AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS – PENNED BY HISTORY’S GREAT FIGURES

September 18th, 2026 at 2:00 PM
25000 Besançon - France

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Terms of sale
AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS PRIVATE COLLECTION FROM THE FRANCE-COMTÉ REGION Expert: Mr Thierry Bodin 45, rue de l’Abbé Grégoire, 75006 Paris * [email protected] * tel 01 45 48 25 31
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Sale commission: 23 % incl. taxes for voluntary sales

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Maître Jean-Paul RENOUD-GRAPPIN
03 81 82 14 14
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Operator: HÔTEL DES VENTES DE BESANCON S.A.R.L

Sale commission: 23 % incl. taxes for voluntary sales

Internet fees: 1.5% excluding VAT of the hammer price for judicial sales, 1.5% excluding VAT for voluntary sales or €60 excluding VAT per vehicle. No additional fees will be applied on charity auction lots.

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Exposures:

4 Rue Robert Demangel, 25000 Besançon, FR

September 17th, 2026 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
September 17th, 2026 from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
September 18th, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 11:45 AM
Lot no. 1
Marie d’AGOULT (1805–1876). L.A.
Val.: €60 - €80
Lot no. 2
Marie d’AGOULT (1805–1876). Autograph letter, 18 July 1853; …
Val.: €60 - €80
Lot no. 3
Marie d’AGOULT (1805–1876). 2 letters, 1866; one and a half …
Val.: €250 - €300
Lot no. 4
Marie d’AGOULT (1805–1876). Autograph letter, Saint-Lupicin,…
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 5
Francesco ANTOMMARCHI (1780–1833), Napoleon’s physician on S…
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 6
ARBOIS. CHARTER signed by Estienne BOUTON, apostolic notary …
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 7
Claude de BAUFFREMONT, Baron of SCEY (1596–1660).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 8
Hector BERLIOZ (1803–1869). Autograph letter, Paris, 29 Dece…
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 10
[Jean BERNADOTTE (1763–1844)]. A SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION of d…
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 11
Tristan BERNARD (1866–1947). Signed autograph poem, [1930]; …
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 12
Henri-Gatien, Count BERTRAND (1773–1844), general, companion…
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 14
Alexandre BESSON (1758–1826), member of the Convention (Doub…
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 15
Elisa BONAPARTE (1777–1820), Napoleon’s sister, Princess of …
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 16
Nadia BOULANGER (1887–1979). Handwritten letter; half-page o…
Val.: €70 - €80
Lot no. 17
Jean BOYVIN (1575–1650). P.S., Dole, 13 June 1648; oblong pa…
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 18
Jeanne Louise Genet, Madame CAMPAN (1752–1822).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,200
Lot no. 19
Jeanne Louise Genet, Madame CAMPAN (1752–1822).
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 20
Jeanne Louise Genet, Madame CAMPAN (1752–1822).
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 21
Jeanne Louise Genet, Madame CAMPAN (1752–1822).
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 22
Jeanne Louise Genet, Madame CAMPAN (1752–1822).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 23
Jeanne Louise Genet, Madame CAMPAN (1752–1822).
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 25
Jeanne Louise Genet, Madame CAMPAN (1752–1822).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 26
Jeanne Louise Genet, Madame CAMPAN (1752–1822).
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 27
Jeanne Louise Genet, Madame CAMPAN (1752–1822).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,200
Lot no. 28
Jeanne Louise Genet, Madame CAMPAN (1752–1822).
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 29
[Mrs CAMPAN]. Documentation, in 3 files.
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 30
Francis CARCO (1886–1958). Handwritten letter with DRAWING, …
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 31
Max CLAUDET (1840–1893), sculptor.
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 32
Jean-Baptiste COLBERT (1619–1683).
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 33
COLETTE (1873–1954). Autograph letter, [28 June 1947], to a …
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 34
Victor CONSIDERANT (1808–1893).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 35
Benjamin CONSTANT (1767–1830). P.
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 36
Alfred CORTOT (1877–1962). Autograph letter, Neuilly-sur-Sei…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 37
Alfred CORTOT (1877–1962). Handwritten letter, Lausanne, 1 M…
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 38
Jacques-Antoine-Adrien DELORT (Arbois 1773–1846), General of…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 39
MISCELLANEOUS. 25 letters or documents, most of them autogra…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 40
Raymond de DURFORT (1725–1792), Archbishop of Besançon.
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 41
Henri-Essex EDGEWORTH DE FIRMONT (1745–1807), a priest and t…
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 42
FRANCHE-COMTÉ. 12 letters and documents, 1641–1668, addresse…
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 43
FRANCHE-COMTÉ. P.S. by 18 deputies and clerks, 2 April 1659;…
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 44
FRANCHE-COMTÉ. 4 printed works, 1764–1788; the first in-4, t…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 45
FRANCHE-COMTÉ. Documentary file.
Val.: €70 - €80
Lot no. 46
FRANÇOIS I (1494–1547). P.S., Angoulême, 20 November 1542; c…
Val.: €800 - €1,000
Lot no. 47
