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"Two letters from Geneviève de GAULLE-ANTHONIOZ about the General" has been added to your basket.

Jean-Paul Sartre's mother recounts her son's trepanation.
“Poulou, who was in perfect health, caught a cold […] he had to have an operation…”. 950€ Add to cart
The Marquis de Sade has been worried about his manuscripts from his prison cell.
"I hadn't thought myself kind enough, nor attractive enough, to have ever cast...". Read more
1922. Albert Einstein works towards the independence of the land of Israel.
"You handed me a small leather briefcase in the corridor, the contents of which..." 80.000€ Add to cart
Louise MICHEL – Autographed letter signed to comrade Alexandre Roy.
"You never feel the full extent of your affection for a friend so clearly as when he..." 900€ Add to cart
François Mitterrand, exhausted by his military exercises, writes to his lover.
"The mind still holds the body; fatigue serves as its intoxication.". 1.200€ Add to cart
Jean-Baptiste Charcot, a seducer, and overworked. 1929.
"I lead a stupid life of work and the hours, days and months pass..." 300€ Add to cart
MONTHERLANT – “The September Equinox” – 200 handwritten pages.
"It's not about having hope. It's about seeing evils, in order to..." 4.500€ Add to cart
At the end of the war, Charles de Gaulle thanked AM Le Quintrec.
The general thanked his correspondent for his testimony, considering rewarding him... Read more
George SAND invites DELACROIX to the return of NAPOLEON's ashes.
“We have two tickets for the inside of Les Invalides. […] The mourning is over…”. 3.000€ Add to cart
Albert Camus viewed the war in Algeria with a philosophical outlook. 1954.
"War? Yes, I would be devastated, but not discouraged, I think. We have...". 3.500€ Add to cart
The battles of Victor Hugo and Victor Schoelcher against Napoleon III.
"Do not despair of our poor dear France […] let us therefore rejoice in our…" 8.000€ Add to cart
The funeral of Émile ZOLA as told by Jean JAURÈS. October 1902.
"The people of Paris gave Zola the grand funeral that befitted his great..." 8.500€ Add to cart
Georges CLEMENCEAU proclaims the innocence of Captain DREYFUS.
"Like a great flash of lightning in the night, the story of the Dreyfus affair soon...". 20.000€ Add to cart
Jean MOULIN – The most famous portrait of the French resistance fighter – March 1940.
Formerly owned by Laure Moulin, sister of the resistance fighter, the photograph was offered... Read more
One of the most beautiful photographic portraits of Romain GARY.
An extraordinary photograph taken by Germaine Kanova reveals the aviator Roman K... 5.000€ Add to cart
Two letters from Geneviève de GAULLE-ANTHONIOZ about the General.
"I often think that the French are primarily grateful to the general of...". 700€ Add to cart
A touching photograph of Winston Churchill, cigar in mouth. 1963.
A moving photograph of Churchill, cigar in mouth, his gaze fixed and penetrating. 1.000€ Add to cart
Winston Churchill returns to his post as "Prime Minister". 1951.
Following the British general election and the victory of the Conservative Party... 800€ Add to cart
Clementine and Winston Churchill celebrate 50 years of marriage. 1958.
Winston and Clementine Churchill, side by side and hand in hand, are about to... Read more
Winston CHURCHILL – Vintage silver gelatin print – April 1952.
Winston Churchill, in high spirits, greeted his audience after a speech given for the... 600€ Add to cart
Pierre-Joseph PROUDHON publishes War and Peace.
"Should I withdraw, should I abandon my revolutionary speculations, ... 2.500€ Add to cart
Émile Zola advises a sculptor wishing to create his bust. 1899.
"I fear that the waves, around a bust, are misunderstood.". Read more
Daniela MARTINS – Original artwork – “Angela Davis”. Mixed media.
A very striking portrait of the American activist against 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 wishes to see Gabriel Matzneff. 1968.
"I can't reach you, and yet I would very much like to see you!" Read more
A 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 a contemporary of a man who, in his...". 600€ Add to cart
Honored with the Nobel Prize, Albert Camus, moved, suffers for his native Algeria.
