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Literary Manuscripts

Writers' autograph manuscripts, work drafts, handwritten notebooks, autograph poems, romantic manuscript fragments

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Literary Manuscripts
  1. Billet autographe signé
    Alphonse ALLAIS

    Billet autographe signé

    s. d. [circa 1880]|11.60 x 14.20 cm|un billet
    Autograph letter signed by Alphonse Allais, mounted on fine cardboard.
    Traces of transverse folds, small lacks and marginal tears.
    "Espèce de sagouin. / Entendu pour samedi. / Prends moi au Gil Blas vers 6h / Mille cordiaux respects à ta dame. A.A." ["You rascal. / Agreed for Saturday. / Pick me up at Gil Blas around 6pm / A thousand cordial respects to your lady. A.A."]
    €450
  3. Lettre autographe signée adressée à l'archéologue Charles-Ernest Beulé
    Gustave FLAUBERT

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à l'archéologue Charles-Ernest Beulé

    s. l. • (Paris) s. d. [5 ou 12 janvier 1860]|13.60 x 21 cm|deux pages sur un feuillet remplié
    Autograph letter signed by Gustave Flaubert addressed to the archaeologist Charles-Ernest Beulé. Two pages written in black ink on a folded sheet. The recipient of this letter added nine handwritten lines, a draft of his future response, following Flaubert's letter.
    This letter has been transcribed and reproduced on the website of the Flaubert Centre at the University of Rouen. The transcriber of this missive notes: "Are the lines written under the signature by Beulé or by Flaubert himself? The handwriting resembles his. Stéphanie Dord-Crouslé suggests that Flaubert may have gone to see Beulé and written these elements under his dictation in response to the questions posed." This...
    €4,500
  4. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Igor Markevitch
    Jean COCTEAU

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Igor Markevitch

    s. l. 26 octobre 1955|20.90 x 26.90 cm|une page sur un feuillet
    Autograph letter signed by Jean Cocteau addressed to Igor Markevitch. One page written in blue ballpoint pen and signed "Ton Jean".
    Some folds inherent to placing in envelope and a staple in the upper left margin.
    Fine and long letter in which Jean Cocteau defends his friend the Ukrainian conductor and composer Igor Markevitch, victim of critic Antoine Goléa's wrath.
    "Je suis stupéfait par ce qu'on me rapporte de Goléa." ["I am stunned by what I am told about Goléa."] We have not been able to find the slightest trace of an article by Goléa about Markevitch, but the University of Caen holds a file entitled "Affaire entre Igor...
    €1,500
  5. Lettre autographe signée
    Louis ARAGON

    Lettre autographe signée

    Grandcamp-les-Bains [Grandcamp-Maisy] s. d. [ca 1914-1920]|13.50 x 21 cm|une page sur un feuillet remplié
    Autograph letter signed addressed to a correspondent whom we have not been able to identify. Written from the Grand Hôtel de Grandcamp-les-Bains (Calvados) in blue ink on a folded sheet of white paper.
    A transverse fold inherent to the posting of the letter and four small perforations affecting the text but not impeding its reading.
    The mention of Grandcamp-les-Bains - where Aragon seems to have been only once during the summer of his seventeenth year - and the signature - of an early form - lead us to think that the letter could have been written in the summer of 1914. Philippe Forest, in his biography of Aragon, confirms that it was indeed at Grandcamp-les-Bains...
    €800
  6. Manuscrit autographe inédit et complet intitulé "Cinq semaines de vacances - Journal d'un voyage en Suisse et dans le Sud de l'Allemagne avec les élèves de mon bien cher et regretté institut"
    Jules MALIGNON

    Manuscrit autographe inédit et complet intitulé "Cinq semaines de vacances - Journal d'un voyage en Suisse et dans le Sud de l'Allemagne avec les élèves de mon bien cher et regretté institut"Complete and unpublished handwritten manuscript

    s. l. 1836|22 x 27 cm|relié
    Complete and unpublished handwritten manuscript entitled “Cinq semaines de vacances - Journal d'un voyage en Suisse et dans le Sud de l'Allemagne avec les élèves de mon bien cher et regretté institut”
    s.l1836, 22 x 27 cm, bound
    Complete and unpublished 240-page manuscript neatly handwritten in black ink and entitled “Cinq semaines de vacances - Journal d'un voyage en Suisse et dans le Sud de l'Allemagne avec les élèves de mon bien cher et regretté institut” Our manuscript is filled with a herbarium sheet, an original colour watercolour, an original pencil drawing and 25 engravings including one erased and in colour. The engravings illustrate the different stages of the journey...
    €2,800
  8. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Adrien Peytel
    COLETTE

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Adrien Peytel

    Marseille s. d. [novembre 1923]|13.70 x 18.70 cm|une page sur un double feuillet
    Autograph letter signed by Colette addressed to her friend, the man of letters and lawyer Adrien Peytel, one page written in black ink on a double sheet with letterhead from the Grand Hôtel de Noailles et Métropole in Marseille.
    A central fold inherent to the mailing of the letter.
    Handsome letter addressed from Marseille while Colette was conducting a lecture tour: "I'm finishing my tour. I'll be in Paris on Sunday, and we'll take care of this matter, - which I still haven't understood anything about."
    "In November 1923, she dealt with (...) a subject she knew by heart, Le Théâtre vu des deux côtés de la rampe. Her very young lover...
    €700
  9. "Voilà La Cigale qui me réclame demain soir..."
    COLETTE

    "Voilà La Cigale qui me réclame demain soir..."Signed autograph letter addressed to Adrien Peytel

    Marseille s. d. [circa 1920]|19.80 x 25.20 cm|une page sur un feuillet
    Autograph letter signed by Colette addressed to her friend, the man of letters and lawyer Adrien Peytel, nine lines written in black ink.
    Some folding marks inherent to the mailing of the letter.
    "And then damn it, enough already. Here La Cigale is calling me for tomorrow evening, and I haven't stolen it, since I accepted, and even asked, to do the café-concert criticism on the same level as the other."
    €500
  10. "Je suis sans nouvelles de Sidi. Je me fais toute une chevelure de soucis."
    COLETTE

    "Je suis sans nouvelles de Sidi. Je me fais toute une chevelure de soucis."Signed autograph letter addressed to Adrien Peytel

    Paris 1914|13.60 x 21.20 cm|en feuillets
    Autograph letter signed by Colette addressed to her friend, the man of letters and lawyer Adrien Peytel, two pages written in black ink in hurried handwriting on a double sheet with L'Eclair newspaper letterhead.
    A central fold inherent to the folding of the letter for mailing.
    Fine letter from Colette, testimony to the confusion that seized France at the dawn of the Great War: "Nothing is working. I am stuck here for a piece they are asking me to write." The writer worries: "I have no news from Sidi [Henry de Jouvenel]. I am creating a whole head of worries for myself. I don't know where he is, he wrote to me that he was leaving...
    €900
  11. Manuscrit autographe intitulé "Un peu jaguar..."
    André BRETON

    Manuscrit autographe intitulé "Un peu jaguar..."

    mai 1953|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
    André Breton autograph manuscript titled "Un peu jaguar...", written for issue no. 7 of May 1953 of the journal Médium. 12 lines written in black ink in a careful hand on a white sheet. Two transverse folds of no consequence.
    This is the final version of the text; an intermediate version of this article is visible on the Archives Breton website.
    An interesting chronicle concerning the Swedish painter Max Walter Svanberg: "De Malmö (Suède) notre très admiré ami Max Walter Svanberg nous écrit pour protester contre la manière dont ont été récemment présentées ses toiles à Paris..." ["From Malmö (Sweden) our much...
    €1,000
  12. Manuscrit autographe de deux chroniques intitulées "Assez souillé !" et "Courrier transpyrénéen"
    André BRETON

    Manuscrit autographe de deux chroniques intitulées "Assez souillé !" et "Courrier transpyrénéen"

    novembre 1952|20.90 x 13.40 cm|une feuille
    André Breton autograph manuscript comprising two short texts titled "Assez souillé !" and "Courrier transpyrénéen", written for issue no. 1 of November 1952 of the journal Médium. 18 lines written in black ink in a careful hand on a white sheet.
    A tiny pinhole in the upper right margin of the sheet.
    "Assez souillé !" ["Enough soiled!"] recounts the reception given by the journal Médium to Céline's panegyric by Albert Paraz. The chronicle titled "Courrier transpyrénéen" ["Trans-Pyrenean Mail"] announces the publication of the latest work by critic Juan Eduardo Cirlot titled Surrealismo. Breton also...
    €1,350
  13. Manuscrit autographe signé de deux chroniques intitulées "Une fameuse gorgée de poison" et "ça !"
    André BRETON

    Manuscrit autographe signé de deux chroniques intitulées "Une fameuse gorgée de poison" et "ça !"

    mai 1953|21 x 27 cm|une feuille et un petit papillon
    André Breton autograph manuscript signed "A.B.", of two chronicles entitled "Une fameuse gorgée de poison" and "ça !", written for issue no. 7 of May 1953 of the review Médium. One long page written in black ink in careful handwriting on a white sheet, some corrections and additions sometimes in blue ink. Included is a small slip in Breton's hand, concerning an article by René Alleau, containing a small printed text annotated by him in red and blue ballpoint pens and bearing an explanatory note at the top.
    Two transverse folds of no significance.
    This is the final version of these two texts; an intermediate version of...
    €1,350
  14. Manuscrit autographe signé intitulé "3² + 4² = 5²"
    André BRETON

