Lettres de Benjamin Constant à Madame Récamier
Modern half morocco binding with tan corners signed Alix at the bottom of the pastedown. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Gilt title. Gilt edges. Covers and...

« J'ai horreur de me servir de mes amis dans ma littérature. [...] Je peux montrer mon cul en public et non mon coeur où ta place est si grande, toi, mon frère, non de chair, mais d'esprit et de choix. » (T. Gautier à L. de Cormenin, 1er aout 1851, cf. "Théophile Gautier" par Stéphane Guégan, Gallimard, 2011)
Autograph letter card signed by the painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes to the engraver Emile Boilvin.
The painter addresses a resigning member of the Société nationale des beaux-arts, which Puvis de Chavannes had founded and was in charge of the Salon du Champ de Mars, a dissident event from the official Salon des artistes français: "Cher Monsieur Boilvin, c'est avec le plus vif regret que je vous vois vous séparer d'une société où vous ne comptiez que des admirateurs et des amis. Qu'il soit fait selon votre désir, mais encore une fois, votre démission nous cause à tous un réel chagrin. Cordialement, P. Puvis de Chavannes" ["Dear Mr. Boilvin, it is with the...
Signed autograph letter by the painter Théodore Rousseau, one page on a folded sheet.
“My dear Sir,
I shall do my utmost to send you my painting today; by early tomorrow morning it will be fully framed, ready to hang. Believe me, if I kept you waiting, it was not out of vanity; I had a difficult task to complete in a limited time. until tomorrow morning, and thank you for all the kindness I have experienced from the administration. Yours entirely devoted,
Th. Rousseau”
Autograph letter signed on four pages, dated 12 November 1851. 124 lines in black ink.
This letter is presented in a chemise and slipcase with paper boards decorated with abstract motifs, green morocco spine, green suede doublure, slipcase with morocco spine and matching paper boards signed by Thomas Boichot.
Unpublished autograph letter on progress, signed by Pierre-Joseph-Marie Proudhon, major figure in French social thought, and “the father of...