Letters & Autograph Manuscripts - Lots 245 to 453
Tuesday 14 March 2023 at 14:00
3, rue Favart, 75002 Paris
209 lots
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345 - LOUIS XVI and MARIE-ANTOINETTE. Facsimiles of their "wills"; 4 and 2 pages in-4, watermarked with the royal arms in profile of Louis XVIII King of France in medallion. The King's will dated from the Tour du Temple December 25, 1792 and the Queen's letter to Madame Elisabeth dated October 16, published during the Restoration on Louis XVIII's order.
Estimate €100 - €120 -
346 - LOUIS XVIII (1755-1824). Autograph manuscript, [Mittau ca. 1805?]; 10 1/2 pages in-4, bound in one vellum volume, title painted on upper board (Le Douarin). Important political notes written by Mittau in which the Count of Provence outlines a draft Declaration to the French people for the re-establishment of the monarchy (our manuscript begins at 3). Louis XVIII details the principal elements which he would like to develop and the reasons for which he would give to these remarks the form of an A
Result €4,608Estimate €2,000 - €2,500 -
347 - LOUIS XVIII. P.S., countersigned by Count Molé, and on the back by Louis-Antoine duc d'Angoulême, Paris 12 December 1818; 2 p. on oblong wove paper in-fol. partly printed. Brevet de lieutenant en premier dans l'artillerie de la Marine for Joseph Ferry. Attached are 8 documents, 1782-1857: English certificate (Jamaica1782), commission as a laundry maid (1839, cracks), certificates and leaves.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
348 - Michel Le Tellier, marquis de LOUVOIS (1641-1691) secretary of state for war, reorganizer of the French army. L.S., Versailles May 20, 1689, to Commissaire Grezillemont; half-page folio. Letter concerning ammunition flours. "I have learned that the flours destined for the Montroyal have been left in Traben very carelessly, and I ask you to oblige the munitions officer to have them all brought up, as soon as you receive this letter.
Result €102Estimate €100 - €120 -
349 - Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du MAINE (1670-1736) legitimate son of Louis XIV and la Montespan, lieutenant general, Grand Master of the Artillery. P.S., Versailles December 4, 1707; countersigned by Le Boiteulx; vellum in-plano, seal with arms under paper. Letters for the charge of ordinary commissioner of the artillery in Phalsbourg, for Sieur Louis Cormontaigne...
Result €115Estimate €100 - €120 -
350 - Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de MAINTENON (1635-1719) secret wife of Louis XIV, founder of the house of Saint-Cyr for young girls. L.A.S. (initials), Saint-Germain June 7 [1676], to her cousin Mme de Villette, in Niort; 1 1/2 pages in-4, address, small red wax seal (broken). "I do not know if M. de Villette has told you that his son was slightly wounded on this last occasion [the naval battle of Agosta, April 22] but I know that you do not expect the compliment I am going to give you, which i
Result €1,216Estimate €600 - €800 -
351 - Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise of MAINTENON. L.A.S. (initials), Saint-Cyr September 24 [1709], to M. Amelot; 1 page small in-4, address with broken red wax seal. "The King has given by Mr. de Torcy conclusion to what M. la Princesse des Ursins desires for Mr. de Chalais [nephew of the princess]. I wish [...] that she were not more upset than you are. Yesterday the package from Spain was sent, and it seems to me that I no longer have anything to do with it. There is no longer any question of fol
Result €704Estimate €500 - €600 -
352 - Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise of MAINTENON. L.S., Marly July 20, 1715, to the Marquise de La Vieuville, dame d'atour of the duchess of Berry; 1 page in-4, address. Curious letter, written shortly before the death of Louis XIV (September 1), about the coming to Marly of Madame de Parabère (daughter of Mme de La Vieuville, and mistress of the future Regent). His correspondent having not written to the King about this, "I told it to Me de Caylus to tell it again to Me de Pompadour who apparently
Result €640Estimate €500 - €700 -
353 - Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise of MAINTENON. L.A.S. (initials), Marly September 16, to the duke of Richelieu; 2 1/2 pages in-4, address with remains of red wax seal. Beautiful letter to her friend the duke of Richelieu [Armand-Jean de Vignerot du Plessis, duke of Richelieu (1629-1715), father of the marshal]. She has had a rheumatism for five weeks which takes away all her strength "and which makes me lead a life quite opposite to my natural activity, I have a lot of difficulty to write even th
Result €1,088Estimate €700 - €800 -
354 - Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise of MAINTENON. L.A., signed with an initials, 10 o'clock; 1 oblong page in-12. Bill to give 5 or 6 louis to a poor gentleman, "with as much secrecy as possible"... She is "more enrhumée than ever".
