‎Autographes‎

‎"NODIER, CHARLES - LETTER TO ALEXANDRE DUMAS.‎

‎Autograph letter signed ""Charles Nodier"" written out to his friend Alexandre Dumas ""Mon cher ami,...""‎

‎Undated, around 1836. 1 leaf 8vo. on light-blue paper. 16 lines and signed ""Tout á vous et de coeur/ Charles Nodier"" The letter seems to deal with Alexander Dumas' novel ""Voyages de Gabriel Payot"". On verso of the letter is transscribed in Nodier's hand ""Monsieur Alexandre Dumas,/ cour d'Orleans No 3./ Paris"". Marks after folding. Faint scattered brownspots.‎

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‎"PRONY, (GASPARD CLAIR FRANCOIS RICHE de).‎

‎Mécanique Philosophique, ou Analyse Raisonnée des diverses parties de la Science de l'Équilibre et du Mouvement. - [FROM NAPOLEON'S LIBRARY]‎

‎Paris, Imprimerie de la République, an VIII [i.e. 1800]. 4to. Bound in a lovely full mottled calf binding with fine, gilt ornamental borders to boards, double gilt line-borders to all edges of boards and a richly gilt spine. Spine with gilt red leather title-label and with the gilt monogram of Joséphine and Napoléon - ""JB"" - to lower spine. Neatly rebacked. With a handwritten inscription for Napoleon to title-page ""Au Citoyen Bonaparte/ premier Consul de la République francaise/ De la part du Conseil [de]/ L'Ecole Polythechnique"", with a signature underneath and the stamp of the Ecole Polytechnique. The inscription is slighly cropped at the outer margin. A bit of brownspotting here and there. (4), VII, (1), 477, (3) pp.‎

‎First edition, original offprint from Journal Polytechnique, Tome III, Cahiers 7 & 8, of Prony's magnum opus ""Mécanique phlilosophique"". The three parts here are all that appeared, as the planned two parts announced on the verso of the extra title-page never appeared. A truly splendid copy from Napoleon's library, with the gilt monogram of him and Joséphine from the library at Malmaison and with a presentation-inscription for Napoléon, which is rare. Books from the library at Malmaison do occasionally appear on the market, although they are rare. They are usually taken to be mainly Joséphine's, as she spent more time there. This, however, is a rare exception. First, we know that Napoléon actually did spend time at Malmaison at the time that he was given the present volume, around 1800, second, it bears an inscription for him, which is rare, determining for a fact that this was one of his books, not Joséphine's. Together with the Tuileries, Malmaison was the French government's headquarters from 1800 to 1802, exactly the time that Napoleon will have been given the present book and incorporated it in his library. Many of the books at the Malmaison library were books on things like gardening that Joséphine cared a great deal about. These were clearly her books. And some of the books, like the present, were clearly those of Napoleon himself. Napoleon was a voracious reader and he spent much time in his library studying his books. He had a personal librarian, always travelled with books, and took pride in constructing portable libraries as well as the rooms for his own actual library. On 9 July 1800, he gave the commission for a study to be built in place of the three small rooms situated on the south corner pavilion of Malmaison. Fontaine removed the partition walls and commissioned the Jacob brothers to make the teak woodwork. On 18 September, Fontaine wrote: “Everything is now in place, and even though the First Consul found that the room looked like a church sacristy, he was nevertheless forced to admit that it would have been difficult to do better in such an unsuitable space”. The paintings of the great ancient and classical authors which surround Apollo and Minerva on the ceiling were probably executed by Lafitte. Napoleon had been an avid reader since he was quite young, and when he began studying at the École Militaire in Paris, he continued to read classics, literature, and philosophy, as he would throughout his life, but he also read more scientifically and strategically aimed books. “His appetite for reading books continued as he rose in power. In 1798, about to depart on the Egyptian campaign, he gave Bourrienne a list of books he wanted in his camp library. These included works in Sciences and Arts (e.g., Treatise on Fortifications), Geography and Travels (e.g., Cook’s Voyages), History (e.g., Thucydides, Frederick II), Poetry (e.g., Ossian, Tasso, Ariosto), Novels (e.g., Voltaire, Héloïse, Werther and 40 volumes of “English novels”), and Politics and Morals (the Bible, the Koran, the Vedas, etc.)” (Shannon Selin: Bonaparte the Book Worm), giving us a great insight into his preferences at the time. Prony, with his great Mechanical Philosophy, will have fallen perfectly amongst these great writers, when Napoleon returned to Malmaison, combining politics, science, and philosophy. It is not difficult to see how Napoleon will have been intrigued by mechanical philosophy, which is a form of natural philosophy that compares the universe to a large-scale mechanism. Mechanical philosophy is associated with the scientific revolution of Early Modern Europe, and one of the first expositions of universal mechanism is found in the opening passages of Hobbes’s Leviathan. Prony, in the present work, argues that mechanical principles in the practical arts themselves call for philosophical analysis. Baron Gaspard de Prony (1755-1839) was a French mathematician and engineer. He was educated at the Benedictine College at Toissei in Doubs. From there, he entered the École des Ponts et Chaussés in 1776, where he studied engineering until graduating in 1779. “In 1780 he became an engineer with the École des Ponts et Chaussés and after three years in a number of different regions of France he returned to the École des Ponts et Chaussés in Paris 1783. This was the same year he published his first major work in the Académie des Sciences on the forces on arches. Monge was impressed with this paper and realised that de Prony was someone of great potential. In 1785 de Prony visited England on a project to obtain an accurate measurement of the relative positions of the Greenwich Observatory and the Paris Observatory. Two years later he was promoted to inspector at the École des Ponts et Chaussés. Around this time he was involved with the work on the Louis XVI Bridge in Paris which is now called the Pont de la Concorde. Further promotion in 1790 was followed the next year by his being appointed Engineer-in-Chief of the École des Ponts et Chaussés. This promotion was as a result of the opening of the Louis XVI Bridge. Also around 1791 de Prony was working on geometry with Pierre Girard. Then in 1792, de Prony began a major task of producing logarithmic and trigonometric tables, the Cadastre. With the assistance of Legendre, Carnot and other mathematicians, and between 70 to 80 assistants, the work was undertaken over a period of years, being completed in 1801. […] In 1794 the École Centrale des Travaux Publics was founded by and was directed by Carnot and Monge. It was renamed the École Polytechnique in 1795 and de Prony was certainly one of the main lectures by this time. He is listed among the first teachers at the university […] In 1798 de Prony refused Napoleon's request that he join his army of invasion to Egypt. Fourier, Monge and Malus had agreed to be part of the expeditionary force and Napoleon was angry that de Prony would not come. It did mean that de Prony was to fail to receive the honours he deserved from Napoleon but de Prony's wife was a close friend of Joséphine and this probably saved de Prony from anything worse. In 1798 de Prony achieved his ambition of being appointed director of the École des Ponts et Chaussés. His desire for this post was almost certainly a main reason for his refusing to join Napoleon. As director he began producing a number of important texts on mathematical physics.” (From University of St. Andrews scientific biographies). The present book and its presentation to Napoleon comes from this time, linking the two even closer. After Napoleon was defeated, the reorganization in France included a reorganization of the École Polytechnique, which was closed during 1816. De Prony lost his position as professor there and was not part of the reorganization committee. However, as soon as the school reopened, de Prony was asked to be an examiner so he continued his connection yet only had to work one month per year.‎

