Letters & Autograph Manuscripts - Lots 1 to 244
Monday 13 March 2023 at 14:00
3, rue Favart, 75002 Paris
244 lots
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151 - Blaise PASCAL (1623-1662). Printed, [Les Provinciales], 1656; booklet of 8 pages in-4. First edition of the first Provinciales. [The Provinciales first appeared in 18 issues from January 23 to March 24, 1656]. Letter written to a provincial by one of his friends. On the subject of the present disputes of the Sorbonne. Paris January 23, 1656. Handwritten note at the head: "Letters of the Jansenists with some answers all of 656". Enclosed : [Charles DUFOUR], Letter of a parish priest of Rouen to a
Result €256Estimate €200 - €250 -
152 - Antoine-Joseph Dom PERNETY (1716-1801) abbot, chaplain of the Bougainville expedition, librarian of Frederick II, writer and illuminist. L.A.S. "L'abbé Pernetti" [to the Count of Caraman]; 2 1/2 pages in-4. Very interesting letter ..." work and salary are of absolute necessity for the people, but it is only a means to have bread which is the great object of the people and which will always be but I do not understand how the Languedoc which swarmed with poor people, even though they lived there
Result €896Estimate €400 - €500 -
153 - Maximilien PERRIN (1796-1879) novelist. 4 autograph manuscripts, Un traité de paix 1ère partie, 1793 tome 2, Les Coureurs d'amourettes tome 2, and Turlurette, volumes 1 and 2; 20 and 72 pages in-4, 150 pages in-4, 160 pages in-fol. Set of manuscripts of this prolix novelist. The first two seem to be unpublished. These manuscripts show erasures and corrections. Turlurette was published in 1858, and Les Coureurs d'amourettes in 1859. 6 L.A.S. to his publisher Souverain (1852-1873), 7 contracts w
Estimate €400 - €500 -
154 - [Alexis PIRON (1689-1773)]. Manuscript, Recüeil de toutes sortes de pieces de littérature tant en prose qu'en poësie, 18th c.; 480 pages folio, parchment bound. Following various pieces of verse (Vadé, Piron, Grécourt, etc.) or prose (Duclos), 28 letters by Piron, followed by other pieces, including Virgile en bourguignon. Marginal notes in pencil by a scholar. After the table, an epistle by Marmontel to Miss Guimard has been copied. At the head, a portrait of Piron has been mounted. This c
Result €1,088Estimate €400 - €500 -
155 - POETRY. 18th century manuscript collection; vol. in-4 of 637 p. plus table, brown basane spine (worn binding). About 150 pieces: ballads, cantatas (to the Queen on her delivery), tales, eglogues, elegies, epithalames, epistles (to the cardinal of Fleury, to the geographer Sanson...), fables, historiettes, idylls, odes, poems, stanzas, satyre, various pieces (to Largillière, praise of tea...) Attached is a small bound manuscript Recüeil de pieces (in-12); and a set of 22 unbound in-12 quires (m
Result €448Estimate €400 - €500 -
156 - Marcel PROUST (1871-1922). Original pen-and-ink drawing with autograph caption, Portrait of a Child by J.E. Blanche; ca. 17.5 x 10 cm with a torn edge. For his friend Reynaldo Hahn, Proust drew this pastiche of the painter and worldly portraitist Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942), who also painted a fine portrait of Marcel Proust (Musée d'Orsay): a child in profile, wearing a curious hat.
