Unknown Drafts by Robespierre Included in Books & Manuscripts Sale at Sotheby’s Paris

PARIS.- The 107-lot sale of Books & Manuscripts at Sotheby’s Paris on 18 May 2011 will include an extraordinary 113-page ensemble of unknown drafts by Robespierre, written at the height of the Terror; a fascinating collection of letters from the House of Habsburg, spanning 1443-1823; first editions of works by Stendhal, Maupassant, Verlaine, Céline and Romain Gary; an unknown typescript of Le Petit Prince, illustrated with seven original drawings; handwritten texts by Jean Cocteau and Marcel Pagnol; and a delightful array of modern illustrated books – including the famous Pop Art masterpiece 1¢ Life – in decorative bindings by Legrain, Leroux and Jean de Gonet. The sale gets underway with an important, 17-lot ensemble consisting of personal, family and political correspondence from the Austrian House of Habsburg, From Charles V to

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