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Bibliothèque Hubert Heilbronn : Envois – Provenances – Reliures

Hubert Heilbronn has always been a bibliophile. He bought his first book  The Three Musketeers  in 1944 in a beautiful edition of the XIX th  century. He was 13 years old. He acquired his first “real book”,  Une saison en enfer , in the early 1960s. This copy has never left him, and since then many other books have joined him on the shelves.

Banker with numerous cultural and associative activities, in particular at the National Library of France, at the castle of Vaux-le-Vicomte or at La Demeure Historique, Commander of the Legion of Honor and Commander of Arts and Letters, Hubert Heilbronn is also a member of the Société des Bibliophiles François which celebrated its bicentenary last year.

A great reader, he quite often rereads Proust and  La Chartreuse de Parme,  and never stops learning new poems which he recites to those around him.

With sensitivity, for more than 60 years and with the help of a few booksellers, Hubert Heilbronn has collected books with consignments, from beautiful origins (historical or literary), often "stuffed" with autograph letters or manuscripts, most of the time. covered with elegant bindings. Among them are those of his friend Jean de Gonet, who specially made a RIM mold for him on which his bookplate appears in the form of a schoolboy label.

Its library contains mostly books of XIX th  and XX th  centuries among which Proust, Stendhal, surreal occupy a prominent place. Or a set of books "as published" which gave rise to a presentation during a session of Bibliophiles françois.

“Among the books I am scattering is  Chateaubriand's Une vie de Rancé. I read and I reread it to  break with real things that is nothing, but to break with memories. Today, I break with real things, I keep the memories; I'm a collector who separates from beloved books,” he says of the sale.

So on May 11, Hubert Heilbronn is parting with selected books that will enrich other libraries.

10:00am

Sotheby's - Paris
76, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré

Paris, France, UK

Selections from Letterform Archive
Sale #2567

This special offering of deaccessioned duplicates from the rich collection of Letterform Archive will bring to auction graphics, books, posters and examples of typography that will delight any graphic design enthusiast. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Archive, a San Francisco–based nonprofit library & museum with a curated collection of over 60,000 objects related to graphic design and letterforms, spanning thousands of years of history.

12pm

Swann Auction Galleries
104 East 25th Street

New York, NY

Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

The auction includes property from private collections across a broad range of collecting categories, including sessions dedicated to a fine collection of Bibles, and a notable selection of fine press books and livres d’artiste. The fine printed books session includes bindings and literature, including several works by Shelley. The Americana session is highlighted by a very extensive offering Currier and Ives prints from a distinguished private collection, as well as other American prints.

10am

Preview is available by appointment.

Hindman Auctions
1338 West Lake Street

Chicago, IL

Graphic Design
Sale #2568

Swann Auction Galleries
104 East 25th Street

New York, NY

Antique Books, Manuscripts, Prints, Engravings, Maps & Collecting on Paper

18.00

Exhibition:
Since may 4 from 9.00 to 18.00
(please request an appointment)

El RemaTe Subastas
Calle de Modesto
Lafuente, 12

Madrid, Spain