MANUSCRIPTS - ANCIENT AND MODERN BOOKS
Friday 2 July 2021 at 14:00
3, rue Favart, 75002 Paris
227 lots
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1 - [THEOLOGY]. [GEOMETRY]. ANONYMOUS]. Excerpt from a treatise on the Empyrean and Paradise (?) (Euclidean geometry applied to the theory of the disposition of angels, saints, the Virgin and Christ in the Empyrean and Paradise) Two binding defeats, brown ink on parchment, minuscule gothic textura script, drawings in brown ink Northern France or Flanders, ca. 1300 Dimensions: 290 mm high. Width undone 1: 115 mm; width undone 2: 116 mm. Rubbing and holes reaching the parchment, erasures in
Result €10,880Estimate €10,000 - €12,000 -
2 - ENLUMINATION]. Four manuscript leaves (2 bifolios) taken from a missal noted in Latin, leaf on parchment, music notated on 4-line staves drawn in red ink, square notation, text on two columns, headings in red, initials painted in blue or red with red or blue watermarked decoration, contemporary marginal annotations . South of France, Albigensian ?, circa 1300. dimensions of the single leaves: 160 x 220 mmA note copied between the columns of text (fol. 1v) indicates: "Priora de Fargiis" . T
Result €1,024Estimate €500 - €700 -
3 - [LAW]. JUSTINIAN]. Manuscript leaf from the Institutes of the Emperor JustinianIn Latin, decorated leaf, rounded Gothic script, extensive gloss around the text of the Institutes, headings: De duobus reis stipulandi et pro mittendi; De stipulatione servorum; De divisione stipulationum... Italy, c. 1300-1350Dimensions : 250 x 360 mmJoint : Other bifeuillet from the same manuscript, having served as a replacement parchment (damaged) for the cover of a "Terrier de Clamaiges" .
Result €768Estimate €200 - €300 -
4 - [LAW]. JUSTINIAN ]Manuscript leaf extracted from the Institutes of the Emperor JustinianIn Latin, leaf on parchment, text on two columns, rounded Gothic script, watermarked initialsSouthern France or Italy ?, circa 1400Dimensions : 280 x 410 mmAverage condition. Parchment of replacement having been used for the binding
Result €256Estimate €100 - €120 -
5 - ENLUMINATION]. Illuminated manuscript leaf taken from a book of hours (Office of the Dead; 6th reading) Ornate initial "Q", painted in pink with white highlights on a gold background with a decoration of colored and liquid gold rods and vine leaves that extends the initial and frames the text; same decoration on the reverse of the folio; champie initials (gold on pink and blue grounds with white highlights) In Latin, illuminated folio on parchment, Gothic script, rubric in redFrance , Paris, ca.
Result €384Estimate €100 - €200 -
6 - [CANON LAW]. BONIFACE VIII ]Manuscript leaflet from the Sextet of Boniface VIII, lib. I, tit. 3, De rescriptisIn Latin, decorated folio, rounded Gothic script (littera bononiensis), text surrounded by its gloss, contemporary added notes and glosses, painted initials with watermarked decoration, coloured paragraph signsFrance (Avignon?), circa 1400Dimensions : 266 x 395 mm . Good general condition but text trimmed short, especially in the upper margin, with small loss of text. Some glosses a
Estimate €300 - €400 -
7 - ENLUMINATION]. Ornate initial B. From an illuminated liturgical manuscript on parchmentGouache and burnished gold, acanthus leaf extensions Italy, Emilia-Romagna (Bologna?), ca. 1425-1450Dimensions : width 80 x height 220 mm (with extensions) . Good general condition, some rubbing or loss of pictorial surface in places.
Result €512Estimate €200 - €300 -
8 - ENLUMINATION]. Illuminated manuscript leaf taken from a book of hours (evangelical pericopes) Ornate initial "I", painted in pink with white highlights, coloured vine leaves and burnished gold decoration in prolongationLatin, illuminated leaf on parchment, gothic script, heading: "Initium sancti evangelii secundum Iohannem. Gloria tibi domine". France (South?), circa 1425-1450Dimensions : 104 x 150 mmGood condition, pen tests in the lower margin, small lack of parchment in the lower right corner
Result €153Estimate €100 - €150 -
9 - ENLUMINATION]. Angel playing the harpEnlightened border probably taken from a book of hours, reserved background, acanthus leaves and flowersIn the style of the Master of the Vita Christi by Beatrijs van Assendelft (see also the group known as "Masters of the Delft Half-figures", active in Delft in the 1450s-1480s) Netherlands, Delft (?), ca. 1470-1480Dimensions : 45 x 160 mm . Good condition, some rubbing. On the reverse, white parchment.
