AUTOGRAPH LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
Tuesday 6 October 2020 at 14:00
9, rue Drouot, 75009 Paris
312 lots
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200 - Léon BLOY (1846-1917). L.A.S. " L.B. " (minute), January 2, 1898, to Abbé Auguste Rastoul, vicar at Saint-Pierre de Montrouge; 2 pages large in-8 filled with a small tight handwriting, with erasures and corrections. Amazing draft of a letter to his confessor, about Salvation by the Jews. He mentions the case of Father Olmer, "a Jew by birth who finds, when necessary, enormous sums of money for Christian works. These are your words. You said them to me when I had just given myself up for a yea
Result €512Estimate €400 - €500 -
201 - Petrus BOREL (1809-1859). L.A.S., Asnières August 20, 1840, to Émile de Girardin; 1 page petit in-4. Rare letter on his tales. He addresses to Girardin "a little dramatic tale (of the extent of a single soap opera), which would be very flattered to please you & to find a little place in your home, where, if I am not mistaken by too much paternal tenderness, it might well be, it seems to me, of some effect. Last year Janiquette knew how to deserve your good graces, God willing that Gottfried W
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
202 - Petrus BOREL. L.A.S., Paris, April 3 [1844], to the President of the Société des Gens de Lettres [Arsène Houssaye]; 1 page in-8 with the letterhead of the newspaper Satan with embossed vignette, address. He will appear the next day Thursday "before you & before M.M. the members of the committee meeting under your chairmanship, to respectfully submit to you the article that I propose, with your approval, to insert in one of the next issues of my newspaper" . Since February 1844, Pétrus Borel
Result €665Estimate €600 - €800 -
203 - Jorge Luis BORGES (1899-1986). P.S. with autograph date, July 20, 1953; 1 page in-4 typewritten with The New American Library of World Literature letterhead (binder holes, slot repaired); in English. Letter-contract for the assignment of worldwide rights for an English-language edition of La Forma de la espada. The letter confirms their agreement to acquire the periodical rights for the sum of $40, or 2 cents per word for a print run of 100,000 copies (or less) of the translation. The work will
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
204 - Édouard BOURDET (1887-1945). 45 L.S. and 31 L.A.S., 1910-1937; 78 pages in various formats, qqs. headings and addresses. Attached are 6 L.S. addressed to him with de Bourdet's autogr. notes. Correspondence of the playwright with Alfred Bloch, general agent of the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs dramatiques, and others (Leclair, Robert Gangnat, Marcel Ballot) concerning The Rubicon, The Chained Man, The Weak Sex, The Prisoner, The Shepherd's Hour... Request for a SACD membership card (spo
Result €384Estimate €300 - €400 -
205 - André BRETON (1896-1966). L.A.S., Paris 22 November 1946, to Hans Bellmer; 2 pages in-4. A beautiful letter, six months after Breton's return to France to launch Bellmer in New York, and on the break with the Belgian surrealist movement. "You'd have to be a trout, a trout knight, to go up this torrent of night and silence with the desired ease: six years since Marseilles"... He wants to talk to him about the Surrealist Exhibition that will take place at the Galerie Maeght in May, "which promis
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
206 - André BRETON. L.A.S., Antibes 13 March 1948, to Francis Dumont; 1 page and a half in-4. Breton is reluctant to a project of testimonies on Surrealism... "As far as the Gazette des Lettres project is concerned, I can't see myself playing the role you're assigning me. "A quarter of a century...", no doubt, but this is the last commemoration in which I can take part. I have no desire to measure myself on this occasion with the "ex-surrealists of the C.N.E." whom you believe you should consult and
Result €576Estimate €500 - €600 -
