‎Autographs‎

‎RUBOW, PAUL V. - TRE MANUSKRIPTER.‎

‎Manusskripterne til 1. Hippolyte Taine. 2. Andersen et ses Contes. 3. Omkring H.C. Andersen.‎

‎(1930, 1943-44, ca. 1930). 4to. Indbundet i et hshirtbd. 3 egenhændige manuskripter med en del egenh. rettelser. 67 pp., 35 pp., 12 pp.‎

Bookseller reference : 53395

‎"ANCHER, ANNA,‎

‎Egenhændigt brev, til ""Frøken Agnes Lunn"", signeret ""Anna Ancher"". - [ORIGINALT HÅNDSKREVET OG SIGNERET BREV FRA ANNA ANCHER]‎

‎""Skagen 14de Februar 1895"". 1 side 8vo. ""Desværre ser jeg mig ikke istand/ til at modtage nogen Be-/ stilling paa Portrætter, som/ De har været saa venlig at/ tiltænke mig. jeg har nemlig/ en lille Pige og vil ikke blive/ længere borte fra hende end/ de Dage jeg rejser for at se/ Billeder"" jeg rejser da for at/ friske mit Syn lidt og maa/ saa have uindskrænket Frihed./ Takkende for Deres gode Me-/ ning om mig er jeg Deres/ ærbødige/ Anna Ancher.""‎

‎Et vidunderligt originalt håndskrevet og signeret brev fra en af de mest elskede og hædrede Skagensmalere, der både afslører, hvordan Anna Ancher arbejdede og fik inspiration samt hvordan hun så på rollen som mor. ""Blandt de danske Skagensmalere står Anna Ancher (1859-1935) som den mest populære. I en periode, hvor kun meget få kvinder fik mulighed for at gøre sig gældende som kunstnere, havde hun modet til at træde ud af skabet, det skab, som 1800-tallets mandsdominerende offentlighed havde anbragt så mange talentfulde kvinder i. Men Anna Ancher var for original en kunstner til, at hun kunne gemmes af vejen og gøres til en hemmelighed. Med sine lysfyldte og koloristisk følsomme billeder beherskede hun kvinders verden som kun få - om overhovedet nogen.""‎

Bookseller reference : 54401

‎"HOLST, H.P. - MED EGENHÆNDIGT BREV.‎

‎Den lille Hornblæser. Fjerde uforandrede Udgave.‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Bing & Søn, 1850. Samtidigt hldrbd. Rig rygforgyldning. Holsts egenhændige brev er indsat forrest. På hans eget brevpapir, 5 linier med underskrift ""Deres hengivne/ H.P. Holst"". Takkeskrivelse for en invitation, uden addressat og datering.‎

Bookseller reference : 56851

‎"KANT, IMMANUEL.‎

‎Die Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der blossen Vernunft. - [ONE OF NO MORE THAN A HANDFUL COPIES ON SPECIAL PAPER, GIVEN BY KANT TO HIS CLOSE FRIEND HASSE]‎

‎Königsberg, Friedrich Nicolovius, 1793. 8vo. In the original bluish cardboardbinding, with handwritten title to spine. Binding very neatly restored at spine and extremities. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free end-paper and title-page as well as pasted-down front end-paper. One leaf with a tiny closed tear to blank outer margin and some leaves with a single hole to the blank outer margin. Light pencil-underlinings and -markings to a few leaves. Internally clean and fresh. Printed on very heavy paper (about three times the thickness of the normal paper) and with wide margins. XX, (2), 296, (2, -errata) pp. Housed in a beautiful marbled half calf box in pastiche-style, with splendidly gilt spine and gilt morrocco title-label.‎