Result €1,024Estimate €350 - €400 -
10 - ENLUMINATION]. Manuscript folio extracted from a noted missalIn Latin, folio on parchment, music notated on staves of 4 lines drawn in red ink, square notation, text on two columns, headings in red, initials painted in blue or red with red or blue watermarked decoration, later marginal annotations, including a drawing in ink (bust of a woman in profile) South of France ? circa 1450Single folio dimensions : 182 x 252 mm
Result €243Estimate €100 - €120 -
11 - ENLUMINATION]. Decorated manuscript leaf from an antiphonary In Latin, liturgical Gothic script, music notated on 4-line staves drawn in red ink, square notation, initials painted in red, rubrics in redNorthern France or the Netherlands (?), ca. 1450Dimensions : 270 x 350 mmReplacement parchment used as a cover (soiling)
Estimate €100 - €120 -
12 - ENLUMINATION]. Decorated manuscript leaf extracted from an antiphonary (songs for Holy Saturday) In Latin, liturgical Gothic script, music notated on staves with 4 lines drawn in red, square notation, headings in red, tract: "Vinea facta est dilecto... " France, circa 1450Dimensions : 260 x 350 mmGood condition (a few spots) .
Result €153Estimate €100 - €120 -
13 - ENLUMINATION]. Three manuscript leaves from choir booksIn Latin, liturgical Gothic script, large filigree initials; two watercolored initials; music notated on 4-line staves drawn in red, square notation, rubrics in red, one leaf (no. One of the leaves (no. 1) contains the hymn for vespers on the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas (In festo sancti thome de acquino ad vesperas ymnus) Northern France or the Netherlands, ca. 1450Dimensions : (1) 345 x 480 mm; (2) 355 x 475 mm; (3) 350 x 525 mm. Leaves use
Result €243Estimate €100 - €150 -
14 - ENLUMINATION]. Decorated manuscript leaf from a large liturgical psalterIn Latin, liturgical Gothic script, watermarked initials, rubrics in redNorthern France (Flanders) or the Netherlands, ca. 1450-1475Dimensions : 420 x 650 mmGood condition (some stains) .
Result €128Estimate €100 - €120 -
15 - ENLUMINATION]. Two illuminated manuscript leaves from a book of hours (Psalms of Penance) In Latin, illuminated leaf on parchment, two leaves together (a double leaf laid flat, fold lined with a blue silk braid): commercial production in the Fouquettian style? France, Tours, circa 1460-1470Dimensions of each leaf : 102 x 145 mmVery good condition. Endpapers in dark red and blue with gold highlights; initials traced in liquid gold on blue or dark red backgrounds; illuminated frames on reserved
Estimate €500 - €700 -
16 - ENLUMINATION]. Part of a manuscript leaf from a choir bookIn Latin, leaf on parchment, music notated on 4-line staves drawn in red ink, square notation, initial cadelated with profile of manFrance or Netherlands, ca. 1480-1500Single leaf size : 300 x 240 mmParchment having been used as a replacement to cover a "Manuale canonicorum 1526"; amputated from the upper portion .
Estimate €80 - €100 -
17 - CANON LAW]. In Latin, decorated folio, rounded Gothic script (littera bononiensis), six illuminated initials (one cut out) painted in blue on a gold and red background decorated with flowers, important gloss around the text of the Institutes, rubrics: De summa trinitate et fide catholica; De constitutionibus rubrica; De postulationibus prelatorum; De electione et electi potestate; France (Avignon?), circa 1500Dimensions : 282 x 440 mm.
