Ader: Autographed Letters and Manuscripts - Part II, 177753, PARIS

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 21, 2026 - May 21, 2026
Page Size: 287 items in 12 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
383 Louis-Philippe-Joseph duc d'Orleans (1747-1793)

Copy of letter to the President of the National Assembly

London 1790 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
384 Louis-Philippe-Joseph duc d'Orleans

15 Books, including: Vie privee ou Apologie de tres-serenissime Prince Monseigneur le Duc de Chartres

London 1784-1791 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
385 Antoine de Micheroux

Letter from Chevalier Antoine de Micheroux with engraving Arrestation du Duc d'Orleans Le 6 Avril 1793

Turin 1789 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 528.00
386 Jean-Gabriel Peltier

6 Books, including: Extrait des Nouvelles a la main, du 12 juillet 1787

Berne; Chalon-sur-Saone; Paris 1788-1793 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 264.00
387 Louise-Marie-Adelaide de Bourbon (1753-1821)

2 Letters to Baroness de Benckendorff

N/A EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
388 Louis Boussemart

Letter to Palloy on the Fete de la Federation and the Bastille Monument Project

1790 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
389 Abbe Bourdelin

Letter to Lemontey on the Return of the Parlement

Paris 1788 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
390

Death Penalty: Three Prints on Sentences and Arrets

Toulouse; Paris 1681; 1762; 1777 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
391 Louis-Jean-Marie de Bourbon (1725-1793)

Two Letters Signed and One Printed Letter Signed

Paris 1780-1787 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 211.00
392 Roger Melcy

Photograph Signed and Dated with Attached Menu

1931 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 325.00
393 Jerome Petion (1756-1794)

Letter Signed as Mayor of Paris

Paris 1792 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 422.00
394 Jerome Petion

Letter Signed as Mayor of Paris on the Theft of the Crown Jewels

Paris 1792 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 237.00
395 Raymond de Phelypeaux d'Herbault (1560-1629)

Letter to the Marquis d'Humieres on the Siege of La Rochelle

La Rochelle 1628 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
396 Philippe VI (1293-1350)

Charter of Philippe VI

Asnieres 1346 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,121.00
397

Ten Handwritten Documents Concerning Pisseloup

Pisseloup 16th-18th c. EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
398

Politics and Miscellaneous: Over Four Hundred Letters and Documents

N/A EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 593.00
399 Louise de Keroual (1649-1734)

Partially Signed Document on Reimbursement of Sums

1700 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
400 Charles Andre Pozzo di Borgo (1764-1842)

Letter on the Revolution in Turin

Florence 1821 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
401 Louis Roulx

Prison of the Abbey

Paris 1793 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
402 J. De Gennes; P. Jortin; J. Guesdon; J. van de Pestore; Jean Godard; Rondel J. Hardy; Sauvaige; Engel

Papier de Recepte des deniers de la suvention des pasteurs

Vitre 1631-1648 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
403

Exhortations from a pastor to his persecuted brethren

late 17th century EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,121.00
404 Hyacinthe de Quelen (1778-1839)

Burial of the Duc d'Enghien

Paris 1824 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 224.00
405 Armand-Jean Le Bouthillier de Rance (1626-1700)

Letter to a religious

La Trappe 1690 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,055.00
406 Joseph Courten; Eugene Courten (1771-1839); Claude-Philippe La Pourielle

Conge de licenciement du fusilier Jean Joseph Arlitte

Valenciennes 1792 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 369.00
407 Francois Ploix

Instructions par demandes et par reponses sur les epitres et evangiles des Dimanches de l'annee; La Passion de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ

Troyes 1763 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’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.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, 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
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, 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. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, 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]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, 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-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, 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