Autograph Letters & Manuscripts
Tuesday 16 March 2021 at 14:00
3, rue Favart, 75002 Paris
321 lots
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51 - OLYMPIC ANTHEM. P.S. by 11 musicians, [Lausanne May 1955]; 1 page in-4 glued to a manuscript in-fol. by a competitor. International Jury for the competition of a new Olympic Anthem in 1955. The unfortunate candidate, author of composition 365 submitted to the competition, relates the history of his composition, and of its failure; he pasted, in addition to the typed notice of refusal of Otto Mayer, Chancellor of the International Olympic Committee, the sheet bearing the number 365 signed by th
Estimate €200 - €300 -
52 - Vincent d'INDY (1851-1931). L.A.S., 10 May 1898, to a "dear comrade"; 3 pages in-8 (small mourning). He is very sensitive to the cordial sympathy of his letter, but reproves its exaggerations: "We are all the workers of the same work, the masons of the same monument, and whether we bring in a cut stone or a door lintel, as long as the material used is a piece of ourselves, with a portion of our heart, it will be good and lasting. The main thing, in order to raise the beautiful monument of Art
Result €256Estimate €200 - €250 -
53 - Charles LECOCQ (1832-1918). Autograph musical manuscript, Overture, 1853; 10 and a half pages in-fol. Early manuscript. Overture for piano in D major, marked at the beginning All° con fuoco. The manuscript, in brown ink on 16-line paper, is signed and dated "1853"; it presents several erasures and modifications, with two passages crossed out, and another modified by a collette.
Result €320Estimate €200 - €300 -
54 - Charles LECOCQ. Autograph musical manuscript for Le Petit Duc; 4 pages oblong in-4 of a 24-line bifeuillet (slightly cropped without loss of music, fold mark). Attached is an L.A.S. by Robert Planquette, June 8, 1886. Fragment of the orchestral score for Le Petit Duc, a comic opera in 3 acts, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, premiered at the Théâtre de la Renaissance on January 25, 1878. It is probably a variant of the beginning of scene 2 of act III, where Captain Montlandry
Result €128Estimate €100 - €150 -
55 - André MESSAGER (1853-1929). 27 L.A.S., 1888-1892, by Léonce Détroyat; 46 pages in various formats. Beautiful ensemble, notably on Madame Chrysanthème, a lyrical comedy by Messager based on a libretto by Hartmann and Alexandre, after Pierre Loti, premiered on 30 January 1893 in the new Théâtre Lyrique directed by Détroyat. 3 May [1889]. He had to give up working with Détroyat: a former collaborator reminded him of his promise to set a ballet to music, and "this ballet becomes an opera
Result €1,152Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
56 - Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-1992). L.A.S., August 19, 1949, [to Virginie ZINKE-BIANCHINI]; 1 page petit in-4. A big thank you for his catalogue [Olivier Messiaen composer and rhythmist: biographical note and detailed catalogue of published works], which is marvellous. "I distributed it to the students of my classes, to the interwiewes, to the great critics, everyone found it admirably written, admirably prepared, - and it was a great help to me - because the interwiewes succeeded the interwiewes, a
Result €640Estimate €400 - €500 -
57 - Giacomo MEYERBEER (1791-1864). 2 L.A.S., Berlin [March-April 1853, to Émile de Girardin]; 2 pages in-4 and 1 page in-8. Berlin 27 [March]. "Lady Tartuffe de Mme de Girardin's Lady Tartuffe has just been a resounding success at the Königstadt theatre in Berlin. The success of this ravishing work must be considered all the greater, since the theatre where it was performed is a second-rate theatre, whose actors rarely have the opportunity to perform the High Comedy. However, the artists, stimul
Result €384Estimate €300 - €400 -
58 - MUSIC. 17 L.A.S. Esprit Auber (to Émile Pereire), François Bazin, Ferdinand David, Charles Delioux, Georges Enesco (to Blanche Marchesi), Henri Herz (to Norblin), Stanislas Neyrat, Auguste Panseron (2), Joseph Poniatowski, Arthur Pougin (to Eduard Hanslick), Gustave Robert, Gustave Roger (to Hanslick), Ambroise Thomas (2, one of which is on his business card ; plus a signed circular), Pauline Viardot (2).
