Letters and autographs

ELIZABETH II (1926-2023), Queen of England. - LAS addressed to Mrs. Clarke inviting her to the christening of the newly born Prince Charles - dated December 10, 1948 and on Buckingham Palace letterhead. 1 page, with envelope and a photographic postcard featuring Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh and their son Charles.

[Auguste RODIN]. Gustave KAHN (1859-1936). 2 autograph MANUSCRITS. - Rodin (L'homme et l'œuvre) (16 pages in-4, end missing): "Rodin's house overlooks a bend in the Seine that gullies between the hills of Meudon and Issy. [...] Rodin is not modest, nor does he have to be; the fierceness of his struggle with the nude, the mastery with which he has gone beyond the ordinary degrees of art to arrive at an intuition and a complete possession of the language of the human form, have rid him of these stammering timidities"... - Rodin's fundamental research was to give the sculptor's immobile, monochrome art as much movement and color as possible, through the arrangement of the statue's planes"... (7 pages in-8, unfinished?). We enclose 4 autograph fragments (one signed). Expert: Mr Thierry Bodin

Coubertin (Pierre de)...Perfectly handwritten one-page letter (9 large lines), with beautiful date, and large signature in all letters...The letterhead is that of the "Bureau International de Pédagogie Sportive, Lausanne". It's March 10, 1932, the Baron is supposed to be on vacation in the Var, but he never stops...A graphological analysis will be offered to the buyer. 27X20. TBE. Traces of folding of a letter. In this superb page, all the Baron is here, generous, meticulous, offensive...

Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901) L.A.S., {Paris] Sunday [April 10, 1898], to publisher W.H.B. SANDS in London; 2 pages in-8 (small hole), envelope. About a transport house, in preparation for his exhibition in London in May, at the Goupil Gallery. He has just written to Sands that he did not know "Henri Perin. I finally found Hernu Peron on my notes. As the house hasn't told me anything yet, I'll go on Tuesday and write to you tomorrow about the other questions".

CHARLES DE MESNY, CHEVALIER DE COLOGNE, AGENT TO THE KING OF PRUSSIA. Important and fascinating archive of around 45 documents detailing relations between France and Prussia under Louis XV and during French emigration to Germany during the Revolution. Around 110 pages to study, including: FREDERIC II, DIT LE GRAND (1712-1786), King of Prussia. -3 L.S., two with long autograph apostilles and draft replies. Potsdam, February, August and December 1768. 3 pp. in-4. The King warns his agent about gold deliveries and silver exports and makes recommendations. He admonishes him and asks him to render accounts, and sends him a passport for France and a laissez-passer, etc. -a draft reply from Charles de Mesny. -a manuscript entitled: "Négociations du Chevalier Mesny de Cologne entre la France et la Prusse au mois de Juin 1768". Wesel, Potsdam and Versailles, June to August 1768. 20 pp. in-4. Silk laces. Transcription of the correspondence between Charles de Mesny, accredited agent of the King of Prussia, and that of Frederick II, with the Duc de Choiseul, for the conclusion of commercial treaties. A fascinating work. - COLBERT, Édouard Victurnien Charles René (1754-1839). Important set of 16 L.A. Essen, 1795-1796. Approx. 50 pp. in-4. Fine seals with the famous Colbert family coat of arms. Exciting correspondence recounting various episodes of the Revolution, echoes of the moods of French émigrés. In particular, the Vendée, Quiberon and Noirmoutier. "I am waiting for news from my brother and from England to make up my mind, as the silence of Mal de Castries leaves me free to do what I think best to serve Royalty in France. Since I pointed out to him that my arrival in the Vendée without any instruction whatsoever and as a simple volunteer could be of no use, I have had no news from him [...]"; "I also regret that the Baron de Breteuil has not been called by the King [...]". "Monsieur le Duc de Bourbon, who is only passing through London, will leave on Le Robuste [...]". - CALONNE, Charles Alexandre de (1734-1802), comte d'Hannonville, former minister of Louis XVI. Set of 5 L.A.S. Coblenz and Trêves, July and August 1792. 14 pp. in-4. Calonne, alongside the King's brothers, appeals to the King of Prussia for help in dealing with "the shortage of finances of our august princes at the most important and decisive moment of their noble enterprise". The ex-minister mentions the men available for the Princes' army, loans from Holland and drafts from Russia, the diamonds of the Countess de Vergennes, thanks for the funds received, etc. - COMTE DE MINNERAYE. Set of 8 L.A.S. and one P.A. Koblenz and s.l., July to September 1792. 14 pp. in-4. Curious red or black wax seals featuring a cat with the motto "a mauvais chat mauvais rat". Discusses finances and news affecting towns where emigrants have ended up. The worst rumors are circulating: "The Army General Staff announces that we're making great strides towards Paris, but the mail from the lower rin ma fait dresser les cheveux hÿer. It announces that the king is assassinated and the queen dead [...]". To be studied. - MISCELLANEOUS Aristocrats. Passive correspondence from the Chevalier de Cologne. 10 L.S. Essen, Pirmont, Breslau, Augsburg, Vienna, s.l. September 1795 to May 1796. 11 pp. in-4 and 2 pp. in-8. Discusses alliances, finances and various considerations on the Revolution. "What do you say about the famous Vendémiaire days? It seems to me that the royalists and constitutionalists of 1791 were in too much of a hurry [...]". Expert: Madame Mathilde Lalin-Leprevost