    Manuscrit autographe signé intitulé "3² + 4² = 5²"

    mai 1953|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
    André Breton autograph manuscript signed "A.B." entitled "3² + 4² = 5²", written for issue no. 7 of May 1953 of the review Médium. 18 lines written in black ink in careful handwriting on a white sheet. Two transverse folds of no significance.
    This is the final version of the text; an intermediate version of this article can be seen on the Breton Archives website.
    An interesting chronicle on Paul Sérant's work devoted to René Guénon and his work published by éditions La Colombe: "Of this work, one of the most considerable of our time, M. Paul Sérant offers a penetrating study."
    €1,200
  15. « Mais il faut continuer à vivre et pour cela se réserver une part de solitude qu'avec angoisse aussi je vois diminuer chaque jour. »
    André BRETON

    « Mais il faut continuer à vivre et pour cela se réserver une part de solitude qu'avec angoisse aussi je vois diminuer chaque jour. »Unpublished signed autograph letter addressed to Gaston Puel

    Antibes 9 mars 1948|21.80 x 27 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet
    Unpublished autograph letter signed by André Breton addressed to Gaston Puel; two pages on one leaf written in blue ink with fine and careful handwriting, numerous underlinings.
    Foxing and marginal adhesive traces.
    A very fine letter, imbued with benevolence, in which the Pope of Surrealism shares his numerous and time-consuming occupations with his young correspondent, while reassuring him about his talent and future.
    Gaston Puel began corresponding with André Breton at the Liberation. They had never met at the time of this letter, written four years later: « Je suis heureux que vous ayez pensé à m'adresser votre photographie. C'est un grand pas de...
    €1,500
  16. « Quelle tristesse que Paris quand on revient des pays éclairés du soleil. Bruxelles est encore plus noir, pauvre garçon ! »
    Gérard de NERVAL, Théophile GAUTIER

    « Quelle tristesse que Paris quand on revient des pays éclairés du soleil. Bruxelles est encore plus noir, pauvre garçon ! »Three autograph letters signed by Gérard de Nerval, Théophile Gautier and a third writer addressed to Louis Desessart

    Paris 11 février 1844|10.40 x 13.60 cm|quatre pages sur deux feuillets

    Three autograph letters signed by Gérard de Nerval (2 pages signed « Gérard »), Théophile Gautier (1 page), and a third, unsigned letter (1 page) penned by a certain « Robert » (cf. Nerval's letter)
     
    Louis Desessart, Théophile Gautier's appointed publisher, co-published Nerval’s play Léo Burckart with Barba in 1839. Following financial difficulties, he was forced to take refuge « in that sad and charming city of Brussels ».
     
    The three friends wrote this letter from Paris, where they had reunited following Nerval’s long journey to...

    €10,000
  17. Carte postale autographe signée adressée à Lucienne Salacrou
    Michel LEIRIS

    Carte postale autographe signée adressée à Lucienne Salacrou

    Clermont-Ferrand 19 septembre 1975|14.70 x 10.30 cm|une carte postale
    Autograph postcard signed by Michel Leiris and his wife Louise Godon (nicknamed "Zette") addressed to Lucienne Salacrou, wife of the writer Armand Salacrou. Thirteen lines (10 in Zette's hand and 3 in Michel's) written in blue ballpoint pen on the back of a black and white view of the Apses of Clermont-Ferrand.
    A small tear to the upper margin of the recto, not serious.
    Michel Leiris made the acquaintance of the Salacrou couple at the Kahnweiler gallery.
    €200
  18. Lettre autographe signée adressée à André Dignimont
    Jules ROMAINS

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à André Dignimont

    Paris 3 novembre 1951|21 x 27.10 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet

    Autograph letter signed by Jules Romains to André Dignimont, two pages penned in black ink on a sheet of his personal letterhead.
    Folding marks from mailing.

    €150
  19. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Arnost Budik
    Roger CAILLOIS

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Arnost Budik

    Paris 25 juin 1972|21 x 27 cm|une page sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe
    Autograph letter signed by Roger Caillois addressed to Arnost Budik; one page written in black ink on a sheet of tissue paper. Envelope included.
    Some punch holes in the margin of the letter and envelope, not affecting the text, as well as some folds inherent to the folding of the missive.
    Roger Caillois thanks the Czech writer for the "issues of Gravida that [he] was kind enough to send [him]". Arnost Budik was indeed part of the editorial committee of this Belgian surrealist magazine and seems to have solicited a contribution from Caillois: "Please find enclosed a text that I have just completed." Caillois was alongside...
    €200
  20. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Dominique Aury
    Roger CAILLOIS

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Dominique Aury

    Paris Mardi 27 [février 1968]|13.50 x 20.90 cm|une page sur un feuillet
    Autograph letter signed by Roger Caillois addressed to Dominique Aury; one page on a leaf written in blue ballpoint pen.
    Interesting letter concerning the article "Mémoire interlope" which would appear in issue 185 of the sixteenth year (May 1968) of the Nouvelle Revue Française. At this time, Marcel Arland and Jean Paulhan were both directors of the review which they had revived from its ashes in 1953. Roger Caillois's correspondent, Dominique Aury (also known under the pseudonym Pauline Réage) sat on the Reading Committee of the famous Revue.
    This letter concerns a "note" that Roger Caillois asks Dominique Aury not to publish: "Pour la...
    €250
  21. Deux manuscrits autographes complets de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Depuis le jour où devant monsieur le maire" accompagné d'un manuscrit de travail et au verso des deux premiers manuscrits, celui complet de la chanson "C'est jeudi"
    Boris VIAN

    Deux manuscrits autographes complets de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Depuis le jour où devant monsieur le maire" accompagné d'un manuscrit de travail et au verso des deux premiers manuscrits, celui complet de la chanson "C'est jeudi"

    S. n.|s. l. 1956-1958|21 x 27 cm|trois feuillets perforés recto-verso
    Two complete autograph manuscripts on two perforated leaves of 20 and 26 lines written in pencil for the song entitled "Depuis le jour où devant monsieur le maire" and on their versos the manuscript of the song "C'est jeudi".
    Both manuscripts conform to the final text of the song, the second containing numerous deletions and corrections.
    On the versos of the first two leaves is found the manuscript of the song "C'est jeudi" of approximately 60 lines, written in blue ballpoint pen very extensively corrected, crossed out and corresponding to the final text of "C'est jeudi".
    The third manuscript, of 27 lines, written in black ink and pencil is entirely...
    €1,500
  22. Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "C'était une pauv' gosse des rues "
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "C'était une pauv' gosse des rues "

    S. n.|s. l. 1947|21 x 27 cm|deux feuillets perforés
    Complete autograph manuscript on two perforated sheets of 64 lines written in black ink of the song entitled "C'était une pauv'gosse des rues" with two deletions and one correction.
    The manuscript conforms to the final text of the song.
    We include, on two perforated sheets, the complete typescript of the song.
    Fine ensemble of this song written in 1947, with music composed by Albert Assayag, Yves Gilbert and Marcel Mouloudji who performed it in 1971.
    Provenance: Boris Vian Foundation.
    €1,500
  23. Billet autographe signé adressé à Jani Brun à propos d'ouvrages de Samuel Beckett
    Philippe SOLLERS

    Billet autographe signé adressé à Jani Brun à propos d'ouvrages de Samuel Beckett

    s. l. s. d. [circa 1977]|10 x 13.50 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe

    Autograph letter signed by Philippe Sollers addressed to his friend Jani Brun (8 lines in black ink) advising her on works by Samuel Beckett: "... Il faut prendre Molloy, je crois, si tu veux un "personnage" et montrer comment tout va vers l'Innommable (plus de "personnage", ça parle et reparle et déparle tout seul, pour toujours..." ["... You should take Molloy, I think, if you want a 'character' and show how everything moves toward The Unnamable (no more 'character', it speaks and speaks again and speaks away by itself, forever..."] 
    Envelope included on which Philippe Sollers simply indicated the surname and first name of his correspondent, a date...

