Autograph letters and manuscripts
Wednesday 5 July 2023 at 14:00
3, rue Favart, 75002 Paris
232 lots
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463 - EMIGRATION. Armand-Louis de SERENT (1736-1822) marshal de camp, governor of the dukes of Angoulême and Berry, agent in the Emigration, peer de France and duke during the Restoration. 6 L.A. (minutes, one incomplete), 1807-1809; 10 pages in various formats, one addressed with red wax seal; one in English. Interesting correspondence from an agent of Louis XVIII who took refuge in England under the name of Comte de L'Isle-Jourdain (referred to here as Comte "Delisle"), bearing witness to espionag
Result €400Estimate €200 - €250 -
464 - Image of EPINAL. Death and Convoy of the Invincible Malborough. Pellerin factory, Épinal. 31 x 41 cm, very good condition (traces of folds). Stenciled image.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
465 - EUGÉNIE (1826-1920) Empress, wife of Napoleon III. L.A.S., Camden Place Chislehurst March 27, 1873; 2 pages in-8 (mourning). After Napoleon III's death (January 9, 1873), she thanks her correspondent for his letter, which has touched her deeply and for which she has "very willingly made herself the interpreter to my son, who thanks you as I do"...
Result €200Estimate €100 - €120 -
466 - FLANDERS. 4 deeds on paper, Fromelles (or Frouville?) 1590-1613; 8 pages small in-4 (one incomplete). Sales of land in favor of Denis Potin and Jacques Caritat, archers of the Maréchaussée de France, by winegrowers and laborers.
Estimate €70 - €80 -
467 - FREEMASONRY. L.A.S. and L.A., and 6 printed documents. L.A.S. and draft from G.F. Morel, Montbéliard September 19, 1810, to musician Sigismond Neukomm, on the Order of the Temple. 5 tables of brothers from various lodges: Saint-Jean Lodge in Huningue (an V, poster); l'Orient de Castres (1813, in-8); the Union et Confiance Lodge in Lyon (1828, in-8); l'Étoile de la Haute-Marne (1883 and 1892, in-12); plus a piece printed in Besançon: "Gloire au Tout-Puissant / Salut sur tous les points du Tri
Result €150Estimate €200 - €250 -
468 - FRANCHE-COMTÉ. 9 manuscripts, 1664-1782, including one vellum. June 23, 1664. Copy of a writ from Pope Alexander VII, for a citizen of Besançon; 1724, État ou description sommaire des biens dépendant de l'hérédité de noble Pierre Maréchal ancien Vicomte Mayeur de Besançon décédé le 24 octobre 1724; 1735, contrat pour des célébrations de masses ; 1756, marriage contract between Jean de Favière Seigneur de Fonteclay, son of the seigneur de St-Loup, and Melle Jeanne Françoise Maire
Result €70Estimate €100 - €120 -
469 - FRANÇOIS I (1708-1765) Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Letters patent, signed by Count Emmanuel de Vihecourt, Tuscia, March 17, 1756; vellum, broadsheet (50 x 68 cm), with decorated header and initials, large red wax seal with arms (13.5 cm) hanging on red cords, in turned boxwood case; in Latin. Solemn act confirming all rights and privileges granted in 1559 by Cosimo I to a hermitage in the Sienese mountains: "Tenutam Eremi al Vivo", (Eremo del Vivo), in favor of Archbishop Alessandro Cerv
Result €250Estimate €200 - €250 -
470 - FRONDE. Jean-François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de RETZ (1613-1679). Period manuscript, December 14, 1654; small folio, 27 pages. Period copy of Cardinal de Retz's famous letter to the archbishops and bishops of France, written from his Roman exile after his spectacular escape from Nantes prison. Champollion-Figeac, in the "Complément de la vie du cardinal de Retz" that follows the new edition of the Mémoires du cardinal de Retz, in 1837, points out that it was published clandestinely at the t
Result €850Estimate €300 - €400 -
471 - [Giuseppe GARIBALDI (1807-1882)]. Letter written on his behalf by Basso, Caprera November 10, 1868, to Léon Cladel; 1 page in-8, envelope; in French. He thanks him for his magnificent sonnet and "especially for your noble prophecy, the augury of which I accept from my heart"...