Result €256Estimate €200 - €300 -
355 - [Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise of MAINTENON]. Sophie de Löwenstein, marquise de DANGEAU (1664-1736) lady of the palace of the duchess of Burgundy, wife of the memorialist. L.A., mardy [10 September 1715, to Mme de Maintenon]; 4 pages in-4. Precious letter after the death of Louis XIV (September 1, 1715). "I have complained to you Madame to have had to endure the last memories of the world since you have never tasted the importunate distinctions, at least the joys of its forgiveness, I can ass
Result €1,408Estimate €500 - €600 -
356 - [Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de MAINTENON]. 52 L.A.S. addressed to Mme de Maintenon, 1710-1714; about 150 pages in-4, red hardback. Nice set of letters from ladies, nuns, convent superiors and prioresses, priests, mostly concerning charitable works, alms, payments against thanksgiving, etc. One discovers there also considerations relating to the duchess of Burgundy, Noailles, Mrs de Caylus and other great characters, the health of the King, and some political allusions; but mainly religious
Result €1,408Estimate €1,200 - €1,500 -
357 - Jacques MALLET DU PAN (1749-1800) political journalist and royalist agent. L.A.S., December 9, 1791, to the bookseller Panckoucke; 2 pages in-4, address. About his salary that Panckoucke intends to fix at 18 000 livres. His expenses for the journal being important, his profit falls this year below 15 000ll, lower than in 1790. "If he had abandoned the Mercure and set up a newspaper on his own account, "I would have, as well as the abbot Royou, realized 60 thousand francs, my expenses paid. By t
Result €128Estimate €200 - €300 -
358 - Hortense MANCINI, duchess of MAZARIN (1646-1699) favorite niece of Mazarin; separated wife of the duke of La Meilleraye, she led a gallant life and was a friend of Saint-Evremond. 2 L.A.S. (initials), October 13 and December 17, to the abbé d'Hautefeuille; 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 pages in-8, addresses, one red wax seal. She is angry about the abbot's indisposition: "if you abandon yourself to the doctors you are lost, it has been three years since if I had done their wills I would have been among the b
Result €256Estimate €300 - €400 -
359 - Jean-Paul MARAT (1743-1793) revolutionary orator and pamphleteer. L.A.S., "Rue du Vieux Colombier" January 25, 1788, to Abbé Rochon; 1 1/2 pages in-4 (slight foxing). Very rare letter as a physicist. Marat has just published his Mémoires académiques, ou nouvelles découvertes sur la lumière. [Abbé Alexis de Rochon (1741-1817), astronomer and physicist, was guard of the Cabinet de physique et d'optique du Roi and member of the Institut]. He was not unaware that Rochon was "the first one who
Estimate €3,000 - €3,500 -
360 - MARSHALS. 2 L.S. Augereau (1798), Soult (1801). We join a L.A.S of Lyautey (1918).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
361 - MARIE LESZCZYNSKA (1703-1768) Queen of France, wife of Louis XV. L.A., [17 February 1765, to President Hénault]; 1 page in-4, red wax seal with arms broken. She is pleased to learn that the dear President was better and pays him her "compliments on the day of your birth, instead of telling you everything I want to tell the Good Lord. She is delighted with the completion of her chapel but is angry "that St. Genevieve is not big enough, that is not so bad, but I have a small cabinet that I find
Result €960Estimate €400 - €500 -
362 - MARIE-AMÉLIE (1782-1866) Queen of the French, wife of Louis-Philippe. L.A.S. "Amalia," Palermo July 25, 1807, to her brother Francesco; 2 pages in-8, on paper with decorative embossed border (split at center fold with small repaired tear); in Italian. She gives news of their mother, who is better; she announces that the frigate leaves tonight for Ponza and the Latours are starting the quarantine again because two more of their children have caught scarlet fever...