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‎"HAMSUN, KNUT.‎

‎Sult. - [ASSOCIANTIONSEKSEMPLAR MED INDKLÆBET KORT FRA HAMSUN]‎

‎(København, 1888). Pænt senere (ca. 1920) halvlæderbind med forgyldt titeletiket på forperm (Anker Kyster). Læder slidt ved kanter og øvre kapitæl. Indvendig frisk. Med Max Lesters ex libris på indersiden af forpermen og Indklæbet 10 liner langt håndskrevet kort fra Hamsun til Max Lester på verso af forreste friblad, dateret ""Larvik, 12/6. 18."" Nice later (ca. 1920) half calf with gilt title-label to front board (Anker Kyster). Leather worn at edges and upper capital. Internally fresh. With Max Lester's ex libris to inside of front board and verso of front free end-paper with a visiting card from Knut Hamsun, with a 10 lines long handwritten note for Max Lester, dated ""Larvik, 12/6. 18."".‎

‎Et spektakulært eksemplar af originaltrykket af den først publicerede del af en af den moderne litteraturs hovedværker, Hamsuns ""Sult"", hvori trykkes for første gang de berømte linier ""Det var i den Tid, da jeg gik omkring og sulted i Kristiania”, indledningen til den roman, der gjorde Hamsun berømt og til det værk, der indvarslede en ny litterær epoke i Europa. Publikationen af Sult-fragmentet indvarsler ikke alene et vendepunkt i Hamsuns liv og karriere, det indvarsler også et vendepunkt i europæisk litteratur. Dette banebrydende uddrag af tidsskriftet ”Ny Jord”, fra andet bind, 1888, har tilhørt Max Lester (1866-1956), som på verso af fribladet har indklæbet et håndskrevet kort fra Hamsun, som han har modtaget sammen med (formentlig i retur) denne første trykte del af ”Sult”. På kortet har Hamsun i mest vidunderlig, karakteristisk stil skrevet ”Hr. Max Lester,/ dette maa være noget som for 30/ Aar siden stod i Tidsskriftet ”Ny Jord” - / Redaktør Carl Behrens vil kunne si Dem/ Aargang og Nummer./ Forøvrig maa De være Samler for at/ kunne gjemme paa slikt noget, jeg ville brænde/ det levende op./ Med Tak for Deres venlige Hilsen/ Deres ærbødige/ Knut Hamsun/ Larvik, 12/6. 18.” ""Sult"" kom først i bogform to år senere, i 1890, og det er med publikationen af denne del i Ny Jord, at Hamsuns ry som en forfatter i verdensklasse bliver slået fast og at hans dage som sultende endegyldigt ophører. ""Knut Hamsuns debutroman fra 1890 er en af de bøger, der har sat skel. Den har virket med til at forme et nyt menneskesyn og en ny skrivemåde. Hamsun hentede stoffet fra sine egne trængselsår, da han uden slægt og venner gik arbejdsløs i Kristiania og kæmpede mod skuffelser, nederlag og sult."" (Johannes V. Jensen). Som 27-årig i 1886 blev Hamsun for anden gang reddet fra en sultende tilværelse og sendt til Amerika, denne gang til Chicago, hvor han bl.a. arbejdede som sporvognskonduktør. Da han blev fyret fra dette job og vennerne havde skillinget sammen til en billet hjem, tog Hamsun i forsommeren 1888 tilbage mod Norden, -men han stod ikke af i Kristiania, han tog skibet videre til København. Da han stod og så skibet sejle fra Kristiania, tænkte han på sine nederlag i denne by, og en af den nyere litteraturs vigtigste sætninger indfandt sig i hans hoved: ""Det var i den tid, da jeg gik rundt og sultede i Kristiania"", -kimen til et af det 20. århundredes litterære hovedværker var lagt, og Hamsun satte sig med det samme på den nærmeste skibskiste og begyndte at skrive. Påvirket af Nietzsche og Dostojevski sad Hamsun i sit loftsværelse på Nørrebro og arbejdede døgnet rundt på sit første mesterværk. Efteråret 1888 stod den første del af monumentalromanen ""Sult"" færdig, men da Hamsun ikke turde risikere en afvisning fra Danmarks førende kulturperson, Georg Brandes, opsøgte han dennes bror, Edvard, som var chefredaktør på ""Politiken"". Edvard Brandes fik således æren af at være den første, der anerkendte Hamsuns talent. Til den stærkt forhutlede forfatter sagde han som den første: ""Der venter Dem en meget stor Fremtid!"" og om det manuskript, han præsenterede ham for: ""det var ikke bare talentfuldt som så meget andet, det var mere, noget, der rystede mig."" Edvard Brandes var ikke i tvivl om, at dette manuskript skulle trykkes, men da det var for langt til at stå i ""Politiken"", blev det trykt i tidsskriftet ""Ny Jord"", og med ét var en ny litterær gigant skabt. ”Tidsskriftredaktør Behrens havde lovet at udstyre fragmentet med følgende underskrift: ”Af en ukendt forfatter”. Samme dag i første halvdel af november 1888 som tidsskriftet nåede frem til sine nogle hundrede abonnenter, holdt det dansk-norske forfatterpar Amalie og Erik Skram i Kroghs gade I i København et selskab. Til stede var blandt andre forfatteren Herman Bang og hans norske kollega Gunnar Heiberg. Efter at have spist blev man enig om at man trængte til åndelig føde, altså højtlæsning. En af de tilstedeværende havde lovet at læse et stykke i Ny Jord som havde gjort et stærkt indtryk på ham. Eftersom handlingen foregik i Oslo, og værtinden og andre nordmænd var til stede, måtte det være en rigtig