Estimate €70 - €80 -
472 - [Roland GARROS (1888-1918)]. 4 L.A.S. to his father Georges Garros, 1915-1919; 12 pages in-8 or in-4. Nice set of letters after the aviator's death (October 5, 1918 during an air battle). - Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna (1860-1922), Geneva, January 16, 1919: "May the good Lord bless you and give you the ability to remember, without tears, the incomparable exploits and so many beautiful days in the life of your hero". She recalls his courageous and daring flight to Africa... - Prince Georg
Estimate €250 - €300 -
473 - GENERAL and MARKETING. 5 L.S. or P.S. H.J.G. Clarke duc de Feltre (Paris 1810), Joseph Caffarelli (Brest 1804), François-Christophe Kellermann duc de Valmy (2, Mayence 1810 and 1813). And a p.s. by marine inspector J. Le Goff (Brest 1804).
Result €100Estimate €250 - €300 -
474 - WAR OF 1870. 21 L.A.S. and 5 L.A. from Eulalie veuve Bourquelot, [Paris] December 5, 1870-July 22, 1871, to her son Gaston; 133 pages in-8. Abundant and fascinating correspondence on the siege of Paris and the Commune. The letters are filled with small, tight handwriting. The widow Bourquelot gives regular news to her son: she recounts her daily life in Paris, supply difficulties, bombardments and destruction, fighting at the gates of Paris, the Commune insurrection and fires... Alongside the r
Result €1,050Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
475 - WAR OF 1870. 3 L.A.S. from political figures. Adolphe CRÉMIEUX (1796-1880). L.A.S., Paris June 15 (2 p. ¼ in-8 mourning). In favor of a prisoner: "Mercy and clemency are moreover so sweet to invoke!"... Ferdinand HÉROLD (1828-1882). L.A.S., Paris September 11, 1871, to a newspaper editor friend (2 p. in-8 mourning), sending an article on the reorganization of the magistracy: "You guessed right: two hours after my arrival at Place Beauvau, I was dealing with the indemnity of the national guar
Estimate €100 - €120 -
476 - WAR OF 1914-1918. 56 L.A.S. and 2 L.A. from Henry TISSIER (1866-1926, physician and bacteriologist), to his wife, née Alice Garnier, in Petites-Dalles (Seine-inférieure) and Paris, October 8, 1914-February 28, 1915 and December 24, 1915-May 25, 1916; 187 pages in various formats, one address on military correspondence postcard, one envelope (one letter missing). Interesting correspondence from this Pasteur Institute researcher, attached to the 87th Territorial Infantry Division ambulance as a
Result €550Estimate €250 - €300 -
477 - WAR 1939-1945. Captain Maurice DAUVERGNE. 157 L.A.S. "Maurice", July 3, 1939-July 12, 1940, to his wife Marie-Antoinette in Kasba Tadla (Morocco); approx. 320 pages, various formats (qqs defects; plus 5 telegrams, 3 postcards, and circulation card from his wife at the Courtine camp). A bronze commemorative medal diploma is enclosed. The war as seen by an engineer captain in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. We can only give an overview. 1939. Kasbah Tadla July 9: "Track work begins tomorrow for th
Result €200Estimate €200 - €300 -
478 - WAR 1939-1945. 35 photographs taken at Stalag III B, Fürstenberg-sur-Oder (now Eisenhüttenstadt), 1940-1944. We enclose 3 letters from Gérard Huntzinger to his parents Interesting account of prisoners' occupations in a stalag. More than 50,000 French POWs and some 4,000 Soviets were incarcerated in the camp at Fürstenberg-sur-Oder, near the Polish border. A theater troupe and an orchestra were formed, and were soon able to perform plays and musical revues. The female roles, which could not
Estimate €200 - €250 -
479 - HAINAUT. Charter, Le Quesnoy (Nord) June 6, 1611; oblong in-fol. parchment (15.5 x 48 cm), with 4 brown wax seals with arms hanging on double tail. Declaration of faith and homage made before Louis Mabire, Nicolas Du Casteau, Philippe and Charles de Main, by Nicolas Bouchier, woodworker living in Mordansart, for what he holds from Guillaume de Mont-le-Comte, namely, a fief comprising a house, barn, stable and garden, enclosed by living hedges, with fruit trees, in the seigneury of Mordansart, w
Estimate €300 - €400 -
