The Enigma

A drawing ... a girl with a doll ... a dedication "Happy New Year to the Prouvost tribe" ... a provenance, Jean Prouvost ... and a cryptic signature.

Saurez-vous identifier ce filigrane ? A votre avis, que représente-t-il ?

A complete manuscript of the Fables of Fontaine established under Napoleon, by a prisoner whose identity is not reached us, interned in Pinerolo (Piedmont). Why the prisoner wrote this in the strange shape? Maybe he has wanted as Sade conceal his captors in the interstices of a wall.

Who will be able to identify the artist who painted the painting reproduced on the cover of the edition of the European Education of Romain Gary?

These initials appear on the binding of a work that belonged to the painter Paul Delaroche. We clearly identify the letters P and D on one of the dishes, and these two other letters, apparently S and T, on the second dish. We cannot make the link with someone close to the artist. Can you help us...?

Look, invent, guess, extrapolate ... and share your discoveries!

Can you decipher this autograph German Martin Heidegger, on the Essence of the truth?

Do you know the owner of this beautiful bookplate the initials "MD", affixed to a book by René Char, the library is on fire?