SPONTINI GASPARE: (1774-1851) Italian Composer & Conductor, a favourite of Napoleon Bonaparte. A rare A.L.S., Spontini, two pages, 4to, Paris, 11t...

MALIBRAN MARIA: (1808-1836) Spanish Mezzo-Soprano. One of the most best-known opera singers of the 19th century for her dramatic performances and ...

INGRES JEAN-AUGUSTE-DOMINIQUE: (1780-1867) French Neoclassical Painter. Autograph statement by Ingres, signed `J. Ingres´, two pages, 12mo, n.p., ...

RODIN AUGUSTE: (1840-1917) French Sculptor. An excellent content A.L.S., Aug Rodin, one page, 8vo, Paris, 14th January 1909, on his personal print...

BAUDELAIRE CHARLES: (1821-1868) French Poet, a pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. A very fine A.L.S., `C. Baudelaire´, one page, 8vo, n.p. ...

FLOURENS JEAN PIERRE: (1794-1867) French Physiologist. Founder of experimental brain science, and a pioneer in anesthesia. A.L.S., `Flourens´, one...

SLAVERY - MAURITIUS: Philippe Jean de la Haye Duponsel (1752-1790)French slave trader established in Mauritius, which was called at that time, “Is...

TALMA JULIE: (1756-1805) French dancer and courtesan. Manuscript D.S., Julie Talma, one page, small oblong 8vo, Paris, 22nd December 1800, in Fren...

ROTHSCHILD NATHAN MEYER: (1777-1836) Jewish German banker, businessman and financier, one of the second generation of the Rothschild banking dynas...

SADE MARQUIS DE: (1740-1814) Donatien Alphonse François de Sade. French Writer and Philosopher. Rare A.L.S., `Sade´, one page, small 4to, Charento...

LAFONTAINE CHARLES: (1803-1892) French mesmerist, or 'traveling public magnetic demonstrator' who had 'an interest in animal magnetism as an agent...

LANZA DEL VASTO: (1901-1981) Italian Philosopher, Poet and nonviolent activist. A western disciple of Mohandas Gandhi. A very fine and attractiveA...

[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist, a major figure in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted Alfred Dreyfus, ...

BAILLY JEAN SYLVAIN: (1736-1793) French Astronomer, Mathematician and political Leader of the French Revolution. Guillotined during the Reign of T...

ISABELLA I: (1451-1504) Isabella the Catholic. Queen of Castile 1474-1504 and Queen consort of Aragon 1479-1504 as the wife of King Ferdinand II o...

WILLIAM V: (1748-1806) Prince of Orange 1751-1806 and the last stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. D.S., W. Pr. V. Orange, one page, folio, Breda, ...

CZARTORYSKI MICHAL FRYDERYK: (1696-1775) Prince Czartoryski, Polish nobleman, Duke of Klewan and Zukow. He served as Steward of Lithuania from 172...

GORCHAKOV ALEXANDER: (1798-1883) Russian diplomat and statesman who served as Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire 1856-82. L.S., Gorchakov, one...