Result €89Estimate €100 - €120 -
363 - MARIE-THÉRÈSE D'AUTRICHE (1638-1685) Queen of France, wife of Louis XIV. P.S., Saint-Germain en Laye January 13, 1670; countersigned by De Brisacier; oblong vellum in-fol. Nomination of the duke of La Vieuville to the office of knight of honor, following the resignation of the marquis de Bordas. In case of death, a sum of 200 000 livres of reward is granted to him in favor of his children or heirs.
Result €448Estimate €400 - €500 -
364 - MARIE-THÉRÈSE (1717-1780) Empress of Germany, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia; mother of Marie-Antoinette. P.S. with autograph apostille, July 1741, in margin of a L.S. from Count Louis de Batthyany, Posonii (Bratislava) July 6, 1741; 3 pages in-fol.; in Latin. Supplication of the count of Batthyany in favor of baron Georges Szluha, who wishes to obtain the title of royal councilor of Hungary. In the margin, Maria Theresa wrote: "Placet in supposito quod de solo titulo agatur. Maria Theresa".
Result €448Estimate €300 - €400 -
365 - MARIE-THÉRÈSE. L.S., Vienna January 16, 1762, to Cardinal Furietti; ¾ page in-fol., addressed with seal of arms under paper; in Latin (small tears marg. not missing). She thanks him for his wishes on the occasion of Christmas, and sends his own, as well as for Religion and the Church.
Estimate €300 - €400 -
366 - MARIE-THÉRÈSE. L.A.S. to "Monsieur mon cousin"; 1 page in-4 (mourning); in French. Recommendation of Wurmbrand, "a young man who has been a long time with Firmian and last in Danemarch"...
Estimate €700 - €800 -
367 - John Churchill, duke of MARLBOROUGH (1650-1722) English general. L.S., at the camp of Havre 21 October 1709, to Monseigneur [Prince Eugène]; 2 pages in-4; in French. On the war of the Spanish succession and the capture of Mons. "The investiture of the City of Mons, which attracted the Enemies to a Battle, having given me the opportunity to congratulate Your Electoral Highness on the Victory we won, I am persuaded that She will also agree to the liberty I am taking to inform Her of the success o
Result €1,216Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
368 - MÉLANGES. Manuscript, Mélanges d'histoire sur le règne de Louis XV; in-4 of 215 p. plus table, rel. 19th c. black chagrin. The title was given at the head of the manuscript by the historian and collector Villenave. The manuscript, very readable, is followed by a table. There are notes on wizards, on the caesarian operation, on the battle of Lawfeld, declarations of the King, an epistle by Miss Sallé, a eulogy by Voltaire, diplomatic harangues, etc. 3 bound manuscripts in-8 are enclosed: Homm
Result €448Estimate €400 - €500 -
369 - MILITARIA. 24 L.A.S., L.S. or P.S., XVIIth-XIXth century. Charles-Louis Fouquet marshal of Belle-Isle. Louis-Joseph de Bourbon prince of Condé (certificate, Feistritz 1801). Eugène Daumas (1853). Philippe de La Béraudière (Bouillé year IV). Nicolas Maison (2, 1833). Marc-René de Montalembert (year VII). Nicolas-Victor du Muy (1772). François de Rohan prince of Soubise (7, 1693-1699). Armand de Saint-Arnaud (3, 1844-1857). Antoine-Joseph Santerre (pass, co-signed by Clavière and Servan, 1
Result €960Estimate €300 - €400 -
370 - MILITARIA. Autograph manuscript signed by Captain E. GUÈZE, Visite des places fortes de la frontière Sud-Est, Carnet-Journal, July-August 3, 1881; 112-page pencil notebook with 10 color sketches (plans) and 4 prints and maps, brown cloth cover. On the fortresses and fortifications. Notebook written by E. Guèze, "Captain of the 7th Infantry Regiment, Ecole supérieure de guerre, 1st Division". The notebook begins with some general considerations: "The Southeast frontier can be divided into thr