Result €896Estimate €400 - €500 -
18 - ENLUMINATION]. Decorated manuscript leaf taken from a choir book (antiphonary or gradual) In Latin, liturgical Gothic script, music notated on staves of 4 lines drawn in red ink, square notation, two initials cadelated and watercolored, an initial illuminated on a gold background with flower (damaged) rubrics in redFrance , circa 1500Dimensions : 380 x 280 mmSheet cut out, the lower portion is missing
Estimate €80 - €100 -
19 - ENLUMINATION]. Illuminated manuscript leaf from a large choir book (antiphonary or gradual) In Latin, liturgical Gothic script, music notated on 4-line staves drawn in red ink, square notation, large ornate initials (recto and verso), illuminated borders on two sides on a reserved background and burnished gold with coloured acanthus and flowers . Hymn for the 4th Sunday after the octave of EasterFrance , probably Paris, ca. 1500Dimensions : 552 x 780 mm .
Result €576Estimate €200 - €300 -
20 - [BRIGHTENING]. [INCUNABLE]. JUSTINUS ]Page-frontispiece, from Epitome in Trogi Pompeii Historias Philippicas (Venice, Nicolaus Jenson, 1470) Printed and illuminated folio, on paper, framed with glass on the spine showing the verso of the folio and hand annotations in the margins; ornate initial and a historiated and ornate frameItaly , Venice, 1470 or shortly thereafterDimensions : 140 x 270 mm. Some rubbing, but generally good condition. Frontispiece from the following work: Marcus Justinus Ju
Result €2,944Estimate €700 - €900 -
21 - ENLUMINATION]. Decorated leaf from a large antiphonaryIn Latin, liturgical Gothic script, music notated on 4-line staves drawn in red ink, square notation, large initial "D" painted in red on a background decorated with acanthus motifs on a hatched background, rubrics in redSpain (?), circa 1550Dimensions : 500 x 720 mmRolling leaf to be laid flat; ink a little unstable in places .
Estimate €100 - €120 -
22 - PLAYING CARDS]. Transformed card game : game known as "des théâtres et des journaux " France, circa 1819-1830 52 cards, French signs, etching coloured with stencil Dimensions of the cards : 60 x 90 mm. Some stains or foxing, small tear to the jack of clubs (Clopineau). Set of cards preserved in a brown leather case, of French manufacture, coat of arms and initials CF and "Paris" cold stamped in a medallion. Rare. Transformed card game called "of theatres and newspapers". Complete set (5
Result €2,304Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
23 - [CARICATURE]. NANCY]. MENNESSIER (Edouard) ]Continuation of the story of the hidden, stinking, military, administrative, comical life of Doctor Boc, 1st class drainer, 1st lisp of the Nanci theatre, retired supernumerary, fanatic national guard. Collection of 79 captioned pencil drawings on paper, various sizes. Edouard Mennessier (1811-1888) was the brother-in-law of Marie Mennessier-Nodier (1811-1893), daughter of Charles Nodier . A cartoonist active in Metz and Nancy, he delivers here his
Result €2,048Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
24 - [ITALY]. [VENICE] - [SYRIA]. DAMAS]. Letter-missive from Pietro Alban (Venetian merchant?) sent to Damascus (Damascho) to Iohanni Andrea di Bartolomeo di Saladio. In Venetian ("in zergo"), on paperItaly , Venice [signed "Piero Alban in Vinegia"], dated August 11, 1494Dimensions : 205 x 205 mm . This is an example of the letter-messages sent by Venetian merchants exchanging with their colleagues in Syria, Libya and Lebanon. They have been studied in particular by Donatella Nebbiai, "Les rappo
Result €2,688Estimate €600 - €700 -
25 - [ARDÈCHE]. [UZER]. VIVIERS (Diocese)]. Deed between Mathieu Boucterii (?) vicar and canon of the cathedral of Viviers and Raymond La Roha (Roa) inhabitant of Uzer. In Latin, deed on parchment, France, September 16, 1510. 530 x 430 mm.
Result €204Estimate €100 - €120 -
26 - [VAUCLUSE]. SAINT-ANDRÉ-LÈS-AVIGNON]. Vidimus of letters issued by Henri IV on May 27, 1587 in favor of Paul de Perussis and the only daughter of François de Perussis, vidimated by Pierre Bovis judge in the court of Saint André lès AvignonFrench, act on parchment, beautiful dry seal with armorFrance , Saint-André-lès-Avignon, July 1, 1587Dimensions : 600 x 560 mm. The Peruzzi or Perussis are a family originating from Florence, settled in Avignon. See Madeleine de Guilhermier, L'installat
Result €640Estimate €400 - €500 -
27 - [BOUCHES-DU-RHÔNE]. BARBENTANE]. Sale by Catherine Martine (widow of the late François Mage) to François de Perussis, esquire of Barbentane of lands in the "terroir of Barbentane". In French, deed on parchmentFrance , March 31, 1561Dimensions : 610 x 350 mm .
