Handwritten Document, Signed (32 results)

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Unidentified Untranslated Handwritten Letter (or document/contract?) in French. Dated 1730. SINGLE SHEET, DOUBLE SIDED. Untranslated. See photographs. Small oblong sheet. Laid paper. Slight handling wear, folding creases, small hole, otherwise a Very Good nice clean copy. UNIQUE. Signed by Author(s).

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Unidentified Untranslated Handwritten Letter (or document/receipt?) in French. Dated 1812. SINGLE SHEET, DOUBLE SIDED. Untranslated. See photographs. Oblong sheet. Laid paper. Slight handling wear, folding creases, otherwise a Very Good nice clean copy. UNIQUE. Signed by Author(s).

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Unidentified Untranslated Handwritten Letter (or document/contract?) in French. Dated 1763. SINGLE SHEET, DOUBLE SIDED. Untranslated. See photographs. Small oblong sheet. Laid paper. Slight handling wear, folding creases, otherwise a Very Good nice clean copy. UNIQUE. Signed by Author(s).

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Unidentified Untranslated Printed & Handwritten Document in German. Dated 1870. SINGLE SHEET, SINGLE SIDED. Untranslated. See photographs. Oblong sheet. Slight handling wear, folding creases, two small holes, otherwise a Very Good nice clean copy. UNIQUE. Signed by Author(s).

Deyarmon, Thomas; Johnson, N.D. Handwritten Estate Document and Clipping, Virginia City, MT, 1875 10 x 8-inch document with 2.5 x 2-inch clipping adhered to bottom, adding miniscule height A few tiny, penciled notations, a bit of toning to top edge and light creasing. Very Good. A handwritten declaration signed by "Thomas Deyarmon, publisher of The Madisonian, a weekly newspaper published at Virginia City, Madison County, M.T." certifying that the last will and testament of Livinus Daems "has been published in said paper for four consecutive weeks," December 1874 to January 1875. It contains a seal of the probate court of the Territory of Montana and the signature of N.D. Johnson, probate judge. A small clipping is attached revealing Johnson's "Notice in the matter of the estate of Livinus Daems, deceased" giving the final date of January 9, 1875 "where all persons interested are hereby notified to appear and contest, or file any objections, if any they have, why said will should not be admitted to Probate." The Madisonian is the oldest weekly newspaper in Montana, published continuously since 1873.

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Unidentified Untranslated Handwritten Letter (or document/contract?) in French. Dated 1778 (in text). SINGLE SHEET, DOUBLE SIDED. With ink stamp ("Rep. Fra. 25 Cen.") & blindstamp at head ("Adm. Des. Dom. de Lenreg et du Timbre - Rep. Fra."). Untranslated. See photographs. Beautifully penned. Laid paper. Handling wear, folding creases, otherwise a Very Good nice clean copy. UNIQUE. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Printed and Handwritten Legal Document Signed by 'George IV' as Prince Regent and Viscount Palmerston addressed to Rt Hon. Charles Long and Rt Hon. Frederick John Robinson, Joint Paymasters General of His Majesty's Guards, a warrant for the pay of the Isles Regiment of Fencible Infantry totalling £24,097.3.3, countersigned by Viscount Palmerston. Dated 1817. Document Signed 'George V' as Prince Regent, Court at Carlton House, 16 August 1817, printed document completed in manuscript, addressed to Rt Hon. Charles Long and Rt Hon. Frederick John Robinson, Joint Paymasters General of His Majesty's Guards, a warrant for the pay of the Isles Regiment of Fencible Infantry totalling £24,097.3.3, countersigned by Viscount Palmerston, 1 page with endorsed blank integral leaf, some spotting and fold wear, folio, George IV 1762 - 1830 was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830. At the time of his accession to the throne, he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III, having done so since 5 February 1811 during his father's final mental illness. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, 1784 -1865, known as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman and politician who was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1855 to 1858 and from 1859 to 1865. A member of the Liberal Party, Palmerston was the first Liberal Prime Minister, and he dominated British foreign policy from 1830 to 1865, when Britain stood at the height of its imperial power. Size is 375mm x 240mm. Condition is average. Folding/edge creases strengthened in places with archival tissue. Age toning/foxing. Light paper residue to rear with nicks to edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18807. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very rare Original Handwritten and Signed Document by member of Parliament of Ireland and Dublin Recorder John Bysse. Dated 1639/1640. The document concerns the examination before him of Margaret Floyd and Francis Banes, wives of servants of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland [Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford], concerning the violent attack on Mary, the wife of Randall Udall, 2 January 1639/40, John Bysse 1602-1680 was a member of the Parliament of Ireland during the 1630s and 1640s. He was excluded from office during the Interregnum, but became one of the most senior Irish judges after the Restoration of Charles II. Size is 175mm x 110mm. In average condition. Age toning and creasing. Mounted on card. Ragged edges. Ref 18812. Signed by Author(s).

