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Auction Name Autographs - French Revolution Total Sales (EUR) 152,433.20
Auction Date April 21, 2022 - April 21, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 86,150.00
Sale Number #121772 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 114,830.00
Total Lots 342
Sold Lots 164 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 158,930.00
% of Lots Sold 47.95% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 208,890.00
Unsold Lots 178 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 72.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
477 François de CHARETTE DE LA CONTRIE

L.S., Belleville 8 mai 1795, au citoyen Bureau Bâtardière à Nantes

1795 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 5,084.00
508 François de CHARETTE DE LA CONTRIE

2arrêtésmanuscrits, signés pour ampliation par le secrétaire Verdiguiey, Q.G. à Belleville 19 juillet et 3 août 1795, « l'an premier du Reigne de Louis Dix huit »

1795 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,464.00
684 César FRANCK.

Manuscrit musical autographe, La Procession, [1889]

1889 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,340.00
445 Louis de FROTTÉ

5 L.A. (3 signées « Le tout Dévoué » ou « Le plus Dévoué »), octobre 1794-février 1795, à Charlotte ATKYNS

1794-1795, EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,216.00
540 Georges CADOUDAL

P.S. « Georges Gal », cosignée par MERCIER (1778-1801, dit Mercier-la-Vendée) « Mercier gal en second », Q.G. de Granville 8 avril 1796 « an 2d du regne de Louis 18 »

1796 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,472.00
605 Léger-Félicité SONTHONAX

L.A.S., Orléans 8 fructidor XI [26 août 1803], au Sénateur Joseph Bonaparte

1803 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,224.00
678 Marie CURIE

L.A.S., Paris 5 mai 1907, au comte de Jouffroy d'Abans, consul de France à Liverpool

1907 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 3,100.00
379 Jacques-René HÉBERT

L.S., cosignée par Anaxagoras Chaumette qui ajoute 2 lignes autographes, 15 pluviôse II (3 février 1794), à l'Agent national près le district [Claude-François Payan]

 1794 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,852.00
531 François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-LIANCOURT

23 L.A.S (2 non signées), Philadelphie, Amsterdam, Hambourg et Liancourt 1795-1799, à Nicholas Olive à New-York (une à un Consul) ; environ 30 pages in-4, quelques adresses.

 1795-1799 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,728.00
369 VENDÉE.

6 lettres ou pièces, 1793-1794.

 1793-1794. EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 2,480.00
690 Germaine BOURET

"on refait le tour du monde ? J'ai encore 40 sous" dessin original avec envoi

 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,480.00
681 César FRANCK.

Manuscrit musical autographe, Offertoire sur des Noëls Bretons, [1867]

1867 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,356.00
682 César FRANCK.

Manuscrit musical autographe, « S'il est un charmant gazon », [1857]

1857 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,356.00
685 César FRANCK.

Manuscrit musical autographe, Soleil, [1889]

1889 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,356.00
562 Georges CUVIER

L.A., [11 décembre 1797], à Achille d'Héricy à Fiquainville

1797 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,232.00
683 César FRANCK

P.S., Paris 20 mars 1874

1874 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 2,232.00
542 Louis de FROTTÉ

P.S., cosignée par six officiers, « en Conseil »17 avril 1796 « l'an 2e du règne de Louis XVIII »

1796 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,108.00
543 Joseph Geneviève comte de PUISAYE

L.A.S., 26 avril [1796, à Sir WYNDHAM, ministre de la Guerre du Cabinet Pitt]

1796 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,108.00
413 Jean-Baptiste LESCOT-FLEURIOT

L.S. comme Maire de Paris, Paris 26 messidor II (14 juillet 1794), au comité civil d'une Section

1794 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,984.00
415 Antoine-Quentin FOUQUIER-TINVILLE

P.A.S. comme Accusateur public, Paris 29 messidor II (17 juillet 1794)

1794 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,984.00
548 Louis-Marie de LA RÉVELLIÈRE-LÉPEAUX

P.S. comme Président du Directoire Exécutif, contresignée par Joseph-Jean Lagarde, Secrétaire général, Paris 1er fructidor IV (18 août 1796) ; cahier de 9 pages et demie in-fol. (cachet de la collection Crawford).

 1796 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,984.00
516 Étienne-Alexandre de BERNETZ

L.A.S., cosignée par Charles-Marie de Beaumont, comte d'AUTICHAMP (1770-1859), La Morosière 20 août « vieux stile » [1795], au Citoyen Representant [Pierre-Marie Delaunay]

1795 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,860.00
551 Antoine-François SERGENT, dit SERGENT-MARCEAU

Manuscrit autographe, Notes sur les derniers momens du Gal Marceau recueillies sur les lieux par son beaufrere Sergent, [septembre 1796-1798]

1796-1798 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,860.00
561 Charlotte Graham, Lady atkyns

L.A.S., Londres 23 octobre 1797, à Louis XVIII

1797 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,860.00
579 François-Antoine BOISSY D'ANGLAS

Notes et manuscrits autographes

EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,860.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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