‎Extremely rare presentation-copy inscribed by the recipient, a close friend of Kant, Johann Gottfried Hasse, to whom Kant gave the present copy. The copy is one of no more than perhaps five copies printed on special paper of the first edition of Kant's ""Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason"", the seminal work in which he develops his religion of reason and most fully accounts for his philosophy of religion.This magnificent copy is completely unique. Not only is one of only four or five presentation-copies printed on special paper - perhaps less - that Kant himself requested from the printer, to be given to a handful of recipients"" we also know to whom it was given, namely his close friend and professor of religion Johann Gottfreind Hasse. And Hasse has not only put his ownership signature in the book, he has also noted that it was given to him by Kant in the year of publication (""Donum auctoris 1793"").We have not been able to find information anywhere about the presentation-copies of ""Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der blossen Vernunft"" specifically. There is nothing in the Kant-correspondence about that at all, and no letters to/from the publisher about them have been preserved. But we know that Kant commissioned four or five copies of ""Critik der Urtheilskraft"" on special paper and four copies of ""Critik der reinen Vernunft"". The present copy is clearly on special paper as well (about three times the size of copies on normal paper), so even though it is not mentioned anywhere, it is fair to assume that Kant also ordered about a handful copies of ""Religion..."" to be printed on special paper as well. However, this number might be smaller. As opposed to the other two books that we know he commissioned these copies of, the publication of ""Religion..."" was caught up in a controversy over censorship, and Kant was given a reprimand in the name of the Prussian emperor, Friedrich Wilhelm II. Kant was forced to pledge not to publish on matters of religion. Furthermore, copies of the ""Religion..."" on special paper seem not to have appeared anywhere, as opposed to the very few copies of the two other works that have surfaced"" so all in all, there is absolutely no reason to think that he should have commissioned more than four or five copies of this book either. The inscription to the front free end-paper is in Hasse's hand and reads ""(Donum auctoris 1793.)/ J.G. Hasse"". The name of Hasse has been crossed out by the later owner, who has written his name underneath ""N. Grosch...(?)/ stud. Theol./ Som[mer]. Semest[er]. [18]05"" and on the title-page.The Königsberg professor J.G. Hasse (1759-1806) was a close friend of Kant and a frequent guest at his dinner table. He was a then famous German evangelist theologian and orientalist. After having graduated from the University of Jena in 1784, he became assistant professor at the faculty of philosophy there. Due to his very respected publications within science of religion, he became professor of oriental languages and later professor of theology, which is the position he possessed, when Kant gave him the present copy of his own main work on religion. A few years later, in 1801, he took over Kant's position at the academic Senate, after Kant retired from academic life. And in the last years of Kant's life, Hasse grew even closer to him. He was a frequent guest in his home and a close friend. Hasse was furthermore one of the first to publish a biography of Kant. This biography became particularly famous, because it was written by someone in the inner circle of friends. There is no doubt that Kant had tremendous respect for the renowned professor of religion, to whom he gave one of the only four or five copies printed on special paper of his own definitive work on religion. This is presumably the best presentation- or association-copy of a Kant-book that one can hope to come across. Warda: 141.‎

Bookseller reference : 58186

‎"CAMUS, ALBERT.‎

‎L'Été. Les essais LXVIII. - [PRESENTATION-COPY]‎

‎Paris, Gallimard, 1954. Uncut in the original printed wrappers. A very nice copy housed in a beautiful brown half morocco box with gilt lettering to spine and gilt super ex-libris to front board.‎

‎First edition, Service de presse-copy, i.e. review-copy (""S.P"" to bottom of title-page and to verso of back wrapper), of Camus' magnificent and highly influential collection of essays entitled ""Summer"", inscribed to the famous critic of literature and drama, the writer Guy Dumur (1921-1991): ""à Guy Dumur/ l'une des/ [ÉTÉ]s [ÉTÉ being printed an L' crossed out in front, with s added in Camus' hand]/ son vieil et fidele ami/ Albert Camus"" on half-title.The younger Guy Dumur was a close friend of Camus, who hired him to work on ""Combat"" with him. It is reported that he had a great talent for discovering new talent. Since childhood, he was extremely passionate about the theatre and came to work with all the great dramatic figures in Paris at the time. He is also famous for a number of well respected novels. The essays in ""L'été"" are devoted to Algiers and represent a very personal side of Camus, who provides a marvelous poetic and humorous picture of the provincial simplicities of Oran and Algiers. For many Camus-devotees, ""L'Été"" constitutes one of the most beloved works, as it gives the feel of a certain intimacy with the author that few of his other works does. ""In ""Return to Tipasa"", perhaps the most confessional essay in ""Summer"", which dates from a long trip to Algeria in December 1952, Camus issues his now famous testimony of survival - ""In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me lay an invincible summer"" (Hawes: Camus, A Romance, 2009, pp. 181-82).‎