Pierre-Jean de BÉRANGER (1780-1857). 6 L.A.S., 1831-1855, to various; 10 pages in-8 or in-12, qqs addresses. Thanks for laudatory articles, appointments; to a national guard friend, (June 1848), hoping he had not "personally to suffer in such a terrible disaster"; to F. de Lesseps (July 12, 1852) concerned about the appointment of Eugène Tastu, son of Amable Tastu, to the Consulate of Jassy (in Moldavia [Romania]): "Bon Dieu, lui et sa mère, que deviendront-ils dans ce pays? "to a painter (December 17, 1855) to whom he refused permission to paint his portrait: "Scheffer, I must say, stole my portrait [...] I would have liked the public not to know my ugly old face, not out of self-love, but because nothing has ever displeased me as much as being recognized in public places". Enclosed is an autograph manuscript of a song L'Abbesse d'un couvent comme il y a encore beaucoup (6 pages in-8).

ROZIER (Abbé). Cours complet d'agriculture. Paris, Hôtel de Serpente, 1781-1796 (volumes 1 to 9), Paris, librairie d'éducation, an VIII-1800 (volume 10) Paris, Marchant, Drevet, Chapart, Caille Ravier, 1805 (volumes 10 to 12). 13 volumes in-4, first edition illustrated with numerous black plates off-text, including fold-outs, and tables in and off-text, some fold-outs. Complete with the tenth volume, almost entirely devoted to vines and wine, and the 2 volumes of supplements edited by Thouin after Rozier's death. An exceptional copy, enriched with a volume of documents recounting the difficulties of publishing the last volume of the Cours complet d'agriculture. When Abbé Rozier died in 1793, volume 9 remained unfinished and unpublished. It was finally printed in 1796, followed by a tenth volume in 1800 and two volumes of supplements in 1805. This volume includes a manuscript faux-title, 6 p. of manuscript table, 1 f. of subscription prospectus for the Cours complet d'Agriculture (1779) mounted on tab, a copy of a letter addressed by Huzard, veterinarian, to Cuchet, bookseller, to be included among the subscribers, Cuchet's autograph letter in reply, 1 f. printed announcing the publicaton of the first volume to subscribers by Cuchet, the printed receipt for the amount of Huzard's subscription completed and signed by Cuchet, a copy of a letter from Huzard proposing to Abbé Rozier a veterinary memoir on "Eaux aux jambes", a disease of horses, for publication in his Cours, autograph letters signed by Cuchet and Abbé Rozier giving him a favorable reply, dated 1781, the latter annotated in Huzard's hand indicating that the article had been inserted in Volume IV, pages 84-89, the printed receipt for the amount of Huzard's subscription for the second volume completed and signed by Lemoisne for Cuchet, a copy of a letter from Huzard to M. Bacher, editor of the journal de médecine, concerning the article "Catharre" by M. Thorel, published in the second volume of the Cours d'Agriculture, which is said to be a copy of one of his articles on the subject of catarrhal epizootics, a copy of a letter from Huzard to M. Mongez, editor of the Journal de Physique, on the same subject, the printed receipt for Huzard's subscription for the third volume, completed and signed by Lemoisne for Cuchet (1783), Cuchet's printed circular letter to subscribers asking them to pay in advance the amount of subscriptions due to the fire in his stock of books (April 25, 1783), printed circular letter from Cuchet to subscribers announcing the publication of the fourth volume, printed receipts for subscription amounts and circular letters for the publication of volumes 5 to 8, annotated by hand "Huzard imp. lib. rue de l'éperon"; a printed memorandum for citizen A. J. Dugour, homme de lettres et libraire, propriétaire du Cours d'Agriculture, par Rozier, contre les citoyens Leroy, frères, libraires à Lyon, contrefacteurs dudit COurs d'Agriculture (20 pages), pièces justificatives - 7 et 8 Thermidor [1798] (36 pages), premier mémoire et consultations pour le citoyen Leroy servant de réponse au mémoire publié contre lui sous le nom d'A.J. Dugour, annotated "Huzard" (48 pages, 1799), a printed extract from the chronique universelle of 27 Pluviose an 7 concerning the trial (4 pages, 1799), Consultation du citoyen Dugour contre les citoyens Leroy (92 pages, 1799), Second mémoire pour le citoyen Leroy contre le citoyen A. Jeudy-Dugour (40 pages, 1799), Réplique pour le citoyen Leroy, contre le citoyen Dugour, par le citoyen Reyre (56 pages), Résumé de l'affaire du citoyen Leroy contre le citoyen Jeudi-Dugour (2 pages), Réfutation de quelques principes d'agriculture avancés par MM. de Buffon, Condorcet et de Rosier, par M. Defage-Chazeau, président du canton de Pont-Saint-Esprit, département du Gard. Paris, de l'imprimerie de Charles, an XIII - 1805 (20 pages), announcement of publication of volumes XI and XII of the Cours complet d'agriculture (2 pages, 1805), Extrait du Magasin encyclopédique concernant le Cours complet d'agriculture, volumes XI and XII (March 1806 issue, 20 pages). Probably a copy by Jean-Baptiste Huzard, an eminent French veterinarian who was president of the Académie des Sciences in 1815. A great bibliophile, he was renowned for his research into documents relating to major scientific works. In particular, Huzard was appointed by the Commission d'Agriculture et des Arts to travel to Lyon in search of Rozier's manuscripts. In this volume, several of the memoirs bear his name in ink, his letters are copied and the original letters addressed to him are mounted on laid paper. Attached unbound: 2 handwritten testimonies in the L