Result €166Estimate €80 - €100 -
28 - [DOUBS]. [VUILLAFANS]. BOURGOGNE]. Marriage contract of Fernande [for Ferdinand?] de Neufchâtel-Montaigu and Etiennette de la BaumeFrench, parchment deed (label with erroneous date of 1540 pasted at the bottom of the deed) France, Vuillafans ("en nostre Chastel vieux"), October 5, 1515Dimensions : 750 x 700 mm. Beautiful act relating to a marriage according to "the general custom of the county of Bourgoingne". Ferdinand de Neufchâtel, lord of Narnay and Montaigu, knight of the Golden Fleece
Result €243Estimate €100 - €120 -
30 - PARIS]. JOUY (rue de)]. OLIVIER (Gaston), archdeacon and canon of Angers]. Donation and cession of "the house, two courtyards and garden...assis en ceste ville de Paris rue de Jouy..." by Gaston Olivier to his cousin François Olivier, chancellor of France "by whom the family of the Oliviers may be represented and continued". In French, deed on parchment, two parchment membranes, several mentions on the back. France, Paris, April 21, 1544Dimensions : 950 x 505 mm. Good general condition, some fo
Result €320Estimate €120 - €150 -
31 - [JURA]. [POLIGNY]. BRAINANS]. Letters of acquisition by Pierre Esmery of Poligny of six measures of wheat of cens sitting on the goods of Claude Buelley of Brainans. In French, deed on parchment, France, Poligny (Jura), October 10, 1547. 570 x 165 mm . Attached: [JURA]. BERSAILLIN]. Deed of sale to Simon Froissard, priest of Bersaillin, in French, deed on parchment, France, Bersaillin (Jura), 20 October 1548. Dimensions: 620 x 362 mm. [SAÔNE-ET-LOIRE]. GRANDMONT]. Letters constituting a
Result €409Estimate €200 - €220 -
32 - [GARD]. ALÈS]. Transaction between Bertrand de Berard, lord of Montalet and Jean de Budos baron des Portes concerning lands of the house of the lords of MontaletFrench, deed on parchment, France, Alès, November 12, 1551, "made and recited in the city of Allez in the dwelling of Gaspard Guiraud or hangs for sign sainct George...". Dimensions: 700 x 670 mm. The castle of Montalet (Molières-sur-Cèze) is located in Languedoc-Roussillon, north of the department of Gard in the foothills of the C
Result €512Estimate €300 - €320 -
33 - [LORRAINE]. [NICOLAS DE LORRAINE]. BARBEREAU DIT AUGUEVILLE (Michel)]. Letters of ennoblement granted to Michel Barbereau dit Augeville by Nicolas de Lorraine, count of Vaudémont and baron of Mercoeur. In French, illuminated act on parchment, signed "Nicolas"; mention on the reverse: "By Monseigneur le conte de Vaudemont in the absence of Madame la duchesse douairiere...". [signed "Demazures"]. France, Lorraine, Nancy, February 7, 1553Dimensions : 725 x 575 mmCondition : some traces of moistur
Result €3,072Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
34 - LOIRE]. [ROANNE]. [RIORGES]. URFÉ (Claude d')]. Sale to Antoine Giron, merchant in Roanne, of land located in the parish of RiorgesFrench, parchment deed, inscription: "We Claude d'Urphé chivalrous of the order lord of the said place and of La Bastie, baron of Beauvoir sur Arnon and Entregues, governor of the persons of Monseigneur le Daulphin... " France, Roanne, April 25, 1556. dimensions: 570 x 570 mm
Result €102Estimate €80 - €100 -
35 - CALVADOS] [ORBEC]. Receipt of a sum due to Claude Heurtault, lieutenant of the public prosecutor of Normandy, following the confession "oy" leading to the condemnation to the ordeal of the wheel for Jehan Desures "vagabond", "[...] until after the expiration of his life " In French, act on parchmentFrance , Normandy, Orbec, January 24, 1560Dimensions : 200 x 125 mm .
