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Literary Manuscripts

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Literary Manuscripts
  1. Procris, 1902
    André-Ferdinand HEROLD

    Procris, 1902

    S. n.|s. l. 1902|6pp. in-4|en feuillets
    Autograph manuscript of 6 pages written in black ink and foliated on the recto. Some manuscript corrections by the author, dated 14 March 1902 at top right of the first leaf.
    Act I in verse featuring the mythological lovers Cephalus and Procris.
    €80
  2. Bradamante, 1910
    André-Ferdinand HEROLD

    Bradamante, 1910

    S. n.|s. l. 1910|23pp. in-4|en feuillets
    Autograph manuscript of 23 pages written in black ink and foliated on the recto. Autograph wrapper bearing the title, date and place: Paris - 24 October 1910.
    First act of this tragicomedy in verse.
    Accompanied by a small file of notes.
    €150
  3. La vie de Sainte Aphrodise
    André-Ferdinand HEROLD

    La vie de Sainte Aphrodise

    S. n.|s. l. [c.1904]|45pp. in-4|en feuillets
    Complete autograph manuscript of 45 pages written in black ink and foliated on the recto.
    Numerous crossings-out and corrections.
    Draft of the beginning of the novel L'Abbaye de Sainte Aphrodise (Mercure de France, 1904).
    €200
  4. Cléopâtre
    André-Ferdinand HEROLD

    Cléopâtre

    S. n.|s. l. [1921]|87pp. in-4|en feuillets
    Autograph manuscript of 87 pages written in black ink and foliated on the recto. Numerous crossings-out and autograph corrections by the author.
    Partial manuscript of this five-act drama in verse after Plutarch and Shakespeare, first performed at the Comédie française on 22 May 1921.
    Accompanied by 4 tableaux in professional copy with corrections and important autograph additions.
    €250
  5. Les Uns et les autres
    André-Ferdinand HEROLD

    Les Uns et les autres

    S. n.|s. l. 1896-1925|in-4|en feuillets
    Autograph manuscript. Autograph wrapper showing two deletions.
    A collection of 8 ballads, epistles or sonnets, 1896-1907. A collection of 10 poems, 1915-1917. Draft for the Tales of Herodotus, Mauves-sur-Loire, April 9, 1925.
    €200
  6. Dans la nuit, 1911
    André-Ferdinand HEROLD

    Dans la nuit, 1911

    S. n.|s. l. 1911|44pp. in-4|en feuillets
    Complete autograph manuscript of 44 pages written in black ink and foliated on the recto. Autograph wrapper bearing the title and several dates: Paris - Monday May 24, 1911, Paris - Thursday November 9, 1911 and Revision, Lapras - Tuesday August 20, 1911. Some autograph corrections by the author in pencil and blue pencil.
    Complete manuscript of a three-act play which appears to have remained unpublished.
    €350
  7. La Chimère, 1911-1914
    André-Ferdinand HEROLD

    La Chimère, 1911-1914

    S. n.|s. l. 1911-1914|50pp. in-4|en feuillets
    Complete autograph manuscript of 50 pages written in black ink and foliated on the recto. Fragment of autograph wrapper bearing the crossed-out title and two dates: Paris - Thursday March 9, 1911 and Paris - Saturday April 25, 1914. Some deletions and corrections.
    This is an unpublished tragedy in verse.
    €400
  8. Portraits et paysages Manuscrit complet
    Francis NORGELET

    Portraits et paysages Manuscrit complet

    S. n.|s. l. 1918|23.50 x 32 cm|agrafé
    Autograph manuscript, 24 pages, final and complete version written by the author in a 48-page notebook which he offered to one of his friends.
    Autograph inscription dated January 29, 1919 and signed by the author on the front cover as a gift to this friend. This collection was previously published by Rieder & Cie in 1918.
    Included are press clippings as well as 4 autograph letters signed by the author and addressed to the same recipient, 2 of which were written while the dedicatee was in the trenches.
    Handsome ensemble.
    €450
  9. Antigone, 1929
    André-Ferdinand HEROLD

    Antigone, 1929

    S. n.|Paris • - Lapras 1929|(2) 49pp. in-4|en feuilles
    Complete autograph manuscript of 49 pages written and foliated in black ink on the recto.
    Some autograph corrections by the author. Autograph cover bearing the title and dates: Paris - 4 July 1929 and Lapras - 22 August 1929.
    Unpublished adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy, in three acts and in verse.
    €350
  10. Oreste d'Euripide, 1935-1937.
    André-Ferdinand HEROLD

    Oreste d'Euripide, 1935-1937.