Fencing - VIGEANT. Duels de Maîtres d'armes. Paris, Motteroz, 1884. In-12, brown half-maroquin, smooth ornate spine, covers and spine preserved (period binding). With a portrait and bandeaux and culs de lampe engraved by Pannemaker. A good copy with a signed autograph letter from the author. Spine a little rubbed.

Asia - Manuscript. Lettres d'Auguste. Pendant son voyage en Cochinchin. sl, sd. Manuscript signed A. Gaildraud of an account of his trip between January 27 and June 28, 1876, written in the form of letters to his parents. An in-4 notebook of [46] carefully handwritten pages. The letters begin aboard the Aveyron and Auguste's arrival in Port Said. "It's a very mixed population, there are Chinese, English and Arabs." At Suez "the commandant and the other officers went to dine with M. de Lesseps, engineer and director of the canal." He arrives in Aden, where the heat is oppressive, and we learn of his rank: "Sergeant in the 29th Company of the 3rd Marine Regiment in Saigon." During the trip from Ceylon to Saigon, Auguste was "late for a night call [...] and [was] punished with 2 days' iron". He even provides us with a small drawing "of the rings where the feet are caught". On March 24 they arrived in Saigon, but the letters stopped until June 12, as he had meanwhile "been admitted to hospital with dysentery". He was very ill and spent several weeks in hospital. When his letters stop on June 28, we fear the worst, but in his last letter he expresses the obvious love he feels for his parents: "See me changed from night to day, from a mad and giddy young man, having become serious and full of courage and ever-increasing affection for all my excellent parents."

Chagall, Les Ames mortes, 2 volumes, artist's autograph signature, Tériade Éditeur, MCMXLVIII, Paris 1948. Missing hors-texte plates, justification page, wear to slipcase.

ROUVEYRE (Édouard). Connaissances nécessaires à un bibliophile. Paris, Édouard Rouveyre, 1878. Small in-8, second edition revised, corrected and enlarged. Copy enriched with an autograph letter signed by Rouveyre "Pour la bibliothèque du Journal La Figaro". Bound in purplish half-maroquin, smooth spine. (spine faded). Expert : Mr Nicolas Asvisio

LIEGEARD (Stéphen). The French Riviera. Paris, ancienne maison Quantin, 1894. In-8, new edition illustrated with numerous reproductions. Copy enriched with a signed autograph letter from the author to Madame Émile Ollivier. Bound in full morocco mosaic on the first plate with the monogram "OT" and an olive branch, gilded laurelled "T" on the spandrels, 5-ribbed spine. (spine and edges of boards sunned, nerves, jaws and corners rubbed). Expert : Mr. Nicolas Asvisio

MARINA DE KENT (1906-1968), born Princess of Greece and Denmark. - Set including: - 3 Christmas cards, 1 dated 1950 with a full-length portrait of Marina with her long-haired dachshund, written only in pen With best wishes to you all , 1 dated 1955 with a photograph featuring her with her children, bearing her autograph wishes and signature, 1 dated 1962 with a photograph featuring her with her newborn grandson George Windsor, bears her autograph wishes and signature. - 1 small fold-out notebook containing four photographic portraits of Marina de Kent and her three children, Edouard, Alexandra and Michael, with her autographed Christmas greetings and signature on the red card cover, circa 1960. H. 10.6 x W. 8.5 closed and W. 26 cm open.

Elizabeth BOWES-LYON (1900-2002), Queen Consort of England. - A 1947 silver print featuring her portrait by photographer Dorothy Wilding (handwritten signature half torn at bottom, her studio mark on back) with an autograph card on Windsor Castle letterhead, bearing a handwritten dedication to Denys Rhodes, writer and husband of her niece Margaret Elphinstone: For Denys, with very good wish for Christmas from Elizabeth R, Q.(ueen) M.(other) . - H. 32 x W. 25 cm (portrait). - ATTACHED: - - 1 original silver print showing Queen Mother Elizabeth in court dress. Mounted on card. H. 37 x W. 29.5 cm. - Anthony BUCKLEY (1912-1993), photographer. - 1 L.S. on Clarence House letterhead dated February 12, 1963, addressed to him in preparation for a photo shoot of the Queen Mother, 1 page. Enclosed is one of the bust portraits that will emerge from this session (H. 15 x W. 11 cm) (minor accidents).

