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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. Carte postale autographe signée envoyée depuis Nouméa et adressée à Emile Mignard
    Victor SEGALEN

    Carte postale autographe signée envoyée depuis Nouméa et adressée à Emile MignardWar pirogue. Handwritten signed postcard sent from Noumea and addressed to Emile Mignard

    Nouméa 15 juin 1904|14.10 x 9.60 cm|une carte postale
    War pirogue. Handwritten signed postcard sent from Nouméa and addressed to Émile Mignard
    Nouméa 15 June 1904 | 14,1 x 9,6 cm | one postcard
    Handwritten signed postcard from Victor Segalen, sent from Nouméa and addressed to émile Mignard. A few lines written in black ink in the corner of the black and white photographic reproduction of a war pirogue in the Solomon Islands, handwritten address on the verso. Some minor stains and folding.

    “Nouméa 15 juin 1904, Affect.mt. Victor Seg.” (“Nouméa 15 June 1904, Affect.ly, Victor Seg.”)

    In 1904, Segalen took advantage of a short stay in Nouméa to...
    €2,000
  2. Carte postale autographe signée envoyée depuis Nouméa et adressée à Emile Mignard
    Victor SEGALEN

    Carte postale autographe signée envoyée depuis Nouméa et adressée à Emile MignardDouble sail pirogue. Handwritten signed postcard sent from Noumea and addressed to Emile Mignard

    Nouméa 15 juillet 1904|13.90 x 9 cm|une carte postale
    Double sail pirogue. Handwritten signed postcard sent from Nouméa and addressed to Émile Mignard
    Nouméa 15 July 1904 | 13,9 x 9 cm | one postcard
    Handwritten signed postcard from Victor Segalen, sent from Nouméa and addressed to Émile Mignard. A few lines written in black ink in the corner of the black and white photographic reproduction of a pirogue in New Caledonia, handwritten address on the verso. Some minor stains and folding.

    “Nouméa 15 7.04, Affectueusement. Victor Segalen”
    (“Nouméa 15 7.04, Affectionately. Victor Segalen”).

    In 1904, Segalen took advantage of a...
    €1,500
  3. Carte postale autographe signée envoyée depuis Chicago et adressée à Emile Mignard
    Victor SEGALEN

    Carte postale autographe signée envoyée depuis Chicago et adressée à Emile MignardAutograph signed postcard sent from Chicago and addressed to Emile Mignard

    Chicago 23 octobre 1902|14 x 8.80 cm|une carte postale
    Autograph signed postcard sent from Chicago and addressed to Émile Mignard
    Chicago 23 October 1902 14 x 8,8 cm | one postcard
    Handwritten signed postcard from Victor Segalen, sent from Chicago and addressed to Emile Mignard. A few lines written in pencil in the corner of the black and white photographic reproduction of a view of South Water Street in Chicago, handwritten address on the verso. Some minor stains and folding.

    Emile Mignard (1878-1966), also a doctor and Brest-born, was one of Segalen's closest friends of youth whom he met at the Jesuit Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours School in Brest. The writer interacted with this comrade...
    €2,000
  4. Lettre autographe signée envoyée depuis San Francisco adressée à Emile Mignard sur papier bois asiatique
    Victor SEGALEN

    Lettre autographe signée envoyée depuis San Francisco adressée à Emile Mignard sur papier bois asiatiqueSigned handwritten letter sent from San Francisco addressed to Emile Mignard on Asian wood paper

    San Francisco jeudi 10 décembre 1902|11.20 x 17 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet
    Signed handwritten letter sent from San Francisco addressed to Emile Mignard on Asian wood paper
    San Francisco Thursday 10 December 1902, 11.2 x 17 cm, 2 pages on one leaf
    Handwritten signed letter from Victor Segalen addressed to Emile Mignard, two pages written in black ink on a leaf of Asian wood letter paper printed in the margin with blue Asian silhouettes and landscapes.
    Emile Mignard (1878-1966), also a doctor and Brest-born, was one of Segalen's closest friends of youth whom he met at the Jesuit Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours School in Brest. The writer interacted with this comrade in an abundant and closely followed correspondence in which he described, with humour and...
    €2,500
  5. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Alphonse Peyrat
    George SAND

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Alphonse Peyrat

    s. d. [mai 1868]|13.50 x 20.70 cm|2 pages sur un double feuillet
    Autograph letter signed by George Sand addressed to Alphonse Peyrat, two pages written in black ink on a double sheet. Transverse folds inherent to mailing.
    Interesting letter evoking one of her faithful friends: Jean Patureau-Francoeur.
    George Sand had published a long obituary article in tribute to this close friend in L'Avenir national on May 2, 1868. She described her late friend with great tenderness: "C'était un simple paysan, un vigneron des faubourgs de Châteauroux. Il avait appris tout seul à écrire, et il écrivait très remarquablement, avec ces naïves incorrections qui sont presque des grâces, dans un style rustique et spontané...
    €1,200
  6. Lettre autographe signée adressée à un correspondant inconnu
    George SAND

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à un correspondant inconnu

    Paris s. d. [entre 1864 et 1868]|13.40 x 20.70 cm|2 pages sur un double feuillet
    Autograph letter signed addressed to an unknown correspondent, written in black ink on a double leaf with dry stamp bearing the writer's initials. This letter, probably unpublished, was written on "November 11th" between 1864 and 1868 according to the address at the bottom: "rue des feuillantines 97".
    "Une amie commune et pleine de confiance en votre bonté, me fait espérer, monsieur, que vous m'accorderez un peu de sympathie. Si je suis indiscrète d'y croire, ne vous en prenez qu'à elle, comme elle est de ces personnes à qui l'on ne peut en vouloir, je ne crains pas de vous la dénoncer. Vous pouvez vendre un immense service au...
    €800
  7. Carte lettre autographe signée adressée à Georges Louis
    Pierre LOUŸS

    Carte lettre autographe signée adressée à Georges Louis

    Paris juillet 1887|11.20 x 14.20 cm|une carte-lettre
    Autograph signed letter-card from Pierre Louÿs addressed to his brother Georges Louis with whom Pierre Louÿs maintained a very intimate relationship and whom he considered as his own father.
    The question of Pierre Louÿs's real paternal identity still fascinates biographers today: "His father, Pierre Philippe Louis, [...] had married in 1842 Jeanne Constance Blanchin, who died ten years later after having given him two children, Lucie and Georges. In 1855, he remarried Claire Céline Maldan, and from this union was born, in 1857, a son, Paul; then, in 1870, our writer, who received the first names Pierre Félix. This late birth, the differences in...
    €300
  8. "Aujourd'hui, après une journée qui a déjà duré 11 h je n'ai fumé qu'un demi paquet de cigarettes."
    Pierre LOUŸS

    "Aujourd'hui, après une journée qui a déjà duré 11 h je n'ai fumé qu'un demi paquet de cigarettes."Signed autograph card addressed to Georges Louis

    Paris s. d. [après 1897]|13.80 x 9 cm|une carte autographe recto et verso
    Autograph card by Pierre Louÿs signed with his initial, addressed to Georges Louis and written in violet ink on both sides.
    Note addressed to his brother Georges Louis with whom Pierre Louÿs maintained a very intimate relationship and whom he considered as his own father.
    The question of Pierre Louÿs's real paternal identity still fascinates biographers today: "His father, Pierre Philippe Louis, [...] had married in 1842 Jeanne Constance Blanchin, who died ten years later after giving him two children, Lucie and Georges. In 1855, he remarried Claire Céline Maldan, and from this union was born, in 1857, a son, Paul; then, in 1870, our writer, who...
    €800
  9. "Il est excellent, le projet d'ouvrir le Panthéon aux héros qui ont tout offert à la Patrie, jusqu'à perdre leur nom pour elle."
    Pierre LOUŸS

    "Il est excellent, le projet d'ouvrir le Panthéon aux héros qui ont tout offert à la Patrie, jusqu'à perdre leur nom pour elle."Signed autograph letter addressed to Georges Louis

    Paris s. d. [novembre 1920]|13.50 x 18 cm|4 pages sur 4 feuillets
    Autograph letter signed by Pierre Louÿs, addressed to Georges Louis. Four pages written in blue ink on four sheets.
    Handsome letter addressed to his brother Georges Louis with whom Pierre Louÿs maintained a very intimate relationship and whom he considered as his own father.
    The question of Pierre Louÿs's real father's identity still fascinates biographers today: "His father, Pierre Philippe Louis, [...] had married in 1842 Jeanne Constance Blanchin, who died ten years later after having given him two children, Lucie and Georges. In 1855, he remarried Claire Céline Maldan, and from this union was born, in 1857, a son, Paul; then, in 1870, our...
    €1,200
  10. Lettre autographe signée de 20 pages adressée à Georges Louis : "Et j'ai une grande nouvelle à t'annoncer, qui décidera du bonheur de ma vie : je me marie."
    Pierre LOUŸS

    Lettre autographe signée de 20 pages adressée à Georges Louis : "Et j'ai une grande nouvelle à t'annoncer, qui décidera du bonheur de ma vie : je me marie."

    Dizy [Dizy-le-Gros] samedi 15 septembre 1888|13.70 x 21.20 cm|20 pages sur 5 doubles feuillets & une enveloppe
    Very long autograph letter signed by Pierre Louÿs, addressed to Georges Louis. Twenty pages written in blue ink on five double sheets of graph paper. Enclosed is an envelope on which is written in pencil in Pierre Louÿs's hand: "Letter of 20 pages about my stay in Limé"
    Amusing letter addressed to his brother Georges Louis with whom Pierre Louÿs maintained a very intimate relationship and whom he considered as his own father.
    The question of Pierre Louÿs's real father's identity still fascinates biographers today: "His father, Pierre Philippe Louis, [...] had married in 1842 Jeanne Constance Blanchin, who died ten years later after...
    €2,800
  11. "Aussitôt que j'ai été arrivé à Tours, j'ai été lancé sur les côtes de la Bretagne par l'envie la mieux conditionnée qui jamais ait empoigné un homme de fermer l'atmosphère de Paris et ses idées en allant courir sur les beaux rochers qui bordent la mer en Bretagne et là, parvenu, y suis resté quinze notables jours, les plus délicieux du monde, courant sur les baies, sur les goémons, ramassant des pucelages qui sont en grand nombre sur le sable marin, au rebours de la rue Vivienne."
    Honoré de BALZAC

    "Aussitôt que j'ai été arrivé à Tours, j'ai été lancé sur les côtes de la Bretagne par l'envie la mieux conditionnée qui jamais ait empoigné un homme de fermer l'atmosphère de Paris et ses idées en allant courir sur les beaux rochers qui bordent la mer en Bretagne et là, parvenu, y suis resté quinze notables jours, les plus délicieux du monde, courant sur les baies, sur les goémons, ramassant des pucelages qui sont en grand nombre sur le sable marin, au rebours de la rue Vivienne."Unpublished signed autograph letter

    Tours 23 juin [1830]|13.20 x 19.90 cm|une feuille
    Unpublished autograph letter: “As soon as I had arrived in Tours,
    I was thrown on the coasts of Brittany by the best conditioned desire
    that had ever seized a man to shut off the atmosphere of Paris and its
    ideas by going to run on the beautiful rocks that border the sea in Brittany”
    Tours 23 June [1830] | 13.2 x 19.9cm | one leaf
    Unpublished handwritten letter signed by Honoré de Balzac, one and a half pages written in black ink on a leaf of white paper.
    Transversal folds and ink a little faded at the bottom of the first page, without making it difficult to read.