    €120
  24. Billet autographe signé adressé à Jani Brun
    Philippe SOLLERS

    Billet autographe signé adressé à Jani Brun

    s. l. s. d. [Août 1977]|10 x 13.50 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Autograph signed note from Philippe Sollers addressed to his friend Jani Brun (7 lines in black ink) informing her that his health is not good: "... je ne vais pas très bien en ce moment..." ["... I am not doing very well at the moment..."] but that he will let her know when he feels better.
    Envelope included on which Philippe Sollers has simply indicated the surname and first name of his correspondent, with a date noted in pencil, probably that of the receipt of the note by Jani Brun.
    Central fold inherent to being placed in the envelope.
    €80
  25. Billet autographe signé adressé à Jani Brun
    Philippe SOLLERS

    Billet autographe signé adressé à Jani Brun

    s. l. s. d. [circa 1975]|10 x 13.50 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Autograph note signed by Philippe Sollers addressed to his friend Jani Brun (6 lines in blue ink) informing him that he is overwhelmed: "... pas mal de contre-temps etc..." ["... quite a few setbacks etc..."] but suggesting the possibility of an appointment for the weekend, in which case he will not fail to notify her: "... si oui je te fais signe samedi matin... Excuse-moi..." ["... if so I'll let you know Saturday morning... Forgive me..."]
    Envelope included on which Philippe Sollers has simply indicated the surname and first name of his correspondent, a date indicated in pencil, probably that of the receipt of the note by Jani...
    €80
  26. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Jani Brun
    Philippe SOLLERS

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Jani Brun

    s. l. s. d. [circa 1975]|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by Philippe Sollers addressed to his friend Jani Brun (9 lines in blue ink) apologizing for having been unavailable for health reasons: "... la vérité c'est que j'ai été supper-grippé (à 40°)... à plus tenir debout ni rien avaler..." ["... the truth is that I've been super-sick with flu (at 40°)... couldn't stand up or swallow anything..."] but that he will not fail to let him know when he feels better soon as he is still convalescing.
    Central fold inherent to the envelope.
    €80
  27. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Jani Brun
    Philippe SOLLERS

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Jani Brun

    s. l. s. d. [Décembre 1974]|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Autograph letter signed by Philippe Sollers addressed to his friend Jani Brun (7 lines in blue ink) apologizing for having to cancel their appointment: "...ça ne marche pas, malheureusement, pour ce soir..." ["...it doesn't work out, unfortunately, for tonight..."] but that he will not fail to let her know when he is back in Paris: "... je pars sans doute quelques jours. Je te fais signe à mon retour." ["...I'm probably leaving for a few days. I'll get in touch when I return."]
    Central fold inherent to the envelope preparation.
    Envelope included on which Philippe Sollers has simply indicated the surname and first name of his...
    €80
  28. Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "A la manière de Brassens"
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "A la manière de Brassens"

    S. n.|s. l. 1954-1959|21 x 27 cm|un feuillet perforé
    Complete autograph manuscript on a perforated sheet of 24 lines written in blue ink and pencil of the song entitled "A la manière de Brassens" ["In the manner of Brassens"] containing corrections, deletions and additions while conforming to the final text of the song.
    Small marginal tears on the sheet which has been restored at the head with an adhesive piece.
    We include, on a perforated sheet, the complete typescript of the song.
    A fine ensemble of this song composed between 1954 and 1959.
    Provenance: Boris Vian Foundation.
    €2,500
  29. Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Taxi ! "
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Taxi ! "

    S. n.|s. l. 1958|21 x 27 cm|un feuillet perforé
    Complete autograph manuscript on one perforated leaf of 27 lines written in blue ballpoint pen of the song entitled "Taxi ! "
    The manuscript conforms to the definitive text of the song.
    We include, on a perforated leaf, two complete typescripts of the song, one of which is mounted on flexible cardboard.
    Manuscript and typescripts are accompanied by a reproduction of the song's sheet music.
    Handsome collection of this song written in 1958, the music for which was composed by Henri Salvador who performed it the same year.
    Provenance: Fondation Boris Vian.
    €1,200
  30. Quatre tapuscrits de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Trompette d'occasion" où, sur trois d'entre eux, Boris Vian a corrigé le titre à la main
    Boris VIAN

    Quatre tapuscrits de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Trompette d'occasion" où, sur trois d'entre eux, Boris Vian a corrigé le titre à la main

    S. n.|s. l. 1957|21 x 27 cm|4 feuillets perforés
    Four typescripts, one of which is mounted on flexible cardboard, each of 39 lines of Boris Vian's song "Trompette d'occasion" initially entitled "Le jazz hot".
    For three of them, Boris Vian crossed out "Le jazz hot" to modify the title by hand and rename the song "Trompette d'occasion".
    Boris Vian wrote the text in 1957, Henri Salvador composed the music and performed it on numerous occasions, notably for advertising.
    Provenance: Fondation Boris Vian.
    €400
  31. Trois manuscrits autographes complets de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Robert "
    Boris VIAN

    Trois manuscrits autographes complets de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Robert "

    S. n.|s. l. 1957|10 x 21 cm|5 feuillets perforés
    Three complete autograph manuscripts on 5 perforated sheets in three different formats (of 55, 48 and 38 lines) written in blue ink for the song entitled "Robert".
    The manuscript on the largest sheet conforms to the final text of the song, the other two contain major differences and important variants from the final text.
    These latter are abundantly corrected and crossed out.
    We include, on a perforated sheet mounted on flexible cardboard, a complete typescript of the song.
    Handsome collection of this song written in 1957, whose music was composed by Henri Salvador who performed it the following year.
    Provenance: Boris Vian...
    €1,500
  32. Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Ce soir"
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Ce soir"

    S. n.|s. l. 1955-1957|20 x 21 cm|trois feuillets perforés
    Complete autograph manuscript of two perforated sheets of 51 lines written in blue ink for the song entitled "Ce soir" with four corrections and deletions while conforming to the final text of the song.
    This manuscript is completed by a third sheet which corresponds to a working manuscript covering the third and fourth (and final) verses of the song.
    We include, on two perforated sheets, the complete typescript of the song.
    Fine collection for this song composed between 1955 and 1957 and which was never performed.
    Provenance: Boris Vian Foundation.
    €1,500
  33. Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Bientôt"
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Bientôt"

    S. n.|s. l. 1958-1959|21 x 27 cm|un feuillet perforé
    Complete autograph manuscript on one perforated leaf of 34 lines written in pencil for the song entitled "Bientôt" with one correction and conforming to the final text of the song.
    We include, on a perforated leaf, the complete typescript of the song.
    Handsome ensemble of this song composed between 1958 and 1959 and which was performed by Jane Birkin in 2009.
    Provenance: Boris Vian Foundation.
    €1,200
  34. Deux manuscrits autographes complets de Boris Vian dont un de la chanson inédite intitulée "Cha cha Siné" et l'autre de la chanson "Un jour un vieux prof de maths"
    Boris VIAN

    Deux manuscrits autographes complets de Boris Vian dont un de la chanson inédite intitulée "Cha cha Siné" et l'autre de la chanson "Un jour un vieux prof de maths"

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1958]|20.50 x 27 cm|deux feuilles perforées
    Complete autograph manuscript on two perforated sheets of 22 lines written in pencil of the unpublished song entitled "Cha cha Siné" with deletions and corrections although it presents the definitive text of the song.
    We include, on two perforated sheets, the typescript of the song "Cha cha Siné".
    On the verso of one of the sheets, appears the manuscript of 20 lines, in pencil, of the song "Un jour un vieux prof de maths" with, also, numerous corrections and deletions.
    The latter was performed by Les Marche-pied in 2009 who also composed the music for it.
    Provenance: Boris Vian Foundation.
    €1,500
  35. Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "J'étais amoureux"
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "J'étais amoureux"

    S. n.|s. l. 1953-1956|21 x 27 cm|une feuille perforée
    Complete autograph manuscript on a perforated sheet of 25 lines written in blue ink for the song entitled "J'étais amoureux", with some deletions, additions and corrections.
    We include, on a perforated sheet the complete typescript of "J'étais amoureux".
    Fine collection relating to this song which was never performed.
    Provenance: Fondation Boris Vian.
    €1,200
  36. Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "La java des Pussy-cats"
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "La java des Pussy-cats"

    S. n.|s. l. 1956-1958|13.50 x 20 cm|deux feuillets perforés
    Complete autograph manuscript on two perforated sheets of 33 lines written in black ink for the song entitled "La java des Pussy-cats" with four corrections while conforming to the definitive text of the song.
    We include, on a perforated sheet, the complete typescript of the song.
    Fine collection relating to this song composed between 1956 and 1958 and which was only performed by Benoît Deyrat in 1999 and les Marche-pied ten years later.
    Provenance: Fondation Boris Vian.
    €1,500
  37. Deux manuscrit autographes complets dont un de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Douce et pure" et un autre, de la main de Boris Vian, de la chanson d'Henri Salvador intitulée "Charleston que je t'aime"
    Boris VIAN

    Deux manuscrit autographes complets dont un de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Douce et pure" et un autre, de la main de Boris Vian, de la chanson d'Henri Salvador intitulée "Charleston que je t'aime"

    S. n.|s. l. 1954-1959|17 x 22 cm|un feuillet perforé
    Complete autograph manuscript on a perforated leaf of 16 lines written in blue ink of the song entitled "Douce et pure" ["Sweet and pure"] whose text conforms with the definitive text of the song.
    On the verso of the first manuscript, appears a second signed Henri and bearing the title of the song "Charleston que je t'aime" ["Charleston how I love you"], comprising two versions, the first crossed out, abundantly corrected and altered.
    We include, on a perforated leaf, the complete typescript of the song "Douce et pure" ["Sweet and pure"].
    Handsome ensemble of this song composed between 1954 and 1959 and which was never performed.
    €1,200
  38. "... les circonstances rapides au milieu des autres occupations ne m'ont pas permis de consulter..."
    Robert de MONTESQUIOU

    "... les circonstances rapides au milieu des autres occupations ne m'ont pas permis de consulter..."Autograph letter signed by Robert de Montesquiou to his friend Henry Lapauze thanking him for sending a document of which he has not yet read

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1895]|12.50 x 20 cm|quatre pages sur une feuille rempliée
    Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, four pages (43 lines), written in black ink thanking his friend Henry Lapauze and one of his acquaintances for having procured for him: "l'intéressant document" ["the interesting document"] which his overwhelming activity has not yet allowed him to read: "... avec autant d'application que je l'aurais voulu..." ["... with as much attention as I would have wished..."]
    Robert de Montesquiou therefore relies on his friend's indulgence, also transmitting his apologies and gratitude to the unknown person who helped him through Henri Lapauze: "... je compte sur votre obligeance et celle de votre ami pour me...
    €700
  39. Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Bal des fadas"
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Bal des fadas"

    S. n.|s. l. 1959|21 x 27 cm|une feuille perforée
    Complete autograph manuscript on one perforated sheet of 13 lines written in red ink of the song entitled "Bal des fadas", presenting despite the final text of this song, corrections, additions and amendments.
    We include, on a perforated sheet, the complete typescript of the song.
    Fine ensemble of this song which was written in 1959 and which was not performed and set to music until 2009 by Les Marche-Pied.