FREUDEBERG and MOREAU LE JEUNE. Monument du costume. Prints for the Monument du Costume engraved by Dubouchet. Paris, Conquet, 1883. Set of two suites of prints engraved after Moreau and Feudeberg by Dubouchet and the text drawn by Conquet in one in-4 volume. The suite by Moreau includes a title vignette and 12 plates under captioned serpents, as well as a table of plates illustrated with small figures. The Freudeberg suite includes a title vignette, 24 captioned plates under serpents and a table of plates with small figures. Limited edition of 400 numbered copies, this one no. 367, one of 200 with printed numbers and artists' names (finished proofs, 4th state). Edition of the text engraved on copper by Smith and printed by Chardon limited to 370 numbered copies, this one no. 37. Enriched with an autograph signed letter from the publisher. Bound in red half-maroquin, smooth spine decorated, signed Pierson. Expert : Mr. Nicolas Asvisio

Du Koran. Paris, Rive Gauche, 1954. In-12, leaves in publisher's slipcase. Edition illustrated with 10 original engravings by Echard. Limited edition of 271 numbered copies, this one #2, one of 8 on Rives vellum, including a sepia suite, a suite with remarks, a copperplate and an original drawing. Enriched with a beautiful signed double-page watercolor and a signed autograph letter from the illustrator to Colonel Sickles. (slight rubbing and stains to the cover). Expert : Mr. Nicolas Asvisio

TRIBUNAL REVOLUTIONNAIRE, Two works in one volume: : - Liste générale et très exacte des noms, âges, qualités et demeures de tous les Conspirateurs qui ont été condamnés à mort par le Tribunal Révolutionnaire, établi à Paris par la loi du 17 Août 1792, & par le second Tribunal établi à Paris par la loi du 10 Mars 1793 pour juger tous les ennemis de la Patrie. A Paris, Marchand, Berthé, et tous les Libraires & marchands de nouveautés, l'An deuxième de la Rép. Franç. une et indivisible. Series of 9 issues (including IX with its supplement) 32pp per issue and 18pp for the supplement. Includes engravings: Louis XVI in profile - Portrait of J.M. Roland after F. Bonneville, engraved by Aug. S. Aubin - Portrait of Danton after F. Bonneville, engraved by Sandoz - Comparative list of the five roll calls. Faits dans les séances des 15, 16, 17, 18 et 19 janvier 1793, sur le procès et le jugement de Louis XVI, avec les déclarations que les députés ont faites à chacune des séances, par ordre de numéros (viii+56 pp). Followed by Déclarations et observations faites par plusieurs députés aux appels nominaux, dans le procès et le jugement de Louis XVI (109pp), A Paris, Levigneur, Froullé, 1793, followed. Includes an engraving of Louis XVI, Roy de France et de Navarre by Le Beau 1774. in-8, bound in black half-chagrin, ribbed spine, gilt titles on red background (modern binding). With annotations on the pages in pen and handwritten letters embedded in the pages including: Laporte (?) (1780 & signed)- Duport-Dutertre (1791 & signed) - D'Espreminil (1735(?) and signed) - Latour du Pin (1789-signed) - Sombreuil (1787-signed) - Lambert (1786) - Boissy d'Anglas (Year 9) - Oudot (1814) - Théophile Berlieu (Year 14 & signed on headed sheet) - Lindet (1823 & signed) - P.S. Guérin (Year 9, signed and AR stamp) - Conseiller d'Etat V....(?) (1808, signed and headed) - Michel (Year 3, signed and stamped Commission de la marine et des colonies) - Betrand de l'Hodiesnière (1789 & signed) - Guillemardet (1803- signed and headed) - Richard, préfet du départmeent de la Charente inférieure (1807 - signed and headed) - Bayle - Granet - Laurens (Year 4 - signed) - Thabaud (year 14 & signed) Ex-Libris of Baron de Neuflize (Freckles, a few folds, a few pages cut at the edges)

