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One of Romain GARY's most beautiful photographic portraits.
Extraordinary photo taken by Germaine Kanova which reveals the aviator Roman K... 5.000€ Add to Cart
Albert Camus takes a philosophical view of the war in Algeria. 1954.
"War? Yes, I would be desperate, but not discouraged, I think. We have... 3.500€ Add to Cart
Two letters from Geneviève de GAULLE-ANTHONIOZ about the General.
"I often think that the French are above all grateful to General de... 700€ Add to Cart
Pierre-Joseph PROUDHON publishes War and Peace.
“Must I withdraw, leave my revolutionary speculations there,... 2.500€ Add to Cart
Émile ZOLA advises a sculptor who wants to create his bust. 1899.
"I fear that waves around a bust may be misunderstood." ... 900€ Add to Cart
Daniela MARTINS – Original work – “Angela Davis”. Mixed media. 2019
Very beautiful portrait of the American activist on a blood red background. 3.500€ Add to Cart
Invitation for the transfer of Jean JAURÈS's ashes to the Pantheon.
Ten years after his assassination, the French nation paid tribute to the leader... 250€ Add to Cart
François Mitterrand writes his admiration to Gabriel Matzneff. 1967.
"The absurd injustice of some of your remarks did not make me forget the joy... 1.200€ Add to Cart
Moving letter from Josephine Baker ready to fight for France.
"I won't leave the ship, Val, I can't. I love our country, more than... Read more
Marcel JOUHANDEAU proclaims his admiration for Charles de GAULLE.
"How could one not be proud to have been the contemporary of a man who, in his... 600€ Add to Cart
Honoré of the Nobel Prize, Albert Camus, moved, suffers from his native Algeria.
"It is true that no honor can compensate for the humiliating sadness that me d ... Read more
François Mitterrand's friendship for Gabriel Matzneff. 1991.
"I can follow you over time. I often take advantage of it. 1.000€ Add to Cart
François Mitterrand calls Gabriel Matzneff to leniency. 1966.
"I hope you stay the one who disputes: this is how we defend ... 2.500€ Add to Cart
Winston Churchill - Cigar, Hat & PAP knot - Original photography.
Vintage silver print appearing the great man elegantly dressed in a costume ... 600€ Add to Cart
François Mitterrand sends a long loving letter to his lover.
"You see, my Marie-Louise, I love you too much to be patient" ... 1.200€ Add to Cart
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE anti-Semite and provocateur – “LONG LIVE THE JEWS”
“For more details read The School of Corpses by LF Céline.” ... Read more
Charles de Gaulle greets the Algerian Committee of the Alliance Française.
"I congratulate you, as well as the Management Council, for the training of the Committee ... 1.800€ Add to Cart
Jean Cocteau motto on the United States and writes his letter to the Americans.
Jean Cocteau motto on the United States and writes his letter to the Americans 1.500€ Add to Cart
Charles de Gaulle is delighted with the French influence in Algiers. 1944.
"I am happy to see you continue your action here so important for ... 1.200€ Add to Cart
Henri Becquerel - Academic praise before death. 1908.
"Who could have never thought that I would be called to succeed your illustrious Pè ... 1.800€ Add to Cart
Vercors - Original Pastiches drawings for the colonial exhibition.
"The review is happy to be able to show some of the refused projects (which ... 3.500€ Add to Cart
Montherlant and purification - its defense file and its archives.
"I challenge that we take a single act, one line or a single point of me p ... 8.000€ Add to Cart
General de Gaulle poses for posterity. Signed photograph. 1942.
Vintage silver print appearing the general in uniform posing to poster it ... Read more
Lucien Rebatet - Long and tragic prison letter to his wife. 1949.
“I have the right to estimate that I pay for my taste for truth. "... 6.000€ Add to Cart
George Sand Convie Delacroix on the return of Napoleon's ashes.
“We have two tickets for the interior of the Invalides. […] Mourning is RI ... 3.000€ Add to Cart
Set of 9 letters from the concrete architect, Auguste Perret. 1923-1925.