    The man from Tours poetically recounts his wanderings on the...
    €10,000
  12. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Francisque Sarcey
    Émile GOUDEAU

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Francisque Sarcey

    s. l. s. d. [circa 1890]|11 x 17.50 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by Emile Goudeau addressed to his dear master (Francisque Sarcey, 16 lines in black ink) thanking him for his last letter which he reads with some delay and for his support in granting an award which he has just been honored with: "l'envoi de la lettre écrite par un Labadens exaspéré. Ce camarade (?) m'a fait passer un bon quart d'heure. Enfin cet infortuné lauréat ne me pardonne peut-être pas, d'être, lui tombé dans les hypothèques." ["the sending of the letter written by an exasperated Labadens. This comrade (?) made me spend a difficult quarter of an hour. Finally this unfortunate laureate perhaps does not forgive me for having fallen into...
    €200
  13. "J'avais l'impression qu'il n'y aurait pas de guerre. J'aurais voulu que ce fût par une reculade d'Hitler qu'elle n'eût pas lieu."
    Jean WAHL

    "J'avais l'impression qu'il n'y aurait pas de guerre. J'aurais voulu que ce fût par une reculade d'Hitler qu'elle n'eût pas lieu."Signed autograph letter addressed to Marc Barbezat

    Cannes 16 octobre 1938|13.40 x 21.20 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe double
    Autograph letter signed by Jean Wahl addressed to Marc Barbezat, one and a half pages written in black ink on one sheet. Envelope included. Transverse fold inherent to the mailing.
    Jean Wahl was Marc Barbezat's examiner for the philosophy baccalaureate examination, and it was then that the two men became friends. In 1940, shortly after this letter was written, Barbezat would found the review L'Arbalète to which the philosopher would contribute by entrusting his very first poems to his young protégé. This review would later become a publishing house that would notably publish Jean Genet's first and scandalous texts.
    Interesting letter full of bitterness...
    €400
  14. "J'ai lu avec plaisir ce que vous disiez du témoignage de Cardenas."
    Jean WAHL

    "J'ai lu avec plaisir ce que vous disiez du témoignage de Cardenas."Signed autograph letter addressed to Marc Barbezat

    Paris 21 avril 1939|13.60 x 21.10 cm|3 pages et 1/4 sur deux feuillet, enveloppe jointe double
    Autograph letter signed by Jean Wahl addressed to Marc Barbezat, two and a quarter pages written in black ink on two sheets. Envelope included. Transverse fold inherent to the mailing.
    Jean Wahl was Marc Barbezat's examiner for the philosophy baccalaureate examination, and it was then that the two men became friends. In 1940, shortly after this letter was written, Barbezat would found the review L'Arbalète to which the philosopher would contribute by entrusting his very first poems to his young protégé. This review would later become a publishing house that would notably publish Jean Genet's first and scandalous texts.
    Long letter notably discussing the...
    €350
  15. "Décidément je ne puis rien vous envoyer de moi."
    Jean WAHL

    "Décidément je ne puis rien vous envoyer de moi."Signed autograph letter addressed to Marc Barbezat

    Paris 9 mai 1939|13.50 x 21.10 cm|1 page sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe double
    Signed autograph letter from Jean Wahl addressed to Marc Barbezat, one page written in black ink on a sheet. Envelope included. Transverse fold inherent to the mailing.
    Jean Wahl was Marc Barbezat's examiner for the philosophy baccalaureate examination, and it was then that the two men became friends. In 1940, shortly after writing this letter, Barbezat would found the journal L'Arbalète to which the philosopher would contribute by entrusting his very first poems to his young protégé. This journal would later become a publishing house that would notably publish the first and scandalous texts of Jean Genet.
    Letter in response to a request from Marc...
    €200
  16. "Je suis à l'Abbaye de Royaumont."
    Jean WAHL

    "Je suis à l'Abbaye de Royaumont."Signed autograph letter addressed to Marc Barbezat

    Asnières-sur-Oise 1er juin 1939|13.60 x 21.10 cm|1 page sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe double
    Signed autograph letter from Jean Wahl addressed to Marc Barbezat, one page written in black ink on a sheet. Envelope included. Transverse fold inherent to the mailing.
    Jean Wahl was Marc Barbezat's examiner for the philosophy baccalaureate examination, and it was then that the two men became friends. In 1940, shortly after writing this letter, Barbezat would found the journal L'Arbalète to which the philosopher would contribute by entrusting his very first poems to his young protégé. This journal would later become a publishing house that would notably publish the first and scandalous texts of Jean Genet.
    Wahl quotes Maurice Scève, Jacques Peletier du...
    €200
  17. "Et cette note pour la NRF dont vous m'aviez parlé ?"
    Jean WAHL

    "Et cette note pour la NRF dont vous m'aviez parlé ?"Signed autograph letter addressed to Marc Barbezat

    Paris 24 décembre 1939|13.40 x 20.80 cm|1 page 1/2 sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe double
    Autograph letter signed by Jean Wahl addressed to Marc Barbezat, one and a half pages written in black ink on a sheet. On the attached envelope, one can see that the mail was redirected to another address, as Marc Barbezat had just been mobilized. Transverse folds inherent to mailing and two corner folds.
    Jean Wahl was Marc Barbezat's examiner for the philosophy baccalaureate exam, and it was then that the two men became friends. In 1940, shortly after writing this letter, Barbezat would found the magazine L'Arbalète to which the philosopher would contribute by entrusting his very first poems to his young protégé. This magazine would later become a publishing...
    €300
  18. "Nous sommes tous bien emprisonnés en nous-mêmes."
    Jean WAHL

    "Nous sommes tous bien emprisonnés en nous-mêmes."Signed autograph letter addressed to Marc Barbezat

    Paris 22 novembre 1937|14.10 x 18.10 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe
    Autograph letter signed by Jean Wahl addressed to Marc Barbezat, two pages written in blue ink on one leaf. Envelope included. Transverse fold inherent to mailing.
    Jean Wahl was Marc Barbezat's examiner for the philosophy baccalaureate examination, and it was then that the two men became friends. In 1940, shortly after writing this letter, Barbezat would found the review L'Arbalète to which the philosopher would contribute by entrusting his very first poems to his young protégé. This review would later become a publishing house that would notably publish the first and scandalous texts of Jean Genet.
    Beautiful and very poetic letter: "Merci de tout...
    €200
  19. "Gide va partir pour l'Afrique. Il semble s'être élevé au-dessus de la politique."
    Jean WAHL

    "Gide va partir pour l'Afrique. Il semble s'être élevé au-dessus de la politique."Signed autograph letter addressed to Marc Barbezat

    Paris 13 janvier 1938|14 x 18.20 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe
    Autograph letter signed by Jean Wahl addressed to Marc Barbezat, two pages written in black ink on a sheet. Envelope enclosed. Transverse fold inherent to the mailing.
    Jean Wahl was Marc Barbezat's examiner for the philosophy examination at the baccalaureate, it was then that the two men became friends. In 1940, shortly after writing this letter, Barbezat would found the review L'Arbalète to which the philosopher would collaborate by entrusting his very first poems to his young protégé. This review would subsequently become a publishing house that would notably publish the first and sulfurous texts of Jean Genet.
    The letter mentions another philosopher...
    €400
  20. "H.[eredia] refuse [...] la dédicace d'Aphr.[odite] parce qu'il a encore deux filles à marier."
    Pierre LOUŸS

    "H.[eredia] refuse [...] la dédicace d'Aphr.[odite] parce qu'il a encore deux filles à marier."Signed autograph letter addressed to Georges Louis

    Paris 12 novembre 1895|12.50 x 20 cm|4 page sur un double feuillet
    Autograph letter signed by Pierre Louÿs, signed with his initial, addressed to Georges Louis. Four pages written in blue ink on a double sheet. Envelope enclosed bearing, on the verso, the intact wax seal with the writer's cipher. Transverse fold inherent to the mailing.
    Important letter addressed to his brother Georges Louis with whom Pierre Louÿs maintained a very intimate relationship and whom he considered as his own father.
    The question of the real identity of Pierre Louÿs' father still fascinates biographers today: "His father, Pierre Philippe Louis, [...] had married in 1842 Jeanne Constance Blanchin, who died ten years...
    €1,200
  21. "Sais-tu qu'avant quinze jours je serai auprès de toi ? [...] Puis-je espérer que d'ici là tu auras repris un peu de forces ?"
    Pierre LOUŸS

    "Sais-tu qu'avant quinze jours je serai auprès de toi ? [...] Puis-je espérer que d'ici là tu auras repris un peu de forces ?"Autograph letter from his youth, one of the last addressed to his father Pierre-Philippe Louis

    Paris jeudi 4 avril [1889]|12.50 x 20 cm|4 pages sur un double feuillet
    Autograph letter signed by Pierre [Louÿs], addressed to his father, four pages written in black ink on a double sheet of white paper. Transverse folds inherent to folding for mailing.
    This letter was sent by the young Pierre Louÿs while he was studying at the Janson-de-Sailly lycée (Paris - 16th arrondissement).
    This is very likely one of Pierre Louÿs's last letters to his father, ten days before the latter's death: "Do you know that in less than two weeks I will be beside you? [...] May I hope that by then you will have regained some strength?"
    The question of Pierre Louÿs's real paternal identity still fascinates biographers...
    €800
  22. "Mon souhait, ce serait que nous choisissions deux petites maisons contigües près de Paris. "
    Pierre LOUŸS