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), writer, playwright, painter Autograph manuscript signed "Triptique [sic] musical pour la Chapelle Saint-Pierre de Villefranche", Milly, December 1957 7 pages in-4 A very interesting dramaturgical text by Cocteau, intended to be recited by the artist in the Chapelle de Villefranche-sur-Mer, which he decorated in 1957. Dating from the Renaissance and dedicated to the cult of Saint-Pierre, patron saint of fishermen, the chapel had gradually been used as a net shed and a fishermen's tribunal. Cocteau, who claims to have "always known it as an old tramp asleep in the dust", had the idea of restoring an artistic and sacred vocation to the place by painting scenes from the life of Saint-Pierre, as well as Mediterranean frescoes in homage to the fishermen. The manuscript we present is a corrected first draft of Cocteau's text, a sort of homily based on episodes from the life of Saint Peter, intended to be accompanied by music composed by Father Emile Martin, to whom he sent the manuscript in December 1957. The text presents five numbered episodes, each separated from the next by an interlude. We can only give a brief outline of Cocteau's text here: And the word of Peter glorified the stone and was addressed to those who heard, and it was written between two candlesticks, and these two candlesticks stood to the right and left of the door, and their color was like the jasper and seaweed of the sea [...] In those days, fishermen fished and the Lord fished souls. And the Lord cried out to Peter, "Peter, step over the boat and walk on the waters", and Peter thought the Lord was mocking and wanting to amuse his companions, and he said, "Lord, I believe you in all things, but no one can walk on the waters". And the Lord shouted from the shore, "Come! Peter! [...] Truly, you walk on the waters because your trust has overcome your fear, which is great, and an angel prevents you from sinking into the waters. [...] At that time, Pilate's maids said to his guards, who were playing dice in the courtyard: "Here's the one who claims not to know the man", and they laughed, and the guards laughed with them, and one of the maids, who was carrying a vase on her shoulder, said to Peter: "Do you know this man we are judging? And Peter answered "no". And it was dawn and the cock crowed, and Peter remembered Jesus' word and wept. And in his heart a voice was heard saying, "Blessed are the weak who repent. Their tears save them." At that time, Peter was a prisoner of King Herod, sleeping in his jail. And he dreamed. And his dream was of a massacre of children. And the cries of begging mothers startled him awake. And he saw a seaport and the mothers and children and soldiers of the massacre became angels and the sky was filled with angels [...] And Christmas lit its trees. And the fishermen followed the star and they saw that the star had led them to the seashore and a chapel stood by the seashore and it glorified the apostle who protects them, the doorkeeper of the last gate. [...] They knew that the chapel was like a starfish stranded between the boats, and that their road ended there. The manuscript is signed "JC. 1er décembre 1957", with Cocteau's characteristic star. Enclosed: - Cocteau's letter of transmittal to Père Martin, dated December 1, 1957: "I apologize for the erasures, but I wanted there to be no duplicates of this text, and to give it to you as it came from my heart. JEAN COCTEAU". - a letter from Cocteau dated December 5, 1957, to the same author, asking him to send the typed texts so that "they can be included in the deluxe album that Mourlot is preparing. The film is becoming clearer, and I'm sure you'll be working for it...". - a telegram from Cocteau dated February 1958 to the same address, expressing regret at not being able to attend. - a letter from Cocteau dated March 3, 1958 to the same address, regretting having missed him and asking for news of the progress of the music. - A letter from Cocteau dated March 11, 1958 to the same address, informing him that he will "soon publish the Mourlot album on the Chapelle lithographs. The album opens with texts written for you...". - A letter from Cocteau dated March 30, 1960 to the same, accepting an invitation for him and Madame Weisweiller. Nice set. Expert : David CHELLI (Chelli Autographes) - 06 60 05 83 04 - contact@chelli-autographes.com

WOG - WOG, , "Mappe 1: Der Akt - Eine Sinfonie in Licht und Schatten", 1941, cardboard portfolio with embossed cover title and thread binding with 9 (of 12) mounted photogravure reproductions after photographs by Olga and Aderjan Wlassics as well as a double-page introduction by Reinhold Scharnke (1899-1983), enclosed: facsimile of a handwritten letter by Aderjan Wlassics dated June 10, 1940, in which he explains his artistic intentions. June 1940, in which he explains his artistic intentions, publisher O. Arnold, Berlin 1941, 39 x 30 cm, edges clearly bumped, spine partly torn, cover stained, the planned "Mappe 2" was never published.limit 90,- >> In 1924 Adorjan von Wlassics (1893-1946) and his wife Olga (1896-1969) opened a photo studio in Vienna under the name "Foto-Kunst Manassé", specializing in nude photography. Olga was the photographer in the studio community, while Adorjan reworked the photographs with painterly means. In 1935, the Wlassics moved to Berlin and opened a successful studio in the former Geschke studio on Kurfürstendamm under the name "WOG" (Wlassics-Olga-Geschke).

Set. Set of 4 works from the 19th and 20th centuries. - GANDON (Antoine). Récits du brigadier Flageolet. Souvenirs intimes d'un vieux chasseur d'Afrique. Paris, E. Dentu, 1861. In-18, contemporary brown half-percaline. Some illustrations in the text by Worms. Autograph signed letter from the author to his "friend Pierre Marchand". Some spotting, corners worn, covers dull. - GYP. Les chasseurs. Drawings by Crafty. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1888. In-4, contemporary red half-chagrin. Numerous illustrations. Some spotting. - PREJELAN (René). i. Paris, Revue Adam, 1952. In-8, contemporary fawn half-maroquin. Illustrated. A good copy. - NIEDECK (Paul). Mes chasses dans les cinq parties du monde. Paris, Librairie Plon, 1907. Large in-8, contemporary illustrated green percaline. Numerous illustrations. Some leaves dampstained.

[TRÉMOIS] - OVIDE - Metamorphoses. Paris & Bièvre, Pierre de Tartas, 1968; in-folio, loose-leaf, in a publisher's slipcase, in a filled illustrated cover. One of 100 numbered copies on Arches vellum, with the definitive state of the 22 original burins by Pierre-Yves Trémois. Autograph signature of the artist, in felt-tip pen, on the title page, and autograph signatures of the publisher and Trémois on the justification. A fine copy.