"I saw Bourdelle yesterday at the Salon des Tuileries in preparation. Nothing to do ... 2.500€ Add to Cart
Strategic national defense visions according to Charles de Gaulle.
"The defensive organization, necessary permanently, [...] is a matter of gou ... 4.000€ Add to Cart
Jean-Paul SARTRE defends the Communist Party against Pierre Hervé.
“What became clear to me between 1949 and 1950 was that the revolution movement ... 3.500€ Add to Cart
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE, imprisoned, is worried about Lucette's situation.
“I am only worried about my poor Lucette and then my cat and finally my... 2.500€ Add to Cart
The arrest of Charlotte Corday or the assassination of Marat – Original drawing.
Extraordinary drawing representing the arrest of Charlotte Corday after she ... 15.000€ Add to Cart
Georges Clemenceau - Original photograph and signed autograph card.
“With all my most distinguished thanks and feelings. G "... 500€ Add to Cart
François MITTERRAND develops his sense of insurrection. 1939.
"Against reason, and according to habit, I feel myself rebelling..." ... 1.200€ Add to Cart
Louise MICHEL and her hopes for a new world. 1901.
“So it was while thinking about our idea for the new world that I had ... 1.400€ Add to Cart
Bernadette SOUBIROUS – Rare photograph in business card format.
The young saint poses alongside the Virgin Mary and in front of the crucified Christ... 250€ Add to Cart
André BRETON – Surrealism during the Second World War.
“I remain a Surrealist and do not know, moreover, how I could stop being... 6.500€ Add to Cart
Fascinating letter from the English Egyptologist, John Gardner WILKINSON.
"I send you the hieroglyphics of a fragment at Tel-el-Amarna of a piece of potte ... 65.000€ Add to Cart
The Marquis de SADE protests against his inclusion on the list of emigrants.
“Non-citizen, I am not and will never be an emigrant. » ... Read more
Marquis de SADE – Autograph letter to his wife.
“I beg you for mercy to have no more such ideas about me; e ... 4.500€ Add to Cart
Precious letter from Jean RACINE to the Marshal of Luxembourg. 1693.
"I would do better to simply tell you what I heard the King himself say. ... 60.000€ Add to Cart
General de GAULLE organizes the National Resistance. August 1940.
"The Association of Friends of French Volunteers has just been formed, in order to ... Read more
Pierre CURIE feels guilty about his lack of support for his brother.
“I don't have a clear conscience regarding my brother, it seems to me that... 4.500€ Add to Cart
Charles DE GAULLE – Set of 9 original photographs – 1951
Set of 9 original photographs. Remarkable set of 9 silver prints... 900€ Add to Cart
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE responds, from his jail, to his accusers.
“The Jews should raise a statue to me for the evil I did not do them... Read more
Important letter from FRANCIS I on the siege of Hondarribia. 1522.
“I will help them with all my strength and power both by sea and by land. » ... 3.500€ Add to Cart
Very rare letter from the immense architect Jacques-Germain SOUFFLOT. 1768.
"I received on the seventh of this month a letter which you did me the honor of writing to me... 3.500€ Add to Cart
Guillaume APOLLINAIRE speaks of poetry from the trenches of the front.
"I will send you a poem next time. Remind me of it in your next ... 4.500€ Add to Cart
Rare letter from Yvonne de GAULLE, during the war, about the General.
“It turns out that my two elders had the idea of doing things together after the war,... 800€ Add to Cart
Louis VUITTON sends objects to the Russian Court. 1859.
Very rare manuscript by Louis Vuitton addressed to Count André Schouvaloff, top ... 15.000€ Add to Cart
Alexis de TOCQUEVILLE – Set of three signed autograph letters.
“You understand that there is nothing more honorable and therefore more de... 1.500€ Add to Cart
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE is preparing his trial before the Court of Justice.