    S. n.|Paris 1935-1937|(2) 67pp. in-4|en feuilles
    Complete unpublished autograph manuscript of 67 pages written and foliated in black ink on the recto. Autograph cover bearing the title and dates: Paris - 25 October 1935 and Paris - 21 April 1937. Stage directions in red ink and some autograph corrections by the author.
    Unpublished prose adaptation of Euripides' Greek tragedy.
    Accompanied by a small folder of autograph notes and drafts in pencil, the Histoire d'Oreste, dated Lapras - 22 July 1922.
    €500
  11. Les Sept contre Thèbes
    André-Ferdinand HEROLD

    Les Sept contre Thèbes

    S. n.|Paris 1932|(5) 67pp. in-4|en feuilles
    Complete autograph manuscript of 28 pages written in black ink and foliated on the recto. Autograph chemise bearing the title, dates and place: Paris - 22 April 1932 and Paris - 28 May 1932.
    Translation of Aeschylus in prose, a first version of which had been published in Mercure de France in 1909.
    €350
  12. La Reine Peau d'Âne, comédie en trois actes, 1897-1898
    André-Ferdinand HEROLD

    La Reine Peau d'Âne, comédie en trois actes, 1897-1898

    S. n.|s. l. 1897-1898|70pp. in-4|en feuilles
    Autograph manuscript of 70 pages written on the recto in black ink with important deletions, corrections and suppressions. Paper cover bearing the title, date and place (Paris 7 December 1897 - 6 January 1898).
    Unpublished comedy in verse and prose, featuring Claridiane, Queen of Bohemia, Lélio, Prince Escalus, Arlequin, master of ceremonies, Colombine, lady-in-waiting, plus five ministers and Illyrian officers; the scene is set in Bohemia.
    €600
  13. Elle est charmante, comédie en trois actes, 1899-1900
    André-Ferdinand HEROLD

    Elle est charmante, comédie en trois actes, 1899-1900

    S. n.|Paris 1899-1900|77pp. in-4|en feuilles
    Complete and unpublished autograph manuscript of 77 pages written and numbered on the recto in black ink.
    Paper cover bearing the title, date and place Paris 12 December 1899 - 12 January 1900. Some autograph corrections by the author.
    Unpublished comedy in prose; the action takes place in the contemporary period, in Paris and in the forest of Fontainebleau; it features a dramatic author, a charming actress, a provincial journalist...
    €500
  14. Le dialogue de la vie et de la mort
    Innocenzio RINGHIERI, Jean LOUVEAU

    Le dialogue de la vie et de la mort

    1865|-|relié
    Original manuscript of this translation of Ringhieri's work (in Tuscan) by Jean Louveau, published in Lyon by Antoine Vollant in 1562. Transcription by Abbé Delaporte.
    Elegant manuscript on blue laid paper, in black ink. The epistle to the pastor of Vaugirard in Nantes is dated 1865. Fine, very legible handwriting.
    Contemporary half red morocco binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 fleurons. Gilt title. Light rubbing. Good copy.
    The transcriber possessed a copy of the 1562 edition; the first had appeared in 1557. Seven dialogues bring Life and Death face to face in an exchange that owes more to Christian stoicism, to a philosophical and humanist meditation rather...
    €400
  15. Philosophia
    Père MOTET

    Philosophia

    1731|15.50 x 24 cm|relié
    Original manuscript (anonymous) of this Latin philosophy course dictated by Father Motet; this manuscript has been enriched with a number of illustrations including a portrait, a frontispiece, and 11 others. The plates illustrate different aspects of logic or philosophy, but we have been unable to determine which work they're taken from. The frontispiece bears the legend “Chez I. F. Cars, 1710. Epitre au cardinal de Berulle, avec son portrait”.
    Contemporary speckled calf, spine in compartments richly gilt. Gilt title framed by two roulettes. A good copy.
    A good hand, fine and legible, with a relatively spacious layout on the page, recording a course on the various...
    €1,000
  16. La nef
    Élémir BOURGES

    La nef[The Nave]

    Stock|Paris 1904|12 x 19 cm|relié sous étui

    First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Hollande, the only large paper copies.
    Elegant red morocco binding by Semet & Plumelle, spine in five compartments, date at foot, gilt roulettes to head- and tail-pieces, red moiré silk pastedowns, marbled endpapers thereafter, gilt fillets to edges of covers, covers and spine (slightly soiled) preserved, top edge gilt; slipcase edged in the same morocco, the boards of the same marbled paper, lined with light brown felt.
    This copy is enriched with two autograph notes from the author.
    A very good, well-margined copy, superbly bound in an outstanding lined binding by Semet & Plumelle. 

