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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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0748: La Fontaine, Jean de Fables. Didot, 1788. Maroquin rouge, au chiffre couronné de la duchesse deEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0749: Lesné, Mathurin Marie La Reliure. 1827. Exemplaire de présent, aux armes de France, offertEst. €500-€600Lot Closed
0750: [Littérature anglaise] 4 ouvrages, dont Scott et Sterne. Armes de la duchesse de Berry ou deEst. €600-€800Lot Closed
0751: [Littérature anglaise] 2 ouvrages de Burney et Smollett. Avec un ouvrage de Du Bouchet. ArmesEst. €500-€700Lot Closed
0752: [Littérature] Fénelon et Dulaure reliés par Thouvenin et Simier pour la duchesse deEst. €700-€800Lot Closed
0753: [Littérature] Quinault, La Rochefoucauld, etc. : 4 ouvrages richement reliés par SimierEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0754: [Littérature] Bernis, Œuvres, 1797. Roucher, Les Mois, 1779. Aux armes ou au chiffre de laEst. €500-€600Lot Closed
0755: [Louis XVII] ─ Jean Eckard Mémoires sur Louis XVII. 1816. Maroquin rouge aux armes duEst. €500-€600Lot Closed
0756: [Louis-Philippe] 2 livres de sciences, sur les lunettes et sur le sommeil. Ex-dono àEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0757: Marmontel, Jean-François Œuvres complètes. 26 volumes, élégamment reliéEst. €600-€700Lot Closed
0758: [Objets en maroquin] "Mnémographé" aux armes de la duchesse de Berry et cadre portatif.Est. €400-€600Lot Closed
0759: [Médailles] 4 médailles en bronze, dans un écrin aux armes de la duchesse de Berry.Est. €400-€500Lot Closed
0760: Meunier, Hugues-Alexandre-Joseph Évolutions par brigades. 1814. Maroquin rouge. SéduisantEst. €600-€800Lot Closed
0761: [Montmorency, maison de] 2 ouvrages en maroquin rouge aux armes Montmorency. Estimate: Estimate: 500Est. €500-€700Lot Closed
0762: Müller, Alexander Théorie sur l'escrime à cheval. 1816. Exemplaire en grand papier,Est. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0763: [Musique] ─ François-Adrien Boieldieu La Fête du village voisin. [1816]. In-folio.Est. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0764: [Musique ─ Chants royalistes] 2 recueils de partitions, 1820-1824. Exemplaires de l'intendantEst. €300-€500Lot Closed
0765: [Musique ─ Chants royalistes] ─ Louis Vidier Chants royalistes. [Vers 1871-1874].Est. €500-€800Lot Closed
0766: [Ornithologie] Album de 104 dessins originaux à la plume. [Début XIXe siècle]. De laEst. €600-€800Lot Closed
0767: Racine, Jean Œuvres complètes. 1807. 7 volumes. Maroquin rouge de Bozerian, au chiffre deEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0768: [Régionalisme] Le Havre et Manciet. 1822-1827. 2 ouvrages aux armes ou au chiffre de laEst. €600-€900Lot Closed
0769: [Reliure brodée] ─ Gaetano Rossi Semiramide. 1825. Livret de l’opéra deEst. €300-€500Lot Closed
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