Jean-Paulin Habans, known as PAULUS (1845-1908) singer and a - Lot 151

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Jean-Paulin Habans, known as PAULUS (1845-1908) singer and a - Lot 151
Jean-Paulin Habans, known as PAULUS (1845-1908) singer and actor. 23 L.A.S., 1875-1899, to his wife Rosa; 70 pages in various formats, 4 headed (Paulus Habans, Wine Proprietor, Paulus Publishing, Paulus Repertory, Eldorado), 4 envelopes, one address (defects, cracks and wetness). 3 L.A.S. are attached to his son Jean and his children (1908), a signed program of the Eldorado in Nice (1908), 2 cards, one signed and an attestation for a maid (1906). Plus 2 L.A.S. from Coquelin Cadet, one from Maurice Rostand, and one P.S. from Eugénie Buffet to Paulus; as well as a set of business cards of condolences after Paulus' death (June 1st 1908): Cassive, Harry Fragson, Félix Galipaux, Félix Mayol, Polin's wife, and two telegrams from Aristide Bruand and Max Dearly. Interesting intimate correspondence on the difficult married life of a successful singer. After the respectful and amorous letters of the beginning (they married in 1883), dissensions appear, the wife complaining of being abandoned by her husband who was too busy with his work. Barcelona 24 April 1896: "Don't be unfair - you have in me a model husband, a spirited man perhaps - don't complain, there are so many who are too phlegmatic. ...] Oh, how you can believe that your name is Madame Paulus [...] Come on, let's make up - I need it - I'm so fond of you - My wife, my Rosa, is my property, I'm mad at you [...] And then leave me alone with my other attachments - Shit for my other attachments, it's you who are my attachment"... A separation of property will take place in 1886, but they remain on good terms. He was continually on tour and wrote to him from Lyon, Brussels, Bucharest (5 November [1889]): "As for the countries I pass through, it is extraordinary to be impromptu [...] Wien has its chic - Budapest its originality and Bucharest its Rastaquouerism [...] My stay here is an emotion. The whole aristocracy has rented the beautiful squares for the 5 days"; it is the same in Saint Petersburg despite t
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