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Stendhal in the Library of Alain Schimel

Books Selected from the Library of Hubert Heilbronn

Letters & Manuscripts

Precious Provenances

First Editions

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The auction will present a broadly varied array from the 15th to 20th centuries mingling first editions, manuscripts, and modern illustrated books. In addition to the first book printed in Greek characters published by Alde Manuce and the autographed copy of correspondence between Bussy-Rabutin and Mme de Sévigné, it includes the rare first edition of The Three Musketeers and a precious Tauromaquia by Picasso. The Alain Schimel collection features letters and precious editions by Stendhal, from his first texts to an exemplary annotated copy of his Histoire de la peinture en Italie. Furthermore, from the library of Hubert Heilbronn come books with interesting provenances by Cocteau, Apollinaire, and various Surrealists, as well as a manuscript copy and Romantic editions of Les Mémoires de Saint-Simon.

Livres et Manuscrits — dont des bibliothèques Alain Schimel et Hubert Heilbronn