Bookseller reference : 58313

‎"BORN, MAX.‎

‎Original handwritten and signed postcard for ""Lieber Puzl"" (i.e. Puzl Born, Max Born's grandson), poststamped and postmarked, and with address in Max Born's hand. - [ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN POSTCARD FROM MAX BORN]‎

‎Dated ""14.2.29"" (poststamped ""15.02.29""). Postcard depicting Hohenluftort Königsfeld, 763 m ü. M. bad Schwarzwald, with 12 handwritten lines on the verso as well as the address, all in Max Born's hand and signed ""Max Born"".‎

‎This lovely postcard written by Max Born at the height of his career, for his grandson, is in German and reads thus: ""Lieber Puzl,/ Ich gratuliere Dir sehr herzlich/ zum Geburtstag und hoffe, dass/ Du recht viel geschenke kriegst./ Grüss Deine Eltern Gustav und/ Gritli, auch alle andern Bärrchen/ und deine Geburtstagsgäste./ Dein Opapa/ Max Born./ Sage Omama Hedi, sie soll mich/ mal gelegentlich hier telephonisch/ ausrufen. Die Nummer ist:/ Königsfeld Nr. 75."" (I.e. Dier Puzl, I congratulate you on your birthday and and hope that you will recieve a lot of presents. Greetings to your parents Gustav and Gritli, and also to all other little bears and to your birthdayguests. Your grandfater Max Born. Tell grandma' Hedi that at some point she should call me by telephone. The number is: Königsfeld 75).This is a warm, lovely, peronal card from the pioneer of quantum mechanics, written at a crucial time in his career.‎

Bookseller reference : 58762

‎"KRUSENSTERN - DANISH MANUSCRIPT TRANSLATION‎

‎Beretning til Kaartet over Sonda Stræde samt Batavia Rehd (Translated from the French: ""Mémoire sur une carte du détroit de la Sonde et de la rade de Batavia"" - [DANISH MANUSCRIPT TRANSLATION OF KRUSENSTERN'S ""STRAIT OF SUNDA"", INCLUDING THE MAP]‎

‎København, 1820 (Original work published St. Pétersburg, 1813) 4to (190 x 258 mm). In later half cloth. Gilt lettering and stamp to front board. Two stamps to title-page. Manuscript in brown ink by Danish Rear Admiral Lövenørn. Fine and clean with text in very good and legible condition. (6), 32 pp. + coloured manuscript map of Strait of Sunda. Copy of Krusensterns 1813-map. (590 x 460 mm)‎

‎Danish Manuscript translation of Krusenstern's commentary to his of map of the Strait of Sunda and Batavia habour from 1813. We have been able to locate only one other copy of this work (also a Danish translation, from 1815, but lacking the map), manuscript and printed, in Danish, Swedish or Norwegian. Despite the fact that the Strait of Sunda was sailed relatively frequently by European sailors, Krusenstern's 1813-memoir is one of the earliest reliable pilots to this strait. From the present memoire: ""Although a strait so important as that of Sunda, frequented every year by more than 50 European ships, ought to be (as one would naturally suppose) perfectly well known"" notwithstanding which, after having examined the charts of these coasts reputed the best, I venture to say that I have been convinced that there does not exit one with which one can be entirely satisfied"". Rear admiral Lövenørn became the first director of Royal Danish Nautical Charts Archive in 1784.‎

Bookseller reference : 58819

‎"NODIER, CHARLES - LETTER TO ALEXANDRE DUMAS.‎

‎Autograph letter signed ""Charles Nodier"" written out to his friend Alexandre Dumas ""Mon cher ami,...""‎

‎Undated, around 1836. 1 leaf 8vo. on light-blue paper. 16 lines and signed ""Tout á vous et de coeur/ Charles Nodier"" The letter seems to deal with Alexander Dumas' novel ""Voyages de Gabriel Payot"". On verso of the letter is transscribed in Nodier's hand ""Monsieur Alexandre Dumas,/ cour d'Orleans No 3./ Paris"". Marks after folding. Faint scattered brownspots.‎

Bookseller reference : 59408

‎"PRONY, (GASPARD CLAIR FRANCOIS RICHE de).‎

‎Mécanique Philosophique, ou Analyse Raisonnée des diverses parties de la Science de l'Équilibre et du Mouvement. - [FROM NAPOLEON'S LIBRARY]‎