Result €1,280Estimate €80 - €100 -
36 - [HÉRAULT]. PÉZENAS]. Quittance made by the Sieur de Poupian of 300 eecus for the payment of the dowry of damoyselle Louise de Cambis. In French, deed on parchment, France, Pézenas, April 14, 1589Dimensions : 670 x 350 mm . Gaspard de Tuffes de Taraux, lord of Poupian married Louise de Cambis.
Estimate €100 - €120 -
37 - [PARIS]. CHEVAUX]. Order to pay the Sieur de Fresbicourt the sum of eight hundred écus for "two chevaulx l'ung d'Italie soubz poil vay obscur et l'aultre Danemarc soubz poil vay clair...." In French, deed on parchment, signed "Ruze" (By the King) and countersigned "Sublet " France, Paris, July 12, 1594Dimensions : 380 x 172 mm.
Result €128Estimate €80 - €100 -
38 - [HAUTE-GARONNE]. TOULOUSE]. Marriage act of Guillaume Rachier, merchant of Toulouse and Marguerite de Bretz, niece of Bertrand Pradinet, maistre pasticier of ToulouseFrench, act on parchmentFrance , Toulouse, April 18, 1598Dimensions : 435 x 460 mm. Deed passed before Philippe Amblard, royal notary in Toulouse.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
39 - [CHER]. BOURGES]. Deed of justice in favor of Marie Bridard, widow of François Marchant living Sieur de VarieIn French, deed on parchment (10 ff.) France, Bourges, July 1638Dimensions : 218 x 320 mm. We find the precise description of "a house and its appurtenances size in this city of Bourges in the big street of Carmes parroisse of Sainct Pierre le Marché concistant in a bouticque garderobbe, low room..." which will be yielded and "adjugée" on July 14, 1638, sold to "Jean Boursault, merch
Result €102Estimate €80 - €100 -
40 - [ISERE]. SAINT-NIZIER (URIAGE)]. Set of deeds and archives relating to the land of Saint-Nizier d'Uriage: wills, contracts, donations, feudal recognitions and other documents (in all 32 separate documents) In Latin and French, deeds on parchment and paper, some on stamped paperFrance , 16th-19th centuryNumerous documents relating to the Alleman (or Allemand), Rivoire [notably Amblard de la Rivoire], Berger, and Boffin families, which were all solidly established and important to Uriage and its
Estimate €600 - €800 -
40-B - [NORMANDY]. CAEN]. AUGUSTINIANS (Canons)]. Proprium sanctorum in supplementum breviarii dioecesani pro canonicis regularibus ordinis sancti augustini iuxta scriptur. Sacram et concilia elaboratum et ad novissimam breviarii formam feliciter restitutum [...] Scripsit D. R. Augustinus M*** can[onicus] regularis sancti Augustini domus dei Cadomensis prior ruralis. MDCCLIIEn Latin, manuscript on paper. France, Normandy (Caen), 1752 [10] unnumbered ff. + 162 pp. + 31 pp. followed by 6 blank ff., writ
Result €640Estimate €400 - €500 -
41 - [ANTIQUITY]. ROME]. The origin of the RomansIn French, manuscript on paperFrance , 17th century93 ff, preceded and followed by a flyleaf, cursive writing in brown ink, titles in red, text inscribed in a frame drawn in inkBound in garnet-red morocco, spine with 5 nerves, simple cold fillet framing on the boards, scroll on the edges, gilt edges, paper endpapers decorated with arabesques and gilt scrolls, a few later pencil essays (a child?), ex-libris inscription on the verso of the first endpap
Estimate €200 - €300 -
41-B - FÉNELON (François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon)]. Les avantures de Thelemaque, fils d'Ulysse [signature to the title: Le Juste ]In French, manuscript on paperFrance , circa 17001040 pp. preceded by 4 ff. of endpapers and followed by 3 ff. of endpapers, cursive handwriting in brown ink, text inscribed in a frame drawn in red ink. Engraved portrait of François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon, placed opposite the title: " Estienne Desrochers sculp[sit] 1699 et exc[udit] rue St Jacques pr�
Result €832Estimate €400 - €500 -
42 - [HISTORY]. Extrait sur l'histoire de France en forme de dialogue depuis Pharamond jusqu'a Louis Seize orné de cartes géographiques et chronologiques. In French, manuscript on paperFrance , s.l., dated 17882 vols. small in-4, [6] ff. non ch.-403 pp.; 577 pp. (pp. 560-577 are mispaginated), cursive ink writing. Bound in tan marbled calf, smooth spines with red and green leather title and giblets, spine decorated, triple gilt filleting on the boards, fleurons on the inner corners, double gilt