480 - HENRI III (1551-1589). L.S., Paris March 16, 1585, to M. de SAINT-GOUART, "my ambassador in Rome"; the letter is countersigned by Secretary of State Claude PINART (c. 1525-1605); 1 page folio, address on verso. Jean de VIVONNE, marquis de Pisani et sieur de Saint-Gouard (1530-1599), who was appointed marshal of France that same year, was on embassy in Rome.Henri III asked him to intervene with the Pope on behalf of the Archbishop of Bourges, Renaud de BEAUNE (1527-1606) and his brother Martin d
Result €550Estimate €500 - €700 -
481 - HENRI V, duc de Bordeaux puis comte de CHAMBORD (1820-1883) legitimate pretender to the throne of France. 2 P.A.S. "Henry", Frohsdorf July 4, 1851 and n.d.; half-page in-8 with red wax seal with his arms each. Attached is a bill a.s. from Victoire de Donnissan, marquise de La Rochejaquelein. Souvenirs à ses fidèles: "Donné au Cte Raoul de Campagne", and "à Mr Armand du Tertre"... Attached is a bill a.s. from Victoire de Donnissan, marquise de La Rochejaquelein, June 21, 1853, and the manus
Result €70Estimate €100 - €150 -
482 - HISTORY. 7 L.A.S. and one L.S. Gaspard Deguerry, curé de la Madeleine (1861), Cardinal Gerlier (l.s., Lyon 1946), Captain Pellissier (Algiers 1836, to Eug. Lerminier), Jules Quesnay de Beaurepaire (1896), Eugène Rouher (1852), etc. A Parisian deed of 1751 and a brevet de chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (1820) are enclosed.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
483 - HISTORY. Approximately 42 letters or pieces, most of them L.A.S. Enclosed is a clandestine issue of France d'abord (no. 49, March 28, 1944); the FFI diploma of resistance fighter Camille Arnould (1945); plus business cards. Albert de Broglie (3), X. de Casabianca (1852), Baron Antoine de Chabaud-Latour (1829), gal de Chabaud-Latour (1868), Prosper de Chasseloup-Laubat (on the salt question, 1852), Léon de Crény (1851), Pierre Daru (1820, to Baron Bignon), Gaston Doumergue, A. de Falloux (3),
Result €330Estimate €300 - €400 -
484 - Charles d'HOZIER (1640-1732) genealogist, guard of the Armorial. P.S., January 27, 1698; vellum in-4 partly printed with painted coat of arms. Patent of arms for Jean-Jacques de Bonnaire, "Ecuier", as painted at the head and registered in the Armorial Général.
Result €80Estimate €100 - €100 -
485 - Antoine-Marie d'HOZIER DE SÉRIGNY (1721-1801) judge of arms of the nobility of France. Signed manuscript, Paris, August 22, 1789; 16-page folio, bound in a blue ribbon with a mute cover, seal of arms under paper. Genealogy of the Thiéry de La Cour family in Champagne and Barrois, with painted coat of arms "D'Azur à trois Lions issants d'Or": twelve degrees since the 15th century. D'Hozier certifies that the last two, Paul-André-Thomas and Joseph-André Thiéry de La Cour, respectively lieut
Result €110Estimate €250 - €300 -
486 - Benedetto Odescalchi, innocent xi (1611-1689) Pope in 1676. Manuscript brief in his name, Rome, Santa Maria Maggiore, September 14, 1680, 4th year of his pontificate; oblong vellum in-fol. (20 x 36.5 cm), address on verso; in Latin. Brief in favor of Matteo Cuenca Mata Ponce de Leon, nobleman of Toledo, authorizing him, under certain conditions, to have mass celebrated at his home when he is physically unable to leave.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
487 - Joachim-Jean-Xavier d'ISOARD (1766-1839) cardinal. 5 L.A.S., Paris August 31, 1803, March 11, April 6, July 4 and December 19, 1812, to his brother Joseph d'Isoard, grand-prévôt in Aix; 9 pages in-4 and in-8. About Étienne Clary "our intimate friend, thinking perfectly well, brother-in-law of Joseph Bonaparte", who is running for the Senate (1803); the Pope; Cardinal Fesch, Madame Mère and Pauline Bonaparte who "are at the waters of Aix en Savoye"; and the Emperor's return to Paris on Decem
Estimate €200 - €250 -
488 - ITALY. Charter, Reggio Emilia September 12, 1600; broadsheet parchment (30 x 50 cm, small holes), seal of the city of Reggio hanging on a cord, in red wax in its metal box; in Italian. Privilege of citizenship granted to brothers Antonio, Ambrosio and Santi De Prinis, merchants originally from Verona, by the City Council and municipal authorities of Reggio. Manual seal.