Result €640Estimate €250 - €300 -
59 - MUSIC. 14 L.A.S. Jules Massenet (with musical quotation), Gustave Nadaud (12, to Louis Binder at the Château de Petit-Bourg), Camille Saint-Saëns.
Result €320Estimate €200 - €300 -
60 - Jacques OFFENBACH (1819-1880). L.A.S., 4 December, to a "dear colleague"; half page in-8, heading Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens (under glass). "Do you want to give me a good dressing room today. Thank you and well to you "...
Result €281Estimate €100 - €150 -
61 - Louis-Ange PITOU (1767-1846) chansonnier. L.A.S., Paris May 20, 1820, to Édouard Mounier, Director General of the Police and Bookshop ; 2 pages in-fol. (frayed edges). Rare and curious letter about the Duke of Berry's deathbed. [Pitou published that same year The Martyr's Throne of February 13, 1820, forgotten, then requested from the owners, at the end of a month, by Monsieur, Count d'Artois (Duriez, 1820), and True Last Bed of Monseigneur le duc de Berry, on February 13, 1820; followed by
Estimate €200 - €250 -
62 - Raoul PUGNO (1852-1914). 11 L.A.S., 1906-1913, to his agent Albert Gutmann, in Vienna; 17 pages in various formats, most of them at his address of La Maison Blanche in Gargenville or with hotel letterheads (file holes). On the pianist's tours and concerts. Gargenville September 18, 1906. After having played in Elberfeld, Prague and Vienna, he could play in Budapest on November 23 and 28, before going to London for December 1st (the Queen's Hall, with orchestra). He is "eager to play again in
Result €256Estimate €250 - €300 -
63 - Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921). L.A.S., 14, rue Monsieur-le-Prince 14 April 1885, to a lady; 3 pages in-8 at her address and Ars Gallica sticker. "It is obvious that Bach is protecting you and no less obvious that he does not want me - the ungrateful one! The performance is officially announced for Monday and I am leaving tomorrow, urgently requested", and if an indisposition could postpone the performance at the last moment, "it would be useless, for I could not accompany these beautiful th
Result €358Estimate €200 - €250 -
64 - Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971). L.S., Hollywood March 20, 1961, to his agent Arnold Weissberger; 1 page in-4 dactyl. with his address at the top, signed in red pen; in English (file holes). He has just received his rights for the performance of The Firebird, but is astonished at the strange amount of money, because outside of ballet performances, everything else is missing ("outside of ballet performances, everything else is missing"). He has conducted the Suite many times in its new version (ne
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65 - Sigismund THALBERG (1812-1871). 5 L.A.S., 1845 and s.d., to the music publisher Étienne Masset, in Paris; 6 pages and a half in-4 or in-8, 2 addresses. Ems July 31, 1845. "In a few days I will send you the manuscripts of The Barber and of the piece from Le Pré aux clercs which will be easier than the other two "... 7 March. "You know that when this little discussion took place because of Don Pasquale, my wife demanded that I give her the manuscript. I asked her for it, and she refused it! -
Result €384Estimate €150 - €200 -
66 - François TRUFFAUT (1932-1984). Signed autograph manuscript, Le vieux marin rieur, 1981; 3 pages in-4 with erasures and corrections (rusty paper clip marks at the top, and a small wetness on the title). Homage to the American filmmaker Tay Garnett (1894-1977). This text served as a preface to Tay Garnett's posthumous book, A Century of Cinema (Hatier, 1981)". In the film by Fellini Otto and Mezzo the director Guido asks an old machinist, a former sailor, to perform a few tap dance steps bef
Result €2,048Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
67 - François TRUFFAUT. Typescript with autograph additions and corrections, La Femme d'à côté, and 3 autograph manuscripts, 1980; 12 pages in-4 (paginated 1-7 and 10-14, trace of rust from a paper clip), and 3 pages in-4. The monetized artistic list is attached with the contact details of the main actors. Interesting dossier on La Femme d'à côté, Truffaut's penultimate film, released in 1981, with Fanny Ardant and Gérard Depardieu. La Femme d'à côté (December 24, 1980). Typescript a
Result €7,936Estimate €1,200 - €1,500 -
68 - Joaquin TURINA (1882-1949). L.A.S., Madrid May 1919, to Georges Jean-Aubry, London; 2 pages oblong in-12, envelope (opened by censorship). For more than a year he has been asking everyone for his address: "Ricardo Viñes has been kind enough to tell me. First I would like to hear from you [...] Then I have some verses from you to set it to music and I would be delighted to do so, but we would have to come to an agreement, because perhaps you would like to send others or tell me something abou
Result €153Estimate €150 - €200 -
69 - [Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)]. L.A.S. (minute) addressed to him by the engineer Luigi Ronchetti, Milan 17 August 1895; 3 pages in-8 at his letterhead with erasures and corrections; in Italian. Back in Milan after an absence of a few days, he finds his letter of the 12th and a cheque on the Ricordi House in payment of his bill. He regrets not having been able to discuss his project with Verdi; he could clarify his ideas in person...
