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Lot 114
  • 114

Daudet, Alphonse

Estimate
600 - 800 EUR
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Description

  • Daudet, Alphonse
  • Jack. Moeurs contemporaines. Paris, E. Dentu, 1876. 2 volumes in-12. Maroquin janséniste noir, dos à nerfs, doublure de maroquin anthracite, gardes de faille brune moirée, tranches dorées sur témoins, couvertures et dos (Mercier Sr de Cuzin).
édition originale.

exemplaire enrichi d'une lettre autographe signée de daudet à un auteur de théâtre, lui proposant un séjour à Champrosay et l'exhortant à remanier le prologue et le premier acte d'une pièce : "Le prologue est deux fois trop long ; à réécrire d'un bout à l'autre [...] Il faut des mots cruels, des mots tendres, des mots profonds. Et cela ne se trouve pas à la première plumée d'encre." 2 feuillets recto à l'encre brune.

Provenance

Ex-libris Laurent Meeûs (Wittock, n°1021).

Condition

Minimes usures aux dos conservés.
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Catalogue Note

Minimes usures aux dos conservés.