"I would have whined about all my friends' vests so that they would give me credit... 1.500€ Add to Cart
Georges CLEMENCEAU – Long manuscript on the DREYFUS affair.
“Like a great flash of lightning in the night, the story of the Dreyfus affair soon there... 15.000€ Add to Cart
Jean-Paul SARTRE's mother recounts her son's trepanation.
“Polou, in perfect health, caught a cold […] he had to have an operation... 950€ Add to Cart
The Duchess of MONTPENSIER opposes her father.
“God see that this is no more and that I do not need your Highness Roiall... 2.800€ Add to Cart
Louise MICHEL – Autograph letter signed to comrade Alexandre Roy.
“You will see that I will be quite heroic too…” ... 1.500€ Add to Cart
The detailed account of the burial of MOLIÈRE in February 1673.
"Tuesday February 21, 1673, at nine o'clock in the evening we made the convoy of Jea... 7.500€ Add to Cart
François MITTERRAND consoles himself with the virtues of love.
“Never has my will felt more unshakeable. » ... 1.300€ Add to Cart
Magnificent loving letter from François MITTERRAND, in 1938.
“I was hardly used to letting go of my feelings, to allowing... 1.500€ Add to Cart
André BRETON motto on Marxism, surrealism and literature. 1933.
“For half a century, no Marxist has understood Marx. » ... 2.500€ Add to Cart
François MITTERRAND desperate not to see his lover. 1938
“My voice clears, my brain frees itself, my genius dies, and I become again... 1.200€ Add to Cart
Victor HUGO inaugurates his banquets for poor children in Guernsey.
“The poor are also outcasts; they are exiled from all enjoyment... Read more
New hieroglyphs deciphered by Jean-François CHAMPOLLION.
“...I so rarely have the opportunity to speak hieroglyphics with someone who can hear me... 70.000€ Add to Cart
Louis-Ferdinand CELINE and the reissue rights to Mort à Crédit.
Autograph letter signed to his lawyer Albert Naud. Céline and the reissue rights... 1.900€ Add to Cart
Henri BECQUEREL reorganizes the Natural History Museum. 1892.
“I hope you will find yourself named when you return to Paris; we must vote for... 950€ Add to Cart
Pierre and Marie CURIE work on research into radium. 1902.
“The treatment of radium with the grant from the Institute is progressing. Madame Curie is... 15.000€ Add to Cart
CHATEAUBRIAND admits its power and defends itself from its superiority. 1824.
"It is very certain that I do not regret the power but it is also certain... 1.200€ Add to Cart
CHATEAUBRIAND gives his support to “his old comrade in arms”.
“I have difficulty understanding how what is just and honorable cannot be... 1.200€ Add to Cart
Abbot PIERRE – Autograph manuscript on God.
"God? The Eternal…who is Love – Full of Joy – Demanding everything. Recognizing Him… 950€ Add to Cart
The Marquis de SADE worries about his manuscripts from his prison.
“I did not believe myself to be either lovable enough or attractive enough to have ever thrown... 7.500€ Add to Cart
François MITTERRAND – “The part you play in our fight.”
Letter signed. On National Assembly letterhead. "Thank you ... 350€ Add to Cart
René DESCARTES – Signed autograph letter of the greatest rarity. 1643.
“Besides, I am very remorseful for what I recently proposed the question of... Read more
François MITTERRAND is exhausted by the exercises of his military service.
“The mind still holds the body, fatigue serves as intoxication. » ... 950€ Add to Cart
Jacques de SOUVRÉ – Grand Prior of France – Letter signed. 1670
Letter signed to Monsieur de Vilom Very beautiful letter from Souvré, a few weeks... 380€ Add to Cart
Lucien CLERGUE – Signed autograph letter.
Autograph letter signed to Raymond Hoffsummer. “J. Cocteau told me so… 350€ Add to Cart
Lucien CLERGUE – “Photography will have to triumph…”
Autograph letter signed to Raymond Hoffsummer. "We must be wary of glory,... 450€ Add to Cart
Antoine BREGUET – Set of four letters to Gaston TISSANDIER.
