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Lot no. 262
[LITERATURE] - Edouard ESTAUNIÉ - Guy de MAUPASSANT - Jules RENARD : un simple.
Paris, Perrin, 1891.
In-12° half-bound brown chagrin, smooth spine decorated, gilt head, cover and spine preserved, 277 pp. Rare ORIGINAL EDITION, dedicated to Maupassant, of the author's first book, only thirty copies of the first edition were sold. Copy enriched with 2 autograph letters signed by Guy de Maupassant and a letter from Jules Renard to Edouard Estaunié. Some foxing.
-Very interesting autograph letter signed by Guy de Maupassant about the simultaneity and similarity of Edouard Estaunié's work "Un simple" and Guy de Maupassant's "Pierre et Jean".
4 pages in-12° on monogrammed paper headed "Le Bel-Ami", Cannes, dated 2 February 1888.
In 1888, Edouard Estaunié was preparing his first novel Un Simple, originally called Stéphane, which happened to have the same subject as Pierre et Jean. Maupassant," adds Clément-Janin (who published this letter in Le Monde Nouveau on 15 July 1924), "would have consented to this letter serving as a preface to Un Simple. Estaunié simply dedicated his novel to him, which was published three years later. Maupassant, Correspondance, tome III, pp. 25-26, edition compiled by Jacques Suffel, Le Cercle du bibliophile, Évreux, 1973. Letter 494.
- Autograph letter signed by Guy de Maupassant, reply to the reception of the book "Un simple". 2 pages in-12° on monogrammed paper with the letterhead of the Bel-Ami, Cannes, dated June 15th, 1891.
- Autograph letter signed by Jules Renard, 3 pages in-12°, dated 15 June 1891. Response to the reading of the book "Un simple".
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