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[19th-CENTURY AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENTS]
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106
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[19th-CENTURY AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENTS]
See original version (French)
Estimate €180 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
[19th-CENTURY AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENTS]
- MEN OF LETTERS AND HUMANISTS. POETRY. 19th–20th centuries.
A collection of several autograph documents.
DACIER Bon-Joseph, Historian, philologist (1742–1833) Letter from the author, Paris, 16 January 1783. Words of thanks; FIGUIER Louis, Writer (1819–1894) Letter from the author, Paris, November 1869. 1 p. in-8. He authorises the translation of passages ‘concerning the telegraph’ in his work *Merveille de la Science* and in the *Bulletin télégraphique*; GEFFROY, Gustave, journalist (1855–1926). Letter from the author, 9 January 28. 2 pp., in-12. He thanks his correspondent: ‘what a pleasure it was to read in *L’Ermitage* your most illuminating accounts of the various current trends in art [ ]’; GERANDO Joseph-Marie de, linguist, educationalist (1772–1842) 2 letters to Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Paris, 9 June 1832 and 23 January 1839. 2 pp. in-4 and folio. Address and postmarks. GUIGNIAUT Joseph-Daniel, Hellenist (1792–1876) Letter from the author, Sèvres, 8 August 1858. 3 pp., in-8.; [Lesseps] BARTHELEMY-SAINT-HILAIRE, Jules, philosopher and journalist (1805–1895). Letter from the author, Paris, 29 August 1862. 2 pp., in-8; [Lesseps] Duke of GRAMONT, A.A., diplomat (1819–1880) Letter from Turin, 28 May 1856. 1 p. folio.
– A letter from Madame Metternich is enclosed.
-19TH-CENTURY ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS.
Various items, of different dates and formats. Letterheads of the Society or
Including:
-Julia BARTET, known as Mademoiselle Bartet (1854–1941), theatre woman and socialite, one of Marcel Proust’s muses. A collection of small autograph items. 5 L.A.S. and 2 C.A.S., in various formats including a double ff. in-12 with letterhead, and a pneumatic letter on green paper. Casual everyday correspondence, exchanges on the theatre with people in the theatre world.
-Benjamin GODARD (1849–1895). 2 pp. on laid paper, in-4 format. (Côte d’Azur), 17 May 1894. The musician writes to a dear and kind friend, mentioning, amongst other things, his inability to attend a rehearsal. Suffering from tuberculosis, he died the following year. -Félicien DAVID (1810–1876). 1 page, undated, in-12 format. Also unwell, he writes to a dear friend to apologise and to pass on social greetings.
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