Unbound. Condition: Very good condition. First Edition. One page document, being an Annual Nomination to keep (license) Publick Houses of Entertainment, of James Ingalls, Ebenezer Grosvenor, Abigail Waldo, Samuel Cotton, Joseph Abbott. Signed by Justices: William Osgood (1697-1791); Thomas Williams; John Grosvenor (1711-1804) who served with Putnam in French-Indian Wars; Stephen Keyes (1717-1788) who was a Lieutenant in the CT militia during American Revolution. Signed by Selectmen: Joseph Scarborough; Israel Putnam (1718-1790); Daniel Trowbridge. Signed by Constable Sam Lyon. Signed by Grand Jurors George Sumner; Daniel Holt Jr. Israel Putnam served as a Major in the Connecticut Militia in the French and Indian War, and as a Major General in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, fighting at Bunker Hill. In Colonial times, a Publick House of Entertainment was a tavern, offering food, drink, and lodging, and served as community centers where one heard news and debate, as well as held political meetings, and they were essential stops for travelers. Signed by Author(s).

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Unidentified Untranslated Handwritten Letter (or document/contract?) in French. Dated 1863 (plus earlier dates). Four Sheets Containing 7 Pages of Handwritten Text, Plus Larger Addressed Cover Sheet. Untranslated. Beautifully penned. With red ink stamp & blind-stamp seal to recto of each sheet. Plus ink stamps (with handwritten additions) on pages 2 & 7. See photographs. Laid paper. With watermark. Bound with old string tie. Slight handling wear, folding creases, otherwise a Very Good nice clean copy. UNIQUE. Signed by Author(s).

Manuscript. Condition: Very Good. Short manuscript document ADS between Jean de Laurens, son of Jerome and Georges-Dominique Laurens, signed in Avignon. Autograph.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Original Document. 1 page. Laid paper. Folio sheet folded once, with 20 lines of text followed by autograph signature of McDowell and another justice. Additional old folds for storage. Handwritten early Kentucky law license signed by Revolutionary War hero and Kentucky Founder Samuel McDowell. McDowell fought under the command of George Washington in the French and Indian War, as a Colonel of a regiment under the command of Nathaniel Greene during the Revolutionary War and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. A founding trustee for what later became Washington and Lee University in Virginia and for the town of Danville, Kentucky, McDowell was appointed as one of three judges for the first district court in Kentucky at Harrodsburg. From 1782-1792, McDowell served as President for nine out of the ten conventions that lobbied for Kentucky statehood and drafted the first Kentucky Constitution. The Political Club of Danville, of which he was a founding member, first met in his home in 1786. During this same period, George Washington commissioned McDowell as Kentucky's first territorial federal judge. McDowell resisted bribery offers during the so-called Spanish Conspiracy and was a leading force for the admission of Kentucky as the 15th state in 1792. McDowell's signature is one of only two signatures, along with that of Convention clerk Thomas Todd, to appear on the original Kentucky Constitution drafted in Danville in 1792. Signed by Author(s).

Manuscript. Condition: Very Good. Beautifully penned, one small page, parchment (skin), boldly signed but hard to make out, legal/financial document referencing legal obligations and monies owed. Signatures require further research. Autograph.