"I've been having fun lately collecting some notes on history... 1.600€ Add to Cart
André MALRAUX – Manuscript, first draft, for his novel, L’Espoir.
"On the walls and the lowered storefronts, the shadows moved forward leaning... 950€ Add to Cart
NAPOLEON I celebrates his return to power after exile from the Island of Elba.
“My finest campaign will not have cost the French a drop of blood. » ... Read more
Extremely rare letter from Joseph STALIN developing his iron fist in Russia.
“Just tell me concretely who I should put pressure on. » ... Read more
Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS – Ancient sites and Korean shamanism
“The day after tomorrow, shamanism session in the countryside, I don’t really know where. » ... 1.500€ Add to Cart
Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS prepares his reception speech at the Academy.
“I just read Montherlant and, as he likes to say, “it’s not nothing.” » ... 1.500€ Add to Cart
MAURRAS Charles – His entry into the French Academy.
Autograph letter signed to a colleague. Beautiful letter on the preparation of his... 750€ Add to Cart
François MITTERRAND struck by sumptuous spleen.
“I was overcome by a sumptuous spleen. This military life seemed absurd to me.” ... 1.500€ Add to Cart
François MITTERRAND and the moral pain of his military service.
“And then, my little girl, you know very well that I have this big flaw of not being... 1.500€ Add to Cart
François MITTERRAND and his first kiss to his lover.
“We stake our lives, our happiness on each other and for each other. » ... 1.500€ Add to Cart
Pierre-Joseph PROUDHON, incarcerated, fights for his release.
“I am going to ask for a leave of absence for Thursday, the 12th, in order to cheer myself up... 1.200€ Add to Cart
Frédéric JOLIOT-CURIE has just been elected to the Academy of Sciences.
"Thank you very much for your kind letter of congratulations. You are... 1.500€ Add to Cart
Irène JOLIOT-CURIE tells Madame Joliot about her family summer.
Rare letter from the French physicist recounting her summer vacation with her family. ... 1.200€ Add to Cart
General GOURAUD – The French Colonies and Adolf Hitler.
Letter signed to Alain Gheerbrant, Director of the French Colonial Institute. D ... 750€ Add to Cart
Jacques-Germain SOUFFLOT and the homes of Mirabeau.
“I was in Luxembourg the day before yesterday morning without finding M. de Mirabeau.” ... 3.500€ Add to Cart
MAYER Emile – Mentor of General de Gaulle.
Autograph postcard signed to Jean Auburtin. A page in-12° on the back of a... 400€ Add to Cart
Georges CLEMENCEAU – Autograph manuscript – Secularism and Dominicans.
Autograph manuscript of the article published on the front page of L'Aurore on January 7, 1906. ... 1.800€ Add to Cart
Benito MUSSOLINI reorganized Italian railway flows in 1941.
“I have given orders to immediately resume the operation and financing of... 2.000€ Add to Cart
Graham BELL and Alfred NIAUDET install the first telephone.
"It is a very extraordinary invention, in its current state; it is being perfected... 15.000€ Add to Cart
Louis PASTEUR begs for the national reward promised by Napoleon III.
“The Emperor proposed that a national reward be awarded to me. » ... 2.500€ Add to Cart
Jean-Martin CHARCOT – Hysteria treated with static electricity.
“I hope that electricity and massage can contribute to healing. » ... 3.500€ Add to Cart
François MITTERRAND supported women's rights in 1975.
“They have the right not to be considered as eternal welfare recipients. » ... 850€ Add to Cart
Antoine LAVOISIER and his acquisitions as a general farmer.
"I know how to appreciate the zeal, activity and intelligence that you have brought... 2.500€ Add to Cart
Gustave EIFFEL poses at the top of the Eiffel Tower in 1889.