Estimate €500 - €700 -
371 - Charles de Sainte-Maure, duke of MONTAUSIER (1610-1690) governor of the Dauphin, he is said to be the model for Molière's Misanthrope; husband of Julie d'Angennes. L.A.S., Rottweil November 20, 1643, to M. de Tracy, "Colonel dun regiment de cavalerie dans l'armée du Roy en Allemaigne"; 2 1/2 pages in-4, addressed with red wax seals with arms on green silk lakes. Beautiful letter on the battle of Rottweil, where the marshal de Guébriant perished. Montausier, in dire need of him, begs him to re
Result €448Estimate €300 - €400 -
372 - [Anne-Louise-Caroline de Goyon de Matignon, duchess of MONTMORENCY (1774-1846). Manuscript, Recueil de chansons faites pour Madame la Duchesse de Montmorency et autres pièces, 22 décembre 1790-1800; one vol. in-4 of 213 pages, plus table, bound in contemporary fawn calf, framed with gilt fillets on the boards, smooth spine decorated with lyres. Nearly 300 song lyrics are copied here, in two columns. At the end, the songs become political: Epitre des Dames aux Emigrés, Le Serment du Champ de M
Result €448Estimate €400 - €500 -
373 - Gabriel de Rochechouart, duke of MORTEMART (1600-1675) peer of France, prince of Tonnay-Charente, first gentleman of the King's Chamber, governor of Paris and father of the marquise of Montespan. P.S., Paris June 13, 1659; oblong vellum in-fol. Appointment of Charles Viaule as sergeant and notary of his lands, barony and "chastellenye de Dienné et Verrières"...
Result €64Estimate €120 - €150 -
374 - Alexander Alexandrovich MOSSOLOV (1854-1939) Russian general and diplomat. Typescript, My Mission in Romania. The Imperial and Royal Courts of Romania; 177 pages in-4; in French. Interesting testimony that seems to be unpublished, on Russia and Romania in 1916-1917. These memoirs of Mossolov, minister plenipotentiary of Russia in Iassy in 1916-1917, seem to be unpublished, at least in French; they have been translated and typed by his daughter Tatiana. They include 18 chapters. Mossolov tells ab
Result €640Estimate €500 - €600 -
375 - NAPOLEON I (1769-1821). P.S. "Bonaparte" (secretary), Saint-Cloud 26 Prairial XI (15 June 1803); countersigned by Minister of War Alexandre Berthier, and Secretary of State Hugues Maret; vellum-fol. partly printed, large vignette engraved by B. Roger in the name of Bonaparte I Consul of the Republic, seal under paper. Brevet de chef de brigade for the future general Balthazard Grandjean (1760-1824), born in Nancy on January 26, 1760, with details of his services, campaigns, actions and wounds (t
Result €640Estimate €300 - €400 -
376 - NAPOLEON I. L.S. "Bonaparte" (secretary), Saint-Cloud, 25 vendémiaire XII (18 October 1803), to the citizen acting as President of the Tribunal d'Appel; countersigned by Jean-Antoine Chaptal, Minister of the Interior, and Hugues Maret, Secretary of State; 1 page large in-fol. partly printed, headed Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic, seal under paper (slight russet). Appointment of citizen Joseph M. Barral, President of the Court of Appeal, as "President of the electoral college of
Result €192Estimate €100 - €150 -
377 - NAPOLEON I. L.S. "Napoleon", Fontainebleau 28 messidor XIII (July 17, 1805), to Barbé-Marbois; the letter is written by Méneval; half page in-4. He sends him "a great number of pieces that were given to me in Parma. I wish that you make reduce all these immense states & this volume into a small report accompanied by a table, according to your custom"...