207 - André BRETON. Autograph manuscript, Interview d'Opéra (André Parinaud), [24] October 1951; 2 pages in4, with numerous erasures and corrections. Interesting interview on the state of the surrealist movement, in response to eight questions from André Parinaud. I. On the subject of the possible creation of a journal, Breton regrets "the time when the expenses incurred by the launching of a journal could be assumed by all his collaborators, each of them contributing as much as they could afford
Estimate €2,000 - €2,500 -
208 - André BRETON. Signed autograph manuscript, Interview - Pierre de Boisdeffre, Paris 15 May 1957; 2 pages in4. Interview on surrealist poetry for the magazine Nouvelles littéraires, with many erasures and corrections. "Changing life", yes, who says better? I don't see that poetry has been offered a higher goal since Rimbaud", even if one can judge this pretension excessive. Which poets are important to him? "As for yesterday's poets [...] in the desire to put an end to the absurd and obsolete d
Result €1,920Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
209 - André BRETON. Autograph manuscript, [1957] ; 1 oblong page in-8 with erasures and corrections. Draft of a paragraph from the Two Surrealist Surveys, a text that appeared in No. 2 of the quarterly review Le Surréalisme, même (Spring 1957), announcing surveys on a painting by Gabriel Max and an anonymous painting. "The current vogue for so-called "non-figurative" painting fortunately does not exempt us from scrutinizing the very "extra-pictorial" intentions that may have animated such a maste
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
210 - André BRETON. L.A.S., Saint-Cirq Lapopie July 3, 1961, to Edmond Bomsel; 2 pages in-8, envelope. {CR} The L.S. of Jean-Claude Fasquelle is enclosed to Breton, Paris June 30, 1961 (letterhead Les Éditions du Sagittaire).{CR}{CR} He sends his lawyer friend a letter (enclosed) from Jean-Claude Fasquelle of the Éditions du Sagittaire concerning re-editions, "unpleasant as possible [...] 1° insofar as Gallimard was opposed to the reproduction of texts by Apollinaire, Kafka, Nouveau, etc.., the An
Result €640Estimate €500 - €700 -
211 - Anthelme BRILLAT-SAVARIN (1755-1826) magistrate and gastronome. L.A.S. "BS", Paris the 3 [February 1816 ?], to his niece Élisabeth Brillat des Terreaux, in Belley (Ain); 3 pages in-8, address (small tear by break of stamp, old mounting on blue paper). He received with pleasure news from Lyon, "because when you have bitches and nieces on the road, you can't be too worried about such lucky goods"... He recounts an adventure concerning his dog Ida: "The other day while passing in the street of Mi
Estimate €600 - €800 -
212 - Francis CARCO (1886-1958). L.A.S., Paris 28 October 1910, in Tancrède de Visan; 4 pages in-8°, heading Chambre des Députés. Curious letter. He congratulates Visan on his verses, and evokes the next launching of the Fire editions... "I live in a thunder of business, of movement... In the morning I receive the mistresses of Dalimier, deputy of Corbeil, and support the Republic (oh blissful radicalism!) by courteously welcoming the stinking voters. Afternoon: business, articles, publishing. Ev
Result €128Estimate €120 - €150 -
213 - Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE (1894-1961). L.A.S. "Louis", Saint-Malo 23 August [1943], in "Fiston"; 2 pages in-4 (very pale ink on yellowed paper). Lucette was sick for a month, "a series of sunburns," and he himself "worked like an ox after my tapus. I'm afraid he's going to stay on my hands. We'll be Katyn's disaster before I finish! Three years of apple migraines! "... The peasants are unhappy: "They sell sugar and cloth they keep shop. They have too much of everything. [...] The scum is absolute
Result €192Estimate €150 - €200 -