    "Mon souhait, ce serait que nous choisissions deux petites maisons contigües près de Paris. "Signed autograph letter addressed to Georges Louis

    Tamaris [Tamaris-sur-mer] 19 juin 1907|13.50 x 20.50 cm|4 pages sur un double feuillet
    Autograph letter signed by Pierre [Louÿs], addressed to Georges Louis. Four pages written in purple ink on a double sheet. Envelope included.
    Fine letter addressed to his brother Georges Louis with whom Pierre Louÿs maintained a very intimate relationship and whom he considered as his own father.
    The question of Pierre Louÿs's real paternal identity still fascinates biographers today: "His father, Pierre Philippe Louis, [...] had married in 1842 Jeanne Constance Blanchin, who died ten years later after giving him two children, Lucie and Georges. In 1855, he remarried Claire Céline Maldan, and from this union was born, in 1857, a son, Paul; then, in...
    €800
  23. "J'ai aimé ce que vous dites sur vos journées passées avec la nature, - avec Dame Nature, Femme nature."
    Jean WAHL

    "J'ai aimé ce que vous dites sur vos journées passées avec la nature, - avec Dame Nature, Femme nature."Signed autograph letter addressed to Marc Barbezat

    Paris 10 février 1938|14 x 18.20 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe
    Autograph letter signed by Jean Wahl addressed to Marc Barbezat, two pages written in blue ink on a sheet. Envelope included. Transverse fold inherent to the mailing.
    Jean Wahl was Marc Barbezat's examiner for the philosophy examination at the baccalauréat; it was then that the two men became friends. In 1940, shortly after writing this letter, Barbezat would found the journal L'Arbalète to which the philosopher would contribute by entrusting his very first poems to his young protégé. This journal would later become a publishing house that would notably publish Jean Genet's first and scandalous texts.
    Beautiful letter imbued with poetry: "J'ai aimé...
    €250
  24. "Il vaut mieux ne pas penser à l'état du monde."
    Jean WAHL

    "Il vaut mieux ne pas penser à l'état du monde."Signed autograph letter addressed to Marc Barbezat

    Paris 10 février 1938|13 x 21.20 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe
    Autograph letter signed by Jean Wahl addressed to Marc Barbezat, one and a half pages written in black ink on a sheet. Envelope included. Transversal fold inherent to the mailing.
    Jean Wahl was Marc Barbezat's examiner for the philosophy examination at the baccalauréat, it was then that the two men became friends. In 1940, shortly after writing this letter, Barbezat would found the magazine L'Arbalète to which the philosopher would contribute by entrusting his very first poems to his young protégé. This magazine would later become a publishing house that would notably publish the first and scandalous texts of Jean Genet.
    The philosopher, having had no news...
    €200
  25. "Edison est en France..."
    Pierre LOUŸS

    "Edison est en France..."Signed autograph letter addressed to Georges Louis

    Paris Lundi 11 septembre [1911]|13.50 x 18 cm|5 pages sur un double feuillet et un feuillet libre
    Autograph letter signed by Pierre [Louÿs], addressed to Georges Louis. Five pages written in violet ink on a double leaf and a loose leaf. A press article pasted on the recto of the single leaf. Transverse creases inherent to posting.
    Fine letter addressed to his brother Georges Louis with whom Pierre Louÿs maintained a very intimate relationship and whom he considered as his own father.
    The question of the real identity of Pierre Louÿs's father still fascinates biographers today: "His father, Pierre Philippe Louis, [...] had married in 1842 Jeanne Constance Blanchin, who died ten years later after giving him two children, Lucie and Georges. In...
    €1,000
  26. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Georges Louis
    Pierre LOUŸS

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Georges Louis

    Paris 15 mai 1916|11 x 16 cm|6 pages sur un double feuillet et un feuillet simple
    Autograph letter from Pierre Louÿs signed with his initial, addressed to Georges Louis. Six pages written in violet ink on a double leaf and a single leaf. Central creases inherent to posting.
    Very fine letter addressed to his brother Georges Louis with whom Pierre Louÿs maintained a very intimate relationship and whom he considered as his own father.
    The question of the real identity of Pierre Louÿs's father still fascinates biographers today: "His father, Pierre Philippe Louis, [...] had married in 1842 Jeanne Constance Blanchin, who died ten years later after giving him two children, Lucie and Georges. In 1855, he remarried Claire Céline...
    €1,200
  27. "Je suis débordé."
    Jean WAHL

    "Je suis débordé."Signed autograph letter addressed to Marc Barbezat

    Paris 16 juin 1938|13.50 x 18.20 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe double
    Autograph letter signed by Jean Wahl addressed to Marc Barbezat, one and a half pages written in black ink on a sheet with Victoria Palace Hotel (Paris) letterhead. Envelope included. Transverse fold inherent to posting.
    Jean Wahl was Marc Barbezat's examiner for the philosophy examination at the baccalauréat, and it was then that the two men became friends. In 1940, shortly after writing this letter, Barbezat would found the review L'Arbalète to which the philosopher would contribute by entrusting his very first poems to his young protégé. This review would subsequently become a publishing house that would notably publish Jean Genet's first and scandalous...
    €200
  28. "Oh ! En 1930 ce sera bien différent sans doute ; mais j'aurai 60 ans dans quinze ans ; et je m'inquiète d'abord de 1917 ; même de 1916."
    Pierre LOUŸS

    "Oh ! En 1930 ce sera bien différent sans doute ; mais j'aurai 60 ans dans quinze ans ; et je m'inquiète d'abord de 1917 ; même de 1916."Signed autograph letter addressed to Georges Louis

    Paris Lundi 11 septembre [1916]|13 x 20.50 cm|3 pages sur 2 feuillets
    Autograph letter signed with initial by Pierre Louÿs, addressed to Georges Louis. Two pages written in purple ink on two sheets. Central folds inherent to posting.

    Fine letter addressed to his brother Georges Louis with whom Pierre Louÿs maintained a very intimate relationship and whom he considered as his own father.

    The question of Pierre Louÿs' real paternal identity still fascinates biographers today: "His father, Pierre Philippe Louis, [...] had married in 1842 Jeanne Constance Blanchin, who died ten years later after giving him two children, Lucie and Georges. In 1855, he remarried Claire Céline Maldan, and from this union was...
    €1,000
  29. "Je vous recommande le Chardonne. Il m'a surpris par sa constance, dans une certaine voie."
    Jacques CHARDONNE

    "Je vous recommande le Chardonne. Il m'a surpris par sa constance, dans une certaine voie."Autograph letter signed by Jacques Chardonne

    s. l. s. d. [1966]|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter from Jacques Chardonne signed with his initials, 14 lines in blue ink.
    Fold inherent to postal handling. A date has been added at the top of the letter (Jan. 66), probably the date of receipt of this missive by the recipient.
    Minor spotting at the foot of the letter not affecting the text.
    Addressing an unidentified recipient, Jacques Chardonne invites his correspondent to obtain Christine Garnier's work "L'homme et son personnage" published by Grasset in 1955: "... Tachez de trouver ce livre, emportez-le, et gardez-le. Il peut vous être utile, plus tard, quand il y aura la nuit derrière vous." ["Try to find this...
    €350
  30. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Paul Dalloz
    Gustave DORÉ

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Paul Dalloz

    1874|13.20 x 20.70 cm|4 pages sur un double feuillet
    Autograph letter signed by Gustave Doré addressed to Paul Dalloz. Four pages written in black ink on a double sheet of white paper, with envelope.
    Fine letter full of torment, in which Gustave Doré dreads being supported again for the rank of officer in the Legion of Honor, he who was made chevalier in 1861 after the publication of Dante's Inferno and thanks to Paul Dalloz's intervention. Doré thanks him moreover for this past influence: "Je viens te remercier encore et du plus profond de mon cœur de l'amitié toute dévouée que vous m'avez témoignée dans ces dernières circonstances ; et je t'assure que je te conserve pour ce fait des sentiments aussi...
    €1,200
  31. "Je suis toujours enfermée pour écrire, ou sortir pour me promener."
    George SAND

    "Je suis toujours enfermée pour écrire, ou sortir pour me promener."Signed autograph letter addressed to Léon Curmer

    Paris jeudi 7 mai [1840]|13.60 x 20.90 cm|une page sur un double feuillet
    Autograph letter signed by George Sand addressed to publisher Léon Curmer. One page written in black ink on a double sheet.
    This letter was published in the complete correspondence compiled by Georges Lubin.
    "Monsieur, J'ai parcouru votre recueil avec beaucoup d'intérêt, et j'accepte la collaboration que vous m'avez offerte, mais je ne pourrais m'occuper de vous satisfaire que dans six semaines ou deux mois. Si cette époque vous convient veuillez bien me le faire savoir ainsi que les conditions de la rédaction." ["Sir, I have perused your collection with great interest, and I accept the collaboration you have offered me, but I could not undertake...
    €1,000
  32. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Antoinette Boulesteix
    Simone de BEAUVOIR

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Antoinette Boulesteix

    2 Juillet 1980|14.50 x 20.50 cm|1 page + 1 enveloppe
    Autograph letter signed by Simone de Beauvoir consisting of 9 lines addressed to Antoinette Boulesteix, with envelope enclosed.
    A central fold inherent to the mailing and an envelope mark at the foot of the letter, the envelope and letter having been glued together then separated.
    "Chère mademoiselle,
    je suis très touchée de cette lettre mais je n'ai pas le temps de rencontrer votre mère. Je quitte Paris pour aller me reposer à la campagne. Dites lui mes regrets, et croyez à mes meilleurs sentiments. Simone de Beauvoir."     ["Dear Mademoiselle, I am very touched by this letter but I do not have time to meet your mother. I am...
    €400
  33. "Je t'écris en courant ce matin ..."
    George SAND (to Gustave FLAUBERT)

    "Je t'écris en courant ce matin ..."Signed autograph letter addressed to Gustave Flaubert