Result €180Estimate €150 - €200 -
489 - JACQUES II (1633-1701) King of England; dethroned in 1688, he took refuge in France. L.A.S., Dover May 18, 1670, to Louis XIV, "Au Roy tres Chretien Monsieur mon frere et Cousin"; 1 page in-4, addressed with black wax seals (broken; slight wetness at bottom of letter). Beautiful letter as Duke of York, fifteen years before his accession to the throne of England. "Since I have not been allowed to pay my respects to V. Ma. myself by giving me the pleasure of seeing her at Dunkerke as proposed, I
Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
490 - Jean JAURÈS (1859-1914). 2 L.A.S., [1904 and n.d., to Anatole France]; 2 pages in-8 headed Chambre des Députés, and 1 page in-12, pneumatic card with address on back (framed). Attached is a printout, Jean Jaurès par Anatole France, March 26, 1919 (2 fol. pages under glass). June 14, about an official trip to Belgium. His friend, the Belgian MP Léon Furnemont, is "Chairman of the commission that is to receive delegates from the Universités Populaires in Brussels on July 13 and 14". The la
Result €450Estimate €400 - €500 -
491 - Jesuits. 2 L.S. and 1 P.S., Courtrai and Paris 1598 and 1739; 2 in-fol. pages and addresses, and 1 oblong in-fol. page partly printed with engraved Latin vignette. 2 letters from Simon Stalens, rector of the Society of Jesus in Courtrai, to Hippolyte Petitpas, tax lawyer at the Chambre des comptes in Lille, concerning land in the Lille area, and expressing the hope "(eu esgard a notre pauvreté) qu'il vous plaise de user de quelque moderation envers nous, et nous faire quelque grace"... - Certi
Result €50Estimate €50 - €60 -
492 - Jean-Baptiste JOURDAN (1762-1833) marshal. L.A.S., Le Coudrai August 1, 1821, to Alexandre Rousselin de Saint-Albin; ¾ page in-4, addressed. On his memoirs. "Having left my handwritten memoirs in the hands of a friend of mine who wished to read them, I am unable to communicate them to you at this time, but I hope that they will be returned to me by St Louis, at which time I propose to make a trip to Paris; I will carry them with me, and you will be able to acquaint yourself with them during my
Estimate €150 - €200 -
493 - JUSTICE. 13 posters, 1790-1802, printed in Saintes (2 in Rochefort); various formats (some defects). 7 printed pieces enclosed Loi pour la formation d'un Tribunal de Cassation (Dec. 1, 1790); Loi qui établit des juges de paix et de commerce dans plusieurs villes de France et dans les Îles de Ré et d'Oléron (Dec. 19, 1791); Loi relative au traitement et au costume des Membres du Tribunal de Cassation (Feb. 18. 1791) ; Loi relative au respect dû aux Juges et à leurs jugemens (April 17, 179
Result €160Estimate €150 - €200 -
494 - Charles LAGRANGE (1804-1857) revolutionary politician. 6 L.A.S., Antwerp then Amsterdam 1852-1855, to M. Morel in Liège, Dordrecht and The Hague; 17 pages in-8, 4 addresses. Long political letters from his exile in Belgium and the Netherlands. Antwerp December 22, 1852. He wanted to print his speech before the Chamber of Peers and the one on amnesty, to make known to Belgium: "the sentiments which have always directed the honest part of the party in its long struggle with Royalty, & by re
Estimate €200 - €250 -
495 - [Théodose, comte de LAGRENÉ (1800-1862) diplomat, peer de France and deputy to the Legislative Assembly]. Approximately 185 letters, mostly L.A.S., addressed to Lagrené, his wife, or their daughter Gabrielle, 1836-1873; mounted on tabs in 3 vols. small in-4, red half-chagrin. One volume consists of 95 letters addressed to Mme de Lagrené from 1833 to 1873: her daughter Gabrielle, Thérèse Apponyi, Mme d'Arbouville, the Baroness de Barante, E. Beulé, Princess Czartoryski, Tanneguy. Duchâte
Estimate €4,000 - €5,000 -
496 - Henri-Oswald de LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE (1671-1747) prelate, archbishop of Vienne and cardinal. P.S., Paris October 17, 1728; vellum broadside with remnant of cord. As "Grand Provost and Canon of the Cathedral Church of Strasbourg", he invests the children of Pierre Duconte, Surgeon Major of the Royal Hospital of Strasbourg, deceased, with the "direct and male fief" of a "quarter of the dixme in grain, wine and hay in the village of Königsheim", near Sélestat... On verso, Frédéric-Constantin, Pr
Estimate €120 - €150 -
497 - Claude de LA TRÉMOILLE (1566-1604) duc de Thouars, prince de Talmont, Protestant leader, companion in arms of Henri IV. P.S., Montaigu July 19, 1599; oblong vellum in-fol (small crack at bottom). Faith and homage for la Chabautière, from Jacques and Jean Aubert, his squires, to the Duc de la Trémoille et de Thouars, "Prince de Talmond, comte de Guynes, Benon et Taillebourg, baron de Montaigu, Mauléon, Doue, Rochefort, La Possonnière, Sully, Lislebouchard", etc., in the name of the Prince o
Estimate €150 - €200 -
498 - Joseph LEBON (1765-guillotiné 1795) constitutional priest, then Conventionnel (Pas-de-Calais), he reigned the Terror in the Nord. P.S., Arras May 24, 1793; 1 page in-8 partly printed on République Françoise letterhead, tax stamp. Certificate attesting to Isabelle Maximilien de Monchy's absence from the list of émigrés, signed by 7 members of the Directoire du département du Pas-de-Calais, including Joseph Lebon.