    "Léger comme une antilope / Il dansait, fumant son clope / Une java pleine de syncopes / Elle en eut le coeur cassé"



    Provenance: Fondation Boris Vian.
    €800
  40. Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Baisers de Tahiti"
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Baisers de Tahiti"

    S. n.|s. l. 1958|21 x 27 cm|deux feuilles perforés
    Complete autograph manuscript on one perforated sheet of 40 lines written in blue ink of the song entitled "Baisers de Tahiti", presenting the final text of this song and two corrections.
    We include, on a perforated sheet, the complete typescript of the song.
    A small brown stain of no consequence at the head of the first sheet of the manuscript.
    Fine ensemble of this song, which was written in 1958 but was sadly never performed. Vian recounts the memories of a Frenchman from the North reminiscing about his Tahitian years.

    "Palmiers de Tahiti / Chansons des plages bleues / Soleil de Tahiti / Que j'étais heureux"


    €1,200
  41. Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Complainte d'Alphonse"
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Complainte d'Alphonse"

    S. n.|s. l. 1959|13.50 x 21 cm|trois feuilles perforées
    Complete autograph manuscript on three perforated sheets of 65 lines written in blue ink of the salacious and antimilitarist song entitled "Complainte d'Alphonse", numerous deletions and corrections.
    We include, on two perforated sheets the complete typescript of "La complainte d'Alphonse".
    Fine ensemble of this song which was written in 1959, whose music was composed by Yves Gilbert and which was performed by Philippe Clay in 1971. The performer would moreover add the subtitle "La Complainte du Priapisme".

    Amis que je vous raconte / La vie triste et pleine de honte / D'un horrible mécréant / Qui mourut voici cent ans / Doué d'une...

    €1,500
  42. Bristol autographe daté et signé adressé à André Dignimont concernant l'illustration du chef-d'oeuvre de Jules Romains "Les hommes de bonne volonté"
    Jules ROMAINS (André DIGNIMONT)

    Bristol autographe daté et signé adressé à André Dignimont concernant l'illustration du chef-d'oeuvre de Jules Romains "Les hommes de bonne volonté"

    S. n.|Saint-Avertin 9 Septembre 1951|14 x 10.50 cm|une feuille
    Autograph card recto-verso dated and signed by Jules Romains addressed to his friend André Dignimont asking for news of him and inquiring about the progress of his work: "You would please me by giving me news of you both, then by telling me if * you are satisfied with your work. * "Hommes de bonne volonté"...
    "Les hommes de bonne volonté" ["Men of Good Will"] illustrated by André Dignimont would be published in 1954 by Flammarion.
    €150
  43. "Il me semble que vous me deviez bien cela, pour ma peine..."
    Robert de MONTESQUIOU

    "Il me semble que vous me deviez bien cela, pour ma peine..."Autograph letter dated and signed by Robert de Montesquiou to a friend (Henry Lapauze) inviting him to an Easter lunch

    S. n.|s. l. 8 Avril 1911|27 x 21.50 cm|deux pages sur une feuille
    Autograph letter dated April 8, 1911 and signed by the dandy count, of two pages on one recto-verso sheet (19 lines), written in black ink inviting his friend Henri Lapauze and his wife for an Easter luncheon, on the 18th of the current month, at his property in the Landes near Vic-Bigorre.
    Robert de Montesquiou, in order to secure his invited friend's decision and to facilitate his travel, offers to put a vehicle at his disposal. But before this proposed Easter meal, the poet plans to visit his friend very soon.
    Henry Lapauze (1867-1925) was a journalist, art critic, then, in 1905, curator of the Petit Palais converted four years earlier into a museum and whose...
    €400
  44. Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou à son ami Henry Lapauze alors journaliste au Gaulois à propos de deux articles qu'il veut y voir publier
    Robert de MONTESQUIOU

    Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou à son ami Henry Lapauze alors journaliste au Gaulois à propos de deux articles qu'il veut y voir publier

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1895]|12.50 x 17 cm|deux pages et demie sur une feuille rempliée
    Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, of two and a half pages (27 lines), written in black ink insisting to his friend Henry Lapauze, then journalist at Le Gaulois, to see published a note he had sent him as well as the project of an interview with a certain Monsieur Lavé and the related arrangements: "... je suis persuadé que vous trouverez, l'un comme l'autre, intérêt et plaisir à l'entretien projeté... Vous pouvez agir directement, en vous recommandant de moi..." ["... I am persuaded that you will both find interest and pleasure in the projected interview... You can act directly, recommending yourself through me..."]
    Finally, Robert de Montesquiou wishes to...
    €600
  45. Manuscrit autographe complet pour chacune des deux versions de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Place Blanche"
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrit autographe complet pour chacune des deux versions de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Place Blanche"

    S. n.|s. l. 1956|13.50 x 21 cm|5 feuillets perforés
    Two complete autograph manuscripts, on five perforated leaves, of 46 lines for the first and 52 lines for the second, written in blue ink, of the song entitled "Place Blanche" which exists in two versions both entitled "Place Blanche" but with varying text: the first beginning with "J'étais allé dimanche me promener" and the second with "Les amoureux l'dimanche vont deux par deux".
    Each manuscript in our possession corresponds to one of the two versions and is extensively corrected, crossed out and reworked while remaining consistent with the final state of the song.
    We include, on two perforated leaves (one mounted on flexible cardboard), a complete typescript for...
    €1,500
  46. Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "T'as bien quinze ans passés"
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "T'as bien quinze ans passés"

    S. n.|s. l. 1954-1959|20.50 x 27 cm|une feuille perforée
    Complete autograph manuscript on one sheet (24 lines), written in blue ink, of the song entitled "T'as bien quinze ans passés", presenting the final text of this song.
    Finally, we include, on two perforated sheets, one of which pasted on flexible cardboard containing, at the head, the handwritten title of the song in pencil and, at the end of the song, this addition also by Boris Vian: "... commence ! , commence ! " in blue ink, two complete typescripts of "T'as bien quinze ans passés".
    Fine collection of this song which was written between 1954 and 1959 and which was never performed.
    Provenance: Boris Vian Foundation.
    €1,200
  47. ""Etre fidèle, ou infidèle, dans ses promesses, lequel vaut mieux ?"
    Robert de MONTESQUIOU

    ""Etre fidèle, ou infidèle, dans ses promesses, lequel vaut mieux ?"Vehement autograph letter dated and signed by Robert de Montesquiou to a dear friend (Henry Lapauze) protesting against his breach of his word

    S. n.|s. l. 9 Juin 1911|13.50 x 21 cm|quatre pages sur deux feuilles
    Remarkable autograph letter dated and signed by the dandy count, four pages on two large sheets (16 lines), written in black ink to his "dear friend" Henri Lapauze denouncing his failure to keep his word and provoking the poet's epistolary ire.
    Henry Lapauze was to celebrate Robert de Montesquiou in a tribute book regarding the latter and, to his great chagrin he forgot him, thus stinging his impulsive pride: "... it is not to recriminate, even less to complain - both incompatible with pride - but to record what compensates for misunderstandings..." and, additional affront to the dandy-poet's pride : "... you spoke... only of Lavedan !"...
    €700
  48. Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou s'assurant qu'une modification à apporter par son éditeur sera bien prise en compte
    Robert de MONTESQUIOU

    Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou s'assurant qu'une modification à apporter par son éditeur sera bien prise en compte

    S. n.|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [circa 1890]|26.50 x 20.50 cm|deux pages sur une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, two pages (26 lines), written in black ink (to Henri Lapauze) asking his correspondent to make modifications to a future publication concerning him: "... I would be obliged if you would not forget the promised bibliographical notice, it will repair the small error that we noted regarding the omission of my name..."
    He also wonders about the identity of the sender of a visiting card he recently received: "I would like to know if the enclosed card is that of M. Emile Blauet who long collaborated with Le Figaro, a word in reply on this subject, I beg you..."
    Henry Lapauze (1867-1925) was a journalist and art...
    €450
  49. Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou proposant plusieurs choix de rendez-vous à son correspondant
    Robert de MONTESQUIOU

    Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou proposant plusieurs choix de rendez-vous à son correspondant

    S. n.|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [circa 1890]|26.50 x 20.50 cm|une page et demie sur une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, one and a half pages (15 lines), written in black ink (to Henri Lapauze) offering him several appointment options at his home: "... I shall be delighted to receive you on Friday at 10 o'clock or at 2 o'clock as you prefer... We are charmed to have you in Douai..."
    A black ink stain in the margin on the verso of the letter.
    Henry Lapauze (1867-1925) was a journalist and art critic who became, in 1905, curator of the Petit Palais, converted four years earlier into a museum whose collections he considerably enriched by acquiring notably the Courbet, Henner, and Falguière collections, with, in the twilight of his life, a...
    €400
  50. Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou priant son correspondant journaliste de faire la chronique, dans le Gaulois, du dernier ouvrage qu'il lui a adressé
    Robert de MONTESQUIOU

    Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou priant son correspondant journaliste de faire la chronique, dans le Gaulois, du dernier ouvrage qu'il lui a adressé

    S. n.|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [circa 1890]|23 x 18 cm|deux pages sur une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, two pages (27 lines), written in black ink to Henri Lapauze, then journalist at Le Gaulois, asking him, after receiving his latest published work which he sent him, to write a favorable article about him: "... I am sending you my new volume, asking you to announce it with your usual good grace. I furthermore desire that the subsequent and detailed review of it be written by you for the readers of Le Gaulois."
    Robert de Montesquiou also requests from Henri Lapauze a meeting when he returns to Paris: "I will ask you for a brief meeting and we can chat for a moment..."
    Henry Lapauze (1867-1925) was a...
    €450
  51. "Réglons-nous sur Sarah ! "
    Robert de MONTESQUIOU

    "Réglons-nous sur Sarah ! "Autograph letter signed by Robert de Montesquiou signifying the joy he will have to meet his friends Lapauze despite the presence of a third and importunate person from their entourage

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1905]|15 x 19 cm|trois pages sur une double feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, three pages (27 lines), written in black ink to his friends the Lapauzes that he is delighted to see them again soon even if they impose upon him the presence of a certain Sarah who is not among the people the poet seems to appreciate: "Dear friends, I will not do you the affront of not telling you that I would have preferred just the two of you, alone," (words underlined) but, as the beautiful verse says: You do what you do / What you do is right."
    For this meeting arranged at the Petit Palais (of which Henry Lapauze becomes curator in 1905 after having been assistant director for the four preceding years)...
    €600
  52. "Votre intervention pour faire est déterminante..."
    Robert de MONTESQUIOU

    "Votre intervention pour faire est déterminante..."Autograph letter signed by Robert de Montesquiou to Henry Lapauze, then a journalist at Le Gaulois

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1895]|12.50 x 17 cm|une page et demie sur une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, of a page and a half (13 lines), written in black ink to his friend the journalist from Le Gaulois Henry Lapauze so that he might use his decisive influence in the publication of a text: "Il doit s'imaginer que ce texte est subversif. Détrompez-le." ["He must imagine that this text is subversive. Disabuse him of this notion."] initially validated by Arthur Meyer but which Robert de Montesquiou wants to ensure through his friend will indeed be printed: "J'ai vu votre directeur qui accepte en principe. Cependant, comme votre intervention pour faire est déterminante, j'insiste auprès de vous." ["I have seen your...
    €400
  53. Lettre autographe signée inédite adressée à Sarane Alexandrian
    André BRETON (Sarane ALEXANDRIAN)

    Lettre autographe signée inédite adressée à Sarane Alexandrian

    Paris mercredi 12 mars 1947|20.80 x 27 cm|1 page sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe
    Unpublished autograph letter signed addressed to Sarane Alexandrian, one page written in blue ink on a sheet with the letterhead of the 1947 International Exhibition of Surrealism. Envelope enclosed.
    This letter is a response to a letter sent the day before by Sarane Alexandrian, partially accessible on the Breton Archives website.
    Born in Baghdad and engaged in the Resistance in the Limousin, it was during this period that Sarane Alexandrian discovered Dadaism. At twenty years old, he became André Breton's right-hand man and was entrusted by the latter with directing the secretariat of Cause in order to respond to applications from numerous young artists...
    €1,800
  54. Deux manuscrits autographes complets de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Le fêtard"
    Boris VIAN

    Deux manuscrits autographes complets de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Le fêtard"

    S. n.|s. l. 1958|21 x 27 cm|7 feuillets perforés
    Two complete autograph manuscripts, on seven perforated sheets, of 52 lines for the first and 75 lines for the second, written in blue ink, of the song entitled "Le fêtard" consisting, for the first, of the final state of the song and, for the second, of a draft very abundantly crossed out, corrected and presenting variants with the final text.
    We include, on three sheets, two of which are perforated (one pasted on flexible cardboard), a complete typescript and two printed and photocopied scores of "Le fêtard".
    Fine ensemble of this song which was written in 1958 and whose music was composed by Henri Salvador.
    The latter performed "Le fêtard" ["The...
    €1,500
  55. Manuscrits de travail et partition manuscrite complète de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Ou... Ou... Ou... "
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrits de travail et partition manuscrite complète de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Ou... Ou... Ou... "

    S. n.|s. l. 1957-1959|13.50 x 21 cm|5 feuillets perforés + 3 feuillets
    Set of four working manuscripts, of nearly 90 lines on five perforated sheets written in blue ink and pencil, of the song entitled "Ou... Ou... Ou..." presenting differences from the final state of the song.
    Each manuscript is crossed out, corrected and therefore presents variants, sometimes significant, from the final text.
    Completing the set, a typescript of the song accompanies the manuscripts.
    We include, on three sheets, the manuscript score of "Ou... Ou... Ou..." written by Henri Salvador.
    A handsome set of this song which was written between 1957 and 1959 and whose music was composed by Henri Salvador.
    Provenance: Boris Vian...
    €1,200
  56. "Désormais tes cadres sont moches, tes miroirs troubles comme une conscience d'honnête homme, et tes papillons sont - horreur ! - fidèles !"
    COLETTE

    "Désormais tes cadres sont moches, tes miroirs troubles comme une conscience d'honnête homme, et tes papillons sont - horreur ! - fidèles !"Autograph letter signed by Colette addressed to her friend Bolette Natanson

    s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [circa 1935]|17.70 x 22.50 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet

    Beautiful autograph letter signed by Colette addressed to her friend Bolette Natanson. Two pages written in ink on blue paper. Transverse creases inherent to the folding of the missive.
    This letter was probably addressed to Bolette following a gift made to her "old friend": "Ah! dangerous Bolette! I can say nothing in front of you. Here are the two charming thick little vessels that emigrate to my home." This is an opportunity for Colette, very pleased with this new gift, to humorously devalue the designer's previous works: "From now on your frames are ugly, your mirrors troubled like an honest man's conscience, and your...

    €1,000
  57. Carte postale autographe signée et adressée à un ami bouquiniste depuis Anduze
    Albert T'SERSTEVENS

    Carte postale autographe signée et adressée à un ami bouquiniste depuis Anduze

    Manosque 17 Juin 1972|10.50 x 15 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Autograph postcard signed with 17 lines by Albert T'Serstevens addressed to his friend bookseller and horticulturist Robert Boutin from Anduze on June 17, 1972, narrating the rhythm of life he has adopted, between work and contemplation of the flourishing nature, since he has been residing in the Gard:
    "Cher bouquiniste et surtout jardinier, depuis exactement un mois je n'ai quitté ma table de travail que pour manger et dormir... les héliantes ont si bien prospéré qu'elles ont couvert toute la plate-bande le long de la façade principale... les vieux tilleuls sont en fleur..." ["Dear bookseller and above all gardener, for exactly a month I have not left my work table except to...
    €80
  58. "On croit toujours que la pensée, qui est une force, touche son but aussi bien qu'un message écrit."
    COLETTE

    "On croit toujours que la pensée, qui est une force, touche son but aussi bien qu'un message écrit."Autograph letter signed by Colette addressed to her friend Bolette Natanson

    Paris s. d. [12 mars 1936]|17.80 x 22.60 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet

    Fine autograph letter signed by Colette addressed to her friend Bolette Natanson. Two pages written in ink on blue headed paper from the Marignan building, the writer's residence between 1936 and 1938. Transverse folds inherent to the folding of the letter for mailing.
    Moving letter addressed by Colette to her close friend following the death of her father Alexandre Natanson: "[...] ce dimanche va être un dimanche bien pénible. Je t'écris à l'heure juste où tu conduis ton père." ["this Sunday is going to be a very painful Sunday. I am writing to you at the very moment when you are laying your father to rest."] Conscious of the suffering and...