    Nohant [Nohant-Vic] 6 mars 1876|13.20 x 20.70 cm|deux pages sur un feuillet remplié
    Autograph letter signed by George Sand addressed to Gustave Flaubert. Two pages written in black ink on a double sheet bearing, at the head of the first page, the sender's dry stamp.
    This letter was published in the complete correspondence of George Sand established by Georges Lubin.
    Fine letter written by George Sand a few months before her death and addressed to her lifelong friend, Gustave Flaubert.
    The writer wishes to offer her friend a seat so he may attend the revival of her play Le Mariage de Victorine : "Je t'écris en courant ce matin parce que je viens de recevoir de Mr Perrin avis de la 1ère représentation de la reprise du Mariage...
    €4,000
  34. "Je suis bien d'âge à être votre mère, car j'ai 55 ans, et j'ai de bonnes mains bien adroites, mais pas belles du tout."
    George SAND

    "Je suis bien d'âge à être votre mère, car j'ai 55 ans, et j'ai de bonnes mains bien adroites, mais pas belles du tout."Signed autograph letter addressed to Ernest Feydeau

    Nohant [Nohant-Vic] 16 août [18]59|13.50 x 20.90 cm|4 pages sur un double feuillet
    Autograph letter signed by George Sand addressed to Ernest Feydeau. Four pages written in blue ink on a double sheet bearing, at the head of the first page, the sender's blind stamp.
    This letter was published in the complete correspondence of George Sand established by Georges Lubin.
    Fine and lengthy letter discussing literature and friendship between writers.
    Initially a stockbroker and specialist in Antiquity, Ernest Feydeau launched himself late into fiction. Anxious to occupy a literary space in which he did not feel justly appreciated, he used his connections and maintained a regular epistolary relationship with illustrious correspondents...
    €4,800
  35. Manuscrit intitulé "De l'état de l'église en Gaule au Ve et VIe siècle"
    Gustave FLAUBERT

    Manuscrit intitulé "De l'état de l'église en Gaule au Ve et VIe siècle"

    s. l. s. d. [ca 1860]|19.60 x 31.70 cm|deux pages sur un feuillet
    Autograph manuscript by Gustave Flaubert entitled "De l'état de l'église en Gaule au Ve et VIe siècle", written in black ink on both sides of a sheet.
    Transverse fold.
    Extensive manuscript notes probably written in preparation for the writing of La Légende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier.
    Precious manuscript, evidence of the writer's working method.

    €4,000
  36. "On n'est jamais plus heureux et inspiré que quand on croit n'avoir pas le temps de l'être."
    George SAND

    "On n'est jamais plus heureux et inspiré que quand on croit n'avoir pas le temps de l'être."Signed autograph letter addressed to René Biémont

    Nohant [Nohant-Vic] 14 mars 1863|13.40 x 20.60 cm|3 pages sur un double feuillet
    Autograph letter signed by George Sand addressed to René Biémont. Three pages written in blue ink on a double sheet bearing at the head of the first page the blind stamp of Sand's initials. Envelope included.
    Folds inherent to mailing.
    This letter was published in the complete correspondence of George Sand established by Georges Lubin.
    Fine letter of congratulations addressed to René Biémont after sending his work Le Petit Fils d'Obermann:

    "Your little book is very original and you show qualities of talent that will develop, if you look ahead."



    As an attentive reader much solicited by her young peers, Sand...
    €2,500
  37. Lettre manuscrite adressée par Alphonse Boudard à son grand ami le journaliste bruxellois, grand ami et biographe de Georges Brassens, André Tillieu
    Alphonse BOUDARD

    Lettre manuscrite adressée par Alphonse Boudard à son grand ami le journaliste bruxellois, grand ami et biographe de Georges Brassens, André Tillieu

    Paris 31 Mars 1978|21 x 29.50 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Manuscript letter dated and signed with 15 lines from Alphonse Boudard to his great friend and companion for boozy lunches, the Brussels journalist André Tillieu, who was, like Alphonse Boudard, a great friend of Georges Brassens but also of Louis Nucéra.
    Envelope enclosed, with one crease inherent to the folding of the letter for mailing.
    "Old man,
    your wife told you that I received "l'Album de famille" and that I thank you... I'm running a bit late, but I have the devil's own workload! Screenplays, TV films and then my novel that I'm revising meticulously... like a motor before the twenty-four hours of Le Mans. Agreed for the meal with Jean Giono's...
    €150
  38. Lettre manuscrite adressée par Alphonse Boudard à son grand ami le journaliste bruxellois, grand ami et biographe de Georges Brassens, André Tillieu à propos de la réussite commerciale de son dernier ouvrage "Le Corbillard de Jules"
    Alphonse BOUDARD

    Lettre manuscrite adressée par Alphonse Boudard à son grand ami le journaliste bruxellois, grand ami et biographe de Georges Brassens, André Tillieu à propos de la réussite commerciale de son dernier ouvrage "Le Corbillard de Jules"

    Paris 4 Mars 1979|21 x 29.50 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Manuscript letter dated and signed, 23 lines by Alphonse Boudard to his great friend and companion of boozy lunches, the Brussels journalist André Tillieu who was, like Alphonse Boudard, a great friend of Georges Brassens but also of Louis Nucéra.
    Envelope included, a fold mark inherent to the letter being placed in the envelope.
    "Vieux,
    merci de ton petit mot... oui cette soirée était formidable. On va remettre ça dès que tu pointeras ton nez en pays civilisé (c'est à dire à Paris bien sûr) . Le livre (le Corbillard de Jules) a l'air de partir sur les chapeaux de roues... très bons papiers dans l'Express, Fr-soir, Figaro magazine...
    €200
  39. "à bientôt j'espère à la table des vieux de la vieille..."
    Alphonse BOUDARD

    "à bientôt j'espère à la table des vieux de la vieille..."Handwritten letter addressed by Alphonse Boudard to his great friend, the Brussels journalist, great friend and biographer of Georges Brassens, André Tillieu

    S. n.|Paris 8 Décembre 1980|21 x 29.50 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Manuscript letter dated and signed, 12 lines by Alphonse Boudard to his great friend and companion of boozy lunches, the Brussels journalist André Tillieu who was, like Alphonse Boudard, a great friend of Georges Brassens but also of Louis Nucéra.
    Envelope included, a fold mark inherent to the letter being placed in the envelope.
    "Vieux,
    merci , grand merci... avec un peu de retard excuse-moi... pour ton article. Comme toujours c'est le meilleur, le + complet... celui qui va au fond des choses... et qui part du coeur ! à bientôt j'espère à la table des vieux de la vieille... Mon amitié. Aboudard."
    André...
    €150
  40. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Narcisse Ancelle. "Je suis très attendu à Paris et à Honfleur"
    Charles BAUDELAIRE

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Narcisse Ancelle. "Je suis très attendu à Paris et à Honfleur"Autograph letter signed to Narcisse Ancelle. "I am eagerly awaited in Paris and in Honfleur"

    30 mai 1865|13.70 x 21.10 cm|une page sur un feuillet

    Autograph letter signed by Charles Baudelaire to Narcisse Ancelle, written in black ink on a sheet of blue paper.

    Folds from mailing, three minute pinholes not affecting the text.

    This letter was transcribed in the Complete Works volume 11 published in 1949 by L. Conard.

     

    A moving letter from Brussels addressed to the celebrated family notary who became in 1844 Charles's legal guardian, charged with managing his annuity and his exponential debts. A...

    €9,000
  41. "Si le "Nouvel Obs" me fait de pareilles fleurs, c'est que le climat change un peu..."
    Alphonse BOUDARD

    "Si le "Nouvel Obs" me fait de pareilles fleurs, c'est que le climat change un peu..."Handwritten letter addressed by Alphonse Boudard to his great friend, the Brussels journalist, great friend and biographer of Georges Brassens, André Tillieu

    S. n.|Paris 25 Septembre 1975|21 x 29.50 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Manuscript letter dated and signed, 18 lines from Alphonse Boudard to his great friend and companion of wine-soaked lunches, the Brussels journalist André Tillieu who was, like Alphonse Boudard, a great friend of Georges Brassens but also of Louis Nucéra.
    Envelope included, a fold mark inherent to placing the letter in the envelope.
    "Friend,
    thank you for sending me this cutting. I hadn't noticed it. If "Nouvel Obs" pays me such compliments it's because the climate is changing a bit... indeed! Didn't receive your note with the article for "Relax"; the last thing I received was the piece from "Rail" I thought it was from you under a pseudonym. See you...
    €200
  42. "Ca fait toujours plaisir de savoir que la Cerise a des lecteurs compétants... (les autres achètent n'importe quoi... Papillon, Sagan ou Guy Descar...)"
    Alphonse BOUDARD

    "Ca fait toujours plaisir de savoir que la Cerise a des lecteurs compétants... (les autres achètent n'importe quoi... Papillon, Sagan ou Guy Descar...)"Handwritten letter addressed by Alphonse Boudard to his great friend, the Brussels journalist, great friend and biographer of Georges Brassens, André Tillieu

    S. n.|Paris 7 Octobre 1974|21 x 29.50 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Handwritten letter dated and signed with 20 lines from Alphonse Boudard to his great friend and companion of well-watered lunches, the Brussels journalist André Tillieu, who was, like Alphonse Boudard, a great friend of Georges Brassens but also of Louis Nucéra.
    Envelope included, a fold mark inherent to the letter's placement in the envelope.
    "Ami,
    merci de ton petit mot... Ca fait toujours plaisir de savoir que la Cerise a des lecteurs compétants (sic)... (les autres achètent n'importe quoi... Papillon, Sagan ou Guy Descar...) Le "Cinoche" est en panne. Il faudrait qu'ils me filent le Renaudot pour bien faire... mais...
    €250
  43. Lettre manuscrite adressée par Alphonse Boudard à son grand ami le journaliste bruxellois, grand ami et biographe de Georges Brassens, André Tillieu
    Alphonse BOUDARD

    Lettre manuscrite adressée par Alphonse Boudard à son grand ami le journaliste bruxellois, grand ami et biographe de Georges Brassens, André Tillieu