Estimate €100 - €150 -
70 - Charles-Marie WIDOR (1844-1937). Signed autograph manuscript, Le Cinquantenaire de l'Opéra, [1924]; 6 pages in fol. with erasures and corrections (typograph marks). On the fiftieth anniversary of the Opéra Garnier. Article published in Lectures pour Tous of January 1, 1925. Widor first mentions the inauguration ceremony of Charles Garnier's monument on January 5, 1875, listing the personalities, starting with the Marshal of Mac Mahon, President of the Republic... "It is to the masterpiece
Result €576Estimate €500 - €600 -
71 - Raymond ABELLIO (1907-1986). 30 L.A.S., 1948-1965, to Yvonne JUILLET; 48 pages in-8 or in-4 (including 3 typescripts with autogr. additions, one incomplete from the beginning). Important friendly, literary, philosophical and artistic correspondence. Yvonne JUILLET was a painter, and pupil of the painter Léon Detroy; she was the niece of Albert Thibaudet, and friend of Jean Paulhan. Most of this correspondence dates from 1949 to 1951, when Abellio was in exile in Switzerland. The letters ar
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72 - Éliane AMADO LÉVY-VALENSI (1919-2006) philosopher and psychoanalyst. 39 L.A.S., Saint-Mandé and Israel 1965-1990, to Max Bilen; 81 pp. in-4. A set of drafts of letters from Max Bilen to Éliane Amado Lévy-Valensi (about 69 pp. in-8) is attached, as well as a typescript detailing the list of published or ongoing works of Éliane Amado Lévy-Valensi (10 pp. in-4). Important correspondence exchanged on philosophical questions and their respective works, very often centered on the Jewish qu
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
73 - Guillaume APOLLINAIRE (1880-1918). L.A.S. "Gui", Nîmes 23 February 1915, to his mistress Louise de Coligny-Châtillon, "Lou"; 2 pages in-4 with the letterhead of the Café Tortoni in Nîmes (small slit in the middle horizontal fold, tiny tear under the signature). Beautiful love letter to Lou. [At this time, Apollinaire had just met Madeleine Pagès, but he still has more than tenderness for Lou, who remains a source of inspiration. They will see each other one last time on March 28th in Ma
Result €3,840Estimate €2,000 - €2,500 -
74 - [Guillaume APOLLINAIRE]. Autograph manuscript by Jacqueline APOLLINAIRE (1891-1967), Casanova; school notebook petit in-4 with pink cover of about 51 pages. A set of proofs (56 p.) is enclosed, the beginning alone (5 p.).) is corrected, dated March 22, 1951; the original edition (Gallimard, 1952), one of the 100 copies out of print (no. 1691), paperback, with request to insert. Complete manuscript, copied by his wife, of Apollinaire's Casanova. The manuscript, written on the front of the p
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75 - Philippe ARIèS (1914-1984). Signed autograph manuscript, Un historien de la société d'Ancien Régime, [1958 ] ; 6 and a half pages in-4. An a.s. manuscript by Pierre Gaxotte, on the biography of Henri IV by Maurice Andrieux (1955) is attached. "Marxist theory played a great role in the extension of history to the social and economic domains. Its influence is not disputable. But today, its rigidity and dogmatism no longer allow the new disciplines that it has given rise to to work off the
Result €448Estimate €200 - €300 -
76 - Jacques AUDIBERTI (1899-1965) writer. About 45 original drawings (2 signed with initials), one signed autograph manuscript, and fragments of autograph manuscripts, plus an L.A.S.; about 200 pages in various formats (several edges crumpled or a little crumpled). Attached is a small set of manuscript copies and typescripts of verse and prose. A fine set of drawings, most in pen and ink, others in pencil or coloured pencil: fantasy or heroic characters, dreamlike creatures and animals, female h
Result €1,280Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
77 - Gérard BAUËR (1888-1967). 3 autograph manuscripts signed, and about 60 letters addressed to him (most of them L.A.S.) with a few minutes of reply. Enclosed is a programme of the Conservatoire competition (6 July 1932) annotated by Bauër; and a file of press clippings: articles by Bauër and obituary articles. Articles from the series "Instants et Visages", or "La Ville et les Mœurs", signed with his name or pseudonym "Guermantes": Un philosophe ignoré (the failure of one of Maurice Cla