‎Paris, Imprimerie de la République, an VIII [i.e. 1800]. 4to. Bound in a lovely full mottled calf binding with fine, gilt ornamental borders to boards, double gilt line-borders to all edges of boards and a richly gilt spine. Spine with gilt red leather title-label and with the gilt monogram of Joséphine and Napoléon - ""JB"" - to lower spine. Neatly rebacked. With a handwritten inscription for Napoleon to title-page ""Au Citoyen Bonaparte/ premier Consul de la République francaise/ De la part du Conseil [de]/ L'Ecole Polythechnique"", with a signature underneath and the stamp of the Ecole Polytechnique. The inscription is slighly cropped at the outer margin. A bit of brownspotting here and there. (4), VII, (1), 477, (3) pp.‎

‎First edition, original offprint from Journal Polytechnique, Tome III, Cahiers 7 & 8, of Prony's magnum opus ""Mécanique phlilosophique"". The three parts here are all that appeared, as the planned two parts announced on the verso of the extra title-page never appeared. A truly splendid copy from Napoleon's library, with the gilt monogram of him and Joséphine from the library at Malmaison and with a presentation-inscription for Napoléon, which is rare. Books from the library at Malmaison do occasionally appear on the market, although they are rare. They are usually taken to be mainly Joséphine's, as she spent more time there. This, however, is a rare exception. First, we know that Napoléon actually did spend time at Malmaison at the time that he was given the present volume, around 1800, second, it bears an inscription for him, which is rare, determining for a fact that this was one of his books, not Joséphine's. Together with the Tuileries, Malmaison was the French government's headquarters from 1800 to 1802, exactly the time that Napoleon will have been given the present book and incorporated it in his library. Many of the books at the Malmaison library were books on things like gardening that Joséphine cared a great deal about. These were clearly her books. And some of the books, like the present, were clearly those of Napoleon himself. Napoleon was a voracious reader and he spent much time in his library studying his books. He had a personal librarian, always travelled with books, and took pride in constructing portable libraries as well as the rooms for his own actual library. On 9 July 1800, he gave the commission for a study to be built in place of the three small rooms situated on the south corner pavilion of Malmaison. Fontaine removed the partition walls and commissioned the Jacob brothers to make the teak woodwork. On 18 September, Fontaine wrote: “Everything is now in place, and even though the First Consul found that the room looked like a church sacristy, he was nevertheless forced to admit that it would have been difficult to do better in such an unsuitable space”. The paintings of the great ancient and classical authors which surround Apollo and Minerva on the ceiling were probably executed by Lafitte. Napoleon had been an avid reader since he was quite young, and when he began studying at the École Militaire in Paris, he continued to read classics, literature, and philosophy, as he would throughout his life, but he also read more scientifically and strategically aimed books. “His appetite for reading books continued as he rose in power. In 1798, about to depart on the Egyptian campaign, he gave Bourrienne a list of books he wanted in his camp library. These included works in Sciences and Arts (e.g., Treatise on Fortifications), Geography and Travels (e.g., Cook’s Voyages), History (e.g., Thucydides, Frederick II), Poetry (e.g., Ossian, Tasso, Ariosto), Novels (e.g., Voltaire, Héloïse, Werther and 40 volumes of “English novels”), and Politics and Morals (the Bible, the Koran, the Vedas, etc.)” (Shannon Selin: Bonaparte the Book Worm), giving us a great insight into his preferences at the time. Prony, with his great Mechanical Philosophy, will have fallen perfectly amongst these great writers, when Napoleon returned to Malmaison, combining politics, science, and philosophy. It is not difficult to see how Napoleon will have been intrigued by mechanical philosophy, which is a form of natural philosophy that compares the universe to a large-scale mechanism. Mechanical philosophy is associated with the scientific revolution of Early Modern Europe, and one of the first expositions of universal mechanism is found in the opening passages of Hobbes’s Leviathan. Prony, in the present work, argues that mechanical principles in the practical arts themselves call for philosophical analysis. Baron Gaspard de Prony (1755-1839) was a French mathematician and engineer. He was educated at the Benedictine College at Toissei in Doubs. From there, he entered the École des Ponts et Chaussés in 1776, where he studied engineering until graduating in 1779. “In 1780 he became an engineer with the École des Ponts et Chaussés and after three years in a number of different regions of France he returned to the École des Ponts et Chaussés in Paris 1783. This was the same year he published his first major work in the Académie des Sciences on the forces on arches. Monge was impressed with this paper and realised that de Prony was someone of great potential. In 1785 de Prony visited England on a project to obtain an accurate measurement of the relative positions of the Greenwich Observatory and the Paris Observatory. Two years later he was promoted to inspector at the École des Ponts et Chaussés. Around this time he was involved with the work on the Louis XVI Bridge in Paris which is now called the Pont de la Concorde. Further promotion in 1790 was followed the next year by his being appointed Engineer-in-Chief of the École des Ponts et Chaussés. This promotion was as a result of the opening of the Louis XVI Bridge. Also around 1791 de Prony was working on geometry with Pierre Girard. Then in 1792, de Prony began a major task of producing logarithmic and trigonometric tables, the Cadastre. With the assistance of Legendre, Carnot and other mathematicians, and between 70 to 80 assistants, the work was undertaken over a period of years, being completed in 1801. […] In 1794 the École Centrale des Travaux Publics was founded by and was directed by Carnot and Monge. It was renamed the École Polytechnique in 1795 and de Prony was certainly one of the main lectures by this time. He is listed among the first teachers at the university […] In 1798 de Prony refused Napoleon's request that he join his army of invasion to Egypt. Fourier, Monge and Malus had agreed to be part of the expeditionary force and Napoleon was angry that de Prony would not come. It did mean that de Prony was to fail to receive the honours he deserved from Napoleon but de Prony's wife was a close friend of Joséphine and this probably saved de Prony from anything worse. In 1798 de Prony achieved his ambition of being appointed director of the École des Ponts et Chaussés. His desire for this post was almost certainly a main reason for his refusing to join Napoleon. As director he began producing a number of important texts on mathematical physics.” (From University of St. Andrews scientific biographies). The present book and its presentation to Napoleon comes from this time, linking the two even closer. After Napoleon was defeated, the reorganization in France included a reorganization of the École Polytechnique, which was closed during 1816. De Prony lost his position as professor there and was not part of the reorganization committee. However, as soon as the school reopened, de Prony was asked to be an examiner so he continued his connection yet only had to work one month per year.‎