    Flammarion|Paris 3 Octobre 1975|21 x 29.50 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Handwritten letter dated and signed with 11 lines from Alphonse Boudard to his great friend and companion of well-watered lunches, the Brussels journalist André Tillieu, who was, like Alphonse Boudard, a great friend of Georges Brassens but also of Louis Nucéra.
    Envelope included, a fold mark inherent to the letter's placement in the envelope.
    "Pote,
    bien reçu les numéros de "Relax"... que te dire ? ... merci bien sûr, mais je crois que c'est superflu. Je ne sais pas si je mérite toutes ces fleurs. en tout cas à bientôt j'espère devant le pot de l'amitié. Aboudard." ["Mate, received the issues of 'Relax'... what can I say?...
    €150
  44. La première lettre manuscrite adressée par Alphonse Boudard à son grand ami André Tillieu, grand ami et biographe de Georges Brassens
    Alphonse BOUDARD

    La première lettre manuscrite adressée par Alphonse Boudard à son grand ami André Tillieu, grand ami et biographe de Georges Brassens

    S. n.|Paris 1er Avril 1972|21 x 27 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Handwritten letter dated and signed, 24 lines by Alphonse Boudard to his great friend and companion in well-watered lunches, the Brussels journalist André Tillieu who was, like Alphonse Boudard, a great friend of Georges Brassens but also of Louis Nucéra.
    A handwritten note inscribed in black felt-tip pen by André Tillieu at the head of the letter: "1st letter from Alphonse".
    Envelope included.
    "Dear André Tillieu,
    the second copy, that comes from Louis     (Nucéra)... he must no longer have remembered that you were on the list and I saw that the first copy had gotten lost... (which often happens!) Of course give it to a broke...
    €200
  45. "... en ce moment le livre est en rade... Nos Giscard, Chaban, Mitterrand retiennent toute l'attention du public..."
    Alphonse BOUDARD

    "... en ce moment le livre est en rade... Nos Giscard, Chaban, Mitterrand retiennent toute l'attention du public..."Handwritten letter addressed by Alphonse Boudard to his great friend, the Brussels journalist, great friend and biographer of Georges Brassens, André Tillieu

    S. n.|Paris 22 Avril 1974|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Manuscript letter dated and signed, 27 lines from Alphonse Boudard to his great friend and companion in boozy lunches, the Brussels journalist André Tillieu who was, like Alphonse Boudard, a great friend of Georges Brassens but also of Louis Nucéra.
    Envelope included.
    This is the first manuscript letter in which Alphonse Boudard adopts the familiar form of address with his Brussels friend.
    "Ami,
    merci de ton petit mot. Je suis sûr que ton papier de Relax sera de première. En ce moment le livre est en rade... Nos Giscard, Chaban, Mitterrand retiennent toute l'attention du public. En + j'ai eu un mauvais article de Mathieu Galey dans l'Express...
    €200
  46. Bristol manuscrit adressé à son grand ami le journaliste bruxellois, grand ami et biographe de Georges Brassens, André Tillieu
    Alphonse BOUDARD

    Bristol manuscrit adressé à son grand ami le journaliste bruxellois, grand ami et biographe de Georges Brassens, André Tillieu

    S. n.|Paris 5 Octobre 1995|12.50 x 8.50 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Manuscript letter on headed paper of 17 lines by Alphonse Boudard, from his home at 11 rue Henri Monnier in the ninth arrondissement of Paris, to his great friend and companion of well-watered lunches, the Brussels journalist André Tillieu who was, like Alphonse Boudard, a great friend of Georges Brassens but also of Jean Giono.
    A date, 5 X 95, and the mention "Mourir d'enfance", written in pencil by André Tillieu, on the letter. Envelope included.
    "Cher André,
    bien reçu ton article qui est comme d'habitude chaleureux et remarquable à tous égards. Tu y dis toujours des choses qui me vont droit au coeur. La carrière du livre se poursuit au mieux, mais les temps sont...
    €150
  47. Bristol manuscrit adressé à son grand ami le journaliste bruxellois, grand ami et biographe de Georges Brassens, André Tillieu
    Alphonse BOUDARD

    Bristol manuscrit adressé à son grand ami le journaliste bruxellois, grand ami et biographe de Georges Brassens, André Tillieu

    S. n.|Paris 20 Octobre 1989|15 x 11 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Signed manuscript letter on headed paper of 20 lines dated by Alphonse Boudard, from his home at 11 rue Henri Monnier in the ninth arrondissement of Paris, to his great friend and companion of well-watered lunches, the Brussels journalist André Tillieu who was, like Alphonse Boudard, a great friend of Georges Brassens but also of Jean Giono.
    Envelope included.
    "Vieux,
    Merci de ton aimable petit mot...
    Enfin j'ai fait ce que j'ai pu et si le résultat a été bon, tant mieux.
    Je n'arrive plus à remettre la main sur un exemplaire de la Méthode"     ["Old friend,
    Thank you for your kind little note...
    Well, I did what I could and if the result was...
    €150
  48. "Sans doute en novembre je me naturalise belge un jour ou deux, ce qui nous permettra de nous rencontrer autour du verre de l'amitié..."
    Alphonse BOUDARD

    "Sans doute en novembre je me naturalise belge un jour ou deux, ce qui nous permettra de nous rencontrer autour du verre de l'amitié..."Bristol manuscript addressed to his great friend, the Brussels journalist, great friend and biographer of Georges Brassens, André Tillieu

    S. n.|Paris 18 Octobre 1993|14.50 x 10.50 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Signed manuscript card of 19 lines from Alphonse Boudard to his great friend and companion of well-watered lunches, the Brussels journalist André Tillieu, who was, like Alphonse Boudard, a great friend of Georges Brassens but also of Jean Giono.
    A date (18.10.93) and the mention "Saint Frédo" ["Saint Frédo"] (a book by Alphonse Boudard recently published) inscribed in pencil and blue pen on the card by André Tillieu.
    Envelope included.
    "Vieux,
    Merci cent mille fois pour cet admirable papier qui complète celui de Louis     (Nucéra) dans le journal du dimanche. Les fautes ? Les éditeurs ne nous donnent plus un second jeu d'épreuves... d'où ces bavures !...
    €150
  49. Recueil de sentences
    ANONYME

    Recueil de sentences

    1730|In-4|relié
    Anonymous manuscript of Latin quotations. Large alphabetical table listing the themes of the quotations. Each page is composed of 2 main columns, with the translation in the margin and the quotation opposite. The work proceeds by authors and works: Juvenal, Horace (The Odes and Epodes), Propertius and Tibullus, Lucan (The Pharsalia), Petronius; Ovid (Book of Fasti, The Loves, Heroides, Letters, Elegies, The Metamorphoses); Virgil (The Aeneid, Eclogues, Georgics); Martial (Epigrams); Seneca (Tragedies).
    From page 169, the handwriting is different, more careful, more spaced out, with initial letters, capitals... (some titles and letters in bold). Each quotation is preceded by a thematic...
    €700
  50. Lettre autographe signée inédite adressée à Michel Fardoulis-Lagrange : "Dites-moi : IIIe Convoi ne nous a tout de même pas habitués à cette allure ! "
    André BRETON

    Lettre autographe signée inédite adressée à Michel Fardoulis-Lagrange : "Dites-moi : IIIe Convoi ne nous a tout de même pas habitués à cette allure ! "

    Paris 16 février 1947|20.80 x 27 cm|une page sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe
    Unpublished autograph letter signed by André Breton addressed to Michel Fardoulis-Lagrange, written in black ink on a sheet with letterhead of the International Surrealist Exhibition 1947. Envelope included. Transverse folds inherent to mailing.
    Interesting letter evoking the review Troisième Convoi founded by Jean Maquet and Michel Fardoulis-Lagrange, written shortly before the second surrealist exhibition at the Maeght gallery: "Dites-moi : IIIe Convoi ne nous a tout de même pas habitués à cette allure ! " ["Tell me: IIIe Convoi has not exactly accustomed us to this pace!"]. The review, whose title was inspired by Vases communicants...
    €700
  51. Faire-part de mariage de Boris Vian et Ursula Kübler [joint] enveloppe autographe
    Boris VIAN

    Faire-part de mariage de Boris Vian et Ursula Kübler [joint] enveloppe autographe[Wedding announcement of Boris Vian and Ursula Kübler [with] autograph envelope]

    Paris janvier 1954|29.10 x 18.20 cm|une carte pliée et une enveloppe
    Wedding announcement of Boris Vian and Ursula Kübler. On the left panel is mounted a photograph of Vian and his wife in their famous 1911 Brasier Torpedo.
    Included is the envelope written in Boris Vian's hand in purple ink. Manuscript calculations in green ink on verso.
    Passionate about mechanics and driving, Boris Vian owned numerous car models; his favorite was undoubtedly his 1911 Brasier Torpedo, a former Marne taxi which he acquired in spring 1950.
    The marriage finally took place on February 8, 1954 at the town hall of the 18th arrondissement of Paris.
    €700
  52. "Je suis, de nouveau, en mauvais termes avec Max Ernst, Masson devenu gaulliste est parti hier pour Paris."
    André BRETON

    "Je suis, de nouveau, en mauvais termes avec Max Ernst, Masson devenu gaulliste est parti hier pour Paris."Unpublished signed autograph letter addressed to Marcel Jean

    New York 23 octobre 1945|17.10 x 25.40 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet et une enveloppe
    Unpublished autograph letter signed by André Breton addressed to Marcel Jean, two pages written in blue ink on a sheet. "Air mail" envelope enclosed. Creases inherent to mailing.
    This letter is mentioned and very briefly quoted in Marcel Jean's autobiography, Au galop dans le vent.
    Important and lengthy letter sent from New York when Breton, in exile since 1943 as he was considered a "dangerous anarchist" by the Pétainist government, was forced - like many intellectuals - to leave France in order to continue working. He shares with his friend the "overwhelming despair" ["l'accablement"] that the city brings him and one still senses his...
    €2,000
  53. "Le Cow-boy de Normandie" tapuscrit complet et signé de ce scénario de western parodique
    Boris VIAN

    "Le Cow-boy de Normandie" tapuscrit complet et signé de ce scénario de western parodique

    Paris 23 octobre 1953|21 x 27 cm|14 pages tapuscrites sous chemise + 1 enveloppe

    Complete typescript of a draft film script entitled “Le Cow-boy de Normandie.” Fourteen typed pages bound in a squared paper cover, inscribed in Boris Vian’s hand: “Projet de scénario – Boris Vian 6 bis Cité Véron Paris 18e.” Accompanied by the original envelope from the S.A.C.D.