"It is true that no honor can compensate for the humiliating sadness that I...". Read more
François Mitterrand calls on Gabriel Matzneff to show leniency. 1966.
"I want you to remain the one who challenges: that's how we defend ourselves...". Read more
Winston CHURCHILL – Cigar, hat & bow tie – Original photograph.
Vintage silver gelatin print depicting the great man elegantly dressed in a suit... 600€ Add to cart
François Mitterrand sends a long love 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 *L'École des cadavres* by L.F. Céline.". Read more
Charles de Gaulle greets the Algerian Committee of the Alliance Française.
"I congratulate you, and the Management Board, on the formation of the Committee...". 1.800€ Add to cart
Jean Cocteau reflects on the United States and writes his letter to the Americans.
"Everywhere in America, a minority throbs and makes itself a prisoner of a liber...". 1.500€ Add to cart
Charles de Gaulle rejoices in the French influence in Algiers. 1944.
"I am pleased to see you continuing your very important work here for the...". Read more
Henri BECQUEREL – Academic praise before death. 1908.
"Who could ever have thought that I would be called upon to succeed your illustrious father...". 1.800€ Add to cart
VERCORS – Original pastiche drawings for the Colonial Exhibition.
"The Review is pleased to be able to show some of the rejected projects (which ... 3.500€ Add to cart
MONTHERLANT and the purge – His defense file and his archives.
“I defy anyone to find a single act, a single line, or a single statement from me…”. 8.000€ Add to cart
General de Gaulle poses for posterity. Signed photograph. 1942.
Vintage silver gelatin print depicting the General in uniform posing for a poster... Read more
Lucien REBATET – Long and tragic letter from prison to his wife. 1949.
"I also have the right to believe that I am paying for my love of truth.". 6.000€ Add to cart
A collection of 9 letters from the architect of concrete, Auguste Perret. 1923-1925.
"I saw Bourdelle again yesterday at the Tuileries salon, where he was preparing his exhibition. Nothing to see there...". 2.500€ Add to cart
Charles de Gaulle's strategic visions for national defense.
"The defensive organization, which is constantly necessary, [...] is a matter of governance...". Read more
Jean-Paul Sartre defends the Communist Party against Pierre Hervé.
"What became clear to me between 1949 and 1950 was that the revolutionary movement...". 3.500€ Add to cart
Louis-Ferdinand Céline, imprisoned, is worried about Lucette's situation.
"I'm only worried about my poor Lucette, and then my cat, and finally my...". Read more
The arrest of Charlotte Corday or the assassination of Marat – Original drawing.
An extraordinary drawing depicting the arrest of Charlotte Corday after she... 15.000€ Add to cart
Georges CLEMENCEAU – Original photograph and signed autograph card.
"With all my thanks and most distinguished sentiments. 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 own idea for the new world that I had...". 1.400€ Add to cart
Bernadette SOUBIROUS – Rare photograph in carte-de-visite format.
The young saint poses alongside the Virgin Mary and in front of the crucified Christ... Read more
André Breton – Surrealism during the Second World War.
"I remain a Surrealist and, moreover, do not know how I could cease to be one...". 6.500€ Add to cart
A 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 being placed on the list of émigrés.
"Not a citizen, I am not and never will be an immigrant.". Read more
Marquis de Sade – Autograph letter to his wife.
"I beg you to refrain from having such ideas about me; e...". 3.500€ Add to cart
Precious letter from Jean Racine to Marshal de Luxembourg. 1693.
"I would do better to simply tell you what I heard from the King himself. ...". 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 towards 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 gelatin prints... 900€ Add to cart
Louis-Ferdinand Céline responds to his accusers from his prison cell.
"The Jews should erect a statue to me for the harm I haven't done to them...". Read more
Important letter from FRANCIS I concerning the siege of Fuenterrabía. 1522.
