Jean PSICHARI (1854–1929). Autograph poem, *L’Ancêtre* [1888], and autograph letter, October 14, 1883, to Sophie Berthelot; 1 page in-8 each. “L’Ancêtre.” A powerful poem in three quatrains on the creation of the world: “The molten earth blazed, an enormous furnace”… October 14, 1883. A very beautiful letter of condolence to Mrs. Sophie Berthelot following the death of her brother, the scientist Alfred Niaudet: “When one has a passionate devotion to one’s loved ones, the voids that are thus created squeeze the heart with great pain”… Enclosed is a photograph showing him with his wife and their three young children, dressed in their Sunday best, at the Campane.