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Ader: Autographed Letters and Manuscripts, Part II

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Auction Name	Autographed Letters and Manuscripts, Part II	Total Sales (EUR)	204,703.00
Auction Date	March 11, 2026 - March 11, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	106,770.00
Sale Number	#175704	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	137,880.00
Total Lots	294
Sold Lots	170.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	185,520.00
% of Lots Sold	57.82%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	235,390.00
Unsold Lots	124	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	86.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
348	Claude MONET.	Claude MONET. L.A. (end missing), London March 11, 1901, to his wife Alice	1901	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 8,176.00
522	Jacques LACAN (1901-1981).	Jacques LACAN (1901-1981). Autograph manuscript, [L'Ethique de la Psychanalyse, 1960]	1960	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 8,110.00
494	Georges PEREC (1936-1982).	Georges PEREC (1936-1982). 2 L.A.S., Paris "18 rue de l'Assomption" April 16 and 22 [1956, to Michel de M'Uzan]	1956	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 6,726.00
347	Claude MONET (1840-1926).	Claude MONET (1840-1926). L.A.S., [Paris] Wednesday 10:1/2 a.m. [January 12, 1888, to Gustave Geffroy]	1888	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 5,934.00
349	Claude MONET.	Claude MONET. L.A.S., Giverny Saturday, October 29 [1910, to Gustave Geffroy]	1910	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 5,539.00
517	Charles DARWIN (1809-1882).	Charles DARWIN (1809-1882). L.S., Down, Beckenham, Kent May 16, 1874, [to Gustave Dollfus]	1874	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 5,539.00
514	Henri BECQUEREL (1852-1908).	Henri BECQUEREL (1852-1908). 2 autograph manuscripts signed, Geometrie analytique, 1871-1872	1871-1872	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 5,011.00
530	[Emile ROUX (1853-1933)].	[Emile ROUX (1853-1933)]. Manuscript, Cours de Microbie technique, 1898-1900	1898-1900	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 5,011.00
379	Charles LECOCQ (1832-1918).	Charles LECOCQ (1832-1918). Autograph musical manuscript signed, [Yetta, 1908]	1908	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 4,220.00
492	Marcel PAGNOL (1895-1974).	Marcel PAGNOL (1895-1974). 2 L.A.S., 1955, to General Edouard Corniglion-Molinier	1955	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 3,956.00
573		HISTORY. Pierre CHASTIGNER (1541-1623?). Signed autograph manuscript, [Le Sommaire des tems depuis la creation du Monde jusqu'en lan 1623]	1623	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,956.00
412	Louis-Ferdinand CELINE (1894-1961)	Louis-Ferdinand CELINE (1894-1961) L.A.S., [Korsor] 20 [April 1948], to Dr. Odette Poulain	1948	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,693.00
577	LOUIS XIII (1601-1643).	LOUIS XIII (1601-1643). L.A.S., Saint-Germain en Laye November 16, 1633, to Garde des Sceaux Pierre Seguier	16	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,693.00
607		TRAVELS. J.J. MINYER. Autograph manuscript signed, Journal de mes voyages, 1756-1788	1756-1788	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,693.00
527	Louis PASTEUR (1822-1895).	Louis PASTEUR (1822-1895). Autograph manuscript, February-March [ca. 1856-1860?]	[ca. 1856-1860?	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,561.00
503	STENDHAL (1783-1842).	STENDHAL (1783-1842). L.A., 3 v[endemiary] XIII (September 25, 1804), to his sister Pauline Beyle	1804)	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,297.00
414	Louis-Ferdinand CELINE.	Louis-Ferdinand CELINE. 4 L.A.S., Korsor [1949], to Dr. Odette Poulain	1949	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,165.00
449	Victor HUGO.	Victor HUGO. Photograph with autograph dedication, signed	N/A	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,033.00
374	Georges ENESCO (1881-1955).	Georges ENESCO (1881-1955). Proofs with autograph corrections and additions and P.A.S., Symphonie concertante pour violoncelle et orchestre op.8, [1906?]	1906?	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 2,901.00
543		CRIME war. Joseph-Honore PEYRAS (1818-1913) officer. Autograph manuscript signed, Crimea from 1854 to 1856	1854-1856	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 2,901.00
394	Ambroise THOMAS (1811-1896).	Ambroise THOMAS (1811-1896). Autograph musical manuscript, Le Songe. Recitatifs	N/A	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 2,638.00
425	Paul ELUARD (1895-1952), Jean HUGO (1894-1984).	Paul ELUARD (1895-1952), Jean HUGO (1894-1984). In April 1944: Paris was still breathing! Poem by Paul Eluard illustrating seven gouaches by Jean Hugo (Paris, Editions de la Galerie Charpentier, 1945). In-4deg folio in filled cover.	1944	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 2,374.00
433	Sacha GUITRY (1885-1957).	Sacha GUITRY (1885-1957). Typescript with autograph corrections and additions for Si Paris nous etait conte, [1955]	1955	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 2,374.00
365	Francois-Adrien BOIELDIEU.	Francois-Adrien BOIELDIEU. L.A.S., November 6, 1824, to Edouard Boilly in Rome	1824	EUR 700.00 - 800.00	EUR 2,242.00
408	Charles BAUDELAIRE (1821-1867).	Charles BAUDELAIRE (1821-1867). L.A.S. "C.B.", May 30, 1861, to his mother Caroline Aupick	1861	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 2,110.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.