Rare original photograph of the scientist posing at the top of the Tower a few days ... 2.500€ Add to Cart
CHIRAC and the acquisition of Château de Bity. 1969
Important set of correspondence between Jacques Chirac and René Ballarin, former ... 3.500€ Add to Cart
Louise MICHEL and the agony of the old society.
"Yes, everything seems very horrible, but all agonies are like that. That of life... 1.800€ Add to Cart
Louise MICHEL and the publication of her work on the Commune.
"Here is just a word to announce the sending of the history of the commune e... 1.200€ Add to Cart
Jean GRAVE – Set of 7 signed autograph letters.
Jean Grave and his anarchist companions, Kropotkin, Louise Michel and Bakunin... 2.500€ Add to Cart
Gabriel MATZNEFF – Manuscript – The Three Little Pigs.
Signed autograph manuscript – The Three Little Pigs. Rich manuscript within ... 4.500€ Add to Cart
LACUEE Jean Girard – Letter signed – 1801.
Letter signed to the citizen administrators of powders and saltpetre. A ... 250€ Add to Cart
François MITTERRAND and his military service in 1939.
“I cannot express the feelings that live within me as I feel them.” ... 1.200€ Add to Cart
DUKE OF GAETE – Letter signed – 1812.
Duke of Gaëte and Minister of Finance of the consulate and the Empire. Letter signed... 150€ Add to Cart
François MITTERRAND – War letter. 1940.
“How sad if Germany took precedence over us; we, the civilized... 1.800€ Add to Cart
MAURRAS Charles – His membership in the Artists’ Committee.
Typewritten note signed to Mr. Henry Lapauze. "I join the Artists Committee... 180€ Add to Cart
Frédéric BARTHOLDI draws his Statue of Liberty.
Signed autograph letter. Extraordinary document by Bartholdi drawing in p... Read more
ELIZABETH II – Autograph letter signed to her midwife, Helen Rowe.
Autograph letter signed Very beautiful and intimate letter from the Queen evoking the mo ... Read more
Jean MOULIN – Autograph letter signed to aviator Maurice Bellonte.
My most sincere wishes for 1940. Jean Moulin. » ... Read more
Adolphe THIERS – Signed autograph letter and original drawing.
Signed autograph letter. One page in-8° slnd. We attach an original drawing... Read more
Napoleon BONAPARTE – Autograph letter signed to André Ramolino.
Autograph letter signed to André Ramolino, cousin of Letizia Bonaparte. Very ra... Read more
Émile DURKHEIM – Four letters on his teaching at La Sorbonne.
“I can't wait, I confess, to be certain that no one is listening to me on the other hand... Read more
Henri BECQUEREL requests the Academy of Sciences for his son. 1904.
Recently awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (with Marie and Pierre Curie) for ... Read more
The research and conference activities of Pierre CURIE. 1904.
“Please thank your mother for the honor she gave me as... Read more
Louis Napoléon BONAPARTE uses censorship.
“Yes, I see a problem with the article appearing. » ... Read more
Louis Napoléon BONAPARTE – Letter of condolences to Narcisse Vieillard.
"I would be very happy to offer you the consolations of friendship whatever... Read more
Jacques MESRINE plays with death and the dangers of his profession.
“I am a fatalist, I have never been afraid of death, otherwise I would have chosen... Read more
Jacques MESRINE embraces his life as a banditry outsider.
“I think I always knew I would end my life in prison. I wanted this... Read more
Jacques MESRINE does not care about the threats of the public prosecutor.
"The Prosecutor presents me as super dangerous... and yet I am not... Read more
Jacques MESRINE, imprisoned, is impatient with his trial. 1976.
“According to my information, the trial of this case will take place alone and not with ... Read more
SADE writes to his wife from his prison in Vincennes.
"Let me breathe in the name of God for at least fifteen days, without overwhelming me like... Read more
Charles de GAULLE despairing of the victory of the communists in 1946.
“If they had followed me, they would be the victors today […] common sense... Read more
General de GAULLE at the theater in 1945. Original photograph.