Result €5,376Estimate €4,000 - €5,000 -
157 - Marcel PROUST. Two original pen-and-ink drawings with autograph notes; 17 x 22.5 cm, with tear in the center. Curious drawing for his friend Reynaldo Hahn, on a double sheet of stationery. On the right-hand page, a man in mid-body, in profile, wearing a top hat, with this note above: "Great in the role of Pastor Ebhac for my Funibuls unless it is for my Gugnibels." In the margin of the tear (which would correspond to a large phallus), one can read: "for Gunimuls". On the other page, turned over,
Estimate €5,000 - €6,000 -
158 - Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de RAMBOUILLET (1588-1665) the famous Précieuse, who welcomed poets and artists in her hotel. L.S., Paris March 13, to M. Dumont in Rambouillet; 1 1/2 pages in-4, address with remains of red wax seal. To her steward. She asks him to solicit the marquis de Maintenon on her behalf: "needing to have two mills in Dangeul rebuilt, I must have a tree cut down". She asks the permission to cut it down, because it is situated partly on a land of the marquis; she will have
Result €640Estimate €400 - €500 -
159 - André-Michel, chevalier de RAMSAY (1693-1743) French literary scholar of Scottish origin, disciple and historian of Fénelon, ardent propagator of Freemasonry in France. L.A.S., January 23, 1741; 1 page in-8. He would be happy to meet his correspondent in Paris and to talk to him about "the great Maxims of Education" and assures him of his "most perfect esteem"... Rare. Attached is a L.A.S. from Abbé Froment, November 28, 1740, to Chevalier de Ramsay, discussing his works; on Cyrus [Voyages de
Result €1,152Estimate €200 - €300 -
160 - Juliette RÉCAMIER (1777-1849). L.A.S. "J.R.", Tuesday, to the Marquise de Custine; 1 page in-12, address with stamp of the Max Thorek collection. "You are too kind, Madame, it is I who owe you thanks, as soon as my health will allow me to go out, I hope to go and tell you myself how charmed I am by the appearance of the little angel [Astolphe de Custine] in my cell"... Attached is a L.A.S. from Prosper Ballanche, Friday morning, inviting a friend to come and hear the actress "Mademoiselle Rache
Result €320Estimate €150 - €200 -
161 - Ernest RENAN (1823-1892). L.A.S. and 14 P.A.S., 1858-1874; 1 page in-8 each. Receipts for sums paid by Michel Lévy frères for his royalties for the Vie de Jésus, the Essais de critique et de morale, the Essais d'histoire religieuse, etc. January 30, 1874, letter to Calmann Lévy, on their accounts.
Estimate €200 - €250 -
162 - Nicolas-Edme RÉTIF DE LA BRETONNE (1734-1806). L.A.S., [Paris] 11 floréal V (April 30, 1797), to citizen Fontaine, in Grenoble; 3 pages in-4, address with red wax seal (the ink has run through the paper). Beautiful letter on women, announcing the publication of Monsieur Nicolas. The first part of the letter is addressed to the citizen Fontaine. He does not try to make compliments to her: "That is not in my character: I always say and write what I think. Each of your letters increases the feeli
Estimate €2,500 - €3,000 -
163 - Nicolas-Edme RÉTIF DE LA BRETONNE. L.A.S., [Paris] 1st prairial V (May 19, 1797), to citizen Fontaine, Garde-Magazin des Effets des Équipages militaires in Grenoble; 3 pages in-4, address (edges a little frayed, small lack at the top of page 3 by broken seal, with loss of some letters). Beautiful letter to his distant friends, about Monsieur Nicolas. He worries about the good routing of his letters, because of the censorship of the Directory, and confides freely: "Where does it come from that
Estimate €2,500 - €3,000 -
164 - Nicolas-Edme RÉTIF DE LA BRETONNE. L.A.S., [Paris] 27 frimaire VI (17 December 1797), to citizen Fontaine, merchant in Grenoble; 1 page in-4, address on the back (small tears due to breakage of red wax seal, without missing text). Beautiful letter listing his latest works. Restif is pleased with the return of M. Fontaine to his office "It is an effect of the 18 Fructidor which produced many other equally happy ones. May this happy day not weaken as a bishop Grégoire or Philippe Delleville and