"I will come to their aid with all my strength and power, both by sea and by land.". 3.500€ Add to cart
A very rare letter from the great architect Jacques-Germain SOUFFLOT. 1768.
"I received on the seventh of this month a letter that you had the honor of writing to me...". 3.500€ Add to cart
Guillaume APOLLINAIRE speaks of poetry from the trenches of the front.
"I'll 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 so happens that my two eldest children had the idea of doing something together after the war, ...". 800€ Add to cart
Louis Vuitton sends items to the Russian Court. 1859.
A very rare manuscript from Louis Vuitton addressed to Count André Schouvaloff, high in... Read more
Alexis de TOCQUEVILLE – Set of three autograph letters signed.
"You understand that there is nothing more honorable and therefore more...". Read more
Louis-Ferdinand Céline is preparing for his trial before the Court of Justice.
"I would have whined on all my friends' vests so they would pull some strings for me...". 1.500€ Add to cart
The Duchess of Montpensier opposes her father.
"God grant that this may not happen again and that I may not receive from Your Highness King...". 2.800€ Add to cart
Louise MICHEL – Autographed letter signed to comrade Alexandre Roy.
"You'll see that I too will be quite heroic...". 1.500€ Add to cart
A detailed account of Molière's burial in February 1673.
"Tuesday, February 21, 1673, around nine o'clock in the evening, the convoy of Jean... 7.500€ Add to cart
François Mitterrand finds solace in the virtues of love.
"Never has my will felt more unshakeable.". 1.300€ Add to cart
A beautiful love letter from François Mitterrand, in 1938.
"I wasn't used to letting my feelings flow, to allowing the...". 1.500€ Add to cart
André Breton discusses Marxism, Surrealism, and literature. 1933.
"For half a century, no Marxist has understood Marx.". 2.500€ Add to cart
François Mitterrand, distraught at not seeing his lover. 1938
"My voice clears, my mind is freed, my genius fades, and I become...". 1.200€ Add to cart
Victor Hugo inaugurates his banquets for poor children in Guernsey.
"The poor, too, are outcasts; they are exiled from all pleasures...". Read more
New hieroglyphs deciphered by Jean-François CHAMPOLLION.
“…I so rarely have the opportunity to speak hieroglyphs with someone who understands me…”. 70.000€ Add to cart
Louis-Ferdinand CELINE and the reissue rights to Death on Credit.
Autographed letter signed to his lawyer Albert Naud. Céline and the rights to reissue... 1.900€ Add to cart
Henri Becquerel reorganizes the Natural History Museum. 1892.
"I hope you will be appointed upon your return to Paris; we must vote for...". 950€ Add to cart
Pierre and Marie Curie are working on research into radium. 1902.
"The processing of radium with the Institute's grant is progressing. Mrs. Curie is...". 15.000€ Add to cart
Chateaubriand acknowledges his power and defends himself against accusations of 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 find it difficult to understand how what is right and honorable cannot be...". 1.200€ Add to cart
Abbé PIERRE – Autograph manuscript on God.
"God? The Eternal One…who is Love – Full Joy – Demanding everything. To recognize Him…". 950€ Add to cart
François Mitterrand – “The part you are taking in our struggle.”
Signed letter. On official National Assembly letterhead. "Thank you...". 350€ Add to cart
René DESCARTES – Autograph letter signed, of the greatest rarity. 1643.
"Besides, I deeply regret having 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 its intoxication.". 950€ Add to cart
Jacques de Souvré – Grand Prior of France – Signed letter. 1670
Signed letter to Monsieur de Vilom. A very nice letter from Souvré, a few weeks ago... 380€ Add to cart
Lucien CLERGUE – Autographed letter signed.
Autographed letter signed to Raymond Hoffsummer. "J. Cocteau told me so...". 350€ Add to cart
Lucien CLERGUE – “Photography must triumph…”
Autographed letter signed to Raymond Hoffsummer. "One must be wary of fame, ...". 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 lowered shopfronts, the shadows advanced, leaning forward...". 950€ Add to cart
Napoleon I celebrates his return to power after exile on the Island of Elba.
