RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919) French Impressionist Artist. A clean A.L.S., `Renoir´, two pages, written to the first and third page, small 8v...

MAGRITTE RENÉ: (1898-1967) Belgian Surrealist Painter. An interesting and philosophical letter written by Magritte A.L.S., `René Magritte´, two pa...

BLAKE PETER: (1932-     ) English pop artist, co-creator of the sleeve design for the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)....

NADAR: (1820-1910) Gaspard-Felix Tournachon. French photographer, caricaturist and balloonist, the first person to take aerial photographs (1858)....

`…they will not be punished there for cases of simple fornication.´ ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. An interesti...

STENDHAL: (1783-1842) Marie-Henri Beyle. French writer, considered one of the early and foremost practitioners of realism, whose works include Le ...

                                                  ‘I almost owe him my life’ BALZAC HONORÉ DE: (1799-1850) French Novelist and Playwright. Best kn...

VIGNY ALFRED DE : (1797-1863) Count of Vigny. French Poet, Writer and Translator of Shakespeare. A fine A.L.S., `Alfred de Vigny´, one page, 8vo, ...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet and Novelist. A good autograph letter, signed twice. A.L.S., `Victor Hugo´, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., `Frida...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A.L.S., A Dumas, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Mr. Wolff, in French. Dumas sends a ...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A good A.L.S., A. Dumas, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., [1865], to a Lady, in French. A...

MAUPASSANT GUY DE: (1850-1893) French Writer. A fine A.L.S., `Maupassant´, two pages, written to first and third page, 8vo, n.p. [Paris], n.d., to...

RICHEPIN JEAN: (1849-1926) French Poet and Novelist. Two excellent and lengthy documents, the first being the original manuscript in the hand of R...

ANNUNZIO GABRIELE D´: (1863-1938) Prince of Montenevoso. Italian Writer, Poet and WWI Soldier. Known as ''The Prophet''. A.L.S., Gabriele d´Annunz...

SAINT-EXUPERY ANTOINE DE: (1900-1944) French Writer, Poet and pioneering Aviator. Saint-Exupery was a French aristocrat who became a laureate of s...

ANDREAS-SALOME LOU: (1861-1937) Russian psychoanalyst, author and intellectual whose friends included Sigmund Freud, Friedrich Nietzsche, Paul Ree...

ROLLAND ROMAIN: (1866-1944) French Dramatist & Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1915. A.L.S., Romain Rolland, two pages, written to th...

BERGSON HENRI: (1859-1941) French Philosopher. A major influential Thinker. Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature, 1927. A good A.L.S, `H. Bergson´, t...

TERESA MOTHER: (1910-1997) Albanian Roman Catholic Nun, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1979. Blue ink signature ('God bless you, M Teresa MC') to the v...

DELAMBRE JEAN-BAPTISTE: (1749-1822) French Mathematician and Astronomer. Director of the Paris Observatory. An excellent A.L.S., `Delambre´, one p...

EVANS HERBERT MCLEAN: (1882-1971) American anatomist and embryologist, best known for co-discovering Vitamin E. Manuscript Document, unsigned, one...

GILLES DE LA TOURETTE GEORGES: (1857-1904) French neurologist and the namesake of Tourette syndrome, whose main contributions in medicine were in ...

LAENNEC RENE: (1781-1826) French physician who invented the stethoscope in 1816 and pioneered its use in diagnosing various chest conditions. A ra...

CONDORCET NICOLAS DE: (1743-1794) Marquis de Condorcet. French philosopher & mathematician. D.S., Condorcet, in his capacity as Permanent Secretar...

KARMAN THEODORE VON: (1881-1963) Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist. Autograph statement signed, Th Karman, one pa...

BRUNEL MARC ISAMBARD: (1769-1849) French-British engineer who constructed the Thames Tunnel. Father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. A.L.S., Mc. I. Bru...

LA CONDAMINE CHARLES MARIE DE: (1701-1774) French Explorer, Geographer and Mathematician. He measured the length of a degree latitude at the equat...

LUMIERE LOUIS: (1864-1948) French engineer who played a key role in the development of photography and cinema. The personal printed oblong 12mo Vi...

BOUGUEREAU WILLIAM-ADOLPHE: (1825-1905) French painter. A.N.S., with his initials WB, to one side of his personal printed black edged oblong 12mo ...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French author and playwright. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Dumas, unsigned, featuring his p...

LEBLANC MAURICE: (1864-1941) French novelist and writer of short stories, creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsene Lupin. A.N...

RICKENBACKER EDDIE: (1890-1973) American fighter ace of World War I. T.L.S., Eddie Rickenbacker, one page, 8vo, Rockefeller Plaza, New York, 11th ...

MIRABEAU HONORÉ COMTE DE: (1749-1791) French Writer and an early Leader of the French revolution. President of the National Constituent Assembly 1...

[REIGN OF TERROR]: COMMITTEE OF GENERAL SECURITY: A good D.S. by nine members of the final Committee of General Security individually, comprising ...

CHAUVEAU-LAGARDE CLAUDE FRANÇOIS: (1756-1841) French Lawyer. He became notable in the early stages of the French Revolution defending very importa...

CATHERINE DE´MEDICI: (1519-1589) Queen consort of France 1547-59, as spouse of King Henry II. Catherine de Medici saw during her life time three o...

HENRI, COMTE DE CHAMBORD: (1820-1883) Petit-Fils de France, the disputed King of France, 2nd - 9th August 1830 as Henry V, later the Legitimist pr...

LEOPOLD II OF BELGIUM: (1835-1909) King of the Belgians 1865-1909. Leopold was the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State, a private proje...

FREDERICK WILLIAM III: (1770-1840) King of Prussia 1797-1840. L.S., Frederic Guillaume, one page, 4to, Berlin, 30th August 1823, to the Countess o...

WLADYSLAW IV VASA: (1595-1648) King of Poland 1632-48. A renowned Patron of the Arts. Wladyslaw gained fame when he defeated the Ottoman Empire an...

STANISLAW I: (1677-1766) Stanislaw I Leszczynski. King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania 1704-09, 1733-36. A very fine A.L.S., Stanislas Rey, as ...

NATALIJA KONSTANTINOVIC - PRINCESS OF MONTENEGRO: (1882-1950) Granddaughter of Princess Anka Obrenovic, she married Prince Mirko Petrovic-Njegos w...

TYMOSHENKO YULIA: (1960-     ) Prime Minister of Ukraine 2005, 2007-10. Signed colour 5 x 7 photograph of Tymoshenko in a head and shoulders pose ...

ABBAS MAHMUD: (1935- ) Also known as Abu Mazen. President of the State of Palestine and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Signed ...