Manuscript. Condition: Good+. Slightly stained and a misfolded lower corner but otherwise very good. Larouge provideds various rights to the hospitals of Lyon. Many mentions of various names in the text require further research. Autograph.

Manuscript. Condition: Good. Dated January 3rd, 1681, ancient document with a number of signatures though Delongchamps is the only dechiperable, relating to the revenues of the Generalite d'Alecon. Very fine illustrated revenue. Slightly fragile and some chips and small tears. Autograph.

Manuscript. Condition: Fine. PRECIS DOCUMENT REVIEWING OR WRITING UPON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. From the estate of the world renowned bibliophile and antiquary, Sir Thomas Phillipps. THE ITEM: Undated and unsigned, though most certainly late 18th century early 19th century given the other dated documents in the file, in this precis, the author expounds on the nervous system. I am not quite sure if this is an essay by a medical student or a precis written by a doctor though it does appear pretty advanced writings for a student, though I could be wrong. Certainly this document is worthy of more research. Biographical Notes: SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS (1792-1872). Born in 1792, Sir Thomas Phillipps from childhood was obsessed with the idea of obtaining virtually anything written or printed on paper, including cartloads of documents from wastepaper merchants and the entire inventories of booksellers. "I wish to have one copy of every book in the world," he declared to a friend. He very nearly succeeded. His collection ultimately grew to more than 100,000 books and at least 60,000 manuscripts. As a result of his extravagant purchases, Sir Thomas was permanently on the verge of bankruptcy and was constantly pursued by creditors. So many books arrived at his house that it was impossible to unpack his acquisitions much less keep pace with them. Visiting scholars, driven to distraction, would spend days hunting for an elusive text in the dusty heaps that filled every room. Because Sir Thomas has a morbid dread of fire, most of his collection was housed in coffinlike boxes that could be carted away quickly. Visitors to Middle Hill were struck too, by the presence of numerous logs, a ploy he used to lure beetles away from his books. As Sir Thomas relentlessly pursued his passion, the house itself began to crumble and its floors started to sag under the cast weight of hundreds of tons of paper. His neglect of Middle Hill was partly deliberate, however. Sir Thomas's chief enemy in life, James Halliwell, had married his daughter against his wishes. It appears that Halliwell was, in Sir Thomas' eyes, the worst kind of criminal, a book thief who had stolen valuable works from university libraries and even from his father-in-law. Having no sons, Sir Thomas was unable to prevent Halliwell from inheriting his estate. To ensure that his detested heir would never receive anything of value, Sir Thomas's solution was to allow Middle Hill to fall unto complete disrepair. He even went so far as to chop down and sell for lumber the centuries-old oak trees that lined the majestic mile-long drive to his home. In 1863 Sir Thomas decided to move - in order to accommodate his books. With the aid of 160 men, 103 wagonloads of books and papers drawn by 230 horses, the books were lumbered from Middle Hill top their new estate in nearby Cheltenham. It is said that for years afterwards the countryside was littered with the remains of carts that had collapsed under the sheer weight of the Phillipps collection. Sir Thomas continues to add to his library until his death in 1872. After Sir Thomas's death, his immediate family had no room for his collection. So vast was the library that although individual items and large sections were sold privately or through numerous auction sales, the Phillipps collection is still being sold more than a century after the death of its owner. In the course of its sales, many treasures have come to light. As late as 1964, part of the long-lost and unique medieval manuscript of the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses appeared and was subsequently reunited with its other half at Magdalen College, Oxford. Once destined for destruction as worthless wastepaper, this and many other priceless works were saved by the single-minded obsession of the greatest bibliomaniac of all time. Autograph.