"My finest campaign will not have cost the French a single drop of blood.". Read more
Extremely rare letter from Joseph Stalin developing his iron fist in Russia.
"Just tell me specifically who I should put pressure on.". Read more
Claude Lévi-Strauss – Ancient Sites and Korean Shamanism
"The day after tomorrow, a shamanism session in the countryside, I don't know exactly where.". 1.500€ Add to cart
Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS is preparing his acceptance speech at the Academy.
"I'm just reading Montherlant and, as he likes to say, 'that's no small thing.'". 1.500€ Add to cart
Charles Maurras – His entry into the French Academy.
Autographed letter signed to a colleague. A fine letter about the preparation of... 750€ Add to cart
François Mitterrand struck by a sumptuous melancholy.
"I was overcome by a profound melancholy. This military life seemed absurd to me.". 1.500€ Add to cart
François Mitterrand and the moral pain of his military service.
"And besides, 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 with his lover.
"We are gambling our lives, our happiness, on each other and for each other.". 1.500€ Add to cart
Pierre-Joseph PROUDHON, imprisoned, fights for his release.
"I'm going to request a leave of absence for Thursday the 12th, in order to show myself again...". 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 summer with her family.
A rare letter from the French physicist recounting her summer holidays with her family. 1.200€ Add to cart
General GOURAUD – The French Colonies and Adolf Hitler.
Signed letter to Alain Gheerbrant, Director of the French Colonial Institute. Re... 750€ Add to cart
Jacques-Germain SOUFFLOT and the dwellings of Mirabeau.
"I was at the Luxembourg Gardens again the day before yesterday morning without finding Mr. de Mirabeau.". 3.500€ Add to cart
MAYER Emile – Mentor of General de Gaulle.
Autographed postcard signed to Jean Auburtin. One page, octavo, on the back of a... 400€ Add to cart
Georges CLEMENCEAU – Autograph manuscript – Secularism and Dominicans.
Autograph manuscript of the article that appeared on the front page of L'Aurore on January 7, 1906. ... 1.800€ Add to cart
Benito Mussolini reorganized Italian railway traffic in 1941.
"I have given orders to immediately resume operations and financing of...". 2.000€ Add to cart
Graham BELL and Alfred NIAUDET installed the first telephone.
"It is a truly extraordinary invention in its current state; it is perfecting itself...". 15.000€ Add to cart
Louis Pasteur begs for the national reward promised by Napoleon III.
"The Emperor proposed that I be awarded a national prize.". 2.500€ Add to cart
Jean-Martin CHARCOT – Hysteria treated by static electricity.
"I hope that electricity and massage can contribute to the healing process.". 3.500€ Add to cart
François Mitterrand supported women's rights in 1975.
"They have the right not to be considered as perpetually dependent.". 850€ Add to cart
Antoine LAVOISIER and his acquisitions as a tax farmer.
"I 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 ago... 2.500€ Add to cart
Chirac and the acquisition of the Château de Bity. 1969
An important collection of correspondence between Jacques Chirac and René Ballarin, former... 3.500€ Add to cart
Louise MICHEL and the agony of the old society.
"Yes, it all seems quite horrible, but all agonies are like that. The death of the...". 1.800€ Add to cart
Louise MICHEL and the publication of her work on the Commune.
"This is just a quick note to let you know that the history of the commune has been sent...". 1.200€ Add to cart
Jean GRAVE – Set of 7 autographed signed letters.
Jean Grave and his anarchist companions, Kropotkin, Louise Michel and Bakunin... 2.500€ Add to cart
Gabriel MATZNEFF – Manuscript – The Three Little Pigs.
Autograph manuscript signed – The Three Little Pigs. Rich manuscript within... 3.500€ Add to cart
LACUEE Jean Girard – Signed letter – 1801.
Signed letter to the citizens administering gunpowder and saltpeter. 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 – Signed letter – 1812.
Duke of Gaeta and Minister of Finance of the Consulate and the Empire. Letter signed ... 150€ Add to cart
François Mitterrand – War Letter. 1940.
