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Paris, France, France
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Autour de la duchesse de Berry | Online
Collection Hubert Guerrand-Hermès, Autour de la duchesse de Berry | Online
Hubert Guerrand-Hermès was passionate about Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, Duchess of Berry, a fantastic historical icon of the 19th century. The destiny of this French princess could not have been more epic and romantic: married at 18 to the son of Charles X, the Duc de Berry, widowed at 22, exiled at 32, she fought ceaselessly to have the rights of her son Henri V to the throne of France recognised. She finally found refuge in Italy, before dying in 1870 at Brünnsee Castle in Austria.
A free and unconventional woman, from her early years in Paris the Duchess de Berry played an active role in cultural life and aroused the curiosity of the artists who gravitated around the court of Charles X. Through her many purchases at the Salons, she encouraged many of the painters of her time and built up a first-rate library. The bindings she commissioned made her library one of the most admired of the period, and were all masterpieces from the golden age of French bookbinding. An artist herself, cultured, free and passionate, the Duchess of Berry inspired many painters and designers. Like men of letters such as Chateaubriand, Dumas and Lamartine, many painters wanted to put her at the centre of one of their works.
"It was the beginning of a real passion, and it hasn't left me since", wrote collector Hubert Guerrand-Hermès in the catalogue for the exhibition Entre cour et jardin, dedicated to the Duchess and held at the Musée de l'Île de France in 2007. Over the years, Hubert Guerrand-Hermès not only collected pieces that had belonged to the Duchess, but also souvenirs such as handkerchiefs, drawings, jewellery, miniatures and paintings. He also collected works from the French royal family: Louis XVIII and, of course, Henri, Comte de Chambord, Marie-Caroline's son. The sale will also include the second part of the library.
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0700: [Abécédaire] Alphabet militaire [du] duc de Bordeaux. [Vers 1825]. Rare suite complèEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0701: [Album de lithographies] Album anecdotique, 1832. Journal de Rouen, 1825 relié par Simier pourEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0702: Alibert, Jean-Louis Nosologie naturelle. 1817. Maroquin rouge, armes de la duchesse de Berry. 24Est. €600-€800Lot Closed
0703: [Almanachs] 3 almanachs royaux, 1757-1772, aux armes, en maroquin rouge de l'époque. Estimate:Est. €600-€800Lot Closed
0704: [Almanachs] 19 almanachs, 1817-1830. Armes ou chiffre de la duchesse de Berry, Louise d'Artois ouEst. €600-€800Lot Closed
0705: [Alpinisme] ─ Henri de Tilly 2 ouvrages de la bibliothèque du duc de Chambord, dontEst. €1,000-€1,500Lot Closed
0706: [Angoulême, Louis-Antoine d’Artois duc d'] 2 ouvrages d'auteurs d'obédienceEst. €600-€800Lot Closed
0707: [Angoulême, Marie Thérèse Charlotte de France, duchesse d'] 2 ouvrages reliésEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0708: Anne d'Autriche Lettre autographe signée [au duc de Luynes].Vers 1620. Une page in-4. Estimate:Est. €500-€800Lot Closed
0709: [Artois, Louise d’] Catéchisme destiné à la jeune princesse. Manuscrit [versEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0710: Bailly, Antoine Administration des finances du Royaume-Uni et d'Irlande... 1837. Au chiffre du ducEst. €700-€1,000Lot Closed
0711: [Béarn] Los Fors et costumas de Bearn. Pau, 1552. Reliure en maroquin rouge mosaïquéEst. €400-€600Lot Closed
0712: [Beaux-arts ─ Italie] Deux ouvrages sur Cellini (1822) et Raphaël (1824), reliés parEst. €500-€700Lot Closed
0713: [Beaux-arts] 2 plaquettes sur des tableaux de François Gérard et d'Horace Vernet, l'uneEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0714: [Beaux-arts] 2 dictionnaires de graveurs et des beaux-arts. Chiffre ou armes de la duchesse deEst. €800-€1,000Lot Closed
0715: Berry, Marie-Caroline, duchesse de Lettre d'amour au duc de Berry, quelques heures après leurEst. €800-€1,000Lot Closed
0716: [Berry, Marie-Caroline, duchesse de] Voyage de l'Agate..., été 1833. Manuscrit déEst. €700-€1,000Lot Closed
0717: [Berry, Charles-Ferdinand d’Artois, duc de] 3 comptes de dépenses, 1785-1787, et 4Est. €600-€800Lot Closed
0718: [Bible de Mortier] Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament. Mortier, 1700. Au chiffre de laEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0719: [Bibliothèque d'une maison de campagne] 32 volumes. 1816-1822. Reliure homogène aux armesEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0720: Boilly, Julien-Léopold Iconographie de l'Institut royal... [vers 1825]. In-4. Reliure de SimierEst. €600-€800Lot Closed
0721: [Calligraphie] ─ Pierre Picquet Recueil d'exemples variés d'écriture anglaise. 1820.Est. €800-€1,000Lot Closed
0722: [Catalogue] ─ Féréol dit le chevalier Bonnemaison Galerie de la duchesse de Berry,Est. €1,000-€1,500Lot Closed
0723: [Cathelineau] — François Blon Histoire de la famille Cathelineau. Manuscrit, 1852. Et 2Est. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
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