RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document and Autograph Auction

Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796, who came to power following a coup d'état and the assassination of her husband, Peter III. LS in Cyril...

French prince (1394–1465) kept prisoner by the King of England for thirty years during the Hundred Years War, remembered as an accomplished medieval p

French chemist (1756–1832) who introduced the process of adding sugar to wine, called ‘Chaptalization.’ LS in French, signed “Chaptal,” one page both

Signed book: Life of Lord R. Churchill, Volumes I and II. First edition. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1906. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 564 and 531

TLS signed “W,” one page, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, December 5, 1959. Letter expressing gratitude. In full: “I have been admiring the beautiful and

Partly-printed DS, signed “H. Clay,” one page, 12.75 x 10, May 21, 1832. A certificate from the American Colonization Society issued to G. W. Burnett

Ink signature, “Very truly, W. F. Cody,” on an off-white 3 x 1 lightly-lined slip clipped from the conclusion of a letter. Ornately matted and framed

DS, in French, signed “M. Curie,” one page, 8.5 x 12.5, Institut Du Radium letterhead, June 15, 1923. Curie measures the “Dosage of Mesothorium by Gam

ALS in French, signed “P. Curie,” one page, 5.25 x 8.5, Faculte des Sciences de Paris letterhead, April 19, 1905. Letter to a colleague. In full (tran

French naturalist and zoologist (1769–1832). He originated the natural system of animal classification, and through his studies of animal and fish fos