"How sad it would be if Germany were to prevail over us; we, the civilized ones...". 1.800€ Add to cart
Charles Maurras – His membership in the Artists' Committee.
Typed note signed to Mr. Henry Lapauze. "I join the Artists' Committee...". 180€ Add to cart
Frédéric BARTHOLDI draws his Statue of Liberty.
Autograph letter signed. Extraordinary document by Bartholdi drawing at the... Read more
ELIZABETH II – Autographed letter signed to her midwife, Helen Rowe.
Autographed letter signed. A very beautiful and intimate letter from the Queen evoking the mo... Read more
Jean MOULIN – Autographed letter signed to the aviator Maurice Bellonte.
My sincerest wishes for 1940. Jean Moulin. Read more
Adolphe THIERS – Autographed letter signed and original drawing.
Autograph letter signed. One page, octavo, no place or date. We enclose an original drawing... Read more
Napoleon BONAPARTE – Autograph letter signed to André Ramolino.
Autographed letter signed to André Ramolino, cousin of Letizia Bonaparte. Very rare... Read more
Émile DURKHEIM – Four letters on his teaching at the Sorbonne.
"I confess, I'm eager to be certain that no one is listening to me, contrary to what I'd hoped for...". Read more
Henri Becquerel petitioned 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 lecture activities of Pierre Curie. 1904.
"Please thank your mother for the honor she bestowed upon me by...". Read more
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte uses censorship.
"Yes, I see a problem with the article being published.". Read more
Louis Napoleon BONAPARTE – Letter of condolence to Narcisse Vieillard.
"I would be very happy to offer you the consolations of friendship, whatever they may be...". 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 embraced his life as an outsider in the world of organized crime.
"I think I always knew I would end my life in prison. I wanted this...". Read more
Jacques MESRINE doesn't give a damn about the threats from the public prosecutor.
"The prosecutor presents me as extremely dangerous… and yet I am not…". Read more
Jacques Mesrine, imprisoned, is growing impatient for his trial. 1976.
"According to my information, the trial in this case will proceed alone and not with...". Read more
SADE writes to his wife from his prison cell in Vincennes.
"For God's sake, let me breathe for at least fifteen days, without overwhelming me like...". Read more
Charles de Gaulle was in despair over the communist victory in 1946.
“If they had followed me, they would be the victors today […] common sense…”. Read more
General de Gaulle at the theatre in 1945. Original photograph.
Vintage silver gelatin print (1945) depicting the General and his wife Yvonne de Ga... Read more
LA FAYETTE – Autographed note signed to his friend Armand Carrel.
"I've returned from Lagrange, my dear Carrel, and I still remember the camp...". Read more
Charles de Gaulle urged people to fight one week after his appeal.
"Those who still have the freedom to do so must unite resolutely to resist...". Read more
PICASSO, ARAGON, ELUARD, CURIE dedicate the menu for the Peace Dinner.
Magnificent signing sessions with the biggest names in the art movement... Read more
Madame de MAINTENON and her memory of the house of Saint-Cyr.
"These examples should 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 anything in the world for our poor country to emerge from this with honor...". Read more
JAURES Jean – Autograph manuscript signed.
Autograph manuscript signed. Six quarto pages on Chamber letterhead... Read more
Georges Clemenceau defends his friend Octave Mirbeau.
"In September I will talk with whomever I feel I should strike up a conversation with.". Read more
Louise MICHEL – Autographed 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 thanks for the award of 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 was dismayed by 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 requested. Okay...". Read more
Georges GUYNEMER and his aerial exploits in 1916.
"The essential thing remains simple: to have the chance to encounter the enemy and...". Read more
Jean JAURES – Autograph letter signed to Madame Eremnitz.
"Telegraph the professor's name to my room tomorrow, Wednesday. I'll send him...". Read more
Abraham-Louis BREGUET – Autograph manuscript signed to the Duke of Chartres.
"I have received in full and final settlement from His Grace the Duke of Chartres in Paris...". Read more

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