Estimate €2,000 - €2,500 -
165 - Nicolas-Edme RÉTIF DE LA BRETONNE. Autograph manuscript for Le Palais-Royal, [ca. 1800]; 2 pages of one sheet in-4 filled with tight handwriting (edges frayed with small tears, small holes from ink corrosion). Rare fragment of a draft of a revival of the Palais-Royal. The Palais-Royal was published in 3 volumes in 1790. According to Pierre Testud, this is a project for a "new Palais-Royal", which he dates from 1800, taking up again, with modifications, the text of the 1790 edition, and introduc
Estimate €1,800 - €2,000 -
166 - Nicolas-Edme RÉTIF DE LA BRETONNE. Autograph manuscript, Paris dévoilé, [1802 ?]; 2 pages in-4 (one margin uneven). Precious beginning of the project of a Paris dévoilé (this beginning is missing in the manuscript preserved at the BnF, Mss n.a.f. 22772, ff. 52-86; this unpublished text was published by Pierre Testud in 1990 in the n° 12 of Études rétiviennes). The manuscript bears, under the title Paris dévoilé, and the epigraph " ô Tempora ! ô Mores ! " the subtitle : First Part / P
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
167 - [Nicolas-Edme RÉTIF DE LA BRETONNE]. Manuscript signed by Jean-Baptiste François Manjot, lawyer and royal notary, Vermenton July 2-15, 1771; notebook of 24 pages in-4, tax stamp of the Generality of Paris. Precious will of Rétif de la Bretonne's mother, Barbe Ferlet. The notary, assisted by the Cornevin ploughmen, went to the bedside of "dame Barbe Ferlet, widow of Me Edme Retif lieutenant at the said baillage of Sacy" living in the said widow Retif's house of la Bretonne near and in the pari
Estimate €500 - €600 -
168 - [Nicolas-Edme RÉTIF DE LA BRETONNE]. 4 P.S., 1785-1788; 1 page in-8 partly printed each. Censorship cards. Orders given by the Garde des Sceaux (signed Vidaud or Maissemy) to the vicomte de Toustain-Richebourg (friend and last censor of Rétif de la Bretonne) to examine the manuscripts and to give his judgment. October 4, 1785 for Monsieur Nicolas; on the back, note a.s. from Toustain-Richebourg notes: " It is a kind of moral and philosophical review of the life, the feelings and the works of
Result €512Estimate €400 - €500 -
169 - Jehan RICTUS (1867-1933). 8 L.A.S, 4 with drawings, Paris 1908-1914, to Frédéric Brou; 1908-1914; 17 pages in-8. Beautiful correspondence illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings. [The sculptor Frédéric Brou (1862-1925) was a friend of Léon Bloy, who had defended his project for the tomb of Villiers de l'Isle-Adam]. August 10, 1908, sent an article from Le Matin, on the deadly fight between two prowlers, "two wolves" which he drew with the caption "The two wolves decided to come to blows, etc.
Result €832Estimate €400 - €500 -
170 - Henri ROCHEFORT (1830-1913). L.A.S, to Blanche [Frouart]; 3 pages in-3 on the letterhead of the newspaper L'Intransigeant (small split in the fold). He prefers not to read articles about himself. "Silence is the best answer to give to these funny men. After having honored them with a sword stroke, the only polemic to offer them is a volley of cane strokes. But any other discussion with them is a new food of scandal on which they jump with joy". In a postscript he adds that Chapu cannot make his
Result €102Estimate €100 - €150 -
171 - Romain ROLLAND (1866-1944). L.A.S., July 23, 1919, to a "young unknown friend"; 1 page in-8 square. He thanks her for her affectionate letter. "Yes, humanity is ugly. But there are everywhere, in it, some gleams of the divine. It is these glimmers that one must seek, find, love, even in the humblest, even in the worst. Life is a day of fog, with a few rays of sunlight here and there. The thicker the fog, the dearer the sun"...
