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METAYER-MERMOZ Maison de Ventes aux Enchères NEVERS

91 - REGIONALISM/NIVERNAIS]
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REGIONALISM/NIVERNAIS] MILLIEN (Achille)] A collection of documents from the archives of Maurice Mignon (1882–1962), a scholar from the Nièvre region, some of which are marked in his own hand as ‘donated by Achille Millien, Beaumont-La-Ferrière, September 1908’. by Achille Millien: -Czech and Bulgarian Ballads and Folk Songs, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1894. Paperback, 117 pages. -Sous l’étoile, short war poems, Paris, Champion; Nevers, Ropiteau, 1915. Paperback, 82 pages. -‘Étrennes nivernaises 1895’ by Achille Millien, in the Nevers dialect, available at all bookshops. 94-page paperback. -‘Selected Poems’, popular edition, Nevers, Ropiteau, 1913. 52-page paperback. On Achille Millien: -MIGNON, in the journal *Vient de paraitre* (a monthly bibliographical review from 1924), an article by Maurice Mignon devoted to selected poems by Millien. -Tribute to Achille Millien, an anthology, Clamecy, 1927. A 24-page paperback booklet. -Commemoration of the centenary of Achille Millien in the Nièvre region, September 1938, La Charité, Delayance. Paperback, 10 pages. -DUBOURG, *Chez Achille Millien*, private notes for the poet’s bio-bibliography, Nevers, Valliere, 1900. Three 77-page paperback copies, partly uncut; one copy in poor condition marked ‘Study written in 1899, now very incomplete’. -MACCARY, Achille Millien, a lesson given to pupils in the 5th class of the grammar school at Desenzano sul Lago, Castiglione delle Stiviere, Bignotti Press, 1896. Two 57-page paperback copies. -PIEDAGNEL, Achille Millien, extract from the journal *Le Siècle*, July 1895 issue, Lyon, Storck Press, 1895. Three 20-page paperback copies. -Formal sitting of 28 April 1921 in honour of the poet Achille Millien, Mr de Lespinasse, and the society’s seventieth anniversary, organised by the Nevers Society of Letters, Sciences and Arts of Nevers, Nevers, Porte du Croux, 1921. In fair condition.
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