Catulle MENDÈS (1841-1909). Autograph manuscript signed, Le rose et le noir; 7 oblong pages in-4, pasted on strong paper, bound in an oblong gray half-paper volume. Tale in three parts, the second one in verse: I L'amant trop discret, II Aubade printanière (sonnet), III Les draps. Attached is a L.A.S. to Octave Maus (8 p. in-8, mourning), looking for a theater in Brussels to stage his play; plus 2 bills a.s.