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a pile of old papers with handwriting on them sitting next to each othera book that has a picture of a woman on itan old green and red book with writing on itseveral old letters and papers are on a white surfaceseveral old papers are stacked on top of each other on a tableseveral old papers are stacked on top of each other on a white surfaceseveral pages of old newspaper with pictures of men in suits and tiesan old photo of a group of men standing next to each otheran old letter and a piece of paper sitting on top of each othertwo black and white photos of a group of people posing for a picturethree books with pictures of a man and a woman on themseveral old black and white photos of a train on a trackseveral books are sitting on a white surface with a map in the background
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124 - René Benjamin in the Middle East (Lebanon, Egypt, Syria), 19…
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René Benjamin in the Middle East (Lebanon, Egypt, Syria), 1937–1938 A collection of correspondence, handwritten notes, photographs, press cuttings and documentation FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE Lot comprising over 75 letters and postcards, 1937–1938, addressed to René Benjamin, including correspondence from Baron Pierre de Lassus in Beirut; Jacques Fumaroli, an industrialist in Alexandria; Jacques d’Aumale, French Consul-General in Palestine 2 letters, Beirut (Headquarters), from Alice Huntziger, wife of the Commander-in-Chief of the Levant troops Letter from the sender, Lyon, 2 February 1937, Matthieu Varille, industrialist, patron and writer + Letter from the sender, Alexandre Varille, Egyptologist, Medinet Habu, 22 February 1937 2 letters, Cairo, Michel Boctor, editorial secretary of the *Journal du Caire* Copy of the letter addressed to Mr Umberto Jabès in Cairo; concerning the accusation of anti-Semitism + draft of the letter written by René Benjamin to Roger Garreau, diplomat Letter from the author, Beirut, 1 March 1937, Charles Corm, Lebanese writer, poet and philanthropist, regarded as the leader of the Phoenician movement in Lebanon + photograph of the petition addressed to the French ambassador P.A.S., 16 March 1937, Marie Hadad, Lebanese painter and writer + invitation to the exhibition organised by the Catholic Youth Circle of Beirut + booklet: Marie Hadad, recent works, Georges Berheim & Cie Letter from the author, Beirut, 7 June 1937, Joliot, known as Jean Dobelle, editor-in-chief of the newspaper *La Syrie* Letter from the author, Paris (Hotels St James), 31 October 1937, Thérèse Barthas-Landrieu, Doctor of Medicine, doctor with the International Medical Service in Egypt (1911–1928) and medical adviser to the Red Crescent in Alexandria (Egypt, 1930 to 1956) 3 small handwritten notebooks, 14.5 x 9 cm, notes in pencil by René Benjamin during his visits to Egypt, Lebanon and Syria in 1937, over 250 pp. 2 photographs: René Benjamin and his wife welcomed in Egypt, February 1937 2 photographs: lunch at the French Club in Ismailia, 4 March 1937 2 photographs in Heliopolis, March 1937 6 photographs of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem showing scaffolding following the 1927 earthquake, plus a typewritten copy of a letter addressed to Cardinal Verdier, written from Beirut on 7 May 1935, denouncing the poor condition of the basilica Etc... 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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