Vintage silver print (1945) showing the General and his wife Yvonne de Ga... Read more
LA FAYETTE – Autograph note signed to his friend Armand Carrel.
"I came back from Lagrange, my dear Carrel, and I still remember the camp... Read more
Charles de GAULLE urges combat a week after his appeal.
“Those who still have the freedom must unite with resolution to resist... Read more
PICASSO, ARAGON, ELUARD, CURIE sign the menu of the Peace dinner.
Magnificent meeting of signatures of the biggest names in artistic movements... Read more
Madame de MAINTENON and her memory of the house of Saint-Cyr.
“These examples must make us tremble because we see in everything that the poor ... Read more
Juliette DROUET writes to Victor HUGO about Napoleon III.
“I would give everything in the world so that our poor country comes out of this with honor,... Read more
JAURES Jean – Signed autograph manuscript.
Signed autograph manuscript. Six pages in-4° on House letterhead... Read more
Georges CLEMENCEAU defends his friend Octave Mirbeau.
“In September I will talk with whomever I think should strike up a conversation. » ... Read more
Louise MICHEL – Autograph letter signed to comrade Alexandre Roy.
"It's not that I'm discouraged but I find that the great human herd has... Read more
Pierre and Marie CURIE thank you for being awarded the Gegner Prize.
“Madame Curie and I are very grateful to the Academy for the decision ... Read more
Emir ABD-EL-KADER sends his thanks to France.
"I will not forget the kindness, the benevolence, and the true affection that you... Read more
George SAND laments the bloody days of June 1848.
“Let us think of our children who would become demoralized if we lost hope and... Read more
Alfred DREYFUS sends a few handwritten lines.
“I am sending you herewith the few lines you asked for. GOOD ... Read more
Georges GUYNEMER and his aerial feats of arms in 1916.
"The main thing always remains simple: to have the chance to meet the enemy and... Read more
Jean JAURES – Autograph letter signed to Madame Eremnitz.
"Telegraph me tomorrow Wednesday to the room the name of the professor. I will send him... Read more
Abraham-Louis BREGUET – Autograph manuscript signed to the Duke of Chartres.
"I received as balance of all accounts from Monseigneur the Duke of Chartres in Paris c... Read more
Jean-François CHAMPOLLION brings together Egyptology enthusiasts in Lyon.
“I address to you, my dear Egyptian, Mr Bowes Wright who […] visited the t ... Read more
Charles de GAULLE – Card autographed in the margin by the General.
Card showing the General in bust, enriched with an autograph dedication signed... Read more
Rare letter from Abraham-Louis BREGUET, father of modern watchmaking.
“Here is the invoice for the works which are my masterpieces (...) it is the work ... Read more
Joachim MURAT is worried about Napoleon I's new measures.
“I hope that he will be struck by our position and that he will not want our ruin... Read more
TURENNE – Autograph letter signed to the Chevalier de Lorraine.
"I have received, Sir, the letter that you did me the honor of writing to me. Please... Read more
Winston Churchill in the gardens of the White House. 1942.
Era silver print appearing churchill, cigar in hand, in the gardens ... Read more
Jean JAURÈS launches the publication of Socialist History.
“It is, as you wished, the whole history of the century from 1789 until... Read more
During the war, General de GAULLE cited Georges CLEMENCEAU.
“When you only have one hand, you have to keep it clean. Clemenceau. » ... Read more
Benito MUSSOLINI reorganizes the ministries of fascist Italy. 1942.
Rare document signed by the Italian dictator formalizing the installation of the sie... Read more
Jacques MESRINE kills time at La Santé prison. 1976.
“I'm not a man to worry. Plus I've never been so calm... Read more
Jean-Baptiste CHARCOT exposes his wisdom and his freedom of spirit. 1912.
“I am a believer without being clerical, a very friend of the people without being a socialist re... Read more
Jacques MESRINE, imprisoned, is saddened by the prison situation.
“By removing all hope from a man we initiate violent revolt. » ... Read more

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