Italy - Tuscany & GONNELLI (Giuseppe) & BENVENUTI (Cav.P.) & CAMBRAY DIGNY (Louis de). Monumenti sepolcrali della Toscana disegnati da Vincenzo GOZZINI, e incisi da Giovan Paolo Lasinio, sotto la direzione dei Signori Cav. P. Benvenuti, e L. de Cambray Digny, con illustrazioni [di Giuseppe Gonnelli]. Firenze, Presso l'Editore, 1819. In-4 half burgundy grosgrain morocco, ribbed spine with gilt title, date on tail, gilt head (late 19th c.). Complete with 48 plates, some folding. Signed autograph letter from Count Luigi de Cambray Digny (1778-1843, French-born Italian architect, gonfalonier of Florence) to Commander Buchon. Very rare and lightly foxed, fine copy on large English vellum paper (Brunet, II, 1664; Cicognara 4019).

QUATTORDICI VOLUMI DI ENOLOGIA E CUCINA - FOURTEEN VOLUMES ON ENOLOGY AND COOKING: 1) Mario Sobbia - edited by - CHIC DISHES AND DOC WINES. WHITE MEATS, ed. Barisone, Turin 1988. 1st edition. Illustrated semi-rigid paperback. 24 x 17 cm. 218 (6) pp. With an elegant printed framing of the pages in b/w. 2) Luigi Veronelli - edited by - CATALOGO BOLAFFI DEI VINI D'ITALIA, ed. Giulio Bolaffi 1970. First reprint. Illustrated stiff editorial binding. In 24 x 22.5 cm paperback format. Pp. 511, 107.3) AA. VV. THE VERONELLI. ENCYCLOPEDIA MONDIALE DEI VINI E DELLE ACUAVITI, ed. Rizzoli 1981. 1st edition. Complete work in 6 volumes. 30 x 22 cm. Hardback editorial bindings and illustrated editorial dust jackets. One of the seminal works on wines internationally. Normal use wear with scattered blooming and staining to volumes. Presence of dust to the dust jackets. Overall all volumes in good condition. Pp. 1800 in total (pp. 300 per volume), with a significant apparatus of product images. 4) Anna Tasca Lanza LA SICILIA IN CUCINA, ed. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore 1995. 1st edition. Hardcover full cloth editorial binding with illustrated editorial dust jacket. Volume in perfect condition. 26.5 x 18 cm. Pp. 107, with a wealth of color illustrations. 5) Paola Andolina KITCHEN OF SICILY, ed. Dario Flaccovio 1991. 1st edition. Cm 25 x 17. Illustrated stiff editorial binding. A few sporadic weather stains to pages. In very good condition. Pp. 213. 6) Francesco Paolo Cascino CUCINA DI SICILIA, ed. Lorenzo Misuraca Editore 1980. Traditional dishes used by the well-known chef in their elaboration and reinterpretation in an international key. 24 x 17 cm. In very good condition. Editorial paperback. Pp. 64.7) Fiammetta di Napoli Oliver LA GRANDE CUCINA SICILIANA, ed. Moizzi 1976. 1st edition. Cm 25 x 18. Balacron editorial binding with gilt titles to spine. Illustrated editorial dust jacket. Slightly soiled cuts. In very good condition. Pp. 190. 8) Anna Tasca Lanza THE FLAVORS OF SICILY, ed. Clarkson Potter, New York 1996. 1st edition. With autograph dedication by the author. 23.5 x 16 cm. Hardback editorial binding with gilt titles on spine and illustrated editorial dust jacket. Pp. 256.6) Anna Tasca Lanza THE HEART OF SICILY, ed. Clarkson Potter, New York 1993. 1st edition. With autograph dedication by the author. Cm 26.5 x 20. Hardcover editorial binding and illustrated editorial dust jacket. 255 pp.

UNA FOTOGRAFIA AUTOGRAFATA, UNA LETTERA MANOSCRITTA E .... - AN AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH, A HANDWRITTEN AND AUTOGRAPHED LETTER WITH RELATED ENVELOPE AND AN AUTOGRAPHIC APPOINTMENT OF KING FRANCIS II OF THE TWO SICILIES, during his period of exile. The photograph by the famous Parisian photographer Joliot the younger bears the King's autograph. The letter, sent to an eminent and royalist exponent of the Neapolitan nobility, is dated Paris November 27, 1880.

Ethiopia Order of the Star of Ethiopia Grand Officer Breast Star 1932 - Barac# 32; vgAg 81 mm.; 68,5g.; In original box; with hallmark; manufactured by Arthus Bertrand; with old docs; Provenance: Henri Moysset (1875-1949), with an autograph letter on the letterhead of the cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, dated March 10, 1932 indicating the provenance "Plate of Grand-Officier de l'Étoile; Condition-I

DUE FALDONI CONTENENTI OLTRE 150 DOCUMENTI VARI - TWO FOLDERS CONTAINING OVER 150 MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS, letters, notes, and handwritten and printed sheets relating to important Sicilian noble family. The documents, mostly loose sheets, date from the late 18th century to the first quarter of the 19th century and relate to requests, summonses, petitions, and miscellaneous administration.