Result €1,408Estimate €700 - €800 -
43 - [BRITAIN]. [NANTES]. [CARMES]. [MUSIC]. Cantor's book [to the title, added: A Kereanet. Ad usum fratris [Servitii (?) (word crossed out) - Susane a Sta Anna] ad maiorem dei gloriam virginisque mariae] In Latin and French, manuscript on paper. France, Nantes, dated 1664. 134 ff [+ [5] ff. index and notes, fol. 49 missing, manuscript on paper, Roman script, music notated on 4-line staves drawn in red ink, red painted initials, rubrics in red, index of hymns at end of volume . Bound in black moro
Result €704Estimate €500 - €600 -
44 - [CORRESPONDENCE]. Lettres de Madame de Courcelles [followed by] Lettres de Madame de Bu[ssy] L'A[met] [followed by] Lettres de Mademoiselle de L'Esfargue [followed by] Maximes galantes [followed by] Lettres de Madame d[e] M. [followed by] Lettres de Monsieur de la Rivière à Madame la Marquise de Coligny. In French, manuscript on paper. France, circa 1690. 12 pages, [1] bl. f. + 190 pp. + 96 pp. + 16 pp. + 60 pp. preceded and followed by a bl. f. of endpaper, cursive handwriting in dark br
Estimate €400 - €500 -
45 - FREEMASONRY]. Collection of several texts relating to Freemasonry, including the Grand Escossois de Montpellier and several texts relating to the Rosicrucian Order. In French, manuscript on paperMultiple paginations. Composite collection of 33 pieces, brown ink on paper, several hands. Blued paper waiting cover, replacement of printed administration forms to reinforce the cover. Cover damaged and faded. Traces of moisture not hindering reading. Dimensions: 250 x 190 mm (the largest of the pieces
Result €1,280Estimate €900 - €1,000 -
46 - [LIGHTING]. [GOTHIC REVIVAL]. Collection of prayers in imitation of a medieval book of hoursIn Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment. France, circa 1900 (?). With 8 large miniatures, in the style of the Spanish Forger. 40 ff. preceded and followed by 4 ff. of white parchment, parchment ruled in red ink (justification: 100 x 70 mm), writing in imitation of liturgical Gothic script, headings in red, ornate endpapers, ornate initials and large initials painted in blue or pink with white highl
Result €2,432Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
47 - LAVAUD (Jean de). The annals of Limoges. In French, manuscript on paperS .l.n.d., early XVIIth (?) Title + 70 ff, followed by 3 blank ff., complete . Bound in full soft vellum, smooth spine (important moisture stains not preventing reading, binding tired, nevertheless binding of the period). Dimensions : 230 x 190 mImportant manuscript called "Clément-Simon" in the stemma codicum of A . Leroux (1889 and 1890), probably the oldest since the loss of the "manuscript of the Presidial of Li
Estimate €700 - €900 -
48 - [THIBAULT (D.)]. History of Rueil. Historical sketch. Modern Rueil. Schools. Rueil during the war. In French, manuscript on paper. France, 1900. 1] bl. f. n. o.c. + bl. f. o.c. + pp. o.c. + bl. f. n. o.c., carefully calligraphed, by a single hand, text and tables framed with a double black fillet (justification: 132 x 76 mm). Bound in red percaline (spine and spine ends rubbed). Size: 156 x 100 mm. Historical sketch, pp. 11-22, Origins of Rueil; incipit: "What is the history of Rueil? What w
Estimate €500 - €600 -
49 - SILVESTRE (Armand). Les Ailes d'orEn French, autograph manuscript with corrections. France, 1878-1880. 70 ff, fine writing in brown ink, numerous corrections and repentances . Full beige percaline booklet, smooth spine (damaged), on the upper cover drawings, initials AS [Armand Silvestre] and coat of arms and a motto "Ultima solatio". Rubbing and condition of use. Size : 148 x 97 mm. Novelist, poet, librettist and art critic, Armand Silvestre was born in 1837 in Paris and died in 1901 in Tou
Result €704Estimate €500 - €600
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ILLUMINATIONS - MANUSCRIPTS - ANCIENT AND MODERN BOOKS - MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
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