anledning til at læse ”Sult” højt. Forfatteren og teatermanden Gunnar Heiberg rømmede sig og begyndte. Efter godt en time var han færdig. Ingen af dem var i tvivl: Norden havde fået en ny digter. Derfor dannede der sig spontant kø foran Amalie Skrams skrivebord i samme rum. Det var skrivende mennesker, de blev nødt til straks at sætte ord på hvilken virkning de ord de netop havde hørt, havde haft på dem. Forfatteren skulle have det at vide med det samme. Men hvem havde skrevet stykket?... Mindre end en uge efter udgivelsen måtte Carl Behrens bestille et nyt oplag. Alle 1000 eksemplarer var solgt! I Nordens kulturcentrum ville enhver der foregav at være kulturelt opdateret, nu læse ”Sult” – stykket i Ny Jord. Det var mange år siden noget tilsvarende var sket. Både stilen, temaet og det man opfattede som forfatterens hensynsløse selvudlevering, fascinerede og chokerede. Hysteriet forplantede sig til Norge… ” (Kolloen, Hamsun, pp. 64-66). Er det virkelig muligt, Hamsun har glemt, hvad der må betegnes som det største vendepunkt i hans liv, publikationen af Sult-fragmentet, som Kolloen kalder ”Triumfens øjeblik”? Eller er det rent koketteri fra den da (1918) anerkendte litterære gigant, som netop havde udgivet sin 26. bog samme år, Markens Grøde, og var fejret i hele Europa som et af de største litterære genier? Det er svært at forestille sig andet end, at udgivelsen af Sult-fragmentet har stået prentet lysende klart ind i hovedet på den 59-årige Hamsun. Det er aldeles unikt at finde denne skelsættende publikation i et eksemplar, der har association til Hamsun, og hvor han selv kommenterer sit banebrydende litterære gennembrud. Os bekendt har der aldrig været lignende til salg. ___________________________________________ A spectacular copy of the first printing of the the first published part of one of the main works of modern literature, Hamsuns’ groundbreaking novel ”Hunger”. It is here that the famous lines “It was in those days when I wandered about hungry in Kristiania, that strange city which no one leaves before it has set his mark upon him…” appear for the first time, the opening lines to the novel that made Hamsun famous and invoked a new literary era in Europe. The publication of the “Hunger”-fragment not only heralds a turning point in the life and career of Hamsun, it also heralds a turning point in European literature. The groundbreaking extract of the periodical “Ny Jord” (which one of Hamsun’s later famous novels was interestingly to be named), from vol. 2, 1888, has belonged to Max Lester (1866-1956), who has inserted a visiting card from Hamsun to the verso of the front free end-paper. Max Lester had received this card from Hamsun, together with this first printing of the first part of Hunger (presumably sending it in return to Max Lester). The card is inscribed in wonderfully characteristic Hamsun-style: ”Hr. Max Lester,/ dette maa være noget som for 30/ Aar siden stod i Tidsskriftet ”Ny Jord” - / Redaktør Carl Behrens vil kunne si Dem/ Aargang og Nummer./ Forøvrig maa De være Samler for at/ kunne gjemme paa slikt noget, jeg ville brænde/ det levende op./ Med Tak for Deres venlige Hilsen/ Deres ærbødige/ Knut Hamsun/ Larvik, 12/6. 18.” (i.e. Dear Max Lester,/ this must be something that 30/ years ago was printed in the periodical “Ny Jord” - / Editor Carl Behrens will be able to tell you/ the year and the number./ You must be a collector, by the way, in order to/ be able to keep something like this, I would burn it/ up alive./ With thanks for your kind regard/ your faithfully/ Knut Hamsun/ Larvik, 12/6. 18.). “Hunger” only appeared in its entirety two years later, in 1890, and it is with the publication of the present part that Hamsun’s reputation as a premier league author is established and that his days as a starving, striving author finally end. “One of the most important and controversial writers of the 20th century, Knut Hamsun made literary history with the publication in 1890 of this powerful, autobiographical novel recounting the abject poverty, hunger and despair of a young writer struggling to achieve self-discovery and its ultimate artistic expression. The book brilliantly probes the psychodynamics of alienation, obsession, and self-destruction, painting an unforgettable portrait of a man driven by forces beyond his control to the edge of the abyss. Hamsun influenced many of the major 20th-century writers who followed him, including Kafka, Joyce and Henry Miller. Required reading in world literature courses, the highly influential, landmark novel will also find a wide audience among lovers of books that probe the ""unexplored crannies in the human soul"" (George Egerton). ”Hamsun is considered to be ""one of the most influential and innovative literary stylists of the past hundred years"" (i.e. 1890–1990) (Robert Ferguson). He pioneered psychological literature with techniques of stream of consciousness and interior monologue, and influenced authors such as Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Maxim Gorky, Stefan Zweig, Henry Miller, Hermann Hesse, John Fante, James Kelman, Charles Bukowski, and Ernest Hemingway. Isaac Bashevis Singer called Hamsun ""the father of the modern school of literature in his every aspect—his subjectiveness, his fragmentariness, his use of flashbacks, his lyricism. The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun"".” In 1886, Hamsun was saved from starvation for the second time and was sent to America, this time Chicago, where he worked as a streetcar conductor. When he was fired from his job, his friends had joined forces and all chipped in to buy him a ticket home. This, in the spring of 1888, he set sail back North" but he did not get off in Oslo as planned, he sailed on to Copernhagen. It was when he was standing on deck watching the ship sail away from Oslo (the Christiania, contemplating the defeats he had suffered here that one of the most important sentences of modern literature popped into his head: “It was in those days when I wandered about hungry in Kristiania, that strange city which no one leaves before it has set his mark upon him…” – the seed for one of the main works of the 20th century had been sown, and Hamsun sat down on the nearest sea-chests and began writing. Influenced by Nietzsche and Dostojevski, Hamsun sat in his loft chamber in Nørrebro (part of Copenhagen) and worked around the clock on his first masterpiece. In the autumn of 1888 the first part of the monumental novel “Hunger” was finished. But Hamsun was afraid of being rejected by the leading cultural persona in Denmark, Georg Brandes, and went to his brother Edward, who was chief editor of the paper “Politiken” instead. Thus, Edvard Brandes got the honour of being the first to recognize Hamsun’s talent, famously bursting out in front of the grossly shabby author: “A great future awaits you!”, adding, about the manuscript he had been presented with (i.e. the first part of “Hunger”): “It was more than just talented as so much else, it was more, something that shook me.” Edvard Brandes had no doubt that the manuscript needed to be printed, but as it was too long to be printed in “Politiken”, Edvard Brandes had it printed in “Ny Jord”. “The editor of “Ny Jord” Behrens had promised to the piece accompany by the lines “By an unknown author”. On the same day that the periodical reached its few hundred subscribers, in the first half of November 1888, the Danish-Norwegian author couple Amalie and Erik Skram had one of their saloon evenings in their home in Krogs Gade in Copenhagen. Among their gusts were some of the most famous Scandinavian authors of the period, eg. Herman Bang and Gunnar Heiberg. After having eating, the ensemble decided that it was time for spiritual nourishment, i.e. reading aloud. One of the gusts had promised to read a piece from “Ny Jord” that had made a strong impression on him. And seeing that the piece tool place in Oslo and that the hostess and several other guests were from Norway, it seemed appropriate for him to read “Hunger” aloud to the other guests. The author and theatre man Gunnar Heiberg began his reading. After about an hour he had finished. None of the guests had a shadow of a doubt: The North had been given e new, world class author. A spontaneous lined formed in front of Amalie Skram’s desk. They were all people of the pen. They had to put their emotions to paper. The author had to know immediately how strongly they felt. But who was he? Who had written the piece? Less than a week after the original publication, Carl Behrens had to have another printed. All 1.000 copies had been sold! In the cultural centre of the North, anyone who had just the slightest wish to be culturally up to date had to read the “Hunger”-piece in “Ny Jord”. It had been years since something like this had happened. The style, the theme, and what was comprehended as the crude self-exposition fascinated and shocked. The hysteria traveled to Norway…” (Own translation from Kolloen, Hamsun, pp. 64-66). Is it really possible that Hamusn could have forgotten what is arguably the greatest turning point in his life, the publication of the ”Hunger”-piece, which Kolloen appropriately calls “the moment of triumph”? Or is it pure coquetry from the 20 years older now world-wide famous, extremely succesful literary giant, who was celebrated all through Europe as one of the greatest literary geniouses, and who had just published his 26th celebrated book, Marken Grøde, that same year (1918). It is difficult to imagine that the publication of the Hunger-piece in “Ny Jord” could have been anything but a event that was clear as the light of day in the head of the 59-year old Hamsun, who wrote to Max Lester. It is utterly unique to find this epoch-making publication in a copy associated to Hamsun, and in which he even comments on his groundbreaking literary breakthrough. As far as we know, nothing like it has ever been for sale.‎