214 - Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE. L.A.S., Copenhagen February 18, 1948, to bookseller Richard Anacréon; 3 pages in-fol., envelope. On his troubles with the Denoël house and Madame Jean Voilier. "Your letter gives me great pleasure. It's around the stake that one counts one's friends... and enemies too, alas! And they lead me to the torment! [...] I'm obsessed with the sailboat and the creaking house of Denoël. I've always wanted to leave Denoel. His Jesuities were getting on my nerves. Now I have an
Result €1,280Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
215 - René CHAR (1907-1988). Autograph manuscript signed, La Provence point oméga, 1965; 31 pages oblong in-8 in sheets. A copy of the first edition of La Provence Point Oméga [Paris, Imprimerie Union, 1965] is enclosed, with a signed autograph to Louis Barnier, director of Imprimerie Union: "To Monsieur Barnier whose friendship is dear to me. R.C. Tirage à part, 2 / 60"; and a German press article on La Provence Point Oméga sent to Barnier by Char with an a.s. envelope. From the Louis Barnier
Result €4,224Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
216 - Jacques CHARDONNE (1884-1968). Autograph manuscript, Francis Jammes. - Les Feuilles dans le vent, [1914?] ; 2 pages in-4 (printer's marks), with erasures and corrections ; the end is missing (wet leg.). Literary chronicle, dealing with Francis Jammes' Leaves in the Wind (1913). "Les Feuilles dans le vent is a collection of various small works. It contains Jammes' best and worst pages. L'Auberge sur la route is a rural and sunny day of a beggar-poet of an astonishingly familiar majesty," but oth
Estimate €80 - €100 -
217 - Marie-Joseph CHÉNIER (1764-1811) writer and politician. L.A.S. as "president", August 28, 1792 "year IV of liberty 1st of equality", to a "dear patriot"; 1 page small in-4. "The general meeting of the Section in 1792, just as it is giving you further proof of its esteem by electing you as an elector, thought it necessary to move to the agenda at your request.... You felt what an abuse could result from being allowed to vote, even though you were not present, in the primary meetings. As preside
Result €358Estimate €200 - €250 -
218 - Paul CLAUDEL (1868-1955). 17 L.A.S. and 1 autograph business card, 1916-1925, to Henry Cochin; 24 pages in various formats, qqs headings, and most of them with envelope or address (plus 6 envelopes). Nice correspondence to the historian specializing in Dante, and president of the Société Saint-Jean pour le développement de l'art chrétien. Paris 6 January 1916. His translation of Dante's Vita Nova "will be the joy of my journey". He also says of the "great emotion" that it gave him "in these
Result €1,024Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
219 - Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963). 2 L.A.S., Paris 1917-1946, to René Chalupt; 1 oblong page in-8 with address, and 1 page in-4 with envelope. Enclosed is an autograph quatrain signed by Anna de Noailles, dedicated to Miss Linette Chalupt: "Ah, Jeunesse, qu'un jour vous ne y être plus là" ( Ah, Youth, may one day you no longer be here)... Sunday [February 11, 1917]. "How kind you are. I hang the island of Montserrat on the wall for the sun and stuff my stove with the six white girls. Viscount Hoyoto
Result €256Estimate €200 - €300 -
220 - Jean COCTEAU. Poème autographe (fragment), [Mésaventures d'un rosier ou Les Cachotteries de Watteau, 1921]; 1 page in-4 with erasures and corrections on strong pink paper. Draft for the end of this poem collected in Vocabulaire (Éditions de la Sirène, 1922). It consists of 8 tercets (the piece published in a 64), and alludes to Cocteau's affair with Radiguet, Narcissus, who is reproached for his feminine adventures. The manuscript, in black ink, presents some corrections in pencil, and inte
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
221 - Jean COCTEAU. 2 L.A.S. "Jean", 1931-19410, to Bernard Grasset; 1 page in-4 each (small marginal lacks without loss of text in the 1st, file holes in the 2nd). 9 rue Vignon [1931?]. On the Essai de critique indirecte (Grasset, 1932). "You won't make me feel that pain and you have misunderstood me very badly. I want you to know that any idea of a preface embarrasses me in principle and that I find your introduction so high and so moving that this embarrassment had completely disappeared. ...] No,