Result €384Estimate €300 - €400 -
78 - Pierre-Jean de BÉRANGER (1780-1857). 3 L.A.S., [1830-1838], to Félicité de Lamennais; 7 pages and a half in-4 or in-8, one address. February 5 [1830]. Sympathy for the warden, and complaints about the need to move... Passy July 20, 1834. Beautiful letter on Words of a believer: "You are thus designated to the vindictiveness of all Christendom. I have not often read encyclicals; but the one that strikes you has been the object of my full attention, less for what it contains than for the effe
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79 - Pierre-Jean de BÉRANGER. 14 L.A.S., 1814-1853; 28 pages various formats, 11 addresses (some defects, tear removing the signature to a letter). A l.a.s. by Felix Weingartner (1916), and 2 a.s. cards by the pianist Ella Pancera are attached. To the Comte d'Aure; to Jacques Babinet ("dear and illustrious scholar"); to Emily Clarke (praising her Chants d'une étrangère, evoking Mme Blanchecotte, Lamartine, etc.); to the comte d'Aure; to Jacques Babinet ("dear and illustrious scholar"); to Emil
Result €192Estimate €150 - €200 -
80 - Joe BOUSQUET (1897-1950). L.A.S., Carcassonne 27 February 1940, to "dear comrades"; 4 pages in-8 (small crack repaired). "I read with great pleasure the fascicles of Fontaine. Fondane, Yanette Delétang-Tardif, Decaunes, de Richaud. These are excellent writers who have been made writers by the height of their souls, the custodians of language. I congratulate you for having brought together these names in a summary which, along with their texts, presents only excellent texts. Humeau's article
Result €576Estimate €500 - €600 -
81 - Francis CARCO (1886-1958). 2 L.A.S., Paris 1935 and Dax 1938, in Tancrède de Visan, Lyon; 1 page in-4, 2 envelopes, and half-page oblong in-12 on the back of an illustrated postcard with address. A lithograph enhanced with DIGNIMONT's watercolor for the 1958 vows is attached, with p.a.s. of vows to "our dear Eliane and Francis". 7 January 1935. "My dear old man, thank you for your kind card that I found on my way back from Holland. I am delighted at the idea of seeing you again in a few day
Result €64Estimate €80 - €100 -
82 - Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE (1894-1961). L.A.S. "Louis", Copenhagen, August 2 [1947], to Georges Geoffroy, in Aix-les-Bains; 1 page in-fol. (upper edge slightly fringed), envelope. "My old man, don't forget if you are passing through Nice that you are expected at my father-in-law's and my mother-in-law's house - Pirazzoli [...] A room is there, ready for you - and your companion if that is your fantasy. Absolutely very happy to receive you. They won't bother you. You would be absolutely free. They
Result €512Estimate €400 - €500 -
83 - Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE. L.A.S. " LF ", [Copenhagen around 1948] 4 hours, [to Jean-Gabriel Daragnès] ; 1 page in-fol. " Oh bugger old man, you are imprecise ! What do you need in terms of a room - a bed? 2 BEDS? Be careful! This is serious. It's crowded. Fairs etc.! Answer by return. That zebra from Stockolm seems very confused to me too. So how many beds are there in England on such and such a date? "... He asks to bring sugar: "There's no atom! »
Result €512Estimate €400 - €500 -
84 - Sébastien Roch Nicolas CHAMFORT (1740-1794). 2 autograph manuscripts; 1 page and a half oblong page in-16. "The regent made an edit against those who would keep silver tableware and promised half of the sum to the delator. A magistrate went to him and said to him: "I am asking you for half of the crockery of a man whom I am going to denounce to you and who has a hundred thousand francs. I grant you this," said the Regent scornfully, "and who is this man? It is I who took the other who saved h
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85 - René CHAR (1907-1988). L.A.S., [L'Isle-sur-Sorgue] March 3, 1981, to M. Chaudezon, in Pernes (Vaucluse); 2 pages oblong in-8, envelope. Enclosed is the exhibition catalogue René Char: manuscripts illuminated by 20th century painters (Bibliothèque Nationale, 1980). He apologizes for his silence: "Twice I was annoyed to postpone the word I wanted to say to you. It was first and foremost: difficulties in my health [...]. Then difficulties of another kind to obtain the possibility of buying y
