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Ecriture Collection (#3)

"Ecriture: Unveiling the Art of Writing Through Time" Step into the world of "ecriture, " where the ancient Romans revolutionized the selling and manufacturing of books

Background imageEcriture Collection: Moral thought, drawing, 1927 (handwritten)

Moral thought, drawing, 1927 (handwritten)
8713114 Moral thought, drawing, 1927 (handwritten); 22, 5 x 17, 5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Homework book by Antoinette Biron, aged 11 ½, in the second middle class)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Writing method by N. A. Nezondet, c1880-90 (printing)

Writing method by N. A. Nezondet, c1880-90 (printing)
8713010 Writing method by N. A. Nezondet, c1880-90 (printing); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Writing method by N. A. Nezondet, Primary Inspector)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Writing method by N. A. Nezondet, c1880-90 (printing)

Writing method by N. A. Nezondet, c1880-90 (printing)
8713009 Writing method by N. A. Nezondet, c1880-90 (printing); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Writing method by N. A. Nezondet, Primary Inspector)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing)

Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing)
8713001 Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Writing method in relation to the teaching of reading by F)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing)

Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing)
8712997 Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Writing method in relation to the teaching of reading by F)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing)

Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing)
8712993 Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Writing method in relation to the teaching of reading by F)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Graduated writing method, 19th century (printing)

Graduated writing method, 19th century (printing)
8712969 Graduated writing method, 19th century (printing); 21, 5 x 17, 5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Graduated writing method for the simultaneous teaching of reading)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Writing method in 8 notebooks, c1900-1920 (printing)

Writing method in 8 notebooks, c1900-1920 (printing)
8712967 Writing method in 8 notebooks, c1900-1920 (printing); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Writing method in eight notebooks. Collective D.S)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Writing method in 8 notebooks, c1900-1920 (printing)

Writing method in 8 notebooks, c1900-1920 (printing)
8712964 Writing method in 8 notebooks, c1900-1920 (printing); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Writing method. New edition. Institute of the Brothers of Christian Schools)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Writing method of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, 1862 (printing)

Writing method of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, 1862 (printing)
8712951 Writing method of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, 1862 (printing); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Writing method of the Brothers of the Christian Schools)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Rational writing by Signoret, c1900 (print)

Rational writing by Signoret, c1900 (print)
8712943 Rational writing by Signoret, c1900 (print); 22, 5 x 17, 5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Rational writing. Straight writing method in 10 notebooks by J)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Reasoned writing by Meyrat, 1895 (print)

Reasoned writing by Meyrat, 1895 (print)
8712942 Reasoned writing by Meyrat, 1895 (print); 30 x 19, 5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Reasoned writing. New writing method by Pierre Meyrat (1862-19...)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Reasoned writing by Meyrat, 1895 (print)

Reasoned writing by Meyrat, 1895 (print)
8712934 Reasoned writing by Meyrat, 1895 (print); 30 x 19, 5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Reasoned writing. New writing method by Pierre Meyrat (1862-19...)

Background imageEcriture Collection: The Progressive, New Writing Method, 1900 (print)

The Progressive, New Writing Method, 1900 (print)
8712930 The Progressive, New Writing Method, 1900 (print); 22 x 17, 5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "The Progressive or New Writing Method by S.G)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Writing course by A. Guibal, 1889 (print)

Writing course by A. Guibal, 1889 (print)
8712896 Writing course by A. Guibal, 1889 (print); 22 x 17, 5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Writing course including posed cursive, expedited cursive, round)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Prepared writing notebooks, 1911-1913 (print)

Prepared writing notebooks, 1911-1913 (print)
8712894 Prepared writing notebooks, 1911-1913 (print); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: In "Notebooks prepared for writing without engraved models)

Background imageEcriture Collection: General method of writing by Regnier Aine, 1866 (printing)

General method of writing by Regnier Aine, 1866 (printing)
8713716 General method of writing by Regnier Aine, 1866 (printing); 15, 5 x 23, 5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "General method of writing by Regnier Aine. Round and bastard)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Elementary course: equilateral triangles, sentences, c.1880-90 (print)

Elementary course: equilateral triangles, sentences, c.1880-90 (print)
8713422 Elementary course: equilateral triangles, sentences, c.1880-90 (print); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Practical method of writing-reading by A)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Children's section: uppercase letters of the 1st group, 'P, F, F, R, B', c.1880-90 (print)

