ROSSINI GIOACHINO: (1792-1868) Italian composer of operas. A.L.S., Gioachino Rossini, one page, 4to, Bologna, 2nd August 1847, to his friend and l...

GROTIUS HUGO: (1583-1645) Dutch Humanist, Diplomat, Lawyer, Theologian, Jurist, Poet & Playwright. A rare A.L.S., H Grotius, one page, folio, n.p....

Madame du Barry makes a payment to Marie Antoinette’s dressmaker  BERTIN ROSE: (1747-1813) French Marchande de modes (milliner), known as the dres...

[FERMI ENRICO]: (1901-1954) Italian-born American physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1938. Regarded as the 'architect of the atom bomb', F...

FLAXMAN JOHN: (1755-1826) British sculptor and draughtsman, a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism. Manuscript D.S., J Flaxman, on...

NERVAL GERARD DE: (1808-1855) Gerard Labrunie. French writer, poet and translator, a major figure of French romanticism. A rare Manuscript D.S., G...

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. ...

ADLER ALFRED: (1870-1937) Austrian Psychotherapist and Founder of the school of "Individual Psychology". T.L.S., Adler, one page, 8vo, n.p., 9th M...

BONAPARTE PAULINE: (1780-1825) Duchess of Guastalla. Favourite younger sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. Wife of Prince Borghese. Unusual and interest...

LOUIS XII: (1462-1515) King of France 1498-1515 and King of Naples 1501-04. D.S., Loys (a fine, attractive example), one page (vellum), oblong fol...

LOUIS XVI: (1754-1793) King of France 1774-92, the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. Executed by g...