RR Auction: January Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

The last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Scotland, the Kingdom of Ireland, crowned in 1685. Some of his subjects

Autograph letter [not signed], one page both sides, 6.75 x 9, October 19. Letter to the Countess of Litchfield. In part: “I came yesterday from Newmar

Manuscript DS, signed “Louis,” one page, 18 x 6.25, no date. Boldly penned untranslated document, signed at the conclusion by the king and countersign

King of France (born 1754) from 1774 to 1792. In the wake of increasing unrest that developed into full-fledged revolution, Louis and his queen, Marie

King of France and Navarre (born 1755) from 1814 (save a brief interruption in 1815 while fleeing Napoleon during the Hundred Days) until his death in

French diplomat (1805–1894) who spearheaded the project to build the Suez Canal. LS in French, signed “Ferd. de Lesseps,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, Compa

Signed book: Stride Toward Freedom. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1958. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 230 pages. Boldly signed on the first free end page in ...

French diplomat (1805–1894) who spearheaded the project to build the Suez Canal. Collection of five ALSs, in French, each signed “Ferd. de Lesseps,” t

Signer of the US Constitution from New Jersey (1723–1790) who also served as governor of that state. Partly-printed DS, signed “W. I. Livingston,” one

Mistress and second wife of Louis XIV. ALS in French, signed “Maintenon,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 8.75, February 14, 1701. Letter to