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French Men of Letters
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2,000 - 3,000 USD
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A fine group of 2 autograph letters, and 1 autograph essay, as follows:
Edmond Rostand. Autograph letter signed ("Edmond Rostand"), 1 1/2 pages (4to) on letterhead printed "Cambo (Basses-Pyrénees)", no date (ca. 1901?), to Jules Lemaître (according to a pencilled note in the margin); formerly folded, small fold tear. An elegant letter celebrating their joint fame "Il y a au Musée Grévin un banc vert sur lequel j'ai l'honneur d'être assis à côté de vous ... Mais le public nous admire; et nous connaissons, sur le même banc, la Gloire!," graciously accepting his critique of Cyrano (which first appeared in 1897), and complaining of his pleurisy "mon peste." — Victor Euphemien Philarète Chasles (1798-1873). Autograph essay on the poet and dramatist Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612), signed ("Philarète Chasles"), 1 page (folio); formerly folded. The latter half of his entry in Dictionnaire de la Conversation et de la Lecture (1836), 31:154-155. — Anatole France. Autograph letter signed ("Anatole France"), 1 1/2 pages (8vo), no place or date, to Jules Lemaître (according to a pencilled note in the upper margin). A note of commiseration: "Je ne vous souhaite pas une bonne année, parce que vous êtes dans le deuil et que je ne crois plus aux souhaits ni aux bonnes années. Votre douleur deviendra douce et vague, mais elle ne finira pas. Il y a cinq ans que j'ai perdu mon père, et il y a des jours, des endroits ou je me retourne pour lui parler."
Edmond Rostand. Autograph letter signed ("Edmond Rostand"), 1 1/2 pages (4to) on letterhead printed "Cambo (Basses-Pyrénees)", no date (ca. 1901?), to Jules Lemaître (according to a pencilled note in the margin); formerly folded, small fold tear. An elegant letter celebrating their joint fame "Il y a au Musée Grévin un banc vert sur lequel j'ai l'honneur d'être assis à côté de vous ... Mais le public nous admire; et nous connaissons, sur le même banc, la Gloire!," graciously accepting his critique of Cyrano (which first appeared in 1897), and complaining of his pleurisy "mon peste." — Victor Euphemien Philarète Chasles (1798-1873). Autograph essay on the poet and dramatist Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612), signed ("Philarète Chasles"), 1 page (folio); formerly folded. The latter half of his entry in Dictionnaire de la Conversation et de la Lecture (1836), 31:154-155. — Anatole France. Autograph letter signed ("Anatole France"), 1 1/2 pages (8vo), no place or date, to Jules Lemaître (according to a pencilled note in the upper margin). A note of commiseration: "Je ne vous souhaite pas une bonne année, parce que vous êtes dans le deuil et que je ne crois plus aux souhaits ni aux bonnes années. Votre douleur deviendra douce et vague, mais elle ne finira pas. Il y a cinq ans que j'ai perdu mon père, et il y a des jours, des endroits ou je me retourne pour lui parler."
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