    €1,500
  60. Lettre autographe datée, signée et adressée à Jani Brun depuis son domicile parisien du Quai aux fleurs
    Vladimir JANKÉLÉVITCH

    Lettre autographe datée, signée et adressée à Jani Brun depuis son domicile parisien du Quai aux fleurs

    S. n.|Paris 9 Avril 1981|14.50 x 21 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Autograph letter dated and signed, one page (10 lines) addressed to Jani Brun regarding an interview she requests with the philosopher then immersed in completing "un ouvrage difficile" ["a difficult work"] (Le Je-ne-sais-quoi et le Presque-rien, probably), envelope included.
    Central fold inherent to the mailing.
    "9 Avril 1981,
    Madame, je préférerais, si un ajournement vous semble possible, remettre l'entretien que vous me proposez à la fin de mai ou au cours de juin. J'achève en ce moment un ouvrage difficile qui me prend beaucoup de temps.
    Pourriez-vous à cette occasion, m'indiquer le nom (mot souligné) de la revue pour laquelle vous envisagez...
    €300
  61. Photographie originale de Charles Maurras datée et dédicacée
    Charles MAURRAS

    Photographie originale de Charles Maurras datée et dédicacée[Original photograph of Charles Maurras, dated and inscribed]

    Pierre Ligey|Paris 1936|19 x 14 cm|une photographie
    Original photograph taken by Pierre Ligey showing Charles Maurras slightly in profile and seated at his work table. Contemporary print.
    Photographer's printed stamp on the verso of the photograph.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Charles Maurras at the foot of the photograph: "A André Jeambon très cordialement, Charles Maurras. Paris le 31 Déc. 1936." ["To André Jeambon very cordially, Charles Maurras. Paris December 31, 1936."]
    €400
  62. Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Cours ta chance"
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrit autographe complet de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Cours ta chance"

    S. n.|s. l. 1958|21 x 27 cm|5 feuillets perforés
    Complete autograph manuscript on four perforated sheets, approximately one hundred lines, written in pencil, of the song titled "Cours ta chance" very heavily crossed out and corrected, with the verso of one of the four sheets presenting variants from the final text.
    Our collection is completed with a manuscript draft of 16 lines written in blue ink with numerous corrections, additions and crossings out, also providing variants from the final text.
    Finally, we include, on two perforated sheets, one of which is pasted on flexible cardboard, two complete typescripts of "Cours ta chance".
    Handsome collection of this song which was composed in 1958.
    €1,500
  63. Manuscrit autographe complet (hormis le premier et court couplet de 4 lignes) de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Ave Maria des pêcheurs"
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrit autographe complet (hormis le premier et court couplet de 4 lignes) de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Ave Maria des pêcheurs"

    S. n.|s. l. 1958|21 x 27 cm|2 feuillets perforés dont 1 recto-verso
    Autograph manuscript nearly complete, the first couplet of 4 lines being absent, on a perforated sheet, of 36 lines, written in pencil, of the song entitled "Ave Maria des pêcheurs".
    On the entire verso of this manuscript, Boris Vian copied out, still in pencil, 9 quotations from Paul Valéry extracted from his "Mauvaises pensées & autres" ["Bad Thoughts & Others"] for which he indicated pagination: "Un chef est un homme qui a besoin des autres, 208" ["A leader is a man who needs others, 208"] - "Ce qui est simple est toujours faux. Ce qui ne l'est pas est inutilisable. (ib. p 143)" ["What is simple is always false. What is not is unusable. (ib. p 143)"] - "Le grand triomphe de...
    €1,200
  64. "Le romancier et occultiste Paul Adam fut, comme vous savez, très lié à Maurice Barrès."
    Félix FÉNÉON

    "Le romancier et occultiste Paul Adam fut, comme vous savez, très lié à Maurice Barrès."Autograph letter signed by Félix Fénéon addressed to Gabriel Mourey

    s. l. 17 février 1942|21 x 27 cm|2 feuilles
    Autograph letter signed by Félix Fénéon to Gabriel Mourey, 18 lines in black ink, folds from mailing.
    A key witness and actor of his time, the art critic and collector Félix Fénéon assists the writer Gabriel Mourey in his search for the correspondence between Paul Adam and Maurice Barrès:
    "Le romancier et occultiste Paul Adam fut, comme vous savez, très lié à Maurice Barrès. (Candidats boulangistes dans deux circonscriptions lorraines contiguës, il firent fraternellement une campagne électorale et journalistique à laquelle leur amitié ne survécut guère.) Comment retrouver tous les papiers de Paul Adam, mort il y a une vingtaine d'années ? Mme Paul Adam...
    €2,500
  65. Carte postale autographe signée adressée à Georges Raillard
    Gregory MASUROVSKY

    Carte postale autographe signée adressée à Georges Raillard

    Paris 14 Janvier 1995|15 x 10.50 cm|une carte postale sous enveloppe
    Autograph postcard dated and signed by Gregory Masurovsky addressed to art critic Georges Raillard, envelope included.
    The front of the card is illustrated with a reproduction of a pictorial work by Gregory Masurovsky entitled "Eve, dessin à la plume et l'encre de Chine".
    Gregory Masurovsky questions art critic Georges Raillard about the forthcoming publication, in the Quinzaine littéraire to which the latter contributes, of an article devoted to the opening of his exhibition which recently took place.
    He also asks him if he has indeed received his latest work which he sent him by post.
    €50
  66. "vous venez à Paris prochainement ?"
    Paul LÉAUTAUD

    "vous venez à Paris prochainement ?"Autograph letter signed Maurice Boissard, pseudonym of Paul Léautaud, addressed to Marcel Lebarbier

    Paris 23 décembre 1925|13.80 x 21.70 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter by Paul Léautaud signed with his pen name Maurice Boissard, his pseudonym at the Mercure de France, 15 lines in black ink written on a double sheet with letterhead and vignette of the Mercure de France where he worked for more than thirty years.
    Léautaud writes to Marcel Lebarbier, his publisher at Editions de la Belle Page, who had published earlier that year his volume of chronicles entitled Villégiature. He asks for his author's royalties:
    « Je n'ai votre lettre que ce matin mercredi. On peut très bien faire un mandat carte au nom de Maurice Boissard au Mercure. Le facteur me l'apportera fort bien, car on me...
    €250
  67. Enveloppe manuscrite envoyée à son ami Georges Raillard enrichie d'un dessin original en son verso
    Louis PONS

    Enveloppe manuscrite envoyée à son ami Georges Raillard enrichie d'un dessin original en son verso

    S. n.|Paris Avril 2002|16.50 x 11.50 cm|une feuille
    Manuscript envelope from Louis Pons which he addressed to his friend the art critic Georges Raillard, specialist in the works of Joan Miro and Antoni Tapies, on the verso of which he created an original drawing, signed with his initials.
    The envelope, recomposed by Louis Pons in his whimsical and ornithological manner, features, below his personal address in the Vaucluse, a motionless bird.









    €120
  68. "je voudrais pouvoir chanter en votre honneur un bel épithalame. Le malheur est que je ne suis pas poète."
    Octave MIRBEAU

    "je voudrais pouvoir chanter en votre honneur un bel épithalame. Le malheur est que je ne suis pas poète."Autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau addressed to Alfred Natanson

    Nice, Villa Ibrahim, chemin des Baumettes [Nice] 8 Février 1901|12.50 x 17.60 cm|une feuille
    Friendly autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau, addressed to the playwright and founder of the Revue Blanche, Alfred Natanson, some time after his marriage. 12 lines in black ink on a folded sheet, mourning paper with black border, watermarked "JDL & cie", envelope included.
    "Je vous envoie, à votre femme et à vous, tous nos vœux affectueux, et je voudrais pouvoir chanter en votre honneur un bel épithalame. Le malheur est que je ne suis pas poète. Mais nous somme vos amis et nous vous embrassons de tout notre cœur. Nous avions espéré que vous viendriez passer quelques jours à Cannes et nous nous faisions une fête de vous avoir ici. Misia nous dit que vous avez renoncé à ce...
    €500
  69. "J'avais bien pensé que cette vieille bonne femme qui tape si fort sur les matelas, avait du écorcher mon nom."
    Octave MIRBEAU

    "J'avais bien pensé que cette vieille bonne femme qui tape si fort sur les matelas, avait du écorcher mon nom."Autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau addressed to Alfred Natanson

    Cormeilles-en-Vexin 22 août 1906 ou 1908|12.60 x 17 cm|une feuille
    Friendly autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau, addressed to the playwright and founder of the Revue Blanche, Alfred Natanson. 12 lines in black ink on a folded sheet, letterhead paper "Cormeilles-en-Vexin(S.&O.)", envelope included.
    "Cher ami, J'avais bien pensé que cette vieille bonne femme qui tape si fort sur les matelas, avait du écorcher mon nom. Mais dans l'incertitude, car je pouvais penser aussi que vous étiez pris avec quelqu'un de très sérieux, [...]. Ceci mon cher Fred pour vous dire que je suis parti de chez vous, triste de ne pas vous avoir vu, voilà tout, et sans le moindre sentiment mauvais. Vous savez que j'ai pour vous une affection solide et je vous...
    €500
  70. "Monsieur, entendu, pour les Mauvais Bergers"
    Octave MIRBEAU

    "Monsieur, entendu, pour les Mauvais Bergers"Autograph note signed by Octave Mirbeau

    s. l. • [Paris] [1897]|13.50 x 18.30 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau. 2 lines in black ink on a folded sheet, letterhead paper "68 avenue du bois de Boulogne".
    "Alors, Monsieur, entendu, pour les Mauvais Bergers".
    The Mauvais bergers corresponds to Octave Mirbeau's tragedy, a social drama performed at the Renaissance Theatre on December 15, 1897, with Sarah Bernhardt and Lucien Guitry in the leading roles.