Result €576Estimate €200 - €250 -
172 - Joseph-Henri ROSNY aîné (1856-1940). Autograph manuscript signed, Le Termite, [1890]; 210 pages in-fol. and in-4 mounted on tabs, bound in one volume in-fol. black Russian half-leather with corners (corners dulled, caps rubbed). Complete manuscript, first draft, overloaded with erasures and corrections, of this novel of literary manners, which vigorously marks Rosny's break with naturalism, of which he makes a violent satire. The novel was published in La Nouvelle Revue from October 1 to Novem
Result €1,152Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
173 - Joseph-Henri ROSNY aîné. 18 L.A.S., 1888-1935, to Henry Lapauze and François Jean-Desthieux; 20 pages in-8. He thanks Lapauze for his articles in Le Parisien, Le Courrier du soir and Le Gaulois: in 1888, for Tornadres, Les Cinq, Nell; on May 3, 1911, for La Guerre du Feu: "Drop me a line to tell me if you were able to write 'the word' on La Guerre du Feu"; Les Corneilles, etc. He also thanks Jean-Desthieux, and talks to him about his works: Le prochain Abélard (1927), Le Bossu merveilleux (1
Result €320Estimate €300 - €400 -
174 - Joseph-Henri ROSNY aîné. 45 L.A.S, 1888-1938, to various; 80 pages in various formats. Appointments, thanks to critics and colleagues (5 to Lucien Descaves) for their articles on his novels: Xipehuz (1888). Le Chemin d'Amour, Marthe Baraquin, Dans la Nuit des Cœurs, etc. "For the War of Fire, I think it was translated into Russian without special permission. Since the war intervened. This translation must be buried forever. Let your friends do as they please, and if they can give me a fee, I
Result €384Estimate €400 - €500 -
175 - Joseph-Henri ROSNY aîné. Autograph manuscript signed, La Mangeuse d'Hommes, [1892]; title and 14 pages small in-4, bound in ivory vellum bradel, title page on spine. Complete working manuscript of a tale published in L'Écho de Paris littéraire illustré of March 27, 1892 in the series "Les Conteurs célèbres" (newspaper clipping attached). The tale takes place in India: the English officer James Mac Carthy goes into the forest in search of a fearsome, man-eating tigress, who will eventually
Result €422Estimate €400 - €500 -
176 - Joseph-Henri ROSNY aîné. 9 autograph manuscripts signed, [1897-1900]; 55 pages in-fol. or in-4, cut out for printing and mounted on laid paper. Beautiful set of nine tales, published in L'Écho de Paris (we indicate in square brackets the dates of publication). These manuscripts were used for printing in the newspaper, with typographical marks in blue pencil; they present erasures and corrections. La haine de soi [27 September 1897, collected in Le Coffre-fort, Rouff 1914], dedicated to Jules
Result €1,024Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
177 - Joseph-Henri ROSNY Elder. Autograph manuscript, [La Mort de la Terre, 1910]; 128 pages in-fol. Complete working manuscript of this magnificent novel of anticipation, published in eight issues in the journal Les Annales politiques et littéraires from May 29 to July 18, 1910, and in volume by Plon in 1912. The novel takes place on a dry land, where the last men survive painfully, thanks to birth control and euthanasia. Targ, the hero of the book, will try in vain, with his sister Arva, to leave i
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178 - Joseph-Henri ROSNY aîné (1856-1940). 30 L.A.S., 1911-1937, to various, including 23 to John Charpentier; 32 pages in-8 or in-12, mostly letter cards, one postcard, addresses. The letters to John Charpentier are mostly grateful thanks for his kind articles, especially for La Guerre du Feu (February 18, 1911), L'Assassin supernaturel, Les Femmes des autres (1925), Chasseurs de chimères: "l'amour est le livre des chimères" (1926), Les Pécheresses (1928), etc. In May 1924, he asks for an update
Result €320Estimate €300 - €400 -