Result €320Estimate €150 - €200 -
499 - LOIRET. Charter, August 30, 1401; vellum 11 x 31 cm (one edge a little browned). Charter in the name of Jehan de Beaugency, lieutenant general of the governor of the duchy of Orléans, concerning a payment by Jean de Chartres, esquire, guardian of Marguerite daughter of Jean Broart de Gremont, for the right of redemption owed to the duke of Orléans on the seigneury of Ligny-le-Ribault owned by Renaud Le Moteux ...
Result €150Estimate €100 - €150 -
500 - LORRAINE. ANTOINE DE LORRAINE, known as le Bon (1489-1544) duke of Lorraine. P.S., Nancy December 17, 1529; oblong vellum in-fol. with fragments of wax seal hanging from tail; countersigned on edge by De Widranges and Chasteauneuf. Confirmation for Jehan Barbier residing in Ainvelle, his wife Katherine and their heirs of the annuity on the land of la Fagotière, in the provostry of la Marche, bought for half from Pierre de Serocourt, lord of Romains, and from Fierabras de Saint Loup lord of Ror
Estimate €300 - €400 -
501 - LORRAINE. 2 P.S., Mauvages (Meuse) 1563-1602; vellum 15 x 36.5 cm, with red wax seal of arms hanging on tail (small hole), and 38 x 57 cm, 3 seals of arms under paper hanging on double tails. May 24, 1563. Donation by Ory Du Chastellet, seigneur de Mauvages, of the Domgermain wood received from his late father Pierre Du Chastellet, to Nicolas Thomassin, his late father's collector, in recognition of his great services, and in return for a cens of 20 francs barrois... July 22, 1602. Enumeration
Estimate €300 - €350 -
502 - LOTERIE. One manuscript and 11 printed documents, 1776 and 1809-1904. Dispatch of a deed for the loan of 300,000 livres for the purchase by Antoine-Joseph Le Picard de La Combe, seigneur de Vieille Église, of a position as administrator of the Loterie royale de France (Sept. 27, 1776). Print on the letterhead of the Loterie Impériale de France: results of the Bordeaux draw (Sept. 22, 1809). Lotteries Act (January 20, 1792). Prospectus for the second lottery of national houses, buildings and f
Estimate €300 - €350 -
503 - LOUIS XII (1462-1515) King of France. P.S., Montils lez Tours January 17, 1493 [1494]; oblong vellum in-fol. fragment of red wax equestrian seal with contrescel shield. Beautiful and interesting document from the aftermath of the "Mad War", in which the future King of France, then Duke of Orleans, Milan and Valois, clashed with Regent Jeanne de Beaujeu, daughter of Louis XI. Order of payment given at the request of the children of the late Jean Boudet, Comptroller General of Finances, for sums
Estimate €2,000 - €2,500 -
504 - LOUIS XIV (1638-1715). P.S. (secretary), Paris October 10, 1649; countersigned by Loménie; oblong vellum in-4. Continuation of the annual pension of 12,000 livres granted to the counts of Aran and Hamilton, to be paid to Guillaume duc d'Hamilton comte d'Aran, brother of the deceased count, in consideration of their claim to the duchy of Châtellerault.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
505 - LOUIS XIV. P.S. (secretary), Saint-Germain-en-Laye May 1, 1673; countersigned by D'Aligre, Phelypeaux and Du Tillet; 10-page in-fol. parchment notebook, remnant of brown wax seal hanging on cord; bound with 12 other documents mostly on parchment, some defects). Lettres de confirmation de la traduction et établissement du marché de Sceaux. Bound with 12 documents: "Pancarte et tarif des droits deus sur le bestail qui se vend aux foires te marché de Sceaux"... decree ordering the constructio
Result €1,500Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
506 - LOUIS XIV. P.S. (secrétaire), Lunéville August 1673; countersigned by Le Tellier; vellum in-plano, large brown wax seal with royal arms hanging on cord. Attached is a Conseil d'État ruling concerning a request from butchers. Letters patent creating a second market on Thursday of each week in the territory of Sceaux, in response to the intentions of Colbert de Seignelay, who had "built and ediffier on his territory near the great advenue of his chasteau de Seaux, a market composed of several
Result €700Estimate €400 - €500 -
507 - LOUIS XIV. P.S. (secretary), Versailles December 18, 1700; countersigned by Phelypeaux and Chamillart; 15-page in-4 parchment notebook, remnant of brown wax seal hanging from tail (a little eaten away at one edge). Letters patent for the establishment of a market for oxen and other livestock in Poissy.