Bookseller reference : 60104

‎MØLLER, NIELS.‎

‎Annabella og andre Digte.‎

‎1931. Lille 4to. M. orig. for- og bagomsl. i hldrbd. Forreste fals revnet.‎

‎Med dedikation til forlæggeren. Nr. 1 af 400 ekspl.‎

Bookseller reference : 640

‎[Dombes] Lenail, Pierre:‎

‎Parlement (Le) de Dombes. Lyon 1523 à 1696. Trévoux 1697 à 1771.‎

‎Lyon, Bernoux et Cumin, 1900 ; grand in-8, broché ; 218 pp., 10 planches hors-texte.‎

‎Ouvrage fondamental sur la Dombes. EDITION ORIGINALE, tirage à 252 exemplaires plus quelques exemplaires hors-commerce, dont celui-ci. Couverture un peu défraichie avec une auréole claire. Joint : une lettre autographe signée de l'auteur concernant l'ouvrage, datée du 22 octobre 1908.‎

Bookseller reference : 273

‎Mellor, Alec‎

‎Nos frères séparés. Les Francs-Maçons.‎

‎Mame, 1961, in-8, broché, 343 pages.‎

‎Edition originale.Importante étude sur la condamnation de la Franc-Maçonnerie par l’Eglise.E.A.S. de l’auteur, Franc-Maçon, qui a publié nombre d’ouvrages de qualité sur le sujet.‎

Bookseller reference : 1058

‎Portique (Le). 1946, N°4.‎

‎Paris, Rombaldi, 1946 ; in-8, broché ; (9) ff. (catalogue d'éditeurs), 181 pp., (5) ff. (catalogue d'éditeurs) ; 6 illustrations hors-texte en couleurs ou en noir, nombreuses illustrations in-texte ; couverture à rabats illustrée en couleurs.‎