4to. Ca. 9 pp. on 5 ff., of which two bifolia sewn and one loose leaf. Original wrappers. Purchase contract from a national real estate sale concerning mills (including the mill of Aidier) and dependencies to Joseph Bertrand de Chamousset, baron de Gilly, auctioned for 1745 francs: "Consiste en moulins et dependances de la contenance d'un hectare trente huit ares [.] Consistant en batimens, artifices, près, champs et placeage [.]". - The sale of sequestered national assets of "second origin" was meant both to sanction "enemies" and to resolve the financial crises caused by the Revolution. After the possessions of the clergy, king, nobles, schools, juridical and administrational institutions was seized, this second step included the property of emigrants such as Chamousset. In 1802 Bonaparte had proclaimed the restitution of unsold emigrant properties. - Signed twice by the secretary general Palluel of the Prefecture of the Department of Mont-Blanc, countersigned and verified by an additional, unidentified hand. - The inserted loose leaf shows four acknowledged receipts for the next four of five instalments of 349 francs each, two of which are signed by the treasurer (receveur des domaines) Pierre Mayan, the other by an unidentified predecessor in that same office, dating from 1805 to 1807. - With several revenue stamps. Slight foxing and duststaining; small defects to margins.

Size of unfolded sheet of thick, laid, watermarked paper: 19" x 14 1/4"; when folded, making a document of 9 1/2" x 14 1/8"; large watermark features a crown form over a fleur-de-lis in a cartouche with monogram of + W R, underneath. 31 lines in English, in a fairly large & legible hand, with large initial K; signature & wax & paper seal of Richard Windsor on a cut paper flap, & 5 other signatures. Part of the red sealing wax wafer is chipped away underneath, but seal impress of a small heraldic crest is still well-preserved. Three vertical folds. Edges show slight tanning; back of document (second blank page) shows a tear to paper, dusting, minor tanning. Suitable for framing. (Scan shows the front with part of initial K, 3 signatures & seal also visible; margins/edges, not shown). Text of document: Know all men by these presents That I Richard Windsor of Stoke Pogis in the County of Berkshire Esqr. Have made ordained constituted and in my Stead and place by these presents Doe putt and appoint my well beloved in Christ John Arle (?) the elder and Henry Chilton the elder of Eaton in the County of Berkshire yeom' my true and lawfull Attorney and Attorneys jointly and severally for mee and in my name to enter into and upon All that Barne Stable and Stable yard and one Acre of Land bee the same more or lesse commonly called or knowne by the name of the Barne yard or Close situate lyeing and being in Eaton aforesaid And into and upon all and singular the Messuages Lands Tenements and Things which in and by our Indenture of Bargaine Sale and ffeoin' bearing date the day of the date of these presents made between mee the said Richard Windsor of the one part and George Goade of the parish of Eaton aforesaid Clarke of the other part are mentioned To bee thereby Graunted bargained sold aliened or feofed and confirmed Or into or upon some or any part or parts thereof in the name of the whole totale And after such possession and seizing of all and singular the presents aforesaid and of every or any part or parts thereof in the name of the whole to give and deliver to the said George Goade or unto his lawfull Attorney in that behalfe lawfully to bee authorized To and for His use and behafe of the said George Goade and of his heires and assignes for ever according to the purpose force effort and true meaning of the said Indenture ratifying allowing and confirming all and whatsoever my said Attornyes jointly or either of them severally shall doe in about or concerning the premisses or any part thereof In witness whereof I the said Richard Windsor have hereunto sett my hand and seale this ffirst Day of Aprill In the yeare of our Lord God one thousand sixe hundred Sixty and ffive And in the Seventeenth yeare of the raigne of our Sovraigne Lord, Charles the second by the grace of God of England Scotland ffraunce and Ireland Kinge defender of the faith./ Sealed and delivered in the presence of./ William Cole Gabr. Leach Ric. Hilkin John England Ralph Simcocke RWinsdor [seal]. Sold as an example of calligraphy & a handwritten legal document.