Estimate €200 - €250 -
222 - Jean COCTEAU. Typescript with signed and dated autograph submission, Lettre aux Américains, 1949; 48 pages in-4. Typescript of the Letter to the Americans, written during the return trip from New York, where Cocteau had presented The Two-headed Eagle. The typescript is dedicated to Aymée Grasset, the wife of his publisher Bernard Grasset: "to Bernard's dear wife who reinvented this letter by reading it to her and listening to her read it to him. With all my heart Jean Cocteau ". At the end, C
Estimate €600 - €800 -
223 - Jean COCTEAU. L.A.S., Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 3 June 1956, to Michael Smithies in Oxford; 6 pages in-8, envelope. On his next reception as Doctor Honoris Causa at Oxford University (June 12), to a young English friend (1932-2019). He is worried about material matters, not wanting to drag Francine Weisweiller "into an unpleasant adventure. This morning, at the request of the secretary of the vice-chancellor (New College), I sent my measurements again, explaining to him why I wanted to have a suit
Estimate €300 - €400 -
224 - Jean COCTEAU. L.A.S. "Jean", Palais-Royal 17 March 1960, to Roger Pillaudin; 1 page in-4. Search for an editor for the "Journal sonore" that Pillaudin had made during the filming of the Testament d'Orphée. The "Duke Hermann" probably refers to Pierre Berès, owner of the Éditions Hermann. Gérard Worms was associated with the management of the Éditions du Rocher] "I'm not leaving you - and if the Duke Hermann (who is mistaken) falls into the imperatives of current events - we'll find another
Estimate €200 - €250 -
225 - Jean COCTEAU. 2 L.A.S., April 2 and July 5, 1960, to a "dear friend"; 1 page in 4 each. Milly April 2, 1960. He leaves for Santo Sospir. "An almost sister who is very ill, the work, the auditions for the revival of L'Aigle [à deux têtes], the tape recorders for the film, the articles, the letters, the annoyances, the alms, the re-releases. That's what drives me away tomorrow and forces me to go to the Côte d'Azur"... July 5, 1960. He read the letters on the evening of his birthday, alone in
Estimate €300 - €350 -
226 - COLETTE (1873-1954). 5 L.A.S. "Colette Willy" or "Colette de Jouvenel", Paris 1907-[early 1920s]; 5 pages and a half in various formats, 2 Le Matin headings, one envelope. Enclosed are two dried flowers pressed against a sheet of letterhead from 9 rue de Beaujolais; an l.a.s. from Willy to Curnonsky, evoking Colette; an l.a.s. from Henri Lavedan to Colette; a fragment of a letter from a friend evoking his article "Bêtes amies"; a long l.a.s. from his daughter Colette de Jouvenel on her relatio
Result €768Estimate €400 - €500 -
227 - COLETTE. L.A.S. "Colette Willy", [circa 1910], to a journalist; 1.5 pages in-12 in purple ink at her address 25 Torricelli Street (small rust mark and pinholes). 2 L.A.S. (and an a.s. business card) from Willy are attached to Laurent Tailhade (1891) and Madeleine de Swarte. She is "so happy. I know how to thank badly, and I know even less how to beg the favour of the critics. It is everywhere to me, this time, lenient and flattering, but your article is among those that touch me the most "...
Result €204Estimate €120 - €150 -
228 - COLETTE. 2 L.A.S. "Colette", Paris [1928-1936], to "Kid" [Renaud de Jouvenel]; 4 pages in-4 each (slits in the fold of the first one). Beautiful correspondence to his son-in-law: Renaud de Jouvenel (1907-1982) is the natural son of Henry de Jouvenel and his mistress Isabelle de Comminges known as "the Panther". 9 rue de Beaujolais [answered 18 March 1928]. Kid's letter suggests that he is not in an excellent moral state: "Being a "failure" at twenty years old... allow me to smile. You're twenty
Result €1,152Estimate €500 - €700 -