Result €700Estimate €400 - €500 -
508 - [LOUIS XVII]. Claude Perrin (or Henri Hébert) known as Baron de RICHEMONT (1786-1853), swindler who passed himself off as Louis XVII. P.S. with autograph apostille "Bon pour pouvoir Louis-Charles de France", Paris March 25, 1849; 1 page in-4 with revenue stamp. Rare document in which the pseudo-baron de Richemont has Madame Royale summoned to have him recognized as Louis XVII. "I, the undersigned Louis-Charles de France, Duke of Normandy, designated and known in the world by the fact of revolu
Result €200Estimate €200 - €250 -
509 - LOUIS-PHILIPPE (1773-1850). 2 P.S. "Louis Philippe d'Orléans" with autograph apostilles, Palais-Royal 1829-1830; 1 page in-4 each with revenue stamp. April 25, 1829. Power to his solicitor Denormandie to bid for him at the auction of eleven arcades in the Palais-Royal. - April 1830, power of attorney to the same person for the auction of the Montauban forest (Ille-et-Vilaine); also signed by Marie-Amélie, and their secretary Oudard.
Estimate €250 - €300 -
510 - LOUIS-PHILIPPE. P.S., Palais de St Cloud September 25, 1846; countersigned (2 times) by Garde des Sceaux H. Martin du Nord; vellum broadsheet, partly printed, large green wax seal hanging on red and green ribbons with royal effigy in metal case. Authorization given to Auguste-Jules Bourgne, of Paris, widower, to remarry his sister-in-law Mlle Gabrielle Emma Ledier.
Estimate €300 - €400 -
511 - [Hubert LYAUTEY (1854-1934) maréchal]. File of letters and documents concerning Lyautey and his centenary. Correspondence from or to Hubert Lyautey, Pierre Deloncle (general delegate for the Centenary), André Dubois (secretary of the Exposition Coloniale) or Pierre Lyautey, or between them. Around 50 letters: Comtesse de Bertier (6), J. Bollery, Pierre Deloncle, R.L. Fourcade, Franchet d'Espèrey, J. Hébertot, Gabriel Hanotaux (long letter on Reims and Cardinal Luçon), Pierre Henriot (8), H
Result €600Estimate €300 - €350 -
512 - MADAGASCAR. 5 L.A.S. "Léon" [Segret], Mahatinsjo and Tamatave, 1896-1897, to his sister Marie and brother-in-law Caldéol; 29 pages in-8. Interesting account of the life of a non-commissioned officer during the Madagascar campaign: picturesque account of a Malagasy funeral, the difficult life in a very harsh climate, the low spirits of the natives in the Malagasy companies, mentioning Gallieni "who had his head cut off by a few big Hovas", his illness which landed him in hospital where he almo
Estimate €150 - €200
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- 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 :
La présente vente est effectuée sur désignation.
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 lots sont à retirer au plus vite dans leur lieu de stockage.
Les acheteurs, souhaitant exporter leurs achats, 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 susceptible d’inscription au Fichier des restrictions d’accès aux ventes aux enchères (Fichier TEMIS – www.temis.auction) mis en œuvre par la société Commissaires-Priseurs Multimédia (CPM – 37 rue de Châteaudun 75009 Paris) et l’ensemble des dépends 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.