Partial printed document completed in handwritten script and signatures of Principal Officers of the South Carolina Grand Lodge of AFM sent to the Vermont Grand Lodge posted at Charleston on 17 May 1827. Double fold letterhead with embossed seal of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free- Masons of South Carolina, then folded in twelfths, shadow of wax seal and addressed to Azro A. Buck, Esq./G Sec G Lodge ?Vermont/Chelsea/Vermont, postmark CHAR.N S.C., 1827. Letter was to provide signature samples for the officers, which each has signed. Benjamin Faneuil Hunt - Grand Master (Hunt was a State Representative), Richard W Cogdell - Deputy Grand Master, Alexander McDonald - Senior Grand Warden (he may have been an officer in the Revolutionary War), Jno B Tchard (sp?) - Junior Grand Warden, Moses Holbrook - Grand Treasurer (he was a doctor), Cedrick (sp?) Hughes - Recording Grand Secretary. Attested to by J A Young (sp?) - Corresponding Grand Secretary. NF condition, Chris Warner, Topeka, KS, ebay 10-19-09, 102.45.

Unbound. Condition: Very good condition. First Edition. One page warrant receipt signed by General James Murray and written in his hand, Governor of Minorca; dated December 10, 1781 reimbursement of half year contingencies fund. Measures 7-1/4" (width) x 8.75" (height). Docketing (old file reference writing) on reverse. Portion of lengthy watermark along edge of page. British General; joined the army in 1740, serving in the West Indies and Europe; went to Canada as an army officer in 1757, prominent at the siege of Louisburg (1758) and in crucial battle on the Plains of Abraham; Given command of Quebec and withstood the efforts of the French; made military governor of Quebec; after the Treaty of Paris (1763) became (1764) the first civil governor of Canada (called the Province of Quebec); His efforts to protect the French Canadians prepared the way for the Quebec Act (1774). English history. Signed by Author(s). Handwritten.

No Binding. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This is a nice original small handwritten vellum indenture document relating to people and land in the Shropshire town of Ludlow, dated 5th December 1786 mentioning names including Ralph Thomas, Thomas Owen as bailiffs, and Charles Green, John & Ann Wood as Plaintiffs, the document measures 9.5 inches by 7.5 inches approx. some browning marking and yellowing to reverse else in good condition would make a nice feature framed the document has two fold lines and will be posted folded along existing fold line. This is a lighter item, shipping costs will be reduced accordingly at checkout where possible. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT BY RALPH HEATHCOTE "Certificate of Mr. Maxwell's Marriage". SIGNED by Ralph Heathcote in his role as Minister Plenipotentiary, officiating the marriage of Edward Maxwell and Frances Herbert. Dated "6th day of September, 1791". One page, folio, 8x12.5 inches, with conjugate blanks. There is an official red wax seal. Backside has "Certificate of Mr. Maxwell's Marriage". Paper is watermarked with a large heraldic image and "Vorster & Zoonen". The marriage appears to have taken place in Germany, with Bonn, Hesse-Cassel, and Cologne all being mentioned. But the marriage was between two Irish citizens. The document reads in part: "I Ralph Heathcote, Minister Plenipotentiary of His Brittanic Majesty to the Courts of the Elector of Cologne, and to the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel do hereby certify that EDWARD MAXWEll, of Finnebrogue, of the County of Down in Ireland, and Frances Herbert, Daughter of the late Rev. Robert Herbert of Dublin." Written and Signed by Heathcote. Also signed by six witnesses. GOOD condition, numerous folds where likely folded to fit into a small envelope, some light foxing, a few corner creases, overall solid and bright. An interesting genealogical document, handwritten on paper with unusual watermarks. About RALPH HEATHCOTE (from Wikipedia): ******Ralph Heatchote, b.1721 d.1765. In 1748 Heathcote became curate of St Margaret's Church, Leicester, and vicar of Barkby in 1749. He moved in June 1753 to London, where he associated with John Jortin, Thomas Birch, Matthew Maty, and others, who met once a week to drink coffee and talk learnedly. In 1746 Heathcote published a Latin dissertation on the history of astronomy, Historia Astronomiæ sive de ortu et progressu astronomiæ. He produced two pamphlets anonymously: Cursory Animadversions on the Controversy in General (1752), and Remarks upon a Charge by Dr. Chapman (1752); and in the following year wrote a reply to Thomas Fothergill's sermon on the uses of commemorating King Charles I's martyrdom. In 1755 he wrote a controversial work: A Sketch of Lord Bolingbroke's Philosophy. In 1761, he became one of the main writers in the Biographical Dictionary of 1761. In 1767, Heathcote published an anonymous letter to Horace Walpole on the dispute between David Hume and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, which was attributed to Walpole himself. In 1771, he published anonymously The Irenarch, or Justice of the Peace's Manual; the third edition bore the author's name. The second and third editions have a long dedication to Lord Mansfield. In 1786, he produced a miscellany of anecdotes and dissertations, Sylva. In August 1750 Heathcote married Margaret Mompesson, a descendant of William Mompesson of Eyam, and attained financial independence.******. Signed by Author(s).