229 - COLETTE. L.A.S., [Paris 25 December 1944], to Maurice Saurel; 3 pages in-8 on paper with a lace border decorated with a large chromolithographed vignette representing two hands joined on a forget-me-not heart and surrounded by a crown of roses, envelope. "Hello, Happy New Year! Dear friend, don't make fun of those papers I like. This one, which carries two friendly hands and a forget-me-not heart, suits the feeling that binds us together very well. I have a nice little book for you, illustrated
Result €640Estimate €400 - €500 -
230 - Georges COURTELINE (1858-1929). Signed autograph manuscript, L'Escalier; 4 pages and a half small in-4, some corrections. Complete manuscript of the second tale in the collection Les Fourneaux, published by Albin-Michel in 1905 (p. 15-28). It is the story of an infernal couple, the narrator's uncle and aunt: "Within the walls of this house of Janot, the uncle and the aunt lived like cats and dogs, animated against each other with an instinctive antipathy that had slowly been sharpened by thirt
Estimate €300 - €400 -
231 - René Crevel (1900-1935). L.A.S., Saint-Tropez [1925], to Marcel Jouhandeau ; 2 pages infol. A countertype of a photo of Crevel by Man Ray in 1925 is attached . Nice letter to Jouhandeau. He is in Saint-Tropez, and his room overlooks the harbor: "Last night I thought Neptune was a young man because a sailor, all brown, bare-chested, blue pants torn, water up to half a thigh with a broom was cleaning the harbor. I watch the innocent spectacle. Happy little guys all cracked up with sunshine. I'm
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
232 - DANIEL-ROPS (1901-1965). L.A.S., Chambéry 27 September 1941, to a friend; 1 page and a quarter in-4. An L.S. by Paul Morand is attached to Daniel-Rops, Paris April 17, 1934, giving advice for a protégé entering the competition, and thanking him for his article on France la Doulce. He spent his childhood in the Grenoble region, and fears for his friend "some setbacks, in the middle of a population that often lacks binders"... He recommends to contact the secretariat of the Faculty and his old
Estimate €80 - €100 -
233 - Alphonse DAUDET (1840-1897). L.A.S., Champrosay, [to Georges Decaux]; half page in-8. One joins a business card a.s. to the same: "I finally have the address of Paul Margueritte. 5 rue Brogniart Sèvres "... " We have just learned the horrible end of Paul Margueritte. The wife, the children, no money. If anything can be done - and you can try - I am at your disposal ... "...
Result €89Estimate €80 - €100 -
234 - Léon DAUDET (1868-1942). L.A.S., Saturday [1900], to a confrere [Édouard Ducoté], and 3 documents concerning him, 1914; 1 page in-8 and 4 pages in various formats. An L.A.S. from Pierre Guitet-Vauquelin to Jean Vignaud, about Sarati le Terrible , 1919 [1900 ], is attached . "I have already read my dear confrere the first of your Wonders and Morals. I like it very much. I have been following you for a long time, and, I beg you to believe it, with my deepest literary sympathy " . Paris 11-13
Result €166Estimate €100 - €150 -
235 - Charles DICKENS (1812-1870). 9 L.A.S., 1843-1863, to Thomas James Thompson (one to Thomas Edmund Weller, and one to Miss Christiana Weller); 13 pages in-8, one address with countersignature; in English. Nice correspondence to his friend Thomas James Thompson (1812-1881), to his future wife Christiana Weller (a pianist Dickens was infatuated with), and to her father. Thompson married Christiana on October 21, 1845, and the novelist's brother Frederick Dickens married Anna Weller, Christiana's yo
Result €14,080Estimate €10,000 - €15,000 -
236 - Charles DICKENS. L.A.S., Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent 22nd August, 1867, to Charles Reade, London; 1 page in-8 at his address, envelope with his number; in English. He suggests Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, September 2, 3 and 4 to come to Higham, or suggests dates after those, and he will make them his own. There is a fast train to Higham station from Charing Cross on Monday 2nd at 2.05am .