‎Un des 100 exemplaires de luxe (N°38) avec une eau-forte originale de Pierre Veysset et une eau-forte originale en couleurs de Pierre Dubreuil numérotées et signées (38/100). - Dans l'atelier de Dufy, par Pierre Camo.- La vie de Bohême, par Frantz Calot.- La pensée, poème inédit de Pierre Camot.- Maurice Denis et l'art du livre, par Jacques Guignard.- Les collections Mornay, par Raymond Hesse.- Thomas Rowlandson, par Sir Osbert Sitwell.- Les éditions de Ronsard, par M. Guérin.- Des autographes (I), par J. Arnna.- Chroniques du beau livre, par Jacques Guignard.- La côte des livres, par Bernard Thibault et E. de Grolier.- La Documentation du bibliophile, par E. de Grolier.Exemplaire en bel état, intérieur frais.‎

Bookseller reference : 2305

‎Clairville ; Siraudin ; Koning :‎

‎Fille (La) de Mme Angot. Opéra-comique en trois actes. Paroles de MM. Clairville, Siraudin et Koning. Musique de M. C. Lecocq. Edition illustrée de costumes coloriés, dessinés par A. Grévin, de vignettes de P. Hadol, des portraits et des autographes des auteurs de la musique et du livret, accompagnée de la musique gravée des principaux airs, et d'une notice historique par Jules Clarétie.‎

‎Paris, Librairie F. Polo ; Bruxelles, Librairie Sardou, 1875 ; grand in-8, demi-maroquin noir, dos quatre nerfs décorés de filets dorés, titre doré ; (3) ff. (bl., faux-titre, titre), VIII pp. (notice historique), 220 pp., (2) ff. (partition, tables) ; 3 planches d'illustrations en noir hors-texte dont une en frontispice, 6 planches d'illustrations en couleurs hors-texte, 65 illustrations en noir in-texte, soit au total 74 illustrations.‎

‎Première édition illustrée (Gay 4e édition II-305). Quelques très rares petites rousseurs et tâches éparses, sinon exemplaire en bel état.‎

Bookseller reference : 2659

‎Bellin, Antoine-Gaspard :‎

‎Exposition des Idées de Platon et d’Aristote, sur la nature et l’origine du langage, Discours prononcé au Congrès Scientifique de France, séant à strasbourg, le 15 Septembre 1842.‎

‎Strasbourg, Imp. G. Silbermann, 1842 ; in-8, broché ; (2) ff. , 32 pp. ; couverture bleue imprimée.‎

‎Envoi Autographe Signé d’Antoine-Gaspard Bellin au docteur Charles Fraisse, secrétaire de la Société littéraire de Lyon. Exemplaire en bon état malgré quelques manques de papier au dos.‎

Bookseller reference : 6149

‎Vicaire, Gabriel :‎

‎Emaux Bressans.‎

‎Paris, Charpentier et Cie, 1884 ; in-12, demi-chagrin maroquiné bordeaux, dos à nerfs, titre doré, filet doré sur les plats, plats et gardes de papier marbré fait-main, couverture et dos conservés, non rogné (reliure moderne) ; (4), 291 pp., (1) p.‎

‎EDITION ORIGINALE, GRANDE SIGNATURE AUTOGRAPHE DE GABRIEL VICAIRE AVEC "JUIN 1884" sur la couverture dont le dos conservé est partiellement manquant. Les classiques rousseurs sont présentes, plus ou moins selon les endroits, bel exemplaire dans l'ensemble de ce chef d'oeuvre de la poésie, dans une reliure sobre, très élégante et bien établie.‎

Bookseller reference : 9479

‎Cervantès :‎

‎Coignet et Coupillé. (Rinconete y Cortadillo). Nouvelle traduite en français avec une introduction et des notes par Adolphe Coster.‎

‎Paris, Imprimerie Levé, 1909 ; in-8, broché ; (2), XVIII, 51 pp. , (1) p.‎

‎Exemplaire en bon état et non coupé malgré un petit manque en bas du dos. Envoi autographe signé "A mes chers amis Thouverez. Bien affectueusement. A. Coster"‎

Bookseller reference : 9741

‎Lettre de cachet contre Nicolas Bayeul ou Bailleur,‎

‎donnée à Versailles le 30 mai 1785, signée “Louis”, note en marge “Entré le 10 juin 1785 / Force” et signature Le Bon de Breteuil. Le Roi demande et ordonne de recevoir “à l’Hôpital” pour 3 mois le sieur concerné. In-folio, 1 p.‎