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Unidentified Untranslated Handwritten Letter (or document/contract?) in French. Dated 1790. Beautifully penned. Large folio sheets folded to form 8 pages (handwritten text on 6 pages, with 2 pages blank), bound together with small pins. With ink stamp at head of first page. Untranslated. See photographs. Laid paper. With watermark. Slight handling wear, folding creases, otherwise a Very Good nice clean copy. UNIQUE. 8pp. Signed by Author(s).

Small folio. 1 p. Payment order from the Comédie-Française ("Théâtre Français"), for Eugène Scribe's play "Adrienne Lecouvreur". Scribe was supposed to receive 5,000 francs from the treasurer of the theatre, according to a contract from 9 March 1849. The play had already premiered on 14 April 1849, a month prior to the payment. - Co-signed by the Sociétaires Jean-Baptiste Provost (1798-1865), Edmond Geffrey (1804-1895), and an unidentified signatory. - Traces of folds. With some foxing to the upper and lower margins and minor tears. Dust-stained.

No Binding. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This is an original handwritten illuminated manuscript document given on behalf of the inhabitants of British Guiana in Georgetown on 12th January 1889 to Sir William Frederick Haynes-Smith (26 June 1839 - 18 December 1928) who was the then Attorney General of Guyana, The document thanking for his great service to the country and people of Guyana and congratulating him on his appointment to be the Governor of The Leeward Islands. Handwritten on vellum, with illuminated lettering, the document measures 21.5 inches by 17 inches approx., some creasing to one corner, else in very good general condition. Signed by Author(s).

4to. 7 pp. on 8 ff. Contract of acquisition from a national real estate sale during the French Revolution for mills and dependencies owned by the emigrant Joseph-Bertrand de Chamousset, baron de Gilly, to his wife Anne Amedée Mellarede, auctioned for 303.000 francs: "Consiste en moulins et dépendances de quatre journaux deux cent cinquante quatre toises en pied, en batimens, artifices, près, champs et placeage [.]". - The sale of sequestered national assets of "second origin" was meant both to sanction "enemies" and to resolve the financial crises caused by the Revolution. After the possessions of the clergy, king, nobles, schools, juridical and administrational institutions was seized, this second step included the property of emigrants, convicts, exiled priests, suspects and nationals of enemy countries. - Signed twice by the general secretary Palluel (fils) of the Prefecture of the Department of Mont-Blanc. - With several revenue stamps. Some duststaining and a few ink stains.

