1 / 9
several old books are stacked on top of each other on a tablefour pieces of old music paper sitting on top of a tablea lot of old postcards on a tableseveral old papers are sitting on top of a tableseveral old handwritten letters and papers on a white surfacesome old papers with pictures of men and women on themseveral old manuscripts of various types and sizes are on a tablean old newspaper with a picture of a group of people on ita picture of a sign on the side of a building
GALERIE DES VENTES D'ORLEANS - Maître Guillaume CORNET commissaire-priseur

230 - MUSIC: 4 letters addressed to Erard concerning pianos purcha…
See original version (French)

Estimate €80 - €120
Sale commission
Description
MUSIC: 4 letters addressed to Erard concerning pianos purchased (1854/56), a blank Erard certificate dated around 1890, a 48-page booklet entitled ‘A Few Words on Music and Ancient Poetry’ by Vincent, 1854, 2 small handwritten sheet music scores, a letter from 1846 ordering sheet music and enquiring about a second-hand piano, an invoice for a harmonium dated 1900, 2 orders for sheet music in 1833 and 1840, a handwritten collection of contra-dance scores (early 19th century, 8 pages), 4 small handwritten sheet music pieces in the same hand (formerly from the Colbert de Beaulieu collection), a lithograph entitled “A Pianist” by Devéria, circa 1835, a letter of acceptance to the music theory course at the National Conservatoire (directed by Fauré, 1918), illustrated invoice from 1936 for the purchase of a piano and its bench, printed score from 1812 for a prize-giving ceremony at a Parisian institution, the magazine *Les hommes du jour* devoted to Jules Massenet in 1910 (8 pages), a note, a power of attorney from a musician in the former 62nd Infantry Regiment in 1819, three drypoint engravings (Bizet, Berlioz and Saint-Saëns), two lithographed song scores from around 1830 with illustrations, a programme of music by the Republican Guard, a handwritten score of the ‘trou normand’ from 1935, two orders for violin strings (1925/32), eight engraved portraits including Bellini, Schubert, Lulli and Puccini; a diploma signed by Léo Lelièvre. A collection of 42 documents.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale FREEMASONRY – HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
Auction location
Auction time 07/23/2026 at 10:10 AM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like