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86 - Jacques CHARDONNE (1884-1968). 28 L.A.S., La Frette 1960-1967, to Matthieu Galey; about 64 pages in-4. Very beautiful and interesting literary and friendly correspondence. We can only give here a too quick glimpse of these beautiful letters on squared paper (the one Chardonne used when he was telling the truth). October 6, 1960, about his text Le bonheur à Spetsai [published in Demi-jour], of which he is very happy; reflections on memory... January 17, 1962, noting the death of the novel:
Result €4,864Estimate €2,500 - €3,000 -
87 - Paul CLAUDEL (1868-1955). Autograph manuscript, Reader's Digest, [1947]; 2 pages in-4 (small tear at the lower edge with loss of two letters; typescript enclosed). Attached is a manuscript a.s. by Jacques AUDIBERTI, La Surpopulation, [1958] (4 pages and a half in-4 plus title, with erasures and corrections), review of La Surpopulation dans le monde by Gaston Bouthoul. Bouthoul" studies above all war and genital fertility, two powers that are constantly developing, working and draining the huma
Result €256Estimate €200 - €250 -
88 - Maurice CLAVEL (1920-1979). Signed autograph manuscript, Jeanne et ses auteurs, [1956] ; 9 pages in-4 (qqs leaves cut out for the composition, printer's marks). On Joan of Arc. Article for the weekly Arts, by the author of La Grande Pitié du Royaume de France (1956). Clavel evokes L'Alouette d'Anouilh, Jeanne d'Arc de Péguy, modern criticism, Vie d'Anatole France, Jeanne d'Arc and her judges by Thierry Maulnier, etc. Joan is in turn sublime, false, fearful... He questions her holiness, whic
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89 - Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963). Orphée, tragédie en un acte et un intervalle (Stock, Delamain et Boutelleau, 1927); in-8, cover and spine preserved, rel. black box (used and rubbed rel.). Copy featuring three original drawings and autograph notes. This copy of the original edition was used by Cocteau when he performed the role of the angel Heurtebise in the first revival by the Pitoëff company, from June 4 to 17, 1927, one year after the play's premiere, on June 17, 1926. Cocteau drew a star
Result €1,152Estimate €400 - €500 -
90 - Jean COCTEAU. 3 L.A.S., Paris 1932-1933, to Marcel Gouet, in Orléans; 4 pages various formats, 2 envelopes. - And 11 L.A.S. of Marcel KHILL to the same, 1931-[1939?]; 15 pages in-4, 3 envelopes. One joins 2 small photographs representing Cocteau, Christian Bérard and Marcel Khill (plus a cutout of Khill). Beautiful set on Cocteau and his companion Marcel Khill. [Cocteau met in 1932 the handsome Marcel KHILL (1912-1940), who would be his companion for several years. He will give him the r
Result €2,304Estimate €1,800 - €2,000 -
91 - Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963). L.A.S., Milly 18 June 1956, to his friend the painter Jean-Paul Brusset; 2 pages in-4 in pencil. Interesting letter on their collaboration for the decoration of the wedding hall of the town hall of Menton and the chapel Saint-Pierre of Villefranche-sur-Mer. "I cannot tell you how much the nobility of your letter touched my heart after the harshness of mine (which was a kind of trial from which you came out victorious). At the exact minute I find myself in the morgue
Result €512Estimate €400 - €500 -
92 - Jean COCTEAU. L.A.S. "Jean", St Jean Cap-Ferrat 20 April 1958, [to producer Denise Tual]; 2 pages in-4 at the address of Santo Sospir. Believing that he had committed no "indelicacy of heart", he wished to explain his attitude to Denise, who had promised him important funds that she did not have for her next film project. "I won't dare to throw myself headlong into a hazardous destiny, or knock on every door. ... I will postpone my project until my feet are on solid ground and allow my head to
Result €179Estimate €150 - €200 -
