Alidor DELZANT

Autograph letter signed by Stéphane Mallarmé to Alidor Delzant. Two pages written in black ink on a bifolium. Envelope enclosed.
Also included is a signed autograph quatrain by Mallarmé on a card, the one later inscribed on the mantelpiece:
« Ici le feu pour renaître
Tantôt durable ou charmant
Comme l'amitié du maître
Mêle du chêne au sarment. »
Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector, and bibliophile. A friend of the Goncourt brothers, he devoted a work to them and served as Edmond’s secretary and executor.
A fine letter in which Mallarmé evokes the composition of a quatrain to adorn Delzant’s mantelpiece: « Je suis

Autograph letter-card signed by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written in black ink on both sides. With the original envelope.
Enclosed with this letter is a quatrain in Mallarmé’s hand: "Tout en les éternisant / Bracquemond ici fait vivre / Les traits d'Alidor Delzant / A nous ouvert comme un livre."
Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector, and bibliophile. A friend of the Goncourt brothers, he devoted a book to them and served as Edmond’s secretary and testamentary executor.
A delightful card in which the “poëte ordinaire” refers to the making of his portrait by his friend, the painter Whistler: "j'ai

First edition.
Bradel binding in orange half cloth, smooth spine, date gilt at foot, brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with a fine frontispiece by E. Loviot.
Our copy is enhanced with an original photograph of Paul de Saint-Victor mounted facing the frontispiece.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Alidor Delzant to Louise Read: "A mademoiselle Read hommage respectueux." ["To Miss Read, respectful homage."]