Result €640Estimate €500 - €700 -
237 - MISCELLANEOUS. 15 L.A.S., 19th-20th century. Amédée Achard, Jacques and Étienne Charavay (8), Émilien Dumas (about a geological excursion that will follow the limits of the Neocomian, and the death of Esprit Requien), Agricol Marquis de Fortia d'Urban, Arthur Forgeais (as founder president of the Sphragistics Society, to Ferdinand Terris), Léon Gozlan (amusing, on his autographs), Alfred de Gramont, Pierre-Thomas Levassor (on the interpretation of Jocrisse), Joseph d'Ortigue, and an intere
Estimate €150 - €200 -
238 - MISCELLANEOUS. About 85 letters or documents, most of them L.A.S. Various documents are attached, including a file concerning the Count of Lauberdière and the American War of Independence (letters from Georges du Chesne, Rilly d'Oysonville, Warrington Dawson...), autograph business cards (Cantù, Cazin, Lhermitte, Maignan, Racot, Roll ...), etc. Literature, but also politics, science, entertainment, etc... Anatole de Barthélemy, Henry Bauër, General Bertrand, Edmond Biré (and P.V. Delaport
Result €576Estimate €300 - €400 -
239 - Alexandre DUMAS father (1802-1870). L.A.S., to M. Bertin; 1 page in-8, dry stamp with his crowned arms (upper border franked). "Accept what I offer you a large volume - that I will do the best I can - and then the letter that will reject any delay on my part. Above all, do not believe in anything you are told. Accept this volume and you have it on the 25th "... As a postscript: "The Press has a first volume of me - well I'll do yours before I give them the second" ...
Result €448Estimate €200 - €250 -
240 - Alexandre DUMAS fils (1824-1895). Dumas fils' dummy collection of separate editions of Notes du Théâtre complet. Edition of Les Comédiens, with dispatch and L.A.S. d'envoi, 1892; in-8, rel. demi-chagrin marron à coins. Rare collection of Notes extracted from the critical edition printed in 99 copies (7 vol., Calmann-Lévy, 1882-1893), limited edition on paper from Holland, with a cover page that reads: "to Madame Dodin de Keroman. Respectful homage. A. Dumas f Marly November 28, 1892 ". Tab
Estimate €100 - €120 -
241 - Paul ÉLUARD (1895-1952). Signed autograph poem, À la fin de l'année, de jour en jour bas, il enfouir sa chaleur comme une graine, [1935]; 2 pages in-4 on fine green paper. An interesting correspondence from Dominique Éluard, the poet's last wife, 1953-1955, to René Lacôte of Lettres Françaises (3 l.a.s. and 5 l.s.), plus an l.a.s. to Mme Lacôte (1958); and the announcement of Nusch Éluard's funeral (1946), a photo of Éluard with Nusch and a friend (reprint); etc. Complete manuscript o
Result €5,376Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
242 - Pierre EMMANUEL (1916-1984). L.A.S., January 7, to friends; 1 page in-4. "Weymüller has no doubt passed on my affectionate messages to you: let me have the pleasure of repeating them to you again, and of wishing you a happy life for the little child who will soon be rejoicing in your life. Please announce his birth to me, so that I may rejoice with you. May the fog of London, by exception, give way that day to a beautiful sun: and may that boy - for he is one, surely - be born with the sunny,
Estimate €100 - €150 -
243 - Claude FARRèRE (1876-1957). 6 L.A.S. and 14 L.S. (including 2 partly autographs with diagrams), and 1 P.S., Paris or Saint-Jean-de-Luz 1926-1949, most of them to Jean Pasqua, at the Comptoir mondial d'assurances; 32 pages in-4 or in-8. A signed photo, in academician's habit, is attached. Curious correspondence with his insurer, to note a collision with a cyclist, then the next day, with a plane tree, or again, with a truck, "stopped too abruptly in front of my bonnet" (September 17, 1926)... H
Estimate €300 - €400 -
244 - WOMEN OF LETTERS. 14 letters or coins, most of them L.A.S., 19th-20th century. Nathalie Clifford Barney (1956, on Paulhan, "an unsure man", as proven by "his hesitations and leaks"), Gyp (4), Myriam Harry (2, to Marguerite Moreno and Rachilde), Lucie de Montgomery, Anna de Noailles (to Henri Duvernois), Marie de Régnier (2, to André Beaunier), Marie Romain-Rolland (3).