    €600
  17. Dessin original à l'encre
    Max JACOB

    Dessin original à l'encreAuthentic original drawing in black ink, signed "Max".

    Douarnenez s. d. [1927]|21 x 27 cm|3|sur papier fin filigrané, encollé sur une feuille plus épaisse.
    Authentic original drawing in black ink, signed “Max”.
    This work was most likely executed in 1927 during a stay in Douarnenez at the house of his friend, the painter Jean Colle; also present was the latter's son Pierre Colle, who would become Max Jacob's dealer and close friend, before becoming executor of his will and overall heir.
    Two tiny tears to half a centimeter of the upper margin, otherwise very well preserved.
    Provenance : the personal collection of Philippe Laignel-Lavastine, a close friend of Max Jacob.
    €1,000
  18. Manuscrit autographe complet de la traduction établie par Jacques Benoist-Méchin de la trilogie Coraux/Gaz I/Gaz II de Georg Kaiser
    Jacques BENOIST-MÉCHIN, Georg KAISER

    Manuscrit autographe complet de la traduction établie par Jacques Benoist-Méchin de la trilogie Coraux/Gaz I/Gaz II de Georg Kaiser[Complete autograph manuscript of Jacques Benoist-Méchin’s translation of Georg Kaiser’s trilogy Coraux/Gaz I/Gaz II]

    S. n.|s. l. janvier-février 1923|23 x 37 cm|en feuilles

    Complete autograph manuscript of the trilogy, partly unpublished, with additions, deletions and corrections in Jacques Benoist-Méchin's hand.
    Three manuscripts written in green ink, of 135, 68 and 106 pages respectively, each with a calligraphed title. The manuscript of Coraux is illustrated with two drawings in red ink. The manuscript of Gaz I is housed in a kraft paper envelope bearing autograph annotations and the signature of Jacques Benoist-Méchin.

    Some very minor tears and creases, a few leaves lightly browned and soiled; otherwise a very well-preserved set.

    Provenance: personal archives of Jacques Benoist-Méchin.

    €1,800
  19. Jacques Benoist-Méchin, an avant-gardist in spite of himself
    Manuscrit autographe complet pour les choeurs et les deux pianos des partitions d''Equateur', musique de Jacques Benoist-Méchin d'après des poèmes extraits de 'Gravitations' de Jules Supervielle
    Jacques BENOIST-MÉCHIN, Jules SUPERVIELLE

    Manuscrit autographe complet pour les choeurs et les deux pianos des partitions d''Equateur', musique de Jacques Benoist-Méchin d'après des poèmes extraits de 'Gravitations' de Jules Supervielle

    S. n.|s. l. 1923-1927|27.50 x 35.50 cm|broché

    Complete autograph manuscript, dated and signed, of this piece for choirs and pianos, bearing autograph additions, deletions and corrections by Jacques Benoist-Méchin to both the staves and the words of this work set to the early poems of Jules Supervielle.
    The whole is housed in a board folder, with covers hand-lettered by the author. Blank folder soiled, with rubbing and tears.

     

    Enclosed are three further documents relating to Jacques Benoist-Méchin: the contract assigning to the music publisher B. Roudanez the rights to his musical work for voice and piano based on poems by Jules Romains, and two letters addressed to him, with their envelopes.

    €1,500
  20. L'enfant d'Austerlitz
    Paul ADAM

    L'enfant d'Austerlitz

    Sté. d'Editions Artistiques & Littéraires|Paris 1902|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
    A lack at the foot of the second cover, otherwise a very handsome copy.
    Our copy includes a page from the manuscript of the work and the author's autograph signature opposite.
    €150
  22. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Georges Raillard enrichie de trois dessins originaux dont deux sur l'enveloppe jointe
    Louis PONS

    Lettre autographe signée à son ami Georges Raillard enrichie de trois dessins originaux dont deux sur l'enveloppe jointe

    S. n.|Paris 28 Octobre 2008|20 x 20.50 cm|une feuille
    Signed autograph letter from a page by Louis Pons, to his friend the art critic Georges Raillard, specialist in the works of Joan Miro and Antoni Tapies, about a work on Monticelli that he recently received from a their mutual friend and for whom Georges Raillard wrote the text.
    On the attached envelope which he recomposed in his fanciful and ornithological manner, Louis Pons drew, in black ink, on the front and on the back, two curious beasts: a magpie in a tail coat and a rat of which just the head and the tail emerge from the envelope, the place of its body being crossed by a nail.
    Finally, on the sidelines of the handwritten letter, Louis Pons drew a character of...
    €300
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