‎Beau et rare document.‎

Bookseller reference : 10188

‎Cadart (Gustave) :‎

‎Note sur les calculs de résistance d'une carcasse de porte d'écluse.‎

‎Chaumont, 5 juin 1900 ; in-8, broché ; pp.267-296, tableau et croquis (probablement extrait des Annales des Ponts et Chaussées), couverture verte muette.‎

‎Envoi autographe signé de l'auteur à Abel Mazoyer, ingénieur en chef et réalisateur du Pont-canal de Briare. Bon exemplaire.‎

Bookseller reference : 10586

‎[La Tour-Maubourg] Charreyre (Docteur A.) :‎

‎Inventaire des meubles et titres de Jean-Hector de Fay marquis de La Tour-Maubourg, Maréchal de France.‎

‎Le Puy, Typographie J.M. Freydier, 1879 ; in-8, broché ; 47 pp., (1 bl.), couverture verte décorée, imprimée en rouge et noir ; imprimé sur beau vélin fort.‎

‎EDITION ORIGINALE, tirage à 50 exemplaires numérotés (N°24) non mis dans le commerce ; envoi autographe signé de l'auteur. Les biens étaient essentiellement situés dans tout le Velay et le Vivarais. Ouvrage indispensable pour la petite et la grande histoire de cette illustre famille, des familles alliées et des régions qui les concernent : Velay, Vivarais, Chamalières, Vienne-Isère, etc., et l'ordre de Malte. Bel exemplaire. (Absent de Saffroy)‎

Bookseller reference : 11116

‎Tronchin (Théodore) :‎

‎LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNEE,‎

‎in-4, 1 p. 1/2 ; Genève, 13 février 1767 ; il signale à son correspondant "que M. de Budé est mort à Genève, que c'est dans cette ville que son testament qui est olographe a été ouvert, et que ses héritiers n'ont fait procéder juridiquement à aucun inventaire des titres et terriers des terres de Montréal et de Ferney, tout a été réglé à l'amiable entre les héritiers qui étaient sur les lieux par des actes sous écritures privées dont, à quelque prix que ce soit, il n'est pas possible de se procurer un double sans leur participation. C'est la réponse que j'ai faite au mémoire que je vous renvois...", signé Tronchin.‎

‎Issu d'une ancienne famille champenoise réfugiée à Genève au XVIe siècle pour échapper aux persécutions religieuses, Théodore Tronchin est né à Genève (1709-1781) ; après avoir fait de brillantes études de médecine à Leyde, sous l'autorité de Boerhaave, reçu en 1730, il s'établit à Amsterdam où il fut nommé professeur et ouvrit un cours d'anatomie. Homme aux idées d'avant-garde, il devint un puissant militant de l'inoculation contre la variole et fournit deux articles sur ce sujet à l'Encyclopédie de Diderot et d'Alembert ; très lié à Rousseau, son compatriote, Diderot, Voltaire, dont il fut le médecin, Mme d'Epinay, Grimm, etc. Il assista Voltaire dans sa dernière maladie et le philosophe de Ferney loua ses talents en vers.Bernard de Budé, seigneur de Ferney, avait acheté le comté de Montréal dans l'Ain le 28 août 1720 à M. d'Alinge, marquis de Coudrée ; ses héritiers le cédèrent en 1757, pour la somme de 60 000 livres à Charles-Joseph de Douglas, seigneur de Mépillat.‎

Bookseller reference : 11347

‎Dupont de l'Etang (Pierre, comte) :‎

‎Lettre signée,‎

‎in-folio, 1 p., du 31 août 1814, en-tête du Ministère de la Guerre, adressée au Maréchal de Camp Maupoint, baron de Vandeul, qui est nommé au Commandement des Bouches du Rhône, signature du Cte Dupont.‎

‎Né à Chabannais en Charente (1765-1840), Général de division, Ministre de la Guerre. Le Général Dupont occupe une place à part dans l'histoire de l'Empire : très brillant dans les campagnes de la Révolution puis de l'Empire, Napoléon le fit, sur le champ de bataille de Friedland, grand aigle de la Légion d'Honneur et comte de l'Empire. Ce Général auréolé de gloire perdit tout, grade, honneur et situation, lorsqu'il capitula en Espagne, à Baylen, dans une affaire qui fit couler beaucoup d'encre ; il fut alors cassé de ses grades, décorations et titres. Lors des Cent-Jours, Louis XVIII en fit son Ministre de la Guerre.‎

