AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS & HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AUCTION

MAUPERTUIS PIERRE LOUIS: (1698-1759) French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters, the first President of the Prussian Academy of Science ...

VOLTAIRE: (1694-1778) French Enlightenment Writer and Philosopher. Voltaire is a pseudonym, his name being François-Marie Arouet. Voltaire is know...

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. A curious and very interesting autograph manuscript, one page, 4to, n.p., [Paris...

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. A very interesting autograph manuscript, one page, 4to, n.p., [Paris], n.d. (c.1...

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. A curious and very interesting autograph manuscript, two pages, 4to, n.p., [Pari...

DIDEROT DENIS: (1713-1784) French philosopher, art critic and writer, a significant figure during the Age of Enlightenment. An extremely rare and ...

RACINE JEAN: (1639-1669) French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th century France. An extremely rare ownership signature ('Raci...

SADE MARQUIS DE: (1740-1814) Donatien Alphonse François de Sade. French Writer and Philosopher. Rare A.L.S., `Sade´, one page, small 4to, Charento...

GERMAINE DE STAEL: (1766-1817) Also known as Madame de Stael, her real name being Anne Louise Germaine de Stael-Holstein. French leading Salonnier...

CHATEAUBRIAND FRANCOIS-RENE DE: (1768-1848) French writer, politician, diplomat and historian. A.L.S., Chateaubriand, two pages, 8vo, n.p. (illegi...

BALZAC HONORE DE: (1799-1850) French novelist and playwright. An important A.L.S., de Bc., four pages, 8vo, n.p. (Passy), 5th January 1844, to Jac...

LAMARTINE ALPHONSE DE: (1790-1869) French author, poet and statesman, instrumental in the foundation of the French Second Republic and the continu...

VIGNY ALFRED DE: (1797-1863) Count of Vigny. French Poet, Writer and Translator of Shakespeare. A good content A.L.S., `Alfred de Vigny´, one page...

MERIMEE PROSPER: (1803-1870) French writer of the Romantic movement, one of the pioneers of the novella. A.L.S., Pr. Merimee, one page, 8vo, n.p.,...

FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French novelist. A.L.S., Gte. Flaubert, two pages, (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), 8vo, n.p....

FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French Novelist. Widely considered the leading exponent of the literary realism. Best-known for his debut novel Mada...

FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French novelist. A significant autograph manuscript, unsigned, three pages, folio, n.p., n.d. (c.1857), in French. F...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A fine A.L.S., `Al Dumas´, a bold ink signature, two pag...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Pere (1802-1870) French novelist and playwright whose works include The Three Musketeers (1844). A.L.S., A Dumas, one page, 8vo, ...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A fine and clean A.L.S., `Al Dumas´, one page, 8vo, n.p....

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A clean A.L.S., `Al Dumas´, one page, 8vo, n.p. [Paris],...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A rare and excellent Autograph Manuscript in the hand of...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A very fine Autograph Manuscript signed twice `Al Dumas´...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A good A.L.S., A. Dumas f., a bold ink signature, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., To Mr....

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: : Fils (1824-1895) French author and playwright. A.L.S., A Dumas f, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Monsieur Dutacy, in French. Dum...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French author and playwright. A.L.S., A. Dumas f., four pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to [Adolphe Desbarolles] (‘Cher ...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French author and playwright. A.L.S., A Dumas f, four pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to [Adolphe Desbarolles] (‘Mon bie...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. An excellent content lengthy A.L.S., `A. Dumas f.´, four pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to...

SAND GEORGE: (1804-1876) French novelist. Autograph manuscript, unsigned, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., in French. The manuscript is headed ‘Au renou...

SAND GEORGE: (1804-1876) French novelist. An excellent autograph manuscript signed, George Sand, thirty pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (1872), in French. ...

[HUGO VICTOR]: (1802-1885) French novelist, poet and dramatist. DROUET JULIETTE (1806-1883) French actress, the mistress, secretary and travelling...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French novelist, poet and dramatist. Autograph envelope panel signed (‘Victor Hugo’), addressed in his hand to Monsieur J...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet & Novelist of the Romantic Movement. A.L.S., Victor Hugo, a very bold ink signature, one page, 8vo, n.p. [Par...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French novelist, poet and dramatist. A remarkable, lengthy A.L.S., Victor, four pages, 4to, n.p., 2nd November 1829, to C...

