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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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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
The 10th Anniversary Sale
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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
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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