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‎"NIELSEN, CARL‎

‎Original handwritten and signed letter addressed to 'Hr Harder'.‎

‎14 - 4 - [19]07. 1 page, 8vo. ""Kjære Hr Harder! - De skal meget snart / høre fra mig. Jeg har ikke kunnet skrive / før. Min Hustru har været meget syg / de sidste Tre Uger, er bleven opereret / flere Gange. Desuden har vi af andre / Grunde ikke kunnet faa Tid at se ordentlig / paa Deres Ting. Paa Gensyn Deres / Carl Nielsen.""‎

‎Original handwritten letter from the most prominent Danish composer, Carl Nielsen (1865-1931), addressed to his friend and colleague Knud Harder (1885-1967). Letters from Nielsen's hand are of utmost rarity.‎

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‎"ESTRUP, J. B. S.‎

‎Originalt håndskrevet brev til ""Hr Landsthingsmand Larsen R af D"".‎

‎Skafø, 27/10, [18]95. 2 sider 8vo. ""Jeg har tilladt / mig at sende Dem / 80 Kr paa Postanviis- / ning og beder Dem / mig at undskylde, / at jeg ikke for længe / siden har berigtiget / min Gjæld til Dem / for det smukke Væder- / lam, De har overladt / mig. Grunden / dertil er, at jeg / først nu hører af / min Søn, at / han ikke, som / jeg antog, har / berigtiget Sagen / paa mine Vegne. / Med venlig / Hilsen til Deres / Mand / Deres ærbødige / JBS Estrup.""‎

‎Nydeligt egenhændigt brev fra konseilspræsident J.B.S. Estrup (1825-1913). Breve fra Estrup er yderst ualmindelige.‎

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‎"IONESCO, EUGÈNE‎

‎Le rhinocéros. - [WITH IONESCO'S DEDICATION. ]‎

‎Paris, Galliard, 1959. 8vo. Uncut in the original wrappers. Minor wear, with edges exhibiting slight signs of use. The cover is clean overall but has four small brown spots. Fine and tight. Internally exceptionally well-preserved, clean and bright.‎

