RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

ALS signed “R. J. Gatling,” one page, 5 x 7.75, January 12, 1894. Written from Hartford, Connecticut, a letter to Lee Slyman, in full: “In compliance

Italian doctor (1628–1694) who gave his name to several physiological features and played an important part in the discovery of the microscope and stu

Italian physicist and inventor who devoted his life to experiments in wireless communication, and was awarded with the Nobel prize in 1909. Vintage ma

AQS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 4 x 6, no date. Pasteur pens a thoughtful quote, in full (translated): "Science does not have its...

ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 4.5 x 7, December 18, 1887. Response to a colleague, in part (roughly translated): "I hasten to t...

ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 5.75 x 8.75, personal letterhead, August 22, 1918. Letter to Hoda Klion, in full (translated): "Most l...

ALS in Latin, signed “Pius PP. X.,” one page, 6.5 x 9, May 29, 1909. An Apostolic Blessing for Francis Wegg-Prosser, who established the Benedictine c

LS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, September 30, 1854. Letter to John F. Callun, written as governor of the Utah Territory. In full: “In compliance with your

Scarce partly-printed DS in Spanish, one page, 8.5 x 12.25, November 16, 1825. As president of Peru, Bolivar appoints a captain to active service in t

TLS signed “W. S. Churchill,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, personal letterhead, March 6, 1963. Letter to H. P. Moll, in full: “I am indeed obliged to you all