Children's section: uppercase letters of the 1st group, "P, F, F, R, B", c.1880-90 (print)
8713417 Children's section: uppercase letters of the 1st group, "P, F, F, R, B", c.1880-90 (print); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Children's section: reproduce a pyramid, the letter 'y', Arabic numerals, c.1880-90 (print)

Children's section: reproduce a pyramid, the letter "y", Arabic numerals, c.1880-90 (print)
8713409 Children's section: reproduce a pyramid, the letter "y", Arabic numerals, c.1880-90 (print); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Student notebook: problems, history homework, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: problems, history homework, 1882 (handwritten)
8713175 Student notebook: problems, history homework, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Student notebook: continuation of the writing, dictation 'From work', 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: continuation of the writing, dictation "From work", 1882 (handwritten)
8713174 Student notebook: continuation of the writing, dictation "From work", 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Student notebook: problems (continued) and French homework, writing, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: problems (continued) and French homework, writing, 1882 (handwritten)
8713166 Student notebook: problems (continued) and French homework, writing, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Student notebook: grammar homework, dictation 'The blue tit' (continued), 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: grammar homework, dictation "The blue tit" (continued), 1882 (handwritten)
8713160 Student notebook: grammar homework, dictation "The blue tit" (continued), 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Student notebook: dictation 'The blue tit', 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: dictation "The blue tit", 1882 (handwritten)
8713158 Student notebook: dictation "The blue tit", 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Student notebook: problems (continued) and grammar homework, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: problems (continued) and grammar homework, 1882 (handwritten)
8713157 Student notebook: problems (continued) and grammar homework, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Student notebook: geography homework and grammar homework, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: geography homework and grammar homework, 1882 (handwritten)
8713152 Student notebook: geography homework and grammar homework, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Student notebook: Dictation 'The Blue Tit', 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: Dictation "The Blue Tit", 1882 (handwritten)
8713147 Student notebook: Dictation "The Blue Tit", 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageEcriture Collection: 'Do not suffer any uncleanliness on yourself, on your clothes, or in your home', 1918 (handwritten)

"Do not suffer any uncleanliness on yourself, on your clothes, or in your home", 1918 (handwritten)
8713143 "Do not suffer any uncleanliness on yourself, on your clothes, or in your home", 1918 (handwritten); 22, 5 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Mathilde Dutranoy's notebook)

Background imageEcriture Collection: 'If you love life, respect it everywhere in the animal and in the plant', 1918 (handwritten)

"If you love life, respect it everywhere in the animal and in the plant", 1918 (handwritten)
8713137 "If you love life, respect it everywhere in the animal and in the plant", 1918 (handwritten); 22, 5 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Mathilde Dutranoy's notebook)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Writing book. Guyau method, 1893 (print)

Writing book. Guyau method, 1893 (print)
8713383 Writing book. Guyau method, 1893 (print); 22, 5 x 18 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: In "Guyau Method". Reading made easy by writing. Armand Colin bookstore, Paris, 1893)

Background imageEcriture Collection: 'Humility is the mother and guardian of all virtues', 1874-75 (manuscript)

"Humility is the mother and guardian of all virtues", 1874-75 (manuscript)
8713133 "Humility is the mother and guardian of all virtues", 1874-75 (manuscript); 29, 5 x 19, 5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Leonie Jarry Desloges notebook)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Writing book. Godchaux method, c.1860 (print)

Writing book. Godchaux method, c.1860 (print)
8713374 Writing book. Godchaux method, c.1860 (print); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Godchaux method)

Background imageEcriture Collection: 'The benevolent man hears the groans of the poor', 1874-75 (manuscript)

"The benevolent man hears the groans of the poor", 1874-75 (manuscript)
8713130 "The benevolent man hears the groans of the poor", 1874-75 (manuscript); 29, 5 x 19, 5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Leonie Jarry Desloges notebook)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Writing book. Godchaux method, c.1860 (print)

Writing book. Godchaux method, c.1860 (print)
8713358 Writing book. Godchaux method, c.1860 (print); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Godchaux method)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Writing book. Godchaux method, c.1860 (print)

Writing book. Godchaux method, c.1860 (print)
8713347 Writing book. Godchaux method, c.1860 (print); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Godchaux method)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Civic education: the voters, the electoral list. Moral: The Franchise, 1902 (handwritten)

Civic education: the voters, the electoral list. Moral: The Franchise, 1902 (handwritten)
8713122 Civic education: the voters, the electoral list. Moral: The Franchise, 1902 (handwritten); 22, 5 x 17, 5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierre Vallee student's homework book)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Religious instruction and French composition 'The dead cat', 1927 (manuscript)