Result €448Estimate €200 - €300 -
245 - Georges FEYDEAU (1862-1921). L.A.S., August 28, 1883, to his friend du Sautoy; 4 pages in-12. He received his indecipherable letter from Germany: "You are as fanciful my word of honour as Sarah Bernhardt in whose character, legend has it, you are so well incarnated. I do nothing. I finished my three acts with Desvallières! I'm dying to give birth to a one-act play and two monologues [...]. I saw Laval a few days ago, and Frisch has been coming home for dinner lately. Their novel is finished an
Result €256Estimate €150 - €200 -
246 - Gustave FLAUBERT (1821-1880). 2 autograph manuscripts of historical notes, one signed at the head; 11 pages in-4 under folder in-fol. with autograph title, and 4 pages in-fol. * Historical notes on the second period of the Middle Ages. Crusades. - Orders of chivalry": reading notes based on the "Eclaircissements sur les ordres de chevalerie" published as an appendix to volume III of the Histoire des Croisades by Joseph-François Michaud (1841), p. 183 ff , about the Orders of Knighthood of Sain
Result €1,920Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
247 - Gustave FLAUBERT. L.A.S., Croisset 13 December [1859], to Aglaé Sabatier, "the President"; 2 pages in-8, on blue paper. Nice tender letter to the President, telling her about her sister Adèle-Irma Sabatier, known as "Bébé" or "Doudou" [mistress of the painter Fernand Boissard, whose daughter she had died in October 1859]. " Would you, beautiful President, please give Miss Doudou all my compliments and condolences for the death of her poor little child, whom I learned about the night before
Result €1,280Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
248 - Gustave FLAUBERT. L.A.S., [Paris 10 April 1861], to Aglaé Sabatier, "la Présidente"; 1 page in-8, on blue paper. "Belle Président ,C'est demain, according to the poster, the premiere of the Statue [a comic opera by Ernest Reyer, premiered at the Théâtre-Lyrique on April 11]. So the festival will take place on Friday. I hope to see you tomorrow at the theater. I looked for you last night, in vain. Mille tendressees [...] It was yesterday, I c
Result €1,280Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
249 - Gustave FLAUBERT. L.A.S., [Paris] Tuesday evening [February 23, 1864], to Aglaé Sabatier, "the President"; 1 page in-8, on blue paper. Beautiful gallant letter, about the creation of his great friend Louis Bouilhet's drama, Faustine (Porte Saint-Martin, February 20, 1864). " Dear President , Here is a lodge 1° because we love you & 2° because you are very nice & very kind. You do not blame me (like so many others) for not having been able to make you attend the 1st of Faustina in the i
Estimate €1,000 - €1,200
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Aucune réclamation ne sera recevable dès l’adjudication prononcée, les expositions successives permettant aux acquéreurs de constater l’état des objets présentés.
L’adjudicataire sera le plus offrant et dernier enchérisseur et aura pour obligation de remettre ses nom et adresse. En cas de contestation au moment des adjudications, c’est-à-dire s’il est établi que deux ou plusieurs enchérisseurs ont simultanément porté une enchère équivalente, soit à haute voix, soit par signe, et réclament en même temps cet objet après le prononcé du mot « adjugé », ledit objet sera immédiatement remis en adjudication au prix proposé par les enchérisseurs et tout le public sera admis à enchérir à nouveau.
La date indiquée entre crochets […] correspond à la création du modèle. La pièce présentée ayant été réalisée postérieurement.
Les éventuelles modifications aux conditions de vente ou aux descriptions du catalogue seront annoncées verbalement pendant la vente et notées sur le procès-verbal.
Frais de vente et paiement :
L’adjudicataire devra acquitter, en sus du montant de l’enchère, par lot, les frais et taxes suivants :
- 28 % TTC (20 % de TVA) sauf pour les livres 26 % TTC (5,5 % de TVA).
- 5,5 % de frais additionnels au titre de la taxe à l’importation temporaire, pour les lots dont le numéro est précédé d’un astérisque.
Dans certains cas, ces frais pourront faire l’objet d’un remboursement à l’acheteur.
Le paiement devra être effectué immédiatement après la vente :
- en espèces (euros) jusqu’à 1 000 € pour les ressortissants français ou jusqu’à 15 000 € pour les ressortissants étrangers (sur présentation d’un justificatif de domicile, avis d’imposition, etc. ; en plus du passeport).