Result €2,048Estimate €700 - €800 -
378 - [NAPOLEON I]. Printed: Procès-verbal de la cérémonie du Sacre et du Couronnement de LL. MM. l'Empereur Napoléon et l'Impératrice Joséphine (Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1805); vol. small in-4 of [2 ff.]-117 p. and 1 blank f., paperback with pink mute cover (accident on the back, 1st leaf uncropped). The detailed report, drawn up by L.P. de Ségur, Grand Master of the Ceremonies, relates the ceremony in detail; it is followed by the list of the names of the civil servants who attended the
Result €448Estimate €100 - €150 -
379 - [NAPOLEON I]. Printed: Procès-verbal de la cérémonie du Sacre et du Couronnement de LL. MM. l'Empereur Napoléon et l'Impératrice Joséphine (Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1805); vol. small in-4 of [2 ff.]-117 p., stapled (corners damaged at the beginning and end). The detailed report, drawn up by L.P. de Ségur, Grand Master of the Ceremonies, relates the ceremony in detail; it is followed by the list of the names of the civil servants who attended the coronation. The printed circular of se
Result €192Estimate €100 - €120 -
380 - NAPOLEON I. L.S. "Napol", Saint-Cloud, August 31, 1806, to Prince Eugene; the letter is written by Mèneval; 1 page in-4. On the management of the finances of Italy. "The games of Italy return 160 000 f. I wish to know the destination that you give to this sum. Here is the one I wish you to give it from now on: 200,000 f. for expenses of secret police, 400,000 f. for a cassette which will serve you to make alms and to distribute help especially to women or widows of French soldiers, to poor prie
Result €1,792Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
381 - NAPOLEON I. L.S. "Nap," Bayonne July 21, 1808, to General Clarke; the letter is written by Méneval; half page in-4. "Witness my satisfaction to General Devaux on the capture of the English ship & on the conduct which he held in this circumstance"...
Result €1,280Estimate €300 - €400 -
382 - NAPOLEON I. L.S. "Napol", Trianon December 22, 1809, to Baron Labouillerie; the letter is written by Méneval; half page in-4. The Emperor asks for "a report on the ten millions of domains in the départemens réunis which are in the Caisse d'Extraordinaire. He wishes to know the conditions of the sale, how the lots will be divided, in order to see "if there is anything to change in the conditions of sale, not wanting to dispose of them until I am assured that they will sell well"...
Result €1,280Estimate €500 - €600 -
383 - [NAPOLEON I]. Invoice signed by Gervais Chardin, Parfumeur de leurs Majestés, Impériales et Royales, Paris January 10, 1810; 1 page in-fol. with engraved vignette and header (one corner missing at bottom). Invoice of supplies for S.M. the Emperor and King: gloves, eau de Cologne, sponges, soaps, suspenders, etc.; stamped and signed by the Count of Rémusat, first Chamberlain, Master of the Garderobe.
Result €486Estimate €200 - €250 -
384 - [NAPOLEON I]. 48 pieces, 1810; on-fol. headed House of S.M. the Emperor and King. Service du Grand-Chambellan. Set of sheets prepared for the emargement with amount of the appointements (by year and by month) or expenses, for Fain (secretary archivist), Isabey (draftsman of the Cabinet), Loyer (secretary of the Chamber), the count "Mennevalle" (private secretary), the secretaries of the Cabinet Mounier and de Ponthon, the librarians Denina and Deschamps, the office boys, the guards of the Portef
Result €153Estimate €150 - €200 -
385 - [NAPOLEON I]. Manuscript: Projet pour le dimanche 16 juin, 10 June 1811; 1 and a half pages in-fol. in column. Draft of the ceremonial set up by the service of the Grand Master of Ceremonies, Count de Ségur, for the day of Sunday, June 16, 1811, on the occasion of the opening of the session of the Legislative Body, exactly one week after the festivities to which the baptism of the King of Rome had given rise. "LL. MM. will come to sleep in Paris on Saturday. On Sunday morning they will go to ma
Result €576Estimate €150 - €200 -
386 - NAPOLEON I. L.S. "Nap," Trianon July 6, 1811, to Count Mollien; the letter is written by Méneval; half page in-4. Order to buy "shares of the Bank, up to the amount that I have already mandated to you, and all that there will be until the rate of 1226"...