179 - Joseph-Henri ROSNY aîné. 3 autograph manuscripts signed, [1921]; pages in-8, bound in 3 volumes of marbled paper boards, title-piece on spine. Set of three literary chronicles, signed as a member of the Académie Goncourt. The manuscripts present numerous erasures and corrections; they were used for the printing in the review Comœdia (we indicate in brackets the dates of publication). Le tréteau des lettres. Lutèce fleurie (14 p.), on the detective novel [5 October 1920]; at the end, a note
Estimate €400 - €500 -
180 - Joseph-Henri ROSNY Elder. Autograph manuscript, [Les Conquérants du Feu, 1929]; 95 pages in-4. Complete working manuscript of this prehistoric tale, published in 1929 by Éditions des Portiques, and republished, followed by other primitive tales, in 2014 by Les Moutons électriques. The manuscript, in tiny, tight handwriting, on mostly double-sided leaves, numbered from 1 to 91, is overloaded with erasures and corrections; it also has numerous additions, between the lines (on the last few pages
Result €2,560Estimate €2,000 - €2,500 -
181 - Joseph-Henri ROSNY Elder. Autograph manuscript, [Napoleon the Great, 1937]; 210 pages in-4. Complete manuscript, abundantly crossed out and corrected, of this biography of Napoleon, published by Éditions des Portiques in 1931. We will quote the last lines: "Supreme artist of action, by an incomparable dosage of dream and reality; ardent imagination to the point of being chimerical, in concordance with a marvelous practical sense, a vast conception of the whole and an acute vision of the details
Result €1,024Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
182 - Maurice SACHS (1906-1945). L.A.S. with drawing, Paris [1920s, to Marie de Wasmer]; 4 pages in-8 on the letterhead of the Hôtel Vouillemont. He is at the hotel, as well as Diaghilev "with Lifar and Boris Kochno - Charming with kindness - Bourget also at the hotel" (he draws Bourget's silhouette bent and wobbling with the caption "g a g a t e u x "); Bourget "says of Diaghilev: 'Ah yes the Dancer. He is eager to see it, but "rest. Thumb. [...] Daltom is the carp of the Fontainebleau basin; the go
Result €320Estimate €200 - €250 -
183 - Donatien-Alphonse-François, marquis de SADE (1740-1814). L.A., [Vincennes] February 11, 1778, to his wife; 2 pages in-8 filled with a very tight handwriting. Beautiful letter to his wife from his prison in the dungeon of Vincennes. "Finally, after a year of the hardest and most awful captivity in which I have received only persiflage instead of consolation, only harshness instead of softening, will I be allowed to ask for a pardon and will I be able to flatter myself that I will get it? You mu
Estimate €2,000 - €2,500 -
184 - Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRY (1900-1944). Original drawing; Indian ink and brown ink wash, 24.5 x 15.5 cm. Thug, in profile, hands in pockets, wearing a cap. Former collection of Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry (Ader-Picard-Tajan sale, July 6, 1984, n° 72).
Result €1,408Estimate €1,200 - €1,500 -
185 - Louis de Rouvroy, duke of SAINT-SIMON (1675-1755). L.A.; 1/3 page in-4 (portrait attached). "M. le G. des Sceaux sent me back yesterday this question. Answer it I pray you by a small memory of two lines. But these additions to the ceremonial are important & we must not miss them". 3 documents are attached, among which 2 acts concerning his father (1670), and a request of 1694 mentioning the memorialist.
Result €128Estimate €400 - €500 -
186 - André SALMON (1881-1969). L.A.S., Paris April 24, 1952, to Vincent Monteiro; 1 page in-8, envelope. "You will dispose of the two manuscripts as you wish, for both exhibitions. You will compose for the dear Presse à Bras the one that will suit you." He is overwhelmed with work and worries, but keeps "good eye ... fixed on all that you and I love." Around his signature, he makes small pencil sketches of circles and squares.
