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Focus on an autograph letter of Baudelaire to his motherFocus on an autograph letter of Baudelaire to his mother
Focus on an autograph letter of Baudelaire to his mother
02 Décembre 2022

Autograph letter signed addressed to his mother by a fading Baudelaire: “L'état de dégoût où je suis me fait trouver toute chose encore plus mauvaise” 
N. p. [Bruxelles] Sunday morning 14 [August 1864], 13,4 x 20,6 cm, 3 pages on a folded leave
Autograph letter signed in black ink, addressed to his mother and dated “Sunday morning the 14th.” A few underlinings, deletions and corrections by the author.
Formerly in the collection of Armand Godoy, n°188.

Le Feu Follet's Letter #15Le Feu Follet's Letter #15
Le Feu Follet's Letter #15
30 Novembre 2022

On April 3, 1862, Victor Hugo succeeded, from his English rock, in the feat of publishing simultaneously and in the four corners of the world the most important humanist novel of the century. However, even today, booksellers and bibliographers doubt the success of this tour de force and continue to quarrel over the precedence of one publication over another.

False testimonies (from Adèle), erroneous information (from gazettes), abusive interpretations (from bibliographers), failing memory (from Hugo) and disorderly precipitation (from Meurice and Vacquerie) against a background of exacerbated rivalry (between Lacroix and Pagnerre), the he Feu Follet investigation takes you through the twists and turns of an exceptional editorial adventure, the source of one of the most tenacious bibliographical misunderstandings, wrongly attributing precedence to the Belgian edition over the French and ignoring the real difference between the Lacroix and la Pagnerre: the text supplement.
Let's listen again to the voice of the master Hugo and his love for the animals that he mirrored to each character in Les Misérables: Valjean-Madeleine's good bear, Fantine the mouse, Cosette the lark and above all Javert, "this dog son of 'a female wolf "…
Edition-originale.com offers you this week its literary bestiary.

Le Feu Follet's Letter n° 14  | A book & a madeleine...Le Feu Follet's Letter n° 14 | A book & a madeleine...
Le Feu Follet's Letter n° 14 | A book & a madeleine...
18 Novembre 2022

For this hundredth anniversary of the disappearance of Proust, the investigation of Le Feu Follet takes you to the side of Plaisirs et des Jours in search of a lost text by young Marcel, disguised as an obscure quotation on the copy of the painter Jean Béraud.

100th anniversary of Proust's death | He is gone to bed too early100th anniversary of Proust's death | He is gone to bed too early
100th anniversary of Proust's death | He is gone to bed too early
18 Novembre 2022

For this hundredth anniversary of the disappearance of Proust, the investigators of Le Feu Follet takes you to the side of Plaisirs et des Jours in search of a lost text by young Marcel, disguised as an obscure quotation on the copy of the painter Jean Béraud.

Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair 2022 CatalogueBoston International Antiquarian Book Fair 2022 Catalogue
Catalogue - Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair 2022 Catalogue
07 Novembre 2022

The new catalog by Le Feu Follet pays tribute to the body in motion: staged by Loïs Hutton, celebrated by Pavlova, painted by Barbier, sketched by Picabia, photographed by Allégret, illustrated by Iacovleff, exhibited by Colette…
Enough to make Édith Piaf tourner la tête and Cloots, Brissot's and Olympe de Gouges' head fall.

Focus on History of my life, George SandFocus on History of my life, George Sand
Focus on History of my life, George Sand
04 Novembre 2022

Very rare and sought-after first edition of one of the most important autobiographical works in the history of French literature, masterpiece and major work by George Sand.

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