Alain GERBAULT (1893–1941), a French sailor, sailed solo rou…
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 48
Jean GIONO (1895–1970). Autograph letter; half-page, quarto.
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 49
HAWAII. Printed: Treaty between His Majesty Kamehameha III, …
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 50
Victor HUGO (1802–1885). Autograph letter, Paris, 17 Februar…
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 51
Victor HUGO (1802–1885). Autograph letter and autograph note…
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 52
Jura Department. 5 documents, 1791–1797.
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 53
Prefecture of the Jura. Poster, 11 Vendémiaire, Year IX (3 O…
Val.: €80 - €100
Lot no. 54
Claude Prost, known as Captain LACUZON (1607–1681), soldier …
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 55
Alphonse de LAMARTINE (1790–1869).
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 56
Franz LISZT (1811–1886). Autograph letter, [Paris, 7 June 18…
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 57
Franz LISZT (1811–1886). Signed autograph MUSICAL MANUSCRIPT…
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 58
LOUIS XIV (1638–1715). Letters patent in his name, Versaille…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 59
Hudson LOWE (1769–1844), English general, Napoleon’s jailer …
Val.: €1,000 - €1,200
Lot no. 60
Alexandre MACDONALD (1765–1840), Marshal of France, Duke of …
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 61
Alexandre MACDONALD (1765–1840), Marshal of France, Duke of …
Val.: €120 - €150
Lot no. 62
Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de MAINTENON (1635–1719).
Val.: €800 - €1,000
Lot no. 63
Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de MAINTENON (1635–1719).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,200
Lot no. 64
Victor MAUVAIS (1809–1854), astronomer.
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 65
Migette Abbey. P.S. by Jeanne VI de POLIGNY, Abbess of Miget…
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 66
Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti, Count of MIRABEAU (1749–1791).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 67
Marie-Thérèse-Sophie Richard de Ruffey, Marquise de MONNIER,…
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 68
Gaspard MONGE (1746–1818). P.S.
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 69
Désiré MONNIER (1788–1867). Letter from the author, Lons-le-…
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 70
Alexandre-Marie de Saint-Mauris, Prince of MONTBAREY (1732–1…
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 71
Édouard MORTIER, Duke of Trévise (1768–1835), Marshal.
Val.: €100 - €120
Lot no. 73
NAPOLEON I (1769–1821). Autograph NOTES, [Longwood 1816]; 1 …
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 74
[NAPOLEON II (1811–1832) King of Rome, Duke of REICHSTADT, ‘…
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 75
Horatio NELSON (1758–1805), British admiral, victor at Abouk…
Val.: €1,200 - €1,500
Lot no. 76
Charles NODIER (1780–1844). Letter from the author, Dole, Sa…
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 77
OCEANIA. P.S. by Théogène-François PAGE (1807–1867), head of…
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 79
Louis PASTEUR (1822–1895). Autograph letter, Paris, 30 April…
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 80
PHILIP II (1527–1598) King of Spain.
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 81
PHILIP II of BURGUNDY, known as ‘the Bold’ (1342–1404), Duke…
Val.: €500 - €600
Lot no. 82
Auguste POINTELIN (1839–1933). 7 DRAWINGS with handwritten c…
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 83
Auguste POINTELIN (1839–1933). 2 letters, Paris, to Félix SI…
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 84
Auguste POINTELIN (1839–1933). 4 letters from the author, Mo…
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 85
Auguste POINTELIN (1839–1933). P.
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 86
POMARÉ IV (1813–1877), Queen of Tahiti.
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 87
POMARÉ IV (1813–1877). Autograph letter, ‘Pomare vahine’, Pa…
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 88
Charles-Ferdinand RAMUZ (1878–1947).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 89
Claude-Joseph ROUGET DE LISLE (1760–1836).
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 90
Claude-Joseph ROUGET DE LISLE (1760–1836).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 91
Ferdinand de RYE (1550–1636), Archbishop of Besançon.
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 92
SAINT-CLAUDE. 2 documents.
Val.: €50 - €60
Lot no. 93
Young Ladies of SAINT-CYR. P.S.
Val.: €250 - €300
Lot no. 94
George SAND (1804–1876). Autograph letter, La Châtre, 20 Sep…
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 96
Claude François Thomas SANDOZ (1756–?) General of the Revolu…
Val.: €120 - €150
Lot no. 97
Gabriel de SARTINE (1729–1801), Minister of the Navy.
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 98
Maurice of SAXONY (1696–1750), Field Marshal.
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 99
Celestino SFONDRATI (1644–1696).
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 100
Pierre-André, bailiff of SUFFREN (1726–1788), sailor.
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 101
Thérésa Cabarrus, Madame TALLIEN (1773–1835).
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 102
André T'SERSTEVENS (1886–1974).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 103
André T'SERSTEVENS (1886–1974).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 104
Paul-Émile VICTOR (1907–1995). Handwritten letter, Lons-le-S…
Val.: €80 - €100
Lot no. 105
VOLTAIRE (1694–1778). L.S. ‘The Old Patient V’, Ferney, 16 J…
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 106
[Richard WAGNER (1813–1883)]. P.
Val.: €600 - €800