Religious instruction and French composition "The dead cat", 1927 (manuscript)
8713116 Religious instruction and French composition "The dead cat", 1927 (manuscript); 22, 5 x 17, 5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Homework book by Antoinette Biron, aged 11 ½)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Cover of a school notebook, 1927 (handwritten)

Cover of a school notebook, 1927 (handwritten)
8713113 Cover of a school notebook, 1927 (handwritten); 22, 5 x 17, 5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Homework book by Antoinette Biron, aged 11 ½, in the second middle class)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Theoretical and practical writing method by C. Laurent, c1900 (print)

Theoretical and practical writing method by C. Laurent, c1900 (print)
8713006 Theoretical and practical writing method by C. Laurent, c1900 (print); 21 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Theoretical and practical writing method for use in Normal Schools)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing)

Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing)
8712999 Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Writing method in relation to the teaching of reading by F)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing)

Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing)
8712998 Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Writing method in relation to the teaching of reading by F)

Background imageEcriture Collection: gut9860

gut9860
PCT5618317 gut9860; (add.info.: Portrait de Jean Baptiste Poquelin, dit Moliere (1622-1673) plume a la main, en train d'ecrire une de ses pieces de theatre - Gravure extraite de l'Histoire de

Background imageEcriture Collection: Letter from Lorenzo de Medici (Lorenzo de Medici known as The Magnificent)

Letter from Lorenzo de Medici (Lorenzo de Medici known as The Magnificent)
BEN5473953 Letter from Lorenzo de Medici (Lorenzo de Medici known as The Magnificent, 1449-1492) to his father Piero di Cosimo de Medici (Peter de Medici, 1416-1469) in Caroggi, Cafaggiolo (Italy)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Title page with calligraphy and heraldic shields. Handcoloured copperplate engraving Richard

Title page with calligraphy and heraldic shields. Handcoloured copperplate engraving Richard Sawyer from John Thomas
FLO5000245 Title page with calligraphy and heraldic shields. Handcoloured copperplate engraving Richard Sawyer from John Thomas Smith's Topography of London

Background imageEcriture Collection: Bastard and Gothic: Gothic alphabet, proper nouns, c. 1890 (print)

Bastard and Gothic: Gothic alphabet, proper nouns, c. 1890 (print)
8714090 Bastard and Gothic: Gothic alphabet, proper nouns, c. 1890 (print); 22, 5 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "New method for teaching writing in schools by Gustave Manoury)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Bastard and Gothic: words and capital letters, c. 1890 (print)

Bastard and Gothic: words and capital letters, c. 1890 (print)
8714089 Bastard and Gothic: words and capital letters, c. 1890 (print); 22, 5 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "New method for teaching writing in schools by Gustave Manoury)

Background imageEcriture Collection: Cursive ending (chronology): sentences with creation dates, c. 1890 (print)

Cursive ending (chronology): sentences with creation dates, c. 1890 (print)
8714080 Cursive ending (chronology): sentences with creation dates, c. 1890 (print); 22, 5 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)




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"Ecriture: Unveiling the Art of Writing Through Time" Step into the world of "ecriture, " where the ancient Romans revolutionized the selling and manufacturing of books. In a captivating coloured engraving from 1866, witness their dedication to preserving knowledge through written words. Travel back to 1756 with a full-length portrait of Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour. This oil on canvas masterpiece showcases her elegance and intellect, reminding us that writing is not only an art but also a symbol of power. Delve into the intricate process behind paper making in an engraving from France circa 1880. Handmade paper becomes a testament to human ingenuity as tubs for rags are transformed into beautiful sheets by skilled craftsmen and women. Experience creativity at its finest as depicted by Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin's painting of a young schoolgirl passionately expressing herself through art. It reminds us that writing takes many forms, transcending beyond pen and ink. Witness the meticulous work carried out by women in another engraving from France circa 1880. As they pack each delicate sheet, we are reminded that every piece of paper holds within it stories waiting to be told. Discover courage through an excerpt from a poem rendered in pen and ink on paper. The artist's strokes capture both vulnerability and strength, showcasing how writing can inspire bravery within our hearts. Immerse yourself in literature with an excerpt from Emile Zola's "Le Docteur Pascal" lithograph edition from 1896. Let these words transport you to different worlds crafted solely through imagination and skillful storytelling. Celebrate renowned French writer Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais through his chromo signature—a mark representing his literary legacy etched onto history forever. Explore cultural symbolism with a Japanese print depicting Geisha alongside monkeys—an intriguing blend of beauty intertwined with eroticism, showcasing the diverse ways in which writing can express emotions and desires.