Raymond de LA TAILHÈDE (1867-1938). Autograph manuscript, Le deuxième Livre des Odes, [1920?]; 13 pages in-4 (pag. 1 to 14, missing p. 11, end of Ode III) in blue ink, plus title page on yellow paper, bound in half-heaven havana with corners (Aussourd; blunt caption with capes and corners). This is probably the manuscript used for the 1920 Bernouard edition, printed in 280 copies. The second book includes 4 Odes: I In Praise of Athens, II To Jean Moréas, III To Maurice du Plessys, IV Victory Song. Let's mention the beginning of the Éloge d'Athènes, which has 9 sizains: "Athens! honour of the Lyre! Your praise, I want to say it Like the Theban , with a voice Soft to the heart and strong to the ear, And Pindar, who marvels , The could less than I must " ...