    This script was later reproduced in the collection Rue des ravissantes and adapted as a short film by Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat in 2015.
    This parody of a western tells the story of Jim Lacy, a disillusioned cowboy who leaves Nevada in search of a more genuine land: Fleurville, in...

    €1,800
  54. " Et ce n'est pas un hasard si En attendant Godot, la pièce étonnante de Samuel Beckett, est une entrée de clowns qui dure deux heures, ne traite de rien en particulier, pose tous les problèmes, arrache le rire au moment où l'on devrait s'épouvanter "
    Boris VIAN (Samuel BECKETT)

    " Et ce n'est pas un hasard si En attendant Godot, la pièce étonnante de Samuel Beckett, est une entrée de clowns qui dure deux heures, ne traite de rien en particulier, pose tous les problèmes, arrache le rire au moment où l'on devrait s'épouvanter "Article on the cabaret - Autograph manuscript partly unpublished

    s. n.|Paris s. d. [ca 1953]|21 x 27 cm|11 feuillets rédigés au recto
    Manuscript, partly unpublished, of an article on cabaret, nine pages plus two additional pages written in purple ink on perforated squared paper sheets. Numerous deletions and corrections as well as several additions. The sheets are numbered in the upper right margin from 1 to 9 then 12 and 13.
    The first nine sheets of this text, which was never published during Boris Vian's lifetime, were transcribed in Les Vies posthumes de Boris Vian by Michel Fauré (1975). The text was erroneously dated 1948 by Fauré: the mention of Samuel Beckett's En attendant Godot, whose premiere took place in 1953, makes this dating impossible.
    An interesting text evoking...
    €2,500
  55. "[J'ai] cessé depuis longtemps toute communication avec Mme Wanda de Sacher-Masoch"
    Léopold de SACHER-MASOCH

    "[J'ai] cessé depuis longtemps toute communication avec Mme Wanda de Sacher-Masoch"Signed handwritten letter

    1er juin 1893|11.30 x 17.70 cm|un feuillet
    Probably unpublished autograph letter, written by a secretary, dated 1st June 1893 and signed by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch to an unknown recipient, probably a lawyer. Handwritten note by Sacher-Masoch in the upper left margin of the letter: « Répondu le 1 mai 93 ».
    Two pages written in black ink on a bifolium.
    The writer is preparing for a possible lawsuit brought by his first wife Wanda, the inspiration for his famous novel La Vénus à la fourrure, who sought to reclaim what was owed to her and free herself from the fantasy she had embodied through her husband’s...
    €800
  56. "Enfin ! Considérant l'objet fermé, disons-nous qu'il n'y a plus qu'à attendre les événements..."
    André BRETON

    "Enfin ! Considérant l'objet fermé, disons-nous qu'il n'y a plus qu'à attendre les événements..."Unpublished signed autograph letter addressed to Jean Schuster

    Saint-Cirq-Lapopie 9 octobre 1956|13.50 x 18 cm|1 page sur un double feuillet et une enveloppe
    Autograph letter signed by André Breton addressed to Jean Schuster; one page written in black ink on a double sheet of white paper. Envelope included.
    The writing of this letter coincides with the publication date of the very first issue of the journal Le Surréalisme même: "At last! Considering the closed object, let us say that there is nothing left but to await events..." Breton, then at his house in Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, plans to return to Paris for this occasion: "This was necessary - and the great cold of the morning - to bring us back to Paris: we will be there Friday and I will stop by the Musset in the evening."
    Jean...
    €800
  57. "Contrairement à ce qu'on pourrait croire, je ne suis pas dans le coup"
    Antoine BLONDIN (to Roger NIMIER)

    "Contrairement à ce qu'on pourrait croire, je ne suis pas dans le coup"Press review with autograph comments addressed to his best friend Roger Nimier from Mayenne

    s. n.|Laval 11 septembre 1957|17 x 12.90 cm|2 feuillets avec coupures de presse contrecollées
    Amusing press review commented by Antoine Blondin addressed to Roger Nimier at his Parisian office at the N.R.F.
    Blondin sends his lifelong friend newspaper clippings from local papers which he pastes on squared sheets.
    Envelope included.
    Beautiful manifestation of the anarchist and zany spirit that guided the steps, not often steady but always soaked, of Antoine Blondin, and of the fraternal and thunderous friendship that united him with Roger Nimier.
    The star of sports journalism prepares for Nimier a collection of news items taken from Ouest France Mayenne:
    Feeding his own reputation as a ribald and...
    €700
  58. "N'oublie pas, pourtant, qu'à côté de Margaux, il y a Lafite et que Latour n'est jamais loin"
    Antoine BLONDIN (to Roger NIMIER)

    "N'oublie pas, pourtant, qu'à côté de Margaux, il y a Lafite et que Latour n'est jamais loin"Signed autograph letter addressed to his best friend Roger Nimier, a veritable review of the greatest French nectars

    Laval 23 octobre 1956|13.50 x 21 cm|2 feuillets + une enveloppe
    Long and exceptional autograph letter signed by Antoine Blondin, addressed to fellow Hussar Roger Nimier at his home on rue de Coëtlogon.
    Blondin plans a gargantuan feast, detailing at length the wines to be served for each guest, while indulging in witty reflections on man’s alcoholic ontology: "Si tu avais simplement lu 'Tiens, voilà du Bouddha !' d'Hubert Robert tu saurais : [...] que cet homme dualiste, sans unité intérieure, a besoin de Bourgogne et de Bordeaux."
    56 lines on two folded leaves.
    Envelope enclosed.
    Published in À mes prochains: lettres, 1943-1984, ed. Alain Cresciucci, 2009, p. 84.
    A fine expression of the anarchic spirit...
    €2,000
  59. Scène de théâtre autographe et cartes postales commentées adressées à son meilleur ami Roger Nimier : "Voilà le mot qu'il ne fallait pas prononcer... Il a le don de titiller mes vieux sphincters"
    Antoine BLONDIN (to Roger NIMIER)

    Scène de théâtre autographe et cartes postales commentées adressées à son meilleur ami Roger Nimier : "Voilà le mot qu'il ne fallait pas prononcer... Il a le don de titiller mes vieux sphincters"

    Laval 19 septembre 1957|17.20 x 22.10 cm|2 feuillets + 5 cartes postales + une enveloppe
    Precious autograph playlet signed by Antoine Blondin along with five postcards with autograph annotations detailing the locations of the scene, addressed to the hussar Roger Nimier at his Parisian office at the N.R.F.
    Blondin sends to his companion Nimier "Act II, Scene XXXII" of a play entitled "La Curée," a humorous and surreal dialogue in a bistro in Mayenne between a Boulevardier, a young girl accompanied by her little sister, and a waitress.
    79 lines on two leaves (3 pages numbered by the author).
    5 postcards of views of Mayenne numbered and annotated by the author (49 lines in total).
    Envelope enclosed.
    Published in À mes...
    €2,500
  60. "Je suis bien chagrin, outre que souffrant..."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "Je suis bien chagrin, outre que souffrant..."Signed autograph card addressed to Alidor Delzant

    Paris 30 janvier 1898|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte recto et une enveloppe
    Autograph postcard signed by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written on the front in black ink. Envelope enclosed.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was secretary and testamentary legatee of Edmond.
    "Je suis bien chagrin, outre que souffrant ; voici que pris de malaise, je ne pourrai me rendre demain à votre amicale invitation que je ne perdais pas de vue. Je vous ferai signe quand je commencerai à sortir de nouveau le soir ; si vous voulez bien." ["I am quite grieved, besides being unwell; here I am, taken with malaise, I will not be able to respond tomorrow to your...
    €1,350
  61. "Tout ce qui vécut autour de Verlaine s'efface donc..."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "Tout ce qui vécut autour de Verlaine s'efface donc..."Signed autograph card addressed to Alidor Delzant

    Paris 11 mars 1897|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte recto-verso et une enveloppe
    Autograph postcard signed by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written on both sides in black ink. Envelope enclosed.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was secretary and testamentary legatee of Edmond.
    "Tout ce qui vécut autour de Verlaine s'efface donc, aidé, tant mieux ! de la piété charmante et tendre de Madame Delzant. La gloire du Poëte se fait toujours solitaire." ["Everything that lived around Verlaine thus fades away, helped, so much the better! by the charming and tender piety of Madame Delzant. The Poet's glory always stands alone."] Delzant had...
    €1,500
  62. "Merci, cher Delzant, de me donner, le premier des deux, si aimablement, de vos nouvelles..."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "Merci, cher Delzant, de me donner, le premier des deux, si aimablement, de vos nouvelles..."Signed autograph card addressed to Alidor Delzant

    Paris 26 novembre 1897|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte recto-verso et une enveloppe
    Autograph signed postcard by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written on both sides in black ink. Envelope included.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was secretary and testamentary legatee of Edmond.
    "Merci, cher Delzant, de me donner, le premier des deux, si aimablement, de vos nouvelles ; et, ingrat, je n'ai pu me désengager précisément lundi prochain : mais, ici je mets les pieds dans le plat que diriez [vous] du suivant 6 décembre où je serais des vôtres ?" ["Thank you, dear Delzant, for giving me, first of the two, so kindly, your news; and, ungrateful as I am...
    €1,200
  63. "Que c'est gracieux de vous souvenir !"
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "Que c'est gracieux de vous souvenir !"Signed autograph card addressed to Gabrielle Delzant

    Paris 25 février 1898|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte recto-verso et une enveloppe
    Autograph signed postcard by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Gabrielle Delzant, wife of his friend Alidor, written on both sides in black ink. Envelope included.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was secretary and testamentary legatee of Edmond.
    "Que c'est gracieux de vous souvenir ! Je n'ai pas encore repris, au milieu de l'hôpital où je vis, femme, fille influenzées et moi pas quitte tout-à-fait d'un malaise, mes habitudes du soir..." ["How gracious of you to remember! I have not yet resumed, in the midst of the hospital where I live, with wife and daughter suffering from...
    €1,500
  64. "Ami, cher ami, à lundi et merci..."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "Ami, cher ami, à lundi et merci..."Autograph business card addressed to Alidor Delzant

