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a pile of old papers that are on a tablea pile of old postcards with old photos on thema book with a drawing of a woman on ita picture of a book with a name written on itan open book with a drawing of a man ' s face on ita box of wine that is sitting on a tablesix books are stacked on top of each other on a white surface
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52 - René Benjamin and the Glozel archaeological affair, 1928
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René Benjamin and the Glozel archaeological affair, 1928 A collection of correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, publications and press cuttings FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE *Le Glozel: Valley of the Dead and Scholars*, published by Fayard in 1928 Handwritten draft, 79 pp., quarto, with corrections, deletions and additions, plus 50 pp. of handwritten drafts, quarto 3 printer’s proofs with handwritten corrections and additions *Le Glozel: Valley of the Dead and the Scholars* Paris, Arthème Fayard & Cie, 1928 Paperback, 19 x 12 cm First edition Lot of approx. 60 letters to and from René Benjamin, 1928, including: Camille Bellaigue, music critic and musicographer – Boni de Castellane, the famous dandy – Henri de Castellane - Léon Chancerel, author, actor and director - the Marquise de Chasseloup Laubat - Henriette Célarié, novelist - René Dussaud, orientalist - Ernest Fornairon, writer and poet - Agnès de Pourtalès, Marquise de Loys-Chandieu – Marguerite Reneufve de Palaminy – Marthe Schÿler-Schröder, wife of Boutelleau Fabien Sollar, writer – Benjamin Vallotton, writer – Georges Virrès, Belgian writer Letter from the author, Dijon, 11 July 1928, Georges Bouchard, chemist and historian Letter from the author, 18 July 1928, André Vayson de Pradenne, prehistorian, also known for his firm stance against the authenticity of the remains unearthed at Glozel Letter from the author, 13 July 1928, Count Napoléon-Henri Bégouën, prehistorian P.A.S., 22 July 1928, André Hallays, journalist and writer L.S., [July 1928], Edmond Aman-Jean, painter and engraver Various publications Glozel or the New ‘Farfouillettes’ Galleries, an impromptu play in two acts in vulgar verse, by Marcel Miguet, Glozel, Palaeolithic Press, 1928 Paul Roque, known as Arqueloup, *Rallie Glozel*. Engraved on flint at Le Grand Pressigny on 1 January 1928. Oblong quarto, paperback. A fine satirical album illustrated with black-and-white drawings, inspired by the Glozel archaeological excavations, in which the author depicts the various stages of a fanciful hunt in prehistoric times On the half-title page, an autograph dedication signed by the author, adorned with an original drawing in pen and watercolour A. de Vayson de Pradenne, Visits and Excavations at Glozel. The Chronology of Glozel. Le Mans, Monnoyer, 1927 Dr Ad. Bayet, The Glozel Controversy. A critical study of the scientific merit of the arguments for and against the authenticity of the site. Brussels, Lucifer, 1928 A. de Vayson de Pradenne, The Glozel Affair: A History of the Case. The Glozel Controversy No. 1. Paris, Paul Catin, 1928 René Dussaud, Glozel at the Institute. The Glozel Controversy No. 2. Paris, Paul Catin, 1928. Signed autograph copy René Dussaud, On the Glozel Inscriptions. Paris, Armand Colin, 1928. Signed autograph copy FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE
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About the sale René Benjamin, the 20th-century Balzac scholar
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Auction time 10/06/2026 at 2:00 PM
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