‎First edition, presentation-copy, of one of Ionesco's most celebrated plays, significant work in the Theatre of the Absurd. The copy is inscribed by Ionesco to front endpaper: ""Pour Kjeld Abell - / Eugène Ionesco / avec sa reconnaissance / et son amitié. / E.I. / 9-25,"". With works like the present, Eugène Ionesco helped found the important movement known as Theatre of the Absurd. The play explores themes of societal pressures, conformity, and the loss of individuality, set in a town where the inhabitants gradually turn into rhinoceroses. Through the protagonist, Berenger, who resists the transformation, Ionesco critiques totalitarianism, the allure, of mass movements, and the fragile nature of human identity. Ionesco, a Romanian-Frrench playwright, bacame known for his rejection of traditional theatrical conventions and his focus on the absurdity of human existence. Alongside writers like Samuel Beckett, he shaped post-war drama, exploring existential themes through humor, illogical dialogue, and surreal situations. Le Rhinocéros is often interpreted as a commentary on the rise of fascism and the danger of unhecked ideologies, though Ionesco insisted it was a more universal reflection on human nature. Its relevance endures, as it invites readers and viewers to reflect on the role of the individual within the collective, and the pressures to confirm even when that means losing one's humanity. The work is one of Ionesco's most celebrated plays, alongside La Cantatrice chauve (The Bald Soprano) and La Leçon (The Lesson), and it soldified his reputation as a key figure in modernist literature. Kjeld Abell was a major Danish playwright and a key voice in mid-century European theatre. His bold, innovative works anticipated many of the themes later explored by the Theatre of the Absurd. Abell often employed dream logic, satire, and non-linear structure to critique authoritarianism and explore existential dilemmas, making him a highly relevant and meaningful dedicatee for this presentation copy.‎

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‎MØLLER, NIELS.‎

‎Annabella og andre Digte.‎

‎1931. Lille 4to. M. orig. for- og bagomsl. i hldrbd. Forreste fals revnet.‎

‎Med dedikation til forlæggeren. Nr. 1 af 400 ekspl.‎

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‎ROUSSET (Alexis).-‎

‎Exposition rétrospective d'autographes et de dessins. Souvenirs du vieux Lyon et du vieux Paris. Publiés par Alexis Rousset. Faisant suite à Vieux chateaux et vieux autographes et à Autographes et dessins.‎

‎Oullins, Lith. Thabourin, sans date ( vers 1880), in 8° relié demi-percaline rouge, à la bradel , 15 "cahiers" en un volume ; couverture conservée ; reliure frottée.‎

‎Exemplaire enrichi d'un envoi autographe signé sur le titre (nom du dédicataire gratté). PHOTOS sur DEMANDE. Fermeture du 1er au 23 Août‎

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‎Collectif‎

‎Quinze documents historiques curieux et rares.‎

‎Broché, 31X23 cm, contient des fac-similés de documents historiques légendés (lettre de Racine, Bonaparte, Chateaubriand, Berlioz, Musset, Louis Philippe, Victor Hugo, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Théophile Gautier, Verlaine, Pasteur, Foucauld...), sans date, Maurice Devriès éditeur. Quelques marques mineures, bon exemplaire.‎

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‎ADER (Nordmann et Dominique)‎

‎Lettres et manuscrits autographes. Collection Christian Genet.‎

‎Broché, 27X21 cm, 2019, 136 pages, illustrations en couleurs, catalogue de la vente réalisée le jeudi 3 octobre 2019. Très bon état.‎

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‎Collectif‎

‎Germanica.‎

‎Broché, 27X21 cm, catalogue aristophil n° 28 de la vente réalisée le mercredi 4 décembre 2019, nombreuses illustrations. Très bon état.‎

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‎L'académie française, tome 1 : De la fondation à la suppression révolutionnaire (1634-1793).‎

‎Broché, 27X21 cm, catalogue aristophil n° 24 de la vente réalisée le mercredi 20 novembre 2019, nombreuses illustrations. Très bon état.‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 32851

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‎Britannica - Americana.‎

‎Broché, 27X21 cm, catalogue aristophil n° 22 de la vente réalisée le lundi 18 novembre 2019, nombreuses illustrations. Très bon état.‎

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‎L'AUTOGRAPHE. Evènements de de 1870-1871. (Deuxième série). Introduction par M. Alphonse Karr. N° 27 samedi 2 mars 1872 au N° 50 samedi 10 aout 1872.‎

‎Paris, bureau de la publication, 1872, 1 pleine percaline, tête dorée, dos en partie déchiré, plats frottés et tachés, plat supérieur en partie détaché. in-folio oblong, f.t., titre, (11)-323 pages de fac-similés de lettres ou textes autographes de personnages célèbres, illustrations (portraits) ;‎

‎Autographes d'Edmond About, d'Alembert, Etienne Arago, Babeuf, Balzac, Bancel, Odilon Barrot, Charles Baudelaire, Benjamin Constant, Beaumarchais, Béranger, Berlioz, Bernardin de Saint Pierre, Bismarck, Blanqui, Boissy d'Anglas, Bonaparte, Bugeaud, Byron, Cambacérés, Carnot, Champollion, Colbert, Courbet, Daumier, Delacroix, Diderot, Gustave Doré, Dumas père, Dumas fils, Fènelon, Octave Feuillet, Garibaldi, Théophile Gautier, Général Hoche, Victor Hugo, Ingres, Lafayette, La Fontaine, Lamartine, Marat, Marie-Antoinette, Prosper Mérimée, Mirabeau, Frédéric Mistral, Montesquieu, Alfred de Musset, Napoléon, Ney, Ponsard, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, George Sand, Voltaire, etc...‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 8114