758 x 600 mm. Brown ink on vellum. With floral decorations in brown ink, heightened in red, green, and gold. Lacks the seal. Indulgences granted to the branch of the archconfraternity of the Gonfalone in Chaudes-Aigues in the diocese of Saint-Flour, Cantal, France, led by a procurator named Mathurin Lepaintre. A beautiful letter of indulgences based on the canon law concerning archconfraternities as found in the constitution of Clement VIII (7 December 1604). Odoardo Farnese grants the indulgences in his function as Cardinal protector ("urbis protector") of the Gonfalone. - Established in 1264, the Gonfalone fraternity was the most prominent group of white penitents. Members' obligations included participation in religious processions, medical care for the poor, burying the poor, giving dowries to poor girls, and, since they had been raised to the rank of an archfraternity by Pope Gregory XIII in 1579, ransoming Christian captives from the Papal States in Muslim countries. - The connection between the Farnese family and the Gonfalone, whose principal church Santa Lucia del Gonfalone is in close proximity to the Palazzo Farnese, dates back at least to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (1520-89), Odoardo's famous uncle, who had been the patron of the art-historically important Oratorio del Gonfalone and personally oversaw the elaborate mannerist fresco decoration executed between 1569 and 1576. - Co-signed by the protonotary apostolic Paolo Mattei and two "custodians of archconfraternities" named Mario Mattei and Marcello Mutu, a Papal guard, a secretary named Giulio Olivetti, and the canon named Chaminade from Chaudes-Aigues, who also added a summary of the document in French. - Traces of folds affecting the text. With two holes where a seal had originally been attached, a small hole affecting the text and a slightly larger hole above Odoardo Farnese's signature. Somewhat soiled and creased. The signature of Odoardo Farnese affected by creases and discoloration.

Condition: Fair. On offer is an original November 7th 1771 handwritten manuscript document from St. Pierre L'Ebeaques [St. Pierre les Beckets] Quebec [Lower Canada] "Inventaire de la Commonauté des biens qui etat entre pour Genevieve Brisson and Joseph Mailliot" being an early Bas Quebec marital communion of assets where we can find many great descriptions of furniture and house objects plus commentary. Research suggests that the author was most certainly a Jesuit priest acting as justice of the peace. Some old damp-staining in two spots and some separation at the folds but otherwise in fair condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Autograph.

Condition: Very Good+. On offer is a superb, ancient handwritten document with beautiful calligraphy. Casual reading finds reference to the ancient principality of Andorra but given the incredible history of Andorra this document requires further research. Three signatures include Brousse, the other two illegible. The document has a few slight faults along the old fold lines and a few words have been crossed out. Overall G. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Autograph.

Manuscript in ink on laid paper watermarked TM, 1 page, quarto (210 x 170 mm). [Brest], 'à bord [l'Astrolabe], le 10 juin 1785'. Headed 'pour L'astrolabe', and signed at the foot 'de Monti', the note comprises a short list of equipment that is required for the vessel: 'two rudder bars . a spike for the long ropes; three cramps for the hatch bars; three padlocks for the same; two dozen rings for the jib & sail lines [.]. The above-mentioned were not provided with the rest of the equipment' (our translation); two further signatures in the lower margin, 'Fraboulet' (previously an officer on the Astrée, commanded by La Pérouse in 1781) and 'Lelarge'(?); faint original folds, extremely well preserved. A tangible relic of theill-fated expedition of La Pérouse, 1785-1788. This previously unpublished document requesting various articles of equipment for L'Astrolabewas written on board the vessel by her second-in-command,French naval officer and navigator Anne-Georges-Augustin de Monti (1753-1788), a matter of weeks before the departure of the La Pérouse expedition from Brest. The objectives of this most famous of French expeditions, preparations for which had commenced in 1783 under the royal patronage of Louis XVI, were to carry out exploration and scientific research in the Pacific, and to investigate possibilities for the establishment of French colonies in the region. Under the command of Jean-François deGalaup La Pérouse, its two ships,L'Astrolabe and LaBoussole, departed Brest on 1 August 1785. The narrative of the voyage of LaPérouse in the Pacific in the years 1785-1788 remains one of the great mystery stories in maritime history. During the first two years of the expedition, intermittent reports of its progress were received in France; but in March 1788, when theAstrolabe andthe Boussole were observed sailing out of Botany Bay, it was to be the last time the ships were sighted by Europeans. A rescue mission under the command of d'Entrecasteaux was sent in search ofLaPérouse in 1791, but was unsuccessful. It would not be until 1826, when the English sandalwood trader Peter Dillon finally discovered relics fromL'Astrolabe andLa Boussoleon the island of Vanikoro in the Santa Cruz group in the Solomon Islands, that the tragic fate of the expedition was confirmed.