MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

Auction 82, 19-23 May 2025

80 kavels

Kavels

Kavel 2910

[Alba amicorum]. Album amicorum

of a member of the Sloet family, i.a. "Twee Nijenhuizen" and Deventer etc., 1791-1799, (129) lvs., comprising 29 manuscript contributions, 1 watercolour drawing and 1 silhouette drawing in pen and black ink, contemp. richly gilt mottled calf, richly gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece, a.e.g., orig. board box, sm. obl. 8vo.

Schatting € 200 – € 300Opbrengst € 475

Kavel 2911

[Alba amicorum]. Album amicorum,

1799-1804, 31 (mostly fold.) lvs. w. manuscript entries in German, French and Dutch, mostly Norden and Groningen, but also The Hague, Monnickendam, Nijmegen, Haarlem and Assen, 5 lvs. w. accomp. watercolour, loose in contemp. bookshaped board box w. retractable part.

Schatting € 150 – € 250Opbrengst € 150

Kavel 2912

[Alba amicorum]. Album amicorum

for JOHANNA JACOBA BOUVY, containing 30 contributions (incl. 12 drawings, 4 embroideries, music score), dated between "Medemblik den 10 april 1838" and "1848", loosely inserted in orig. gilt embossed board box, gilt mor. spine, a.e.g., obl. 8vo.

Schatting € 150 – € 250Opbrengst € 200

Kavel 2913

[Alba amicorum]. Album amicorum,

Dutch (i.a. Leyden), 1842-1854, 9 lvs. w. contributions, incl. 3 embroideries, 2 pencil drawings (incl. 1 fine drawing w. grey wash, signed "P.H. Jolly" and "Hoorn 1851"), 4 lvs. w. compositions of i.a. feathers, loose w. a number of unused lvs. in richly gilt embossed book-shaped box consisting of an interior and exterior part, a.e.g., in marbled retractable slipcase.

Schatting € 200 – € 300Opbrengst € 210

Kavel 2914

[Alba amicorum]. Album amicorum for ?,

containing 6 contributions (incl. 4 embroideries and paper cutting), dated between "maart 1846" and "1847", loosely inserted in orig. silk aubergine box, dec. w. gilt board decorations and "Souvenir" on frontcover, marbled board slipcase, obl. 8vo.

Schatting € 80 – € 100Opbrengst € 80

Kavel 2915

[Amsterdam and surroundings]. Calkoen, A. (1729-1796). AUTOGRAPH SENTENCING

of "Harmanis Lodewijk Koster", dated "24 Januarij 1783", pen and ink on paper, (3)p. AND: a letterpress broadside poem supposedly written by J.B.G. van Goch, murderer of Anna Smitshuizen, sentenced to death by beheading, dated 3 April 1778, w. sm. engr. ill. of his severed head.

Schatting € 80 – € 100Opbrengst € 80

Kavel 2917

[Amsterdam and surroundings]. Lot

of 4 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, by Egbert de Vrij Temminck (1700-1785, mayor of Amsterdam), Jan Trip van Berckenrode (1691-1721), I.J.A. Gogel (1765-1821) and H. van Fagel (1706-1790).

Schatting € 100 – € 150Opbrengst € 100

Kavel 2918

[Art]. Doesburg, Theo van (1883-1931). Original

VISITING CARD w. letterpress "Theo van Doesburg" and AUTOGRAPH "Kunstmedewerker "Eenheid", "Avondpost."" in pencil on recto, and abstract pencil sketch on verso by the same(?), 6,5x10,1 cm.

Schatting € 400 – € 600Opbrengst € 400

Kavel 2919

[Art]. Doesburg, Theo van (1883-1931). "Petro et Theo van Doesburg".

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH of Theo and Nelly van Doesburg, 7,9x12,6 cm., recto 'titled' in white ink, verso w. printed postcard lay-out and poststamped "30.9.21", autograph "DRUCKSACHE", addressed to "Herrn Antony Kok (...) Tilburg (...)" and "HartGroeten / Does & Nelly / Absender Th vDoesburg / Neu Ober Weimar", all in pen and black ink.

Schatting € 1.000 – € 1.500

Kavel 2922

[Batavian revolution and patriots]. Lot

of 8 manuscripts, pen and ink, i.a. two songs, the proceedings of a meeting, a declaration/ letter and a sm. manuscript account, various sizes.

Schatting € 50 – € 70Opbrengst € 140

Kavel 2924

[Belgium]. Manuscript document

concerning a dispute in the surroundings of Bruges, pen and ink on vellum, 1 fold. leaf, recto only, dated "duysent vijfhondert tweentzestich Opden eenentwintichsten dach van novembre".

Schatting € 150 – € 250

Kavel 2929

[Calligraphy]. Maurik, Justus van (1682-1759). (The Lord's Prayer. Creed).

Manuscript prayer and creed, pen and brown ink, both signed and dated "Justus A Maurik" and "Ao 1756 AE 75", written within a circular surface (Ø 22/ 11,5 mm.) in minuscule script (height ±0,5 mm.), within cut-out sun-shaped dec. border (total size Ø 35/ 27 mm.).

Schatting € 80 – € 100Opbrengst € 210

Kavel 2930

[Calligraphy]. Monogrammist J.v.D. (late 18th/ early 19th cent.). "Een onvermoeide Arbeid komt alles te boven."

Calligraphy, consisting of a central panel w. calligraphed text in pen and black ink, surrounded by richly decorated ornamental border w. 4 medaillons showing the entrance to an estate, a resting traveller, a charging cavallery man on a battlefield and a traveller on foot, within a richly decorated floral and ornamental border, 34x27,5 cm., monogrammed below "J.v.D" and "1800", framed.

Schatting € 200 – € 300

Kavel 2931

[Calligraphy]. Polak, Annie (2nd half 19th cent.). Particuliere school voor jonge Jufvrouwen gehouden door de zusters Franciscanessen, Samarang. Schoonschrift.

Samarang, 1877-1879, 3 vols., (14); (14); (12)p., first 2 vols. w. identical lithogr. title-p. printed in colours and gold and silver (sl. variation in colouring of borders) and final vol. w. calligraphed title-p. by ANNIE POLAK, all vols. otherwise entirely calligraphed in col. pen and ink, partly heightened w. gold/ bronze paint, orig. plain wrappers, 4to.

Schatting € 150 – € 250Opbrengst € 400

Kavel 2934

[France]. Foy, Maximilien-Sébastien (1775-1825). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED

"M.S.[?] Foy", to "le general de Division Comte de Loison", dated "5 mai 1809", pen and ink, 1 leaf, 1p. AND 3 other AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED by Napoleonic officers: "J. Bernelle" (not dated. Commander in the Légion étrangère and involved in the Spanish campaign); "Maillot" (dated "1824". Maillot was a French engineer who was the leading technical officer of the Napoleonic escadron that sailed to Egypt) and "H.M. Dibbets" (dated "1813". Dutch marine captain in French employment who deserted with his entire ship and sailors in 1813. Letter in which he offers his services to the Provisional Government).

Schatting € 50 – € 70Opbrengst € 50

Kavel 2937

[France]. Say, Léon (1826-1896). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED

"Léon Say", to "Mon cher Monsieur[?] Achille", pen and ink, dated "23 Mai 1892", 1 leaf, recto only, w. printed letterhead "Chambre des Députés". AND 2 other AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED by the same, i.a. to "Monsieur le Président" (dated "10 Octobre 1893", concerning the reservation of a box for him and Mr Magnin "pour la representation de gala de l'opéra du 21 octobre prochain").

Schatting € 60 – € 80

Kavel 2940

[Germany]. Friedrich Hermann Otto von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1776-1838). (Adelsbrief for Gustav Billing von Treuburg).

Manuscript on vellum, dated 20 October 1834, (4) lvs (incl. 1 blank), pen and black ink (partly calligraphed), 1 coat of arms painted in blue, gold and red, signed by Friedrich Hermann Otto von Hohenzollern-Hechingen on final leaf, bound in purple velours, white silk pastedowns, 34,5x24 cm., with attached wooden seal box w. wax seal, kept in contemp. blue board slipcase. - AND loosely inserted 2 manuscript documents, dated 1870 and 1856, one concerning Gustav Billing's children and their family tree (the other document unread),

Schatting € 150 – € 250Opbrengst € 700

Kavel 2941

[Great Britain]. Cornwallis, William (1772-1843). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED

"Your most affectionate son William Cornwallis yours", to "My dear mother", dated "Portsmouth March third 1795", pen and ink, 1 fold. leaf, recto and verso, (4)p., w. attached red wax seal. ADDED: 2 miscell. envelopes with i.a. crowned Royal Agriculture Society of England stamp and red wax seal attached (to "John Moore" in Warwick, 1846).

Schatting € 100 – € 150

Kavel 2942

[Groningen]. Lot

of 5 manuscript documents, 1715-1801, pen and ink on vellum (5x), 4 (large) wax seals attached, various sizes, folded. AND an extensive inventory of the estate of Anna Adriana de Marees van Swinderen (Gron., 1862, pen and brown ink, (47),(3 blank) lvs., recto and verso, contemp. boards, 4to. Partly waterst. in lower outer corner).

Schatting € 100 – € 150Opbrengst € 150

Kavel 2943

[Haarlem and surroundings]. Manuscript document

for the sale of "Hofstede Sparrenhout", pen and ink on vellum, 1 fold. leaf, recto only, dated "7 October 1676", w. 3 attached wax seals kept in orig. tin boxes.

Schatting € 300 – € 500

Kavel 2944

[Haarlem and surroundings]. Lot

of 37 manuscript documents regarding various properties in the Grote Houtstraat, 1642-1855, pen and ink on vellum (15x) and paper (22x), 6 wax seals and 21 paper seals attached, various sizes, mostly folded.

Schatting € 200 – € 300Opbrengst € 210

Kavel 2945

[Haarlem and surroundings]. Lot

of 57 manuscript documents regarding various properties in i.a. the Koningsstraat, Grote Houtstraat and Warmoesstraat, 1614-1913, pen and ink on vellum (5x) and paper (52x), 6 wax seals and 10 paper seals attached, various sizes, mostly folded.

Schatting € 100 – € 150Opbrengst € 100

Kavel 2947

[House of Orange]. Nassau-Ouwerkerk, Willem Maurits van (1679-1753). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED

"G.M. Comte de Nassau", to "Monsieur" [unidentified], dated "Londre 26 Sept. 1746", pen and ink, 1 fold. leaf, 4p. Nassau-Ouwerkerk, Maurits van (1679-1753). Manuscript letter SIGNED "W.M. grave van Nassau", to "Collonel van den Clooster in Guarnisoen. Tot Groningen",dated "s. Hage den 7. Maart 1750", pen and ink, 1 fold. leaf, 2p. (incl. address), w. remnants of wax seal.

Schatting € 100 – € 150Opbrengst € 160

Kavel 2948

[House of Orange]. "Verzameling Oorspronkelijke Brieven van de Friesche Stadhouderlijke Vorsten en Vorstinnen uit de Huizen van Oranje en Nassau, tusschen de jaren 1688 en 1716 geschreven aan den heer E. Frieswijk, lid der gedeputeerde Staten van Friesland en Burgemeester der stad Sneek"

. Lot of 13 manuscript letters by various members of the Frisian branch of the Nassau family to Edo Frieswijk, pen and ink, dated between 12 July 1688 and 2 August 1714, all signed in pen and ink.

Schatting € 2.000 – € 3.000

Kavel 2949

[House of Orange]. Willem Frederik Karel van Oranje-Nassau (1797-1881). Lot of 8

AUTOGRAPH SIGNED LETTERS signed "Frederik Pr. der Nederlanden", to "C. van der Vijver", dated between "9 November 1825" and "29 Maart 1840", all pen and ink, each 1 fold. leaf, recto only. AND 4 others: a letter of gratitude by prince and stadtholder WILLIAM V OF ORANGE-NASSAU to the mayor of Edam Pieter Pont in 1774 on the birth of his 2nd son; a small note by prince WILLIAM OF ORANGE-NASSAU (eldest son of king Willlam III), wishing the officers of the regiment 'Grenadiers en Jagers' well on the "First Aceh expedition" in 1873 and thanking them for the toast on his father's health; a letter, dated 1758 by W.J. GRAVE VAN HOGENDORP to princess Anna of Hannover (wife and widow of stadholder William IV) asking assistance against hunters in the employment of 'heer van Roon' who trespass on his estate Rustenburg; a letter by the secretary S.M.S DE RANITZ of queen-regent princess Emma, dated febr. 1896, in which he announces that the queen-regent does not want to become a patroness of the Roman catholic society 'Johannes de Dooper' from Utrecht.

Schatting € 250 – € 350Opbrengst € 300

Kavel 2951

[Law]. Lot

of 73 manuscript legal documents, 1585-1708, pen and ink on paper,

Schatting € 250 – € 350Opbrengst € 275

Kavel 2953

[Medieval manuscripts]. Bifolium

from Augustinus, De civitate Dei, prob. France, 14th cent., Latin text in black ink on vellum in 3 columns (and part of a 4th), 2 decorated initials in red and black, rubricated in red, 47,5x34 cm. (leaf), framed.

Schatting € 300 – € 500Opbrengst € 300

Kavel 2954

[Medieval manuscripts]. (Book of Hours).

Manuscript in Latin on vellum, Southern Netherlands (Bruges?), 15th cent., (1 blank),(87) lvs., red and black ink, littera textualis formata, 16 lines to the page, leaves measuring ±13x9 cm., rubricated in red ink, large foliate initials in colours and gold, each surrounded by marginal pen flourishes, heightened with colours and gold, depicting birds, flowers, branches and fruits, rich pen-flourishes alternating in red and blue in outer margins, contemp. calf, sm. 8vo.

Schatting € 5.000 – € 7.000Opbrengst € 6.000

Kavel 2955

[Medieval manuscripts]. Calendar leaf

from a Book of Hours, Northern Netherlands (Haarlem), ±1470, Middledutch text in black ink on vellum, rubricated, recto and verso, 12,7x9,6 cm. (leaf), 7,5x6 cm. (text), 17 lines to each page, one 2-line initial in blue ink, w. penwork flourishes extending into left margin on recto (so-called Holland style, most probably Haarlem).

Schatting € 150 – € 250Opbrengst € 325

Kavel 2957

[Medieval manuscripts]. Leaf

from a Book of Hours, Northern France, ±1495-1500, Latin text in sepia ink on vellum, littera textualis, rubricated, recto and verso, ±12,5x9 cm. (leaf), 8x6 cm. (text), 14 lines to both pages, each side w. 2-line initial heightened w. gold on blue and brown ground w. white details.

Schatting € 50 – € 70Opbrengst € 110

Kavel 2958

[Medieval manuscripts]. Lot

of 9 (sections of) lvs. from a Latin liturgical manuscript, 15th/ 16th cent., Latin text in black ink on vellum, littera textualis, all recto and verso, ±26x18,5 cm. (text), 32 lines to the page, four 3-6-line initials in blue w. red penwork (1x heightened w. gold), num. 2-line initials in red and blue.

Schatting € 80 – € 100Opbrengst € 210

Kavel 2963

[Netherlands]. Hoff, J. van (19th cent.). AUTOGRAPH LETTER

SIGNED "J.H. Hoff", to "Weledele Gestrenge Heer, de heer Janssen, Secretaris adviseur bij het Departement voor de zaken der hervormde here Dienst", dated "Oirschot, den 26 November 1832", pen and ink, 1 leaf, recto and verso, 4p., with attached blindst. wax seal, stamped "Veldpost Nov. 3".

Schatting € 60 – € 80

Kavel 2968

[Netherlands]. Sonoy, D. (1529-1597). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED

"Diedrik Sonoy", to "Hermen vander Meer", dated "XVI Martij LXXIII" [16 March 1573], pen and ink on paper, 1 leaf, recto only, w. orig. fold. envelope w. black wax seal. AND 2 others, i.a. a MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED, dated "Delft den IXen November 1574", signed by notary "Wermboldus Nerdeng" for William of Orange, on sending more troops to the "noorder quartier".

Schatting € 150 – € 250Opbrengst € 250

Kavel 2969

[Netherlands]. "Verzameling van origineele Naamteekeningen van verschillende Personen die alle leden van Gekommitteerde Raden zijn geweest, of de daarnaaste vermelde bedieningen hebben bekleed op het tijdstip van het Jaartal, hetwelk er voor is gesteld. Aldus vereënigd naar den rang der Steden en met Biographische aanteekeningen verrijkt door den ondergeteekende (...)"

Collection of 328 signatures, mostly on paper, some on vellum, 16th-19th cent., all cut out and tipped onto (mostly recto of) 77 laid paper lvs., each w. 19th cent. caption about each individual, also incl. scattered laid down cut-out engr. plates showing plans and coats-of arms, bound in 19th cent. hroan w. paper ticket mounted on frontcover, 4to.

Schatting € 1.000 – € 1.500