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Autograph letter signed to the "père Martin", dealer of Impressionist paintings: "I wanted to draw oxen but I assure you that these fellows are not easy to paint".

6 September 1861, 13.4x20.9cm, one sheet of paper.

Autograph letter signed by the painter Johan Barthold Jongkind, to Pierre-Firmin Martin, known as "le père Martin", dealer of Impressionist paintings, having participated in the organisation of the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874.
3 pages on a sheet of paper, a lack of paper on the second part of the sheet.
The painter wrote this letter to his merchant friend in 1861, from Parize-le-Châtel, situated about fifteen...

Autograph letter signed by the painter Alexandre Cabanel, one page on a folded sheet. The painter requests payment for a copy of his most famous painting, the Birth of Venus, commissioned by American patron John Wolfe and now displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
"Etant obligé de m'absenter quelques jours je désirerais trouver à mon retour le 19 une somme de deux mille francs. J'ai pensé que vous voudriez bien la tenir à ma disposition à titre d'acompte sur la répétition de la vénus que j'ai terminée et signée sur votre demande et qui vous a été livrée l'été dernier. Veuillez agréer [...] A. Cabanel" [Being obliged to absent myself...

First edition, one of 62 numbered copies on deluxe paper, only the first volume being justified.
Handsome copies, unbound, presented in double chemises and red skyvertex slipcases.

Signed autograph letter of Jean Jaurès to politician and journalist Arthur Huc (1854-1932) ..
Absorbed by his drawings to which he devoted himself " for a year ", Klossowski apologizes to Raillard for his absence at his next literary conference at the castle of Cerisy on the work of Michel Butor: " so incongruous that it may seem, so distressing for myself, I just wrote to Michel [Butor] the reasons why I give up talking to Cerisy [...] my pictorial work has taken too much development, causes me too much trouble and finally My recent exhibition in Milan immediately involved me in executions too absorbing to leave me any...

First edition of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Full morocco, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, slipcase lined with morocco, binding signed by Devauchelle.
Rare and nice copy elegantly bound.

Letter autograph signed by Michel Butor to Georges Raillard, dated February 1, 1974. 55 lines written in black pen on a sheet. Envelope attached.
Michel Butor speaks from Albuquerque (New Mexico) to Georges Raillard, literary critic and specialist of Spanish painters Antoni Tapies and Joan Miro.

Remarkable autograph letter signed by Charles Baudelaire to Auguste Poulet-Malassis, publisher of Les Fleurs du Mal, dated 28 February 1859 and written in Honfleur. 64 lines in black ink, some passages underlined, housed in a modern black half-morocco folder.

Baudelaire appears preoccupied with the “ Sainte-Beuve/Babou affair,” one of the many controversies following the Fleurs du Mal trial, in which the writer Hippolyte Babou accused Sainte-Beuve of failing to defend Baudelaire during the proceedings.
Excerpts from this letter were quoted by Marcel Proust in his celebrated Contre Sainte-Beuve, where he lamented...

Signed letter signed by Pierre Moinot to friends, Mr. and Mrs. O'Heguerty, dated June 30, 1951, 16 lines in blue ink.
Written during the writing of Pierre Moinot's first novel, the letter opens with a quote from Albert Camus from Les Noces , which recalls the author's decisive role in launching his younger brother's literary career. The title of the novel, Weapons and Baggage, which will appear the following year, becomes the source of comic anagrams to the address of two friends, the O'Heguerty couple:
"[...] Weapons and baggage have become
Bagares and mages
Mega sabretages

20 lines autographs and signed by Maupassant in black ink on a letter-card with a letterhead "GM 10, rue de Montchanin" to the countess who beats cold.
Maupassant appears in the grip of doubt as to the feelings of the Countess towards him: " Is it dangerous to go and see you? I confess that I am afraid. On my return from Antibes, you have felt a terrifying coldness towards me. "
The Countess treated Maupassant in the same way as his other "Maccabees." A kind of courtyard of lovers, on which she had all power. Potocka held Maupassant in awe: " I have concluded that I should do well not to tire you. He grieves: " And then...

First edition of the French translation, one of 110 numbered copies on vergé pur fil paper Lafuma-Navarre and re-imposed in Tellière quarto, the tirage de tête.
A nice copy.

First edition of the French translation established and prefaced by Marthe Robert, one of 46 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Worming to spine, spine and boards lightly and marginally faded as usual.

First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Louise de Vilmorin to Francis Ambrière decorated with a small four-leaf clover.
Light bites mainly affecting the back.

First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper Marais ours one of 60 reserved to the Club of the first edition, the only major paper.
Handwritten signature of Françoise Mallet-Joris on the half-title page.
Nice copy.

Typescript draft of a letter to André Breton, with autograph corrections and one line written by hand, with a questionnaire addressed to Blanchot by André Breton concerning magical art, with one line written by hand and signed.
One 4to leaf, recto only, with corrections and a line in black ink in the hand of Maurice Blanchot, and another 4to leaf (27,5 x 21,5 cm) printed and illustrated in black, recto-verso, with a hand-written line and signature by André Breton in purple ink.

When, in 1955, André Breton wrote to Maurice Blanchot, the two men already knew each other and had spent time together, developing a mutual appreciation but always keeping a...

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on vergé paper, the tirage de tête.
A fine copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, for which there were only 10 Hollande large paper copies.
Some foxing, one central trace of fold to upper cover, otherwise a very good and rare copy.

First edition.
Contributions by V. Larbaud, P. Morand, A. Suarès, T. Derème, C. du Bos among others.
Handsome copy.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
A very good copy.