- par carte bancaire (Visa, Mastercard).
- par paiement « 3D Secure » sur le site www.ader-paris.fr
- par virement bancaire en euros à l’ordre de ADER.
Banque Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, DRFIP Paris, 94 rue Réaumur, 75104 PARIS Cedex 02
RIB : 40031 00001 000042 3555K 89 - IBAN : FR72 4003 1000 0100 0042 3555 K89 - BIC : CDCGFRPPXXX
Le règlement par chèque n’est plus accepté.
Ordres d’achat :
Un enchérisseur ne pouvant assister à la vente devra remplir le formulaire d’ordre d’achat inclus dans ce catalogue et le signer.
ADER agira pour le compte de l’enchérisseur, selon les instructions contenues dans le formulaire d’ordre d’achat, ceci afin d’essayer d’acheter le ou les lots au prix le plus bas possible et ne dépassant, en aucun cas, le montant maximum indiqué par l’enchérisseur.
Ledit formulaire devra être adressé et reçu à l’étude au plus tard 24 heures avant le début de la vente.
Les ordres d’achat ou les enchères par téléphone sont une facilité pour les clients. ADER n’est pas responsable pour avoir manqué d’exécuter un ordre par erreur ou pour toute autre cause. Merci de vérifier après envoi que votre ordre d’achat a été dûment enregistré.
ADER se réserve le droit de ne pas enregistrer l’ordre d’achat s’il n’est pas complet ou si elle considère que le client n’apporte pas toutes les garanties pour la sécurité des transactions ; sans recours possible. Pour garantir la bonne volonté de l’acheteur, une consignation pourra être demandée avant la vente qui ne sera validée qu’en cas d’adjudication.
Drouot Live étant un service indépendant, nous déclinons toute responsabilité en cas de dysfonctionnement.
Transports des lots / Exportation :
Dès l’adjudication prononcée, les achats sont sous l’entière responsabilité de l’adjudicataire.
Aucun lot ne sera remis aux acquéreurs avant acquittement de l’intégralité des sommes dues.
Les achats de petit volume seront transportés chez ADER, 3 rue Favart 75002 Paris, où ils seront gardés en dépôt à titre gracieux pendant 14 jours.
L’étude est ouverte du lundi au vendredi, de 9 h à 18 h.
Les achats volumineux seront entreposés, à leurs conditions et frais, au magasinage de l’Hôtel Drouot, 6 bis rue Rossini 75009 Paris (Tél. : 01 48 00 20 18), où ils pourront être retirés sur présentation du bordereau acquitté.
Les acheteurs, souhaitant exporter leurs achats, devront le faire savoir au plus tard le jour de la vente. Ils pourront récupérer la TVA sur les honoraires d’achat à la condition qu’un justificatif de douane en bonne et due forme soit remis à ADER et que le nom de la Maison de Vente y soit mentionné en tant qu’exportateur.
Le bordereau d’adjudication est dû intégralement ; la TVA est remboursable par la suite sur présentation des références du compte bancaire.
L’envoi des lots achetés peut être organisé par ADER à la charge et sous la responsabilité de l’acheteur. C’est un service rendu par ADER qui se réserve la possibilité d’y renoncer si les conditions légales ou pratiques présentent le moindre risque. Les délais ne sont pas garantis et sont tributaires de l’activité de la Maison de Vente. Le coût de l’emballage et de l’expédition est à la charge de l’acheteur ; le règlement à l’ordre d’ADER.
Les acheteurs sont invités à organiser eux-mêmes le transport de leurs achats si ces conditions ne leur conviennent pas.
Défaut de paiement :
À défaut de paiement par l’adjudicataire de la totalité des sommes dues, dans le mois qui suit la vente, et après une seule mise en demeure restée infructueuse, ADER entamera une procédure de recouvrement. L’acheteur sera inscrit au fichier centralisé d’incidents de paiement du SYMEV (www.symev.org) et l’ensemble des dépens restera à sa charge. A compter d’un mois après la vente et à la demande du vendeur, la vente pourra être annulée sans recours possible.