    S. n.|Paris 23 janvier 1897|10.20 x 6.30 cm|une carte de visite et son enveloppe
    Signed autograph visiting card from Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant. Envelope included.
    ?Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was Edmond's secretary and testamentary legatee.
    "Ami, cher ami, à lundi et merci ; je ne vous ai pas répondu tout de suite parce que je m'attendais à vous rencontrer ces temps-ci." ["Friend, dear friend, until Monday and thank you; I did not answer you right away because I expected to meet you these days."]
    €1,200
  65. "Mon cher ami, veuillez présenter à Madame, en gardant pour vous, mes voeux simplement les meilleurs."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "Mon cher ami, veuillez présenter à Madame, en gardant pour vous, mes voeux simplement les meilleurs."Autograph business card addressed to Alidor Delzant

    S. n.|Paris 30 décembre 1892|10.40 x 6.30 cm|une carte de visite et son enveloppe
    Signed autograph visiting card from Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant. Envelope included.
    ?Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was Edmond's secretary and testamentary legatee.
    "Mon cher ami, veuillez présenter à Madame, en gardant pour vous, mes voeux simplement les meilleurs." ["My dear friend, please present to Madame, while keeping for yourself, my simply best wishes."]
    €1,200
  66. "L'aimable invitation me trouve ici, attendant, aux vitres que la dernière feuille vole."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "L'aimable invitation me trouve ici, attendant, aux vitres que la dernière feuille vole."Signed autograph card addressed to Alidor Delzant

    Valvins 25 novembre 1896|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte recto-verso et une enveloppe
    Autograph card signed by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written on both sides in black ink. Envelope included.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was secretary and testamentary legatee of Edmond.
    "L'aimable invitation me trouve ici, attendant, aux vitres que la dernière feuille vole. Vous me permettrez de m'en souvenir peu après ma rentrée à Paris." ["The kind invitation finds me here, waiting, at the windows for the last leaf to fly away. You will allow me to remember it shortly after my return to Paris."]


    €1,200
  67. "Je suis désastreux."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "Je suis désastreux."Signed autograph letter addressed to Alidor Delzant

    Paris 21 novembre 1892|11.20 x 134 cm|2 pages sur un double feuillet et une enveloppe
    Autograph letter signed by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant; two pages written in black ink on a double sheet. Envelope included.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was secretary and testamentary legatee of Edmond.
    "Je suis désastreux. Voici que lundi prochain, me rappelle-t-on à la maison, j'ai du envoyer, dans la soirée, un travail à Londres et qu'on a déjà remis au lundi suivant une invitation chez des amis, pour ce motif..." ["I am disastrous. Here it is that next Monday, I am reminded at home, I have to send, in the evening, some work to London and that an...
    €1,500
  68. "Que je suis aux regrets, d'avoir manqué votre aimable visite..."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "Que je suis aux regrets, d'avoir manqué votre aimable visite..."Autograph business card addressed to Alidor Delzant

    S. n.|Paris 16 mars 1893|10.40 x 6.30 cm|une carte de visite et son enveloppe
    Visiting card with autograph signature by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant. With envelope.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was Edmond's secretary and testamentary legatee.
    "Que je suis aux regrets, d'avoir manqué votre aimable visite ; à l'une de mes premières sorties après une indisposition ! et j'en veux au beau temps qui me tenta dehors." ["How I regret having missed your kind visit; during one of my first outings after an indisposition! and I blame the fine weather that tempted me outside."]
    €1,200
  69. Quatrain autographe signé adressé à Alidor Delzant
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    Quatrain autographe signé adressé à Alidor Delzant

    Valvins 4 juillet 1893|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte recto et une enveloppe
    Autograph quatrain signed by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written in black ink on the verso of a card. With envelope.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was Edmond's secretary and testamentary legatee.
    "Vole, avec ce qui t'environne / A Paraÿs, Lot-et-Garonne / Notre coeur, qui n'es pas pris qu'aux / Séductions des abricots" ["Fly, with all that surrounds you / To Paraÿs, Lot-et-Garonne / Our heart, which is not taken only by / The seductions of apricots"]
    Amusing stanza of thanks for sending apricots.
    €2,500
  70. Quatrain autographe signé adressé à Alidor Delzant
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    Quatrain autographe signé adressé à Alidor Delzant

    Valvins 13 octobre 1890|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte recto et une enveloppe
    Autograph quatrain signed by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written in black ink on the verso of a card. Envelope included.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was Edmond's secretary and testamentary legatee.
    "Vous n'avez pas su nos / Exclamations : Qu'est-ce ? / Avant tant de pruneaux / Savourés dans leur caisse" ["You did not know our / Exclamations: What is this? / Before so many prunes / Savored in their box"]
    Amusing stanza of thanks for the sending of prunes.
    €2,500
  71. "...je ferai part à Whistler de la jolie intention que vous eûtes..."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "...je ferai part à Whistler de la jolie intention que vous eûtes..."Signed autograph card addressed to Alidor Delzant

    Paris 7 février 1892|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte et une enveloppe
    Autograph letter signed by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written on the recto in black ink. Envelope included.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was Edmond's secretary and testamentary legatee.
    "Quels regrets, je dîne précisément ce soir dans mon voisinage, tout pris que je sois encore par un rhume absurde ; mais je ferai part à Whistler de la jolie intention que vous eûtes..." ["What regrets, I am dining precisely this evening in my neighborhood, taken as I still am by an absurd cold; but I will inform Whistler of the lovely intention you had..."]
    €1,500
  72. "Heureusement, vous êtes un de ceux avec qui l'on se sent, partout et même loin."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "Heureusement, vous êtes un de ceux avec qui l'on se sent, partout et même loin."Signed autograph card addressed to Alidor Delzant

    Paris 5 mai 1891|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte recto-verso et une enveloppe
    Signed autograph card from Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written on both sides in black ink. Envelope included.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was Edmond's secretary and testamentary legatee.
    "Je prends part à votre deuil, voulez-vous en assurer Madame Delzant, dont seule la délivrance de votre malheureuse parente par elle entourée de soins, peut adoucir le chagrin. [...] Heureusement, vous êtes un de ceux avec qui l'on se sent, partout et même loin." ["I share in your grief, would you please assure Madame Delzant of this, for whom only the deliverance of your...
    €1,200
  73. "J'attends à chaque minute un télégramme qui m'appelle à Londres..."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "J'attends à chaque minute un télégramme qui m'appelle à Londres..."Signed autograph card addressed to Alidor Delzant

    Paris 2 avril 1896|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte et une enveloppe
    Signed autograph card from Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written on the recto in black ink. Envelope included.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was Edmond's secretary and testamentary legatee.
    "Merci de songer à moi qui ne vous oublie. J'attends à chaque minute un télégramme qui m'appelle à Londres, où je passerai vraisemblablement toute la semaine de Pâques..." ["Thank you for thinking of me who does not forget you. I am expecting at any moment a telegram calling me to London, where I will most likely spend the entire Easter week..."]


    €1,200
  74. "La délicate caisse était votre souhait d'accueil..."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "La délicate caisse était votre souhait d'accueil..."Signed autograph card addressed to Gabrielle Delzant

    Paris 24 octobre 1894|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte recto-verso et une enveloppe
    Autograph letter signed by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Gabrielle Delzant, wife of his friend Alidor, written on both sides in black ink. Envelope included.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. A friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was Edmond's secretary and testamentary legatee.
    "La délicate caisse était votre souhait d'accueil, à notre rentrée avant-hier ; et moi qui me plaignais tant à ces dames qu'elles m'eussent privé des toutes dernières feuilles mortes, voici qu'à un point de vue poétique différent, ces pruneaux les remplacèrent aussitôt..." ["The delicate box was your welcoming wish, upon our return...
    €1,350
  75. "Je le craignais, que vous n'eussiez pas rencontré M. York Powell, en le voyant, l'autre soir, apparaître rue de Rome."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "Je le craignais, que vous n'eussiez pas rencontré M. York Powell, en le voyant, l'autre soir, apparaître rue de Rome."Signed autograph card addressed to Alidor Delzant

    Paris 26 avril 1895|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte recto-verso et une enveloppe
    Autograph letter signed by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written on both sides in black ink. Envelope included.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. A friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was Edmond's secretary and testamentary legatee.
    "Je le craignais, que vous n'eussiez pas rencontré M. York Powell, en le voyant, l'autre soir, apparaître rue de Rome. Encore rapportez-vous du merveilleux Oxford un souvenir..." ["I feared as much, that you had not met M. York Powell, seeing him, the other evening, appear on rue de Rome. Still you bring back from wonderful Oxford a memory..."]
    Mallarmé had...
    €1,500
  76. "Mais voulez-vous que je m'invite pour aujourd'hui en huit..."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "Mais voulez-vous que je m'invite pour aujourd'hui en huit..."Signed autograph card addressed to Alidor Delzant

    Paris 12 avril 1896|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte recto-verso et une enveloppe
    Autograph postcard signed by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written on both sides in black ink. Envelope included.
    ?Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was Edmond's secretary and testamentary legatee.
    "Here I am, not having gone to London, warned late that the reason for my journey was no longer necessary: I replaced this with a trip to the countryside, from which I do not return in time to warn you. But would you like me to invite myself for today in eight [...] ?"



    €1,500
  77. Lettre autographe signée datée du 15 juillet 1953
    Félicien MARCEAU

    Lettre autographe signée datée du 15 juillet 1953

    s. l. 15 juillet 1953|21 x 27 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Autograph letter dated and signed, one page, from Félicien Marceau to Huguette Godin (18 lines in blue ink) in which he thanks her for the benevolent review of his latest work recently published: "L'homme du roi": "Les éditions Gallimard viennent de m'envoyer l'excellent article que vous avez bien voulu me consacrer. Excellent à tous les points de vue, pour moi et en soi, notamment, tout ce que vous dites de L'homme du roi m'a ravi." ["Gallimard publishers have just sent me the excellent article you were kind enough to devote to me. Excellent in all respects, for me and in itself, particularly, everything you say about L'homme du roi delighted me."]
    Félicien Marceau...
    €100
  78. Carte postale autographe signée datée du 25 août1953 adressée au poète Charles Dobzynski
    Dominique ELUARD

    Carte postale autographe signée datée du 25 août1953 adressée au poète Charles Dobzynski

    s. l. 25 Août1953|14.50 x 10.50 cm|une feuille
    Autograph postcard dated and signed by Dominique Eluard addressed to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski: "J'ai votre livre ici. Ecrivez-moi en septembre, à St Tropez - D'Astier y sera. Puis-je lui parler des projets pour la rentrée ? Amitiés. Dominique Eluard." ["I have your book here. Write to me in September, at St Tropez - D'Astier will be there. May I speak to him about the projects for the start of term? Best wishes. Dominique Eluard."]
    The postcard shows a view of Carrara.

