RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Handwritten manuscript fragment in French, unsigned, one page, 7.75 x 2, no date but circa 1818. A five-line excerpt from a draft of Napoleon’s memoir

LS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 7 x 9, February 24, 1810. Letter to the Duke of Feltre, minister of war. In full (translated): “I ask you to send

Handwritten scientific notes in French, unsigned, one page, both sides, 7.25 x 9.5, dated June 19–28, [1857], headed at the top in pencil in another h

Uncommon partly-printed DS, signed “Elizabeth R,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 13, September 2, 1953. A pardon document. In part: “Whereas Stanislaw Ch

Margaret of Valois (1553–1615) was Queen of France and of Navarre during the late sixteenth century; she was the daughter of Catherine de Medici and H

Rare partly-printed banknote from colonial Virginia for five pounds, 6.5 x 4.5, March 4, 1773, signed at the bottom by the speaker of the Virginia Hou

French scientist (1683–1757) who contributed to many different fields, especially the study of insects, and introduced the Reaumur temperature scale.

Panamanian police chief and politician (1908–1955) who served as president of Panama from 1952 until his mysterious assassination in 1955, when he cam

Archduke Rudolf, the crown prince of Austria-Hungary and heir-apparent of the Habsburg dynasty, married Princess Stephanie of Belgium in 1881. In 1889

Mexican general and politician (1794–1876) best known in the US for his role in the Mexican-American War and the slaughter of scores of Americans at t