In 2014, Romain Gary would have been 100 years.

On this occasion, many celebrations are held in his honor.

Le Feu Follet offers to return to these events and to discover or rediscover a set of unique copies - first editions, autographs items signed his greatest works.

Books to figures of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are among the greatest achievements in the history of the book. Le Feu Follet gathered some fine examples of this "golden age of illustration" of literature - La Fontaine, Molière, Cervantes - the travelogues - Bruce Cook, Keate - books of prints - Hokusai, Adam - the treaties of Science - Duhamel du Monceau - fine arts to history.

". Omelet Tartine literary critic and nourishing" written by "Whoever" and published in 1868 by Armand Leo, announces its program from the motto: "We do Poas an omelette without breaking eggs - Also in. casserons us over the head of everyone "...

Without the letter "A" ...

Or ... how the passion of Victor Hugo for his mistress reflected in the autograph items he addressed him intimately to his passion for the political struggles and the humanistic causes.

When he published in 1912 his third book of poetry, The Dance of Sophocles, Jean Cocteau, young prodigy, 23, is adored by artistic and literary circles. Proust intimate friend of Jacques-Emile Blanche, Nijinsky and Diaghilev faithful and disciple of Anna de Noailles, his ambition is to unite in his person all the talent around him ... [Full story]

Illustrated with two reproductions of portraits of the inventors of foie gras: NF Dean & JP Clause.

Mazarine Library is organizing, from September 12 to December 12, 2014, an exhibition called The Tower of Nesle: Stone, Ink & fiction.