1865) | Letter to Eugene Arnous with drawing of the Luxor obelisk erection |
Paris | 1836 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 791.00 |
| 382 | Louis duc d'ORLEANS (1372-1407) | Payment request to squires Pierre de Precy and Bernard de Thericourt |
Paris | 1403 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 237.00 |
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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
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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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