RACCOGLITORE CON 14 DOCUMENTI ED UN LIBRO - COLLECTOR WITH 14 DOCUMENTS AND A BOOK: The binder contains 14 documents of manufactures, goldsmiths, silversmiths, luxury goods merchants and art goods of the 19th century; a pawnbroker's note from the 17th century; and Maria Accascina's book L'OREFICERIA ITALIANA, 1st edition with autograph dedication by the author. The documents are mainly receipts: a. Giuseppe Languedolce (Bronzista and gilder) Palermo 29/07/1817 b. Giuseppe Languedolce, Palermo 08/11/1821 (2 DOCUMENTS) c. Pietro Lo Presti (Porcelain maker) Palermo 29/05/1815 d. Pietro Lo Presti (Porcelains) Palermo 12/10/1815 e. Giovanni Lenzitti (carpets) Palermo 13/12/1815 (2 DOCUMENTS) f. Abraham Lambelet Swiss (watches and luxury goods) Naples 25/4/1805 g. Manganaro Camillo (pianos) Palermo 03/02/1816 (2 DOCUMENTS) h. Vincenzo Amoroso (watchmaker) Palermo 12/24/1815 i. Samuele Bigatti (jeweler) Florence s. d. j. Samuele Bigatti and Sons (jewelers) Florence 24/05/1867 k. Pledge of Mr. Panbianco for gold and silver dated February 12, 1604 l. 1st edition of Maria Accascina's book L'OREFICERIA ITALIANA, ed. Florence, NEMI (Novissima Enciclopedia Monografica Illustrata) 1934, with autograph dedication by the Author on the title page. 8° volume. Illustrated paperback. Volume in very good condition. Pp. 64 with b/w images in the text.

LETTERA AUTOGRAFA DI VITTORIO EMANUELE ORLANDO - AUTOGRAPHIC LETTER FROM VITTORIO EMANUELE ORLANDO, arranging a wire transfer payment to his son Carlo, a famous ornithologist. The letter, written on his personal letterhead, is dated July 15, 1943. Vittorio Emanuele Orlando(Palermo, 1860-Rome,1952) was an Italian politician and jurist. In addition to his important political role, Orlando is also known for his writings, more than a hundred works, on legal and judicial issues.

LETTERA AUTOGRAFA CON BUSTA DI SPEDIZIONE DEL TIPOGRAFO ... - AUTOGRAPHIC LETTER WITH SHIPPING SHEET FROM Palermo TYPOGRAPHER EDITOR Francesco Lao, on letterhead of the printing plant, then located at 31 Via Celso in Palermo. The letter, dated Palermo, August 2, 1876, is sent to Giuseppe Patiri of Palermo, a famous palethnologist, ethnologist and scholar of local history. Very rare.

LETTERA AUTOGRAFA DI GIUSEPPE PIPITONE FEDERICO - AUTOGRAPHIC LETTER BY GIUSEPPE PIPITONE FEDERICO (Palermo 1859 - 1940), on letterhead Gazzetta d'Arte Giornale Letterario, a famous magazine founded by Ferdinando Di Giorgi in 1890 and of which Pipitone Federico was for a long time editor. He was a literary writer and literary critic, known throughout Europe. He taught history and geography in the Men's Normal School and later Italian literature at the University He was a member of the Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts, the Sicilian Society of Homeland History, and the Peloritana Academy of Messina. He founded and directed, together with P. Silvestri, the literary journal Il momentoand, together with Pietro Lanza di Scalea, La vita letteraria(1888), a Sicilian review of history, literature and art. He wrote historical works and essays on literary criticism (notes taken from the institutional site Archivio Biografico comunale di Palermo). A city street in Palermo is dedicated to him.

DUE VOLUMI D’ARTE - TWO VOLUMES OF ART: 1) Maria Accascina OTTOCENTO SICILIANO. PAINTING, ed. Fratelli Palombi Editori, Rome 1939. 1st edition. 8°. Hardcover full cloth editorial binding with titles stamped in gold on plate and spine. The seminal work on the history of 19th-century art in Sicily, written by one of the greatest devotees of Sicilian art. Pp. 163, LXXV of plates, XIV of indexes. 2) Emanuele Loewy THE GREEK SCULPTURE, ed. S.T.E.N. Società Tipografico - Editrice Nazionale, Turin 1911. With autograph dedication by Maria Accascina dated January 10, 1922. Publisher's cloth binding with printed hardback plates. Art Library Series (no. 10). Pp. 164 with 293 black-and-white images collected in several fold-out and double-page plates outside text.