Estimate €100 - €120 -
187 - George SAND (1804-1876). L.A.S. "George," [April 24, 1838?], to Theodore de Seynes at the Hotel de Belgique; 1 page small in-8 in his cipher, address. "Dear Gentleman, I am not leaving tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. My trial has not been judged and they want me to make other visits to the judges. She has an appointment on Friday with the public prosecutor... [This is the trial against her husband Cassimir Dudevant for the financial liquidation of their community]. Correspondence, t. XXV, n�
Result €256Estimate €200 - €300 -
188 - George SAND. L.A.S. "George", [Nohant 29 May 1847], to her friend Rozanne Bourgoing; 2 pages in-8, envelope. Announcement of the marriage of her daughter Solange to the sculptor Clésinger. "Dear Rozane, I have not had (and still do not have) the time to write to you to announce the marriage of my daughter to an eminent artist and a charming boy, Clesinger, a statuary. She is happy, enchanted, they adore each other, and they have just left for Paris, where I will join them as soon as an accident
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
189 - George SAND. L.A.S. "George", Nohant June 25 [1853], to her friend Rozanne Bourgoing; 3 pages in-12 (the 1st page a little soiled). Intervention after the arrest of Ferdinand François, the former director of the Revue indépendante. She instructs her friend to give the Minister of the Interior Persigny that she sends to him, "and that is confidential". She addresses Mrs. François to him. "I believe that a note specifying the day of her husband's arrest and the number of his place of incarcerat
Result €192Estimate €200 - €300 -
190 - George SAND. L.A.S., Nohant January 25, 1862, to the painter Charles Marchal in Bouwxiller (Bas-Rhin); 5 pages and a quarter in-8, envelope. Lovely letter to his painter friend. "But what's become of you, my fat friend? [...] My tender heart longs to know that you have come out of the ice and snow of Alsace, and when I think that it is my fault, because my portraits have kept you in Paris for an infinite time! Finally, you tell me in your last letter that you brave the cold like a polar bear. Ar
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191 - George SAND. 2 L.A.S. and an autograph bill, Nohant and Paris March-May 1862, to her friend the painter Charles Marchal; 5 pages in-8 in his cipher, 2 envelopes. About his portrait Marchal, photographed, and the marriage of his son Maurice. 9 March. "Here is the requested paper, dear fat friend. The pale portraits are fine, the dark ones are heavy and harm your drawing as much as my reel. Try that the proofs come less, and consequently render the transparency and the simplicity of the work. Reco
Result €768Estimate €700 - €800 -
192 - George SAND. L.A.S., Nohant April 19, 1873, to Juliette Adam; 2 pages in-8 in her cipher. Beautiful letter of condolence [after the death of the former minister Pierre-Frédéric Dorian (1844-1873), close to the Adam family]... "I know that one survives those one loves, but that one does not have the right to be the only one. I know that one survives those one loves, but that one does not survive entirely. [...] I believe that we find each other and even recognize each other later. Where and whe
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193 - [George SAND]. Pierre LEROUX (1797-1871). 4 L.A.S., 1841-[1844?], to George Sand; 5 and a half pages in-4 and 4 pages in-8, addresses (some slight defects). Interesting correspondence with George Sand about the creation of La Revue indépendante. La Châtre June 11, 1841. He has been to see Nohant and leaves when she arrives: "Thus wills Fate, which has regulated the relationships and conjunctions of the wandering stars in the sky and of the souls that seek each other on earth". He tells of his
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194 - Maurice SAND (1823-1889). L.A.S., Passy June 2, 1880, to Guy de Maupassant; 3 pages in-8. He has just read Boule de Suif, in the Soirées de Médan: "it is excessively good from one end to the other, it is sustained, it is true, and it is of a charming style. For me it is superior to all the other short stories. Although Zola comes first, you are superior to him. "He is anxious to read something else by him. "Where are you? What are you doing?" He addresses the letter to Mme Commanville, "the ni
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195 - Sophie, Countess de SÉGUR (1799-1874). L.A.S., [13 February 1859], to her grandson Pierre de Ségur; 1 page in-8. Charming letter to his first grandson on his sixth birthday. [Pierre (1853-1916), son of Anatole de Ségur, was the first grandson of the Countess, who dedicated Pauvre Blaise to him]. "My dear little Pierre, today is your feast day; I wish you happy birthday by sending you various little things that I hope will amuse you. She also enclosed an alphabet book for her little brother He
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196 - Philippe SOUPAULT (1897-1990). L.A.S., January 11, 1956; 4 pages in-4. Important biographical and poetry letter, answers to a questionnaire on his work, for a young magazine. His correspondent does not have to apologize: "I congratulate you on the contrary for your courage and your audacity. Be even more courageous and daring and make fun of the pontiffs of my age"... He then answers his questions: "I wrote 14 books of poems", of which he gives all the titles and dates: from Aquarium in 1917, to
Result €320Estimate €250 - €300 -
197 - Germaine Necker, baroness of STAËL (1766-1817). L.A., Geneva Friday evening, to Annette de Guérando; half page small in-8. Charming invitation. "It is Friday my dear Annette, that I ask you the pleasure to spend the evening with you - I also hope Julie, I would like Mad. d'Illers to come and it goes without saying that all men are invited - it is necessary to show the Beauty to the beautiful ones, must one risk thus to afflict them "...