‎Lettre autographe MASSOL (Honoré-Auguste).‎

‎"Honoré-Auguste Massol, général, commandant la neuvième division de l'Armée des Pyrénées Orientales et des côtes maritimes, ordonne au citoyen Musset son aide de camps, de se rendre à Montélimard, et à Meysse pour y faire sur le champs l'amplette de 25 mille pierres à feu pour le service de l'armée; il se consertera avec le comité de surveillance de Montélimar, et avec le Sans culotte Sonquet Nicolas commissaire des guerres en la ditte ville pour que les dites pierres soient envoyées à Montpellier par les convois militaires, et fera toutes les démarches à ce nécessaires pour accélérer cete expédition. Fait à Montpellier le 28 ventose l'an 2e de la République une, indivisible et impérissable. Massot."‎

‎Cète, 18 mars 1794, 1 petite déchirure dans la marge du haut Lettre autographe, signée, 1 feuillet de 22 x 32 cm, belle en-tête imprimée: "mort aux tyans, paix aux peuples", ornement allégorique, cachet de cire rouge: "général de la 9e division de Cette" ;‎

‎Honoré Auguste Massol de Monteil, né à Villeneuve les Volx (Alpes de Haute Provence). Général pendant la Révolution, surnommé le "Général la Breloque". Il fut membre du Conseil de guerre à Lyon. Commandant la garde nationale du Teil (Ardèche), 1790; lieutenant-colonel en premier du 1er bataillon de volontaires de l'Ardèche, 1er juillet 1792.réf. biblio.: "Voyage autour de Privas", par le docteur Francus (Albin Mazon).‎

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‎manuscrit POUZET (Paul).‎

‎Lettre autographe manuscrite.‎

‎Cannes, 1923, 1 1 feuillet manuscrit ;‎

‎Lettre du docteur Paul Pouzet de Privas, adressée au célèbre géologue Pierre Termier.‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 12841

‎manuscrit LE SOURD (Auguste).‎

‎Lettre autographe, signée.‎

‎Sérézin, 11 janvier 1918, 1 2 pages manuscrites ;‎

‎Lettre de l'historien ardéchois Auguste Le Sourd, adressée au docteur Paul Pouzet de Privas, au sujet de son article sur l'église de Saint-Maurice d'Ibie à paraitre dans la Revue du Vivarais.[...] Je venais de recevoir une lettre de l'imrimeur Habauzit contenant les tristes épreuves ci-jointes. [...] La lettre d'Habauzit ne contenait malheureusement pas que ces épreuves, il y joignait sa facture de 1917 qui est une surprise désagréable. Malgré la fidélité de nos abonnés, il nous reste de quoi payer le n° de janvier prochain et c'est tout. [...] Quand aux clichés de la porte et du clocher ils sont en effet un peu petits, et je suis le coupable. [...] Mais tout ce que nous changerons retardera la Revue [...] M. Filhol, d'Annonay, nous prépare un article sur les plaques muletières ou il compte mettre dix planches, il contribue largement à cette illustration eexceptionnelle, et je craint que ce soit le chant du cygne, en ce qui concerne les gravures. [...]‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 12860

‎INDY (Madame Vincent d').‎

‎Lettre autographe, signée de Madame Vincent d'Indy, adressée au docteur Paul Pouzet de Privas.‎

‎Paris, 1933, 1 sous enveloppe oblitérée. 2 pages manuscrites signées ;‎

‎"Cher monsieur, vous ne sauriez croire combien j'ai été contente de recevoir votre lettre. Je viens de passer 3 jours à Cannes chez mes bons amis Merle-Forest (lui, ancien directeur du Théatre de Nice) [...] J'ignore hélas, totalement, ce que l'on projette en Ardèche, à la mémoire de mon cher grand mari. [...] Ce que je sais c'est que suis fière d'avoir réussi, malgré bien des difficultés, à obtenir la plaque commémorative de l'avenue Villard, car c'est moi seule qui y ai travaillé. De même, lorsque vous passerez en auto devant "l'Etrave", cher monsieur, vous lirez la plaque que j'ai fait apposer au portail de ma propriété, rappelant que le maitre a travaillé là de 1924 à 1931, et qu'il y a composé toutes ses dernières oeuvres [...] Line Vincent d'Indy.‎

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‎PIZE (Louis).‎

‎Lettre autographe, signée.‎

‎Lyon, 1958, 1 lettre de 2 pages manuscrites, signée, oeillets de classeur.‎

‎Lettre adressée au poète Louis Cros de Privas.‎

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‎CHABANEIX (Philippe).‎

‎LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNEE, adressée à madame Juliette Thiebaud, conservatrice du château de Tournon.‎

‎s.l., s.d. (années 60), 1 lettre autographe signée, sur une carte de visite bristol de 21 x 10 cm avec au verso un portrait photo de l'auteur et une citation imprimée: "Le ciel intérieur est le plus vaste ciel".‎

