[Bernard VILLARET (1909-2006) writer and traveler]. Approximately 135 letters, mostly L.A.S. (some with drafts or double typescripts of replies), addressed to him, circa 1925-1959. Important collection of correspondence, first addressed to the doctor, then to the traveler, writer and lecturer, concerning in particular his stays in Polynesia and Tahiti with his wife Jacqueline. Robert Argod (with a fine large marine drawing), S. Arpels, Jacques Boullaire (34 ,plus drawings and engravings), Christian Caillaud, comte de Caraman, Jean Courbeyre, Roger Couvelaire, Luis de Errazu, R. Fillatrau, Alphonse Franck, Charles and Renée Jan, capitaine Jaricot, baronne de Jouvenel, Jean Lépine, Chalotte de La Tremoille La Rochefoucauld, Pierre and Suzanne Marestaing, Stanley N. Miller (9), Yves Mirande, Paul Mousset, Paul Pétard, Jean Psichari, Gustave Quinson, Jane Renouardt, Ada Rebikoff, Victor A. de Sanctis (9), Alfred Stirling, Alexandre Stourdza, Villaret family (including a long letter from Bernard de Tahiti), etc. Business cards, vernissage cards and various documents are enclosed, including amusing illustrated letters by Georges (Villaret?) to Annecy in 1901; plus a few old parchments and documents.