Bookseller reference : 8018

‎Sombreuil (Charles-François-Virot, marquis de) :‎

‎Feuille de route de l'Hôtel des Invalides‎

‎in-folio, 1 p. imprimée et complétée à la main, signature autographe de Sombreuil, en date du 28 août 1791 ; elle accompagnait le Brevet nominatif du bénéficiaire, invalide resté anonyme ; "ayant demandé à se retirer à Pont-à-Mousson et partant aujourd'hui de l'Hôtel...", l'intéressé a reçu quatre livres pour son trajet, à raison de huit sous par lieue pour dix lieues ; mention en dessous et au verso de divers versements qu'il a reçus à Meaux, Châlons, Château-Thierry, Saint-Dizier et Toul.‎

‎Né à Ensisheim en Alsace (1727 - 1794), Général, Gouverneur des Invalides. Maréchal de camp commandant à Lille, Charles Sombreuil fut appelé en 1786 pour remplacer M. de Guibert comme Gouverneur des Invalides. Arrêté sous le prétexte d'avoir défendu les Tuileries au 10 août, il fut enfermé à l'Abbaye et n'échappa aux massacres de Septembre que grâce au courage de sa fille ; la scène de ce dévouement et d'amour filial est universellement connue, bien que fortement enjolivée ; il n'en reste pas moins que les survivants de cette boucherie furent plutôt rares. Arrêté de nouveau en 1794, le marquis de Sombreuil fut traduit devant un tribunal révolutionnaire, condamné à mort et exécuté le jour même. Beau document.‎

Bookseller reference : 8128

‎Truguet (Laurent, Jean-François, comte) :‎

‎Lettre signée,‎

‎au citoyen Laprade ; in-folio, 2 pp., en-tête Marine et Colonies : le Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies en date du 11 germinal an 4, pièce en partie imprimée accusant réception du certificat de résidence à Bordeaux, prescrit par le roi pour les non prévenus d'émigration. Marque postale rouge "Mte de la Marine et des Colonies" au verso, avec l'adresse de Laprade.‎

‎Né à Toulon (1752 - 1839) ; marin, homme politique, Ministre et Amiral. Il fit les campagnes de 1778 et 1783 sous M.M. de Guichen de Grasse et d'Estaing dont il fut attaché à son état-major et à qui il sauva la vie après le désastreux assaut de Savannah. En 1784, il commandait la corvette qui porta M. de Choiseul-Gouffier notre ambassadeur à Constantinople et travailla à la réorganisation de la marine turque, rédigea un Traité de manoeuvre et de tactique que le Sultan fit traduire et qui fut longtemps en usage dans la flotte ottomane. Ensuite, il négocia un traité de commerce avec l'Egypte et Tunis, Louis XVI le nomma capitaine de vaisseau puis contre-amiral ; il contribua à la prise de Nice, fut chargé de la prise de la Sardaigne où il échoua à cause de l'insubordination des volontaires marseillais. Incarcéré pendant la Terreur, il fut libéré le 9 Thermidor et devint Ministre de la Marine (1er novembre 1795). Conseiller d'État en 1801, il commanda l'armée navale combinée à Cadix (1802) puis l'escadre de Brest. Opposé à l'Empire, il fut destitué en 1804 mais nommé préfet maritime de Brest en 1808 et commande toute la marine en Hollande deux ans plus tard ; fait prisonnier par les Hollandais, il ne rentra en France qu'à la Restauration. Il fut nommé Amiral en 1831.‎

Bookseller reference : 8139

‎Clarke (Henri-Jacques-Guillaume) :‎

‎Lettre autographe signée,‎

‎entièrement de sa main, in-4, 1 p. à Son Excellence le Mal Duc de Trévise (Adolphe-Edouard-Casimir-Joseph Mortier), Paris, le 9 février 1812 ; "Mon cher voisin..." il ne pourra assister au bal donné par le Duc en raison d'une rougeole qui l'empêche, ainsi que sa femme, de sortir.‎

‎Comte d'Hunebourg et duc de Feltre, Maréchal de France, Ministre de la Guerre, né à Landrecies dans le Nord, d'une famille originaire d'Irlande (1765-1818). Beau document privé.‎

Bookseller reference : 9979