VICTOR-HUGO GEORGES: (1868-1925) His real name being Georges Charles Victor Hugo. French Painter. Grandson of Victor Hugo. A letter of good associ...

HUGO CHARLES: (1826-1871) French journalist and photographer, the second son of French novelist Victor Hugo and his wife Adele Foucher. A.L., unsi...

VALLES JULES: (1832-1885) French Journalist, Author and political Activist. Valles was several times arrested for conspiracy against Emperor Napol...

ESCOUSSE VICTOR: (1813-1832) French Writer, his real name being Victor Laserre. His first playwright Farruck le Maure was quite successful, but wh...

MAUPASSANT GUY DE: (1850-1893) French novelist. A.L.S., Maupassant, to one side of his personal printed correspondence card, Rue de Montchanin (Pa...

DAUDET ALPHONSE: (1840-1897) French novelist. A.L.S., Alphonse Daudet, two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), small 8vo...

VERNE JULES: (1828-1905) French Novelist. Best known for his science fiction and adventures novels. A good A.L.S., Jules Verne, one page, 12mo, Am...

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French Writer. A.N.S., Emile Zola, one page, oblong 12mo, n.p., n.d. [1896], in French. The manuscript is a fragment of th...

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist. A good A.L.S., Emile Zola, two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), 8vo, Paris, ...

PROUST MARCEL: (1871-1922) French Novelist and Essayist. Best known for his major novel A la Recherche du Temps Perdu (`In search of Lost Time´). ...

FRANCE ANATOLE: (1844-1924) French poet and novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1921. A.L.S., Anatole France, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d.,...

APOLLINAIRE GUILLAUME: (1880-1918) French poet, playwright, novelist and art critic. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., in...

MENDES CATULLE: (1841-1909) French Poet. A.N.S., Catulle Mendes, one page, large oblong 8vo, Paris, 7th January 1898, [to Mr. Chievers?], in Frenc...

VERLAINE PAUL: (1844-1896) French poet. A.L.S., with his initials P V, one page, 8vo, n.p., 27th June n.y. ('Jeudi….du soir'; c.1882), to a friend...

ROSTAND EDMOND: (1868-1918) French poet and dramatist whose works include the play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897). A.L.S., Edmond Rostand, one page, 8v...

BUFFENOIR HIPPOLYTE: (1847-1928) French Philosopher, Author and Poet. A very fine Autograph Poem signed, one page, 4to, Paris, May 1879, to his wi...

LOUYS PIERRE: (1870-1925) French poet and writer. A.L.S., Pierre Louys, four pages, 8vo, n.p., 10th March 1906, to [Albert Carre] (‘Cher monsieur’...

LEBLANC MAURICE: (1864-1941) French novelist and writer of short stories, creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsene Lupin. A.L...

CREVEL RENE: (1900-1935) French writer associated with the Surrealist movement. Rare A.L.S., with his initials R.C., one page, 4to, Davos-Platz (G...

STEIN GERTRUDE: (1874-1946) American novelist, poet, playwright and art collector who hosted a famous salon in Paris. An excellent A.L.S., Gertrud...

BERNANOS GEORGES: (1888-1948) French Author and Soldier in World War One. Bernanos´ work is largely regarded as a critic to elitist thought, he be...

REGNIER MARIE DE: (1875-1963) Also known as Marie de Heredia, or her pen-name Gérard D´Houville. French Novelist & Poet. An important figure of th...

[SAINT-EXUPÉRY ANTOINE DE]: (1900-1944) French Writer, Poet and pioneering Aviator. Saint-Exupery was a French aristocrat who became a laureate of...

COLETTE: (1873-1954) French author, best known for her novella Gigi (1944). Autograph Manuscript signed, Colette, three pages (separate leaves), 4...

CENDRARS BLAISE: (1887-1961) Swiss-born French novelist and poet. A.L.S., Blaise Cendrars, one page, oblong 4to, n.p., n.d. (‘Mercredi’; circa 193...

COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French poet, playwright, novelist, artist, filmmaker and critic. A.L.S., Cocteau, one page, oblong 4to, n.p., n.d. (June...