    €140
  71. "je serais très heureux si vous vouliez bien reproduire dans Le Roman Romanesque et aux conditions de la Société des gens de lettres, Sébastien Roch..."
    Octave MIRBEAU

    "je serais très heureux si vous vouliez bien reproduire dans Le Roman Romanesque et aux conditions de la Société des gens de lettres, Sébastien Roch..."Autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau, probably addressed to Léon Tonnelle

    s. l. • [Paris] 1er Juillet 1903|13.80 x 18.30 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau addressed presumably to Léon Tonnelle, director of the review Le Roman Romanesque. 12 lines in black ink on a folded sheet, grey paper with letterhead "68 avenue du bois de Boulogne".
    "Monsieur, je serais très heureux si vous vouliez bien reproduire dans Le Roman Romanesque et aux conditions de la Société des gens de lettres, Sébastien Roch, publié chez Fasquelle et qui est un livre auquel je tiens particulièrement. Peut-être aussi, trouverez-vous dans Les vingt et un jours d'un neurasthénique quelques nouvelles que vous pourriez publier. En outre, je vous indique en outre, dans Les Contes de la...
    €580
  72. "Voici l'article que m'as demandé. J'ajoute un de l'AVUI où j'amplifie quelques détails."
    Antoni TÀPIES

    "Voici l'article que m'as demandé. J'ajoute un de l'AVUI où j'amplifie quelques détails."Autograph letter signed by Antoni Tàpies to Georges Raillard

    Barcelone [Barcelona] 19 décembre 1990|22 x 20 cm|une feuille

    Autograph letter signed by Antoni Tàpies addressed to Georges Raillard, his close friend and greatest French specialist of his work. Sheet written in blue ballpoint pen on letterhead paper bearing the author's name with his Barcelona address at the bottom "C. Zaragoza, 57 - Tel. 217 33 98 - Barcelona-6". Traces of folds inherent to the letter's envelope insertion.
    The Catalan artist writes to his friend about newspaper articles, including one published in the Catalan daily l'Avui: "Voici l'article que tu m'as demandé. J'ajoute un de l'AVUI où j'amplifie quelques détails. Merci encore pour ta présence à Sénanque. Nous pensons beaucoup à vous et envoyons nos...

    €700
  73. "...vous savez bien qu'il n'y a pas dans mon cœur, la moindre indifférence. Thadée a du vous dire combien nous avions partagé votre douleur."
    Octave MIRBEAU

    "...vous savez bien qu'il n'y a pas dans mon cœur, la moindre indifférence. Thadée a du vous dire combien nous avions partagé votre douleur."Autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau addressed to Alfred Natanson

    Vichy 10 août 1906|11.60 x 18 cm|une feuille
    Moving autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau, addressed to the playwright and founder of the Revue Blanche, Alfred Natanson when he had just lost his father. 18 lines in black ink on a folded sheet, envelope included.
    "Mon cher Fred,
    Je ne vous ai pas écrit ; mais vous savez bien qu'il n'y a pas dans mon cœur, la moindre indifférence. Thadée a dû vous dire combien nous avions partagé votre douleur. Thadée a dû vous dire souvent quelle amitié profonde, j'ai pour vous. Peut-être ne vous l'ai-je pas exprimée, telle que je la sens, mais je la sens fortement, et je voudrais bien que vous la sentiez aussi un peu. C'est un gros chagrin que de ne plus être aimé de ceux qu'on...
    €580
  74. Lettre autographe signée d'une page adressée à son meilleur ami Roger Nimier depuis Laval
    Antoine BLONDIN

    Lettre autographe signée d'une page adressée à son meilleur ami Roger Nimier depuis Laval

    Laval 23 Septembre 1957|17 x 22 cm|un feuillet + une enveloppe

    Remarkable autograph letter signed by Antoine Blondin, addressed to Roger Nimier at his Paris office at the N.R.F., in which he recounts—perhaps not entirely sober—his misadventures in “marital” cohabitation with a seminarian named Prébende Alexis.
    29 lines on a folded sheet.
    Envelope included.
    Published in À mes prochains: lettres, 1943-1984, ed. Alain Cresciucci, 2009, p. 110.
    In a highly humorous and irreverent tone, Antoine Blondin writes to his “dear friend” a list of edifying events from his Mayenne existence, enumerated, as “I believe the time has come to enlighten you about certain things that have happened to...

    €1,500
  75. "C'est une joie délicieuse quand on a le cœur tourmenté, de savoir qu'on a des amis comme vous..."
    Octave MIRBEAU

    "C'est une joie délicieuse quand on a le cœur tourmenté, de savoir qu'on a des amis comme vous..."Autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau addressed to Alfred Natanson

    s. l. • [cachet de Seine-et-Marne] 15 Septembre 1901|12.50 x 17.60 cm|une feuille
    Moving autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau, addressed to the playwright and founder of the Revue Blanche, Alfred Natanson. 15 lines in black ink on a folded sheet, mourning paper with black border, watermarked "JDL & cie", envelope attached.
    "Thank you for your kind letter. I already knew from Alexandre [Natanson] how worried you had been about my wife's condition. It is a delicious joy when one's heart is tormented, to know that one has friends like you, like all of you, the good people of the Relai. Please tell your wife that mine was very touched by her friendship... And embrace everyone with effusion. Also tell Olga [Alexandre Natanson's wife] and Misia [Thadée's wife]...
    €500
  76. "avec ce naturel incomparable que l'on a pris souvent pour du talent et qui n'est que du génie comique"
    Sacha GUITRY

    "avec ce naturel incomparable que l'on a pris souvent pour du talent et qui n'est que du génie comique"Autograph note signed by Sacha Guitry to the actor Louis Bouchené dit Baron fils

    s. l. s. d.|20.70 x 10.60 cm|une feuille
    Autograph note signed by Sacha Guitry to the actor Louis Bouchené known as Baron fils. 7 lines in blue ink on "Basseau Strong" watermarked paper.
    "O Grand Baron. Je vous dédie, en témoignage de reconnaissance, cette bouffonnerie dont vous avez incarné le rôle principal avec ce naturel incomparable que l'on a pris souvent pour du talent et qui n'est que du génie comique". ["O Great Baron. I dedicate to you, in token of gratitude, this buffoonery in which you embodied the leading role with that incomparable naturalness which has often been mistaken for talent and which is nothing but comic genius"]
    The actor Baron fils embodied numerous roles in Sacha Guitry's plays...
    €600
  78. Lettre autographe inédite signée du Marquis de Sade, alors en liberté, au commencement de la Terreur
    Donatien Alphonse François de SADE

    Lettre autographe inédite signée du Marquis de Sade, alors en liberté, au commencement de la TerreurUnpublished autograph letter signed by the Marquis de Sade, then at liberty, at the beginning of the Terror

    1er avril 1793|15.60 x 20 cm|une page sur un feuillet

    Unpublished autograph letter signed and dated, written in black ink and addressed to a notary. On the verso, probably in the hand of a secretary, the inscription "Sade du 1er avril 1793"; below this inscription, a short sentence in the Marquis's hand: "so that I may write to Gaufridy to send him money".

    Some transverse folds from the original folding for posting.

    Lengthy letter addressed to a notary while the Marquis, freed on April 2, 1790 by the abolition of royal warrants, is at liberty and attempting to put his affairs in order. After the Revolution his sons emigrated and he did not follow them. His name nevertheless appears on the list...

    €10,000
  79. "Pour notre dernier jour de tournage on va filmer Pharaon"
    Lawrence DURRELL

    "Pour notre dernier jour de tournage on va filmer Pharaon"Autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun

    Egypte [Egypt] [1971]|10.50 x 15 cm|une carte postale
    Autograph postcard signed "Larry" by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun, written in black felt-tip pen, on the verso of a photograph of an Egyptian bas-relief.
    The writer to his young Montpellier lover: "For our last day of filming we're going to film Pharaoh receiving the Bonbel Prize for his novel about the private life of a Nile crocodile: 'Le croc'. Then I have to return to London for a few weeks. I hope all is well, dear Buttons.".
    After many years spent in Greece, Egypt and Rhodes, the traveling writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown...
    €150
  80. "L'amérique est plein de fric, de frustrées et d'ennui."
    Lawrence DURRELL

    "L'amérique est plein de fric, de frustrées et d'ennui."Autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun

    Malibu s. d.|10.50 x 15 cm|une carte postale
    Autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun, written in black felt-tip pen, on the verso of a photograph of a Malibu beach.
    "Buttons hola ! L'amérique est plein de fric, de frustrées et d'ennui. Pourtant on est très bien traités et je joue un peu le rôle de Scott Fitzgerald à Malibu." ["Buttons hello! America is full of money, frustrated women and boredom. Yet we are very well treated and I play a bit the role of Scott Fitzgerald in Malibu."].
    After many years spent in Greece, Egypt and Rhodes, the travel writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence...
    €150
  81. Billet autographe signé de Gérard de Nerval adressé à probablement adressé à Achille Denis
    Gérard de NERVAL

    Billet autographe signé de Gérard de Nerval adressé à probablement adressé à Achille Denis