Collection of various documents of the 19th and 20th century on the subject of Zweibrücken, mainly handwritten letters, copies, elevation plans, seal impressions, coats of arms, certificates etc., including the mobilization order of 16.07.1870 to "all mayors of the district", enclosed: a small bag with mostly used stamps of the 20th century from various countries. countries, all in blue plastic ring binder in A4 format. Limit 80,-

LETTERA AUTOGRAFA DEL VENERABILE Gioacchino da Canicattì - AUTOGRAPHIC LETTER FROM VENERABLE Joachim of Canicattì, bornGaetano La Lomia(Canicattì,1831-Canicattì,1905), popularly known as Father Jachino. The letter, in perfect condition and dated December 23, 1867, is sent to his cousin Emanuele La Lomia (who became Mayor of Canicattì in 1868). Father Gioacchino was an Italian presbyter and missionary belonging to the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. On April 232002Pope John Paul II proclaimed himVenerable. Anapostolic missionary in theAmazonianforestofBrazilfor12years,hefounded, along with other confreres, as many as thirteen villages, devoting himself to evangelizationand human ecultural promotion. Returning toItalyin1880, he founded the Capuchin convent in Canicattì attached to the Church of Our Lady of the Rock. He was famous for imiracles attributed to his intercession. His humility and his charismawere recognized by manySicilians by EmperorPeter II of Brazil, whose confessor he became. He died in Canicattì on July 30, 1905, loved and mourned by all. The triumph of his funeral was equaled only on the occasion of the translation of his body to his little convent church in 1912, where he has rested ever since in a votive chapel that is a constant destination for pilgrimages, prayers and tears. After the first canonical process of 1930-1937 was annulled for formal reasons, the Diocese of Agrigento set up a second cause for his beatification in 1950-1952. ThePositiowas delivered only in 1994. On April 23, 2002, St. John Paul II signed the decree recognizing the heroicity of his virtues, declaring him in the eyes of the ChurchVenerable. (source Cappuccinisicilia.it of 11.02.2024).

OTTO LETTERE AUTOGRAFE E DUE BIGLIETTI DA VISITA - EIGHT AUTOGRAPHIC LETTERS AND TWO VISITING TICKETS from lawyer Ottavio Ziino, dated between 1916 and 1917. The letters are contained within a coeval folder. The lawyer, an expression of Palermo's emerging upper middle class, was one of the Florios' attorneys, especially in the declining phase of Casa Florio. He was responsible for the construction of the palazzo of the same name on Palermo's Via Dante, thanks to the financial help ofVincenzo Florio Jr. The palace was designed by the lawyer's brother, architectNunzio Ziino. The building today is the city's museum headquarters.

DUE LETTERE AUTOGRAFE DI ANGELO SALTARELLI AI FRATELLI BIONDO .... - TWO AUTOGRAPHIC LETTERS FROM ANGELO SALTARELLI TO THE BIONDO BROTHERS AND TO ANDREA BIONDO, creator and co-founder, along with brothers Eugenio and Luigi of the Biondo Theater in Palermo, which opened on October 15, 1903. The letters, on paper and envelopes headed by the sender, are dated Naples Nov. 6, 1906, and Palermo Nov. 12, 1906, and relate to works to be staged. Angelo Saltarelli (1857 - 1922) was a dramatic actor, theatrical impresario and president since 1905, of the Saltarelli dramatic company, directed by Ermete Zacconi. Saltarelli's company produced and staged several plays for the Teatro Biondo. Rare.

A Vintage Domed-topped Box encrusted with Sea-Shells and having brass lion mask ring handles either side. The interior lined in a patchwork of news print, letters, manuscripts etc,,, 12'' (30 cm) high, 16'' (41 cm) wide, 10'' (26 cm) deep.

A. Kokorekin - Affiche Ancienne Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster - Let's Celebrate Every Day With A New Victory of Labour! The factory gave 200% of the plan to the war effort today! - featuring a smiling factory worker looking at the viewer as she tears a date off the 1944 wall calendar in front of an industrial scene in shades of black and white with the factory's achievement that day written in white handwriting style lettering on a red background above, the bold red text below. Excellent condition, backed on linen. Country of issue: USSR, designer: A. Kokorekin, size (cm): 60x40, year of printing: 1944.

CARTELLINA PORTADOCUMENTI DEI PRIMI DEL XX SECOLO - HOLDER CARD OF THE EARLY 20th CENTURY containing three autograph letters by Francesco Vivona, which appear to be glued together. The letters, on Vivona's own letterhead, are dated Calatafimi September 18 and 19, 1921. Francesco Vivona(Calatafimi,February 21,1866-Chieti,July 19,191936) was an Italian classical philologist,translator and Latinist. Literate (Calatafimi 1866-Chieti 1936). He taught in the high schools of Palermo andRome(1891-1929) and in the univ. of Messina and Rome (1930-36). In 1915 he founded the reviewLe cronache scolastiche in Rome, which he directed until his death. His works include theStoria della letteratura romana(1905), the poemsLampìride,OrfeoedEleusi, the lyrical dramaTurno(1930), many lyrics, but above all the translation ofLettere a Luciliodi Seneca (5 vols., 1932) and that, in verse, of the Eneiden in 1926 (source: Enciclopedia On Line Treccani). He was a professor of Latin Literature at the University of Messina and then in the Faculty of Education at the University of Rome. A city street in Palermo is dedicated to Francesco Vivona.