    €50
  79. "Tous mes voeux, mon cher Delzant..."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "Tous mes voeux, mon cher Delzant..."Signed autograph card addressed to Alidor Delzant

    Paris 1er janvier 1892|8.80 x 11.40 cm|une carte recto-verso et une enveloppe
    Autograph letter signed by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written on both sides in black ink. With envelope.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. A friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and served as secretary and testamentary legatee to Edmond.
    Charming letter in which the poet sends his wishes to his friend for the new year: "Tous mes voeux, mon cher Delzant ; et veuillez les rendre charmants, pour les déposer aux pieds de Madame." ["All my wishes, my dear Delzant; and please make them charming, to lay them at Madame's feet."]


    €1,350
  80. "...vous songez si j'ai été touché de la lettre de Monsieur Louis Dyer..."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "...vous songez si j'ai été touché de la lettre de Monsieur Louis Dyer..."Signed autograph card addressed to Alidor Delzant

    Paris 12 février 1894|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte recto-verso et une enveloppe
    Autograph letter signed by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written on both sides in black ink. With envelope.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. A friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and served as secretary and testamentary legatee to Edmond.
    Mallarmé mentions a future stay in Oxford and thanks Delzant for having recommended him to a friend: "...vous songez si j'ai été touché de la lettre de Monsieur Louis Dyer, de qui me voici connu tout de suite et comme anciennement, à travers vous. Je lui réponds, avant que je ne fasse, si heureux, sa connaissance. Hôte, je ne pourrai l'être, M. Powell, qui a eu...
    €1,800
  81. "...j'ai, du reste, à vous parler de M. Dyer."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "...j'ai, du reste, à vous parler de M. Dyer."Signed autograph card addressed to Alidor Delzant

    Paris 11 mars 1894|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte recto et une enveloppe
    Autograph card signed by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written on the recto in black ink. Envelope attached.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was the secretary and testamentary legatee of Edmond.
    Card written upon return from a trip to Oxford during which Mallarmé gave a lecture on aesthetics: "...j'ai, du reste, à vous parler de M. Dyer." ["...I have, moreover, to speak to you about M. Dyer."] Louis Dyer, friend of Delzant, is an Oxford alumnus and was then professor of Greek at Harvard. Through Delzant's intermediary, he had offered hospitality to...
    €1,800
  82. Carte autographe signée adressée à Alidor Delzant : "A lundi..."
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    Carte autographe signée adressée à Alidor Delzant : "A lundi..."

    Paris 22 novembre 1895|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte recto et une enveloppe
    Signed autograph card from Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written on the recto in black ink. Envelope included.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was Edmond's secretary and testamentary legatee.
    "A lundi et merci de vous souvenir ; je vous presse impatiemment la main et vous prie de présenter mon hommage à Madame." ["Until Monday and thank you for remembering; I impatiently press your hand and ask you to present my respects to Madame."]



    €1,350
  83. "...mon ami Muhlfeld [...] me prie d'être témoin à son mariage"
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    "...mon ami Muhlfeld [...] me prie d'être témoin à son mariage"Signed autograph card addressed to Alidor Delzant

    Paris 15 avril 1896|11.40 x 8.80 cm|une carte recto et une enveloppe
    Signed autograph card from Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant, written on the recto in black ink. Envelope included. A small water stain affecting the beginning of the card, without hindering readability.
    Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was Edmond's secretary and testamentary legatee.
    "Voici que j'écris un jour trop tôt, je suis confus : mon ami Muhlfeld qui me prie d'être témoin à son mariage, ce lundi prochain..." ["Here I am writing a day too early, I am confused: my friend Muhlfeld who asks me to be witness at his wedding, this coming Monday..."]
    "On...
    €1,500
  84. Manuscrit autographe inédit d'un projet de sketch de Boris Vian intitulé "Deux heures de colles"
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrit autographe inédit d'un projet de sketch de Boris Vian intitulé "Deux heures de colles"[Unpublished autograph manuscript of a sketch project by Boris Vian entitled "Deux heures de colles"]

    s. d. [circa 1950]|21 x 27 cm|8 pages sur 8 feuillets & 10 pages sur 10 feuillets
    Complete unpublished autograph manuscript of a sketch project by Boris Vian entitled "Deux heures de colles". Each bundle, containing eight and ten sheets respectively, is held together with a staple. The first, written in different colored inks and featuring numerous crossings-out, additions and small marginal drawings, comprises two sheets of ideas for the sketch outline, one sheet describing its structure and five sheets of text and stage directions. The second, less corrected and entirely written in green ink, is a final version of the text incorporating the structure and ideas from the first draft without preserving them in their entirety.
    In these notes, never...
    €2,000
  85. "Je ne veux pas du tout vous laisser croire que l'oeuvre de Claude Farrère, les Petites Alliées, est un ouvrage de basse littérature"
    RACHILDE

    "Je ne veux pas du tout vous laisser croire que l'oeuvre de Claude Farrère, les Petites Alliées, est un ouvrage de basse littérature"Autograph letter signed about Claude Farrère

    Bas-Vignons 24 août 1910|13.70 x 21 cm|2 pages sur un double feuillet
    Unpublished autograph letter signed by Rachilde, two pages written in black ink on a double sheet with Mercure de France letterhead.
    Interesting letter addressed to an unknown recipient, perhaps a "naval officer". Rachilde defends Les Petites Alliées by Claude Farrère and his style in general: "Je ne veux pas du tout vous laisser croire que l'oeuvre de Claude Farrère, les Petites Alliées, est un ouvrage de basse littérature [...] Claude Farrère est un très joli écrivain qui joint aux becs de sa plume une pointe de dandysme, laquelle pointe peut le faire mal juger aussi bien par vous que par moi, mais n'en demeure pas moins...
    €400
  86. "on passe des bachots à tout âge !"
    Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE

    "on passe des bachots à tout âge !"Signed autograph letter addressed to Master Thorvald Mikkelsen

    s. l. • [Klarskovgaard] 28 octobre 1950|21 x 34 cm|1 pages sur un feuillet
    Partly unpublished autograph letter signed by "your touchy LF" Louis-Ferdinand Céline addressed to his lawyer, Maître Thorvald Mikkelsen. One page written in blue ink on a large sheet of white paper; number "563" in Céline's hand in the upper left corner in red pencil.
    Transverse folds inherent to the mailing.
    This letter was very partially transcribed in the Année Céline 2005.
    Céline, after days of suffering from the cold, is delighted to announce to his friend that he has received heating: "Le fourneau se pose en ce moment. Je ne sais pas si la maison y résistera l'on verra !" ["The stove is being installed right now. I don't know...
    €1,000
  87. "Il paraît qu'il est question de me poursuivre à nouveau d'après Les Beaux Draps... "
    Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE

    "Il paraît qu'il est question de me poursuivre à nouveau d'après Les Beaux Draps... "Signed autograph letter addressed to Master Thorvald Mikkelsen

    s. l. • [Klarskovgaard] 7 octobre 1950|21 x 34 cm|2 pages sur 2 feuillets
    Partly unpublished autograph letter signed by Louis-Ferdinand Céline addressed to his "dear Master and defender" Maître Thorvald Mikkelsen. Two pages written in blue ink on two large sheets of white paper; numbers "580" and "581" in Céline's hand in the upper left corner in red pencil.
    Transverse folds inherent to the mailing.
    This letter was very partially transcribed in the Année Céline 2005.
    Autograph letter signed by Louis-Ferdinand Céline addressed to his "dear Master and defender" Maître Thorvald Mikkelsen. Two pages written in blue ink on two large sheets of white paper; numbers "580" and "581" in Céline's hand in the upper...
    €1,800
  88. "Je viens de perdre à l'hospice d'Angers encore une dernière parente"
    Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE

    "Je viens de perdre à l'hospice d'Angers encore une dernière parente"Signed autograph letter addressed to Master Thorvald Mikkelsen

    s. l. • [Klarskovgaard] 8 décembre 1950|21 x 34 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet

    Autograph letter signed, partly unpublished, by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, addressed to his lawyer, Maître Thorvald Mikkelsen. Two pages written in blue ink on a large sheet of white paper; numbered “575” in Céline’s hand in red pencil at the top left corner.
    Fold marks from mailing.
    This letter was only partially transcribed in Année Céline 2005, p. 64.
     
    A moving and bitter letter by Céline, who had just lost his aunt Amélie (the “Aunt Hélène” of Death on Credit), and witnesses the slow disappearance of the world he once knew. The writer finds solace in the memoirs of Élisabeth de Gramont, another...

    €1,700
  89. An exceedingly rare letter from Restif: « Les événemens du 18 fructidor' m'ont rendu la vie ... en affligeant mon cœur »
    Lettre autographe signée adressée à la citoyenne Fontaine
    Nicolas-Edme RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à la citoyenne Fontaine

    30 fructidor 1797 An V [16 septembre 1897]|18.50 x 21.30 cm|3 pages sur un double feuillet

    Extremely rare autograph letter signed « Restif Labretone » addressed to Citoyenne Fontaine. Three pages written in black ink on a double sheet of laid paper. Remains of a wax seal, folds inherent to mailing. 
    This letter was published, with some inaccuracies, in Lettres inédites de Restif de Labretone by V. Forest and É. Grimaud, 1883.

    €15,000
  90. "Propos d'un Normand" - Manuscrit autographe signé
    ALAIN

    "Propos d'un Normand" - Manuscrit autographe signé

    29 juin 1911|13.50 x 21 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet double
    Signed autograph manuscript by Alain bearing the title "Propos d'un Normand" and the mention "sans retard" in the upper left of the first leaf, two pages written in black ink on a double sheet.
    This text was published in the Propos d'un Normand de 1911.
    Interesting manuscript written following the appointment of Adolphe Messimy to the post of Minister of War: "Ce général ministre avait, en somme, très noblement répondu. Il faudra enfin décider, un jour ou l'autre, sans aucun mystère, que la Défense Nationale est républicaine." ["This general minister had, in sum, responded very nobly. We must finally decide, one day or another, without any...
    €750
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