    Paris s. d. [circa janvier 1850]|9.80 x 13.30 cm|une page sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe
    Autograph letter signed "Gérard de Nerval" addressed to, probably addressed to Achille Denis, editor-in-chief of the Messager des Théâtres. Envelope included.
    Folds inherent to being placed in envelope. A strip of glued paper in the left margin of the sheet and envelope.
    This letter has been transcribed in the correspondence published by Pléiade (volume 3, p. 923).
    In this short note, Nerval requests "three seats for Les Porcherons", an opéra-comique by Thomas Sauvage with music by Albert Grisar.
    €1,500
  82. Billet autographe signé de Gérard de Nerval adressé à Eugène de Stadler
    Gérard de NERVAL

    Billet autographe signé de Gérard de Nerval adressé à Eugène de Stadler

    Paris s. d. [après le 8 août 1854]|9.70 x 13.20 cm|une page sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe
    Autograph note signed "Gérard" addressed to his close friend Eugène de Stadler. Envelope included.
    Folds inherent to posting. A small hole in the envelope, consequence of its sealing.
    This note has been transcribed in the correspondence published in the Pléiade edition (volume 3, p. 889).
    Astonishing and succinct note written just after his arrival at Doctor Blanche's, inviting his friend to dinner "à la meson (sic) Blanche" ["at the Blanche house"]. On the envelope, in an even more disordered handwriting than that of the note, one reads a few words in pencil: "J'ai donné à Antony et à Blanche [..] Mirecourt" ["I gave to Antony and to Blanche...
    €1,700
  83. Lettre autographe signée de Gérard de Nerval adressée à Armand Barthet, suivie d'un commentaire autographe et biographique de ce dernier
    Gérard de NERVAL, Armand BARTHET

    Lettre autographe signée de Gérard de Nerval adressée à Armand Barthet, suivie d'un commentaire autographe et biographique de ce dernier

    Paris s. d. [fin 1852]|10.20 x 13.20 cm|quatre pages sur un feuillet remplié
    Autograph letter signed "ton ami G." addressed to the poet and playwright Armand Barthet. Nerval congratulates "[his] dear friend" on his drama Le Chemin de Corinthe: "Non seulement je l'ai lu mais je l'ai recommandé chaudement à Delord et à Huard. C'est très beau (ceci est vague) mais c'est même nouveau" ["Not only have I read it but I have warmly recommended it to Delord and to Huard. It is very beautiful (this is vague) but it is even new"].
    Folds inherent to posting. A strip of paper at the junction of the two pages and a restoration to the left inner margin.
    This letter has been transcribed in the correspondence...
    €3,000
  84. Deux manuscrits autographes, avec variantes, de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Bien loin"
    Boris VIAN

    Deux manuscrits autographes, avec variantes, de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Bien loin"

    S. n.|s. l. 1957|13.50 x 21 cm|5 feuillets perforés
    Two autograph manuscripts, each on two perforated sheets, of 36 and 25 lines, written in blue ink, of the song entitled "Bain de minuit" with numerous deletions, additions and modifications and showing differences with the final state of the song.
    Our set is completed by a typescript of "Bien loin" on which Boris Vian made 8 corrections.
    Finally, we include, on three other perforated sheets, one of which is mounted on flexible cardboard, two complete typescripts of "Bain de minuit".
    Fine ensemble of this song for which Henri Salvador composed the music (photocopy of the musical score also included).
    Provenance: Fondation Boris Vian.
    €1,200
  85. "D'avoir soixante ans et d'être aimé (très mal d'ailleurs) par les vampires"
    Lawrence DURRELL

    "D'avoir soixante ans et d'être aimé (très mal d'ailleurs) par les vampires"Autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun

    Sommières 20-04-1971|10.50 x 14.50 cm|une carte postale et enveloppe
    Autograph postcard by Lawrence Durrell signed "Dracula" addressed to Jani Brun, written in blue ink, reproduction of a drawing by Marcel Vaysse "Ils sortent...tous les soirs" ["They go out...every evening"], envelope included.
    The writer teasingly mocks his young Montpellier mistress with humor: "Darling Janie - maintenant qu'il fait beau la saison est ouverte et malgré mon age je reçois pas mal des invitations; souvent les filles de dix ans m'envoient des propositions inscrites par télégramme. J'estime que le rôle de papa gâteux me va bien ("le gâtisme c'est le relachment des sphinctères" (Dictionnaire medicale - Pujot)". Je vais en Grèce avec, une, 2, 3, 4...
    €200
  86. "Buttons. Je ne vous crois pas !"
    Lawrence DURRELL

    "Buttons. Je ne vous crois pas !"Autograph postcard from Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun

    Sommières 12-02-1971|10.50 x 14.50 cm|une carte postale et enveloppe
    Autograph postcard from Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun, written in red felt-tip pen, on the reverse of a reproduction of a small poster Mystification conceived by Jacques Yonnet "... Keep your head above water - Prolonged immersion of nose and mouth can cause fatal asphyxia," with attached press clipping "direct with a virile gland...," envelope included.
    The writer informs his young Montpellier lover about his upcoming travels: "Buttons. Je ne vous crois pas ! je suis ici pour 15 jours encore - puis Genève pour une semaine" ["Buttons. I don't believe you! I'm here for another 15 days - then Geneva for a week"].
    After many years spent in...
    €100
  87. Billet autographe signé de Gérard de Nerval adressé à Georges Bell
    Gérard de NERVAL

    Billet autographe signé de Gérard de Nerval adressé à Georges Bell

    s. d. [1853-1854]|8.50 x 13.90 cm|un billet sur un petit bout de papier
    Autograph note by Gérard de Nerval, signed "votre Gérard", addressed to Georges Bell: "Au fait je ne suis pas sûr de venir de bonne heure demain parce que je sors aujourd'hui. Tâchez donc d'être vers 3 heures au Mousq[uetaire]. Mais ne vous gênez pas en cas de difficulté." ["Actually I'm not sure I'll come early tomorrow because I'm going out today. Try to be at the Mousq[uetaire] around 3 o'clock. But don't inconvenience yourself if there are any difficulties."]
    Some transverse folds and tiny pinholes.
    This note has been transcribed in the correspondence published in the Pléiade edition (volume 3, p. 839), it was written during Nerval's penultimate or final stay...
    €1,500
  88. Reçu autographe signé de Gérard de Nerval
    Gérard de NERVAL

    Reçu autographe signé de Gérard de Nerval

    s. l. [1837 ou 1849]|13.40 x 9.40 cm|un petit billet
    Autograph receipt signed "Gérard": "J'ai reçu de M. Rouy la somme de 10F à compte. Gérard. Ce 27" ["I have received from M. Rouy the sum of 10F on account. Gérard. This 27th"]. Daniel Rouy was manager and cashier of the newspaper La Presse.
    Two transverse crease marks.
    This acknowledgment of debt, simply dated "ce 7" ["this 7th"] could have been written in August 1849, if one refers to a letter to Ernesta Grisi, companion of his friend Théophile Gautier, in which the poet mentions such a debt: "Je n'ai pu toucher l'argent qu'aujourd'hui mercredi. M. Rouy n'y était pas. J'y suis allé 4 fois aujourd'hui..." ["I was only able to collect the money...
    €1,350
  89. Lettre autographe signée de Gérard de Nerval adressée à son père le Dr Labrunie
    Gérard de NERVAL

    Lettre autographe signée de Gérard de Nerval adressée à son père le Dr Labrunie[Autograph Letter Signed by Gérard de Nerval Addressed to His Father, Dr. Labrunie]

    Paris s. d. [circa mars 1841]|10 x 13.10 cm|un feuillet et son enveloppe dépliée
    Very rare autograph letter signed "Gérard Labrunie" addressed to "[his] dear papa" Dr. Labrunie.
    13 lines written in small handwriting in black ink on one page. Unfolded envelope attached showing several postal stamps, restored on the back with an adhesive piece.
    A few transverse creases as well as some very discrete holes, not touching the text and inherent to the use of a pin to seal the letter.
    Fine letter from Gérard Labrunie to his "dear papa" about a "very complicated affair" relating to the "capacity as surrogate guardian" of the writer's father.
    Very rare signature of Gérard de Nerval under his real patronymic name: Gérard...
    €5,800
  90. Lettre autographe signée de Gérard de Nerval adressée à Georges Bell
    Gérard de NERVAL

    Lettre autographe signée de Gérard de Nerval adressée à Georges Bell

    Paris s. d. [novembre 1853?]|10 x 13.60 cm|un feuillet et son enveloppe dépliée
    Autograph letter signed "votre G." ["your G."] addressed to Georges Bell, written in blue ink on the recto of a small sheet. Unfolded autograph envelope included containing a sentence that Nerval had not put in his letter.
    This letter has been transcribed in the Pléiade, volume 1, letter 264.
    After several missed appointments and while he was at Dr. Blanche's clinic, Nerval asks George Bell not to "[se] préoccupe[r] pas trop de l'affaire de Passy" ["worry too much about the Passy affair"]. Despite his confinement, Nerval continues to conduct his business: "Je conçois un projet ou système d'emprunt qui a quelques chances de réussite - mais...
    €3,000
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