‎"Chère madame, j'aurai eu pourtant une belle joie à vous revoir, ainsi que Ginette Forot, mais il m'est impossible de me déplacer en ce moment. Je serai de tout coeur avec vous. Je n'ai pu joindre Georges Oberti, je pense qu'il est en Corse. Croyez chère madame à mes sentiments les meilleurs. Ph. Chabaneix".‎

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‎(Lettre autographe signée). - Rogniat (Général, Joseph)‎

‎Monsieur le Baron,mr. Rogniat mon cousin, secrétaire gal. de la préfecture des Vosges, a remis aujourd'hui une demande à son altesse Royale monsieur le Dauphin pour obtenir une sous préfecture. Avant de l'envoyer au ministre que cette demande concerne, oserais je vous prier de vouloir bien la conserver jusqu'à ce que j'aie vu son altesse. le dimanche en huit j'aurai l'honneur de recommander au prince la demande de mon cousin, afin que son altesse Royale daigne s'y interesser plus précisement. Agréer, monsieur le Baron l'hommage de la plus haute considération. L gal. Rogniat.‎

‎Paris, le 12 novembre 1829, 1 1 feuillet manuscrit signé ;‎

‎Rogniat (le vicomte Joseph), lieutenant-général, pair de France, Baron d'Empire, premier inspecteur-général du génie, président du comité des fortifications, conseiller d’État, membre de l’Académie des sciences, de l’Académie militaire de Stockholm, grand’croix de la Légion-d’Honneur et commandeur de Saint-Louis, naquit à Saint-Priest (Isère), le 9 novembre 1776.Dans cet lettre le général Joseph Rogniat, Lieutenant-Général, demande à un certain Baron, d'intercéder en faveur de son cousin Jules Rogniat afin d'obtenir un poste de sous-préfet par l'entremise du Dauphin de France, Louis-Antoine d'Artois, fils de Charles X.Réf. biblio.: "Le général Rogniat, ingénieur et critique de Napoléon", par Bruno Colson, Paris, Economica, 2006‎

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‎BROUSSONET (Jean Louis Victor).‎

‎Lettre autographe signée."Je soussigné professeur de clinique médicale de la faculté de médecine de Montpellier.... Atteste que monsieur Victor Pouzet natif de St Martin de Valamas département de l'Ardèche, docteur de cette faculté s'est distingué dans ses études théoriques.....".‎

‎à Montpellier le 4 may 1809, 1 1 feuillet manuscrit ;‎

‎Victor Pouzet, père du docteur Paul Pouzet de Privas.Jean Louis Victor Broussonet, médecin militaire, puis professeur de médecine à Montpellier.Issu d'une célèbre famille de médecins de Montpellier. Il est le frère du naturaliste Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet.‎

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‎BRISON de LAVILLEON (Anne).‎

‎Lettre autographe signée de madame de Lavilleon (Anne de Beaumont de Brison) à monsieur Jacques Blachère maire de Largentière."[...] Mon cher Blachère [...] Mr de Lavilleon qui me charge de bien des choses pour vous pense à votre égard tout comme moy [...] Mr Roudil m'a prié de liciter pour luy procurer la judicature en laquelle mr Lasagnes fût dépossédé [...] qu'i soit content aussi en passant la lieutenance à mr Roudil [...] Je ferai mon possible mon cher blachère pour que la voix de mon cousin puisse vous avoir l'audition des Comtes du Haut Vivarais [...] Je parlerai à mr de Beauza que je vois souvent pour qu'il vous fasse passer l'état dont il vous a parlé [...] Je suis affligée de votre froid avec mon frère (François Denis Auguste Grimoard de Beauvoir du Roure de Beaumont) [...] Mes compliments à toute votre famille et à la maison Jullien [...]‎

‎Tournon, le 10 avril 1775, 1 1 cahier. lettre autographe de 3 pages, signée "Brison de La Villeon", adresse du destinataire sur le dernier feuillet; "a Monsieur Blachere maire de Largentière par Valence et Montélimart à Largentière en Vivarais", marque postale: "TAIN", cachet de cire rouge aux armes ;‎

‎Anne de Beaumont de Brison (Anne Grimoard de Beauvoir du Roure de Beaumont), née en 1738 à Largentière, mariée le 16 février 1773 à Tournon avec Mathieu Louis de La Villeon, capitaine major des Dragons.François Denis Auguste Grimoard de Beauvoir du Roure de Beaumont, comte de Brison (Sanilhac), baron de Beaumont, seigneur de Largentière et de Tornac, baron des Etats du Vivarais, né à Largentière, frère d'Anne de Beaumont de Brison (madame de Lavilleon).‎

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‎BRISON DE LAVILLEON (Anne).‎

‎Lettre autographe signée de madame de Lavilleon (Anne de Beaumont de Brison) à monsieur Jacques Blachère maire de Largentière."Je reçois avec plaisir, mon cher Blachère (Jacques Blachère), les témoignages de votre attachement pour moy [...] les nouvelles que m'a fourