MEDICI, Catherine de (1519-1589), Queen of France. Letter Signed to the Chevalier de Fourquevaulx, the French Ambassador to Spain of her son Charles IX. Creation dates: 8 Nov 1566
TRAVEL DIARY. 'Voyage D'une Partie de L'angleterre en 1783', an account of a journey to England by an anonymous Frenchman from Lille in 22 Oct - 28 Nov 1783, with two pieces of ephemera associated with his time in London. Creation dates: [1783]
EULER, Leonhard, mathematician (1707-1783). Autograph Letter Signed to Jean-le Pond d'Alembert (1717-1783), illustrated with a sketch of a vibrating string in mechanics and containing a large number of algebraic calculations. Creation dates: 2 Oct 1746
LEIBNIZ, Gottfried Wilhelm, philosopher, mathematician and scientist (1646-1716). Autograph Letter Signed to [Bernard de Fontenelle], the French philosopher. Creation dates: 12 July 1702
FLETCHER, Charles Albert (1824-1879). Autograph Letter to his children, about finance, with reproaches to his daughter, incomplete. Creation dates: 3 Nov 1869
BONAPARTE, Josephine, empress of the French (1763-1814). Autograph Letter Signed to [Alexander --], regarding her children and her difficulties after Napoleon's first abdication. Creation dates: 8 April [1814]
PASTEUR, Louis, chemist (1822-1895). Autograph Letter Signed to [Mr Jacquinot], discussing teaching posts and mentioning complaining of his tiredness. Creation dates: 24 April 1867
NAPOLEON I, Emperor of the French (1769-1821). Letter Signed with an autograph correction, to [Henri-Jacques Clarke], Duc de Feltre, the Minister for War, stressing the importance of adequate fortifications against the English. Creation dates: 9 March 1810
FLAUBERT, Gustav (1821-1880). Autograph Letter Signed to his mistress Louise Colet, confirming their arrangements of meeting. Creation dates: 7 Nov 1852