93 - Jean COCTEAU. L.A.S. "Jean", Palais-Royal 9 December 1959, to Marlene Dietrich; 2 pages in-8. "Sad away from you locked up in this exhausting task of the film I play, edit and mix myself [Le Testament d'Orphée]. I arrived from the coast where I had to do another take and I breathed in the drama of Fréjus. (The quay of Villefranche disappeared like a domino falling from a table). Tomorrow I'm filming again in Saint Maurice [...] every time I enter the projection room I think of you, sitting n
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94 - Jean COCTEAU. Autograph manuscript signed, Paris cœur à cœur, 1962; 1 large page in-fol. Preface to Opération cœur de Paris, a work designed and produced by the Havas Agency, 1962, at the request of Christian Bricard, Chairman and CEO of La Belle Jardinière. The manuscript contains a few erasures and corrections. "Paris is an ogre. Every year, like the Minotaur, it demands its ration of fresh flesh: young stars that it digests hastily in order to devour new ones. But if some mysterious
Result €896Estimate €400 - €500 -
95 - Fernand CROMMELYNCK (1885-1970). Autograph manuscript signed "F.C" and L.A.S. d'envoi, Herblay 26 May 1951, [to Maurice Rostand]; 3 pages and a half in-8. "May these few lines be pleasant to you. I would have liked more and better; time was short. This stammering does not reflect my admiration for the play, my deep affection for you. - A draft of a text on Maurice Rostand's play L'Homme que j'ai tué [from which Ernst Lubitsch made a film]: "Talking about it here, I feel the same emotion I fel
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96 - [René DESCARTES (1596-1650)]. Dossier. L.A.S. de l'anthropologue Raoul HARTWEG (1914-1993), 12 septembre 1958, à Jean-Edmond Weelen ; 4 pages in-4 with the Musée de l'Homme's letterhead. A long letter about Descartes' skull, the story of which he tells in detail from Descartes' death in 1650 to his entry into the Museum in 1821 and then into the Musée de l'Homme. Jean-Edmond WEELEN (1903-1975). Autograph manuscript (incomplete) of his study on "René Descartes, René Frédé et l'éditio
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97 - Charles DICKENS (1812-1870). L.A.S., [London] December 18, 1849, to Mark Lemon; 1 page and a half in-8; in English. He congratulates him on his play, admirably performed and rising through the three acts to end in triumph. Howe was not good, but the others were. Wallack [actor James William Wallack] was above all praise. Dickens had never seen such a beautiful, picturesque, splendidly melodramatic play. He really carried the whole play on his shoulders, and served gallantly. Wallack is coming
Result €2,816Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
98 - Denis DIDEROT (1713-1784). L.A., to a "very dear brother" [D'Alembert?] ; 1 page in-8. " This work is not without ideas. It is a reverie of the turn of those of Malebranche and Descartes. But there's no stile; sometimes even no François. If what's in there about systematics had fallen into Buffon's head, by dint of experience, subtleties and colour, I don't know what he didn't do with it. In the state it is, there is no sensation to be hoped for. According to the author, fire is the principle
Result €6,400Estimate €5,000 - €6,000 -
99 - Marie-Noëlle dit Minou DROUET (born in 1947). L.A.S., November 6, 1957, [to publisher Albert Mermoud], and signed autograph poem, Le petit galetet; 1 page and a half and 2 pages in-8. Letter and poem by the young poetess prodigy, aged ten. She sends poems that can be adapted to Louis Andrieux's photos: "He, like me, does not want text and image to stick too closely together [...] You would please me by telling me if you like my poems. It's funny, I always feel so anxious to disappoint. On the
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100 - Édouard DRUMONT (1844-1917). Autograph manuscript signed with the pseudonym "Silvio Pellico", Les Féroces, [prison de la Santé December 1892]; 3 pages in fol. cut out for printing (printer's notes). Article written in prison, published on the front page of La Libre Parole, December 28, 1892 (number attached). Drumont denounces the "Opportunists" of the Panama scandal, who have nothing of the bonhomie of the sovereigns and rulers of yesteryear: what characterizes them, "is ferocity in ignom
Result €128Estimate €150 - €200
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