Result €320Estimate €200 - €250 -
198 - SULLY-PRUDHOMME (1839-1907). 2 L.A.S., 1886-1894; 4 pages in-8 each, the 2nd with envelope. June 8, 1886, to Théodore de Banville: he had come to bring him his new collection of poems; he describes at length a painting by Georges Rochegrosse (Banville's son-in-law) exhibited at the Salon... - April 25, 1894, to Baroness Double: he is to write an article on Pascal's method... As for "being praised by our readers? It is a consolation which has its dangers, but the serious poet is warned by his ow
Result €204Estimate €150 - €200 -
199 - Laurent TAILHADE (1854-1919). 3 L.A.S. "Laurent", Toulouse 1868 and Paris 1902, to his parents; 6 pages in-8 and in-4, one envelope. Collège Sainte-Marie (Toulouse), April 23, 1868, he complains to his mother about his difficulties in adapting to college life, but he makes efforts; "as far as my supervisors are concerned, they are severe but they are good to me and as I am not well accustomed, they have warned me without punishing me"... - He assures his father that his grades for homework and
Result €640Estimate €300 - €400 -
200 - Laurent TAILHADE. Autograph poem signed, and autograph manuscript signed; 1 page in-fol. and 8 pages in-4 (small tear to one leaf). An old-fashioned ballad of autumnal consolation (35 lines): "You know it, oh you who were my mie, This haughty park strewn with golden leaves"... Article collected in the posthumous work Les Reflets de Paris (1918-1919) published by Jean Fort in 1921; it was used for printing and is paginated 7 to 15; it bears typographical corrections and annotations. "Did Leon Tr
Result €640Estimate €300 - €400
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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 le vin et les livres 25 % TTC (5,5 % de TVA sur les livres).
- 1,8 % TTC (20 % de TVA) du prix d’adjudication pour des enchères via Drouot Live ; 3,60 % TTC (20 % de TVA) du prix d’adjudication pour les enchères via
Interenchères ; 3 % TTC (20 % de TVA) du prix d’adjudication pour les enchères via Invaluable.
- 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.
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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 et Interenchères étant des services indépendants, nous déclinons toute responsabilité en cas de dysfonctionnement. Le coût supplémentaire lié aux achats sur internet est détaillé sur chacun des sites et dans nos conditions de vente.
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 garde-meubles Gauriat, 31 boulevard Anatole France 93200 Saint-Denis, qui sera chargé
de la délivrance. Les achats bénéficient d’une gratuité d’entreposage jusqu’à quatorze jours après la vente. Toute semaine entamée est due.
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.
L’étude ADER ne fait pas les envois de bijoux, les acheteurs sont invités à organiser eux-mêmes le transport de leurs achats.
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 dépends restera à sa charge. à compter d’un mois après la vente et à la demande du vendeur, la vente pourra être annulée sans recours possible