Result €2,432Estimate €500 - €600 -
387 - NAPOLEON I. P.S., "Napo", Imperial Quarter of Moscow October 12, 1812, countersigned by Jean-Baptiste Henry Collin, Count of Sussy, Minister of Manufactures and Commerce, Hugues Maret, Duke of Bassano, Minister Secretary of State, Denis, Duke Decres, Minister of the Navy and the Colonies, and François Ferrier, Director General of Customs; 1 large folio page, partly printed, vignette with the imperial coat of arms and a dry seal (small crack in the fold). Maritime passport signed in Moscow, gran
Result €4,352Estimate €1,200 - €1,500 -
388 - NAPOLEON I. L.S. "NP" Paris February 9, 1813, to the Duke of Frioul [Duroc]; 2 pages in-4 (notarial inventory number). Preparation of the Campaign of Germany. The Emperor transmitted a copy of the letter he had sent to the Minister of War, and instructed Duroc to give all the necessary orders in advance, and to make known to General Barrois "the mark of confidence I am giving him by granting him this command; that he should have his commissary of wars, his surgeon and that he should put everythi
Result €1,536Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
389 - NAPOLEON I. P.S., "Napole", Imperial Headquarters of Neumarkt June 9, 1813, countersigned by Jean-Baptiste Henry Collin, Count of Sussy, Minister of Manufactures and Commerce, Hugues Maret, Duke of Bassano, Minister Secretary of State, Denis, Duke Decres, Minister of the Navy and Colonies, and François Ferrier, Director General of Customs; 1 large page in-fol. partly printed, vignette with imperial arms and dry seal (small crack in the fold). Maritime passport granted to a ship of the trading h
Result €2,944Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
390 - NAPOLEON I. Printed poster, L'Imperator Napoleone a l'Armata, Porto Ferrajo, Broglia Imprimeur du Gouvernement [1814]; 31.5 x 47 cm; in Italian. Rare proclamation of Napoleon from the island of Elba, to his soldiers, glorifying their 25 years of common struggle for the glory of the Fatherland. "Noi non fummo vinti giammai" ....
Result €576Estimate €400 - €500 -
391 - NAPOLEON III (1808-1873). L.S., Fontainebleau August 27, 1865, to his niece Julie Bonaparte; 1/3 page in-8 with a crowned N. He thanks her "for the wishes you form for my happiness and that of my son"... Attached is an autograph dispatch to General Rollin (half page oblong in-8): "Tell Corbigny to keep the 6 cows and the Breton bull of which I spoke to him and to send the rest to the camp"...
Result €153Estimate €100 - €150 -
392 - NAPOLEON III (1808-1873). Autograph bill; 4 lines on half page in-fol. Draft telegram (October 9): "The Emperor to M. Thélin at the Tuileries. Send me for tomorrow morning two gold watches. Attached is a photograph (in-8, by Downey); and a ballot, [December 1848], in the name of General Cavaignac.
Result €192Estimate €150 - €200 -
393 - [NAPOLEON III (1808-1873)]. Set of 104 invoices, memoranda, and receipts, Paris and London 1849-1852, most in the name of the Prince President, others in the name of Charles Thélin, the Prince President's treasurer at the Élysée; numerous business headings. Invoices and memoranda for the Prince-President. Memoranda and receipts of tailors (Blain, Dusautoy, Paule and Delpoulle...), cabinetmakers, upholsterers, confectioners, leather goods manufacturers, perfumers (Houbigant), pedicurists, hair
Result €512Estimate €400 - €500 -
394 - [NAPOLEON III]. Handwritten menus from the Emperor's household, 1858-1860; over 100 pages in-4 or in-fol. Curious documents, probably taken from cookbooks, with drafts of Napoleon III's meal menus (lunches and dinners), with two meals served to the officers on guard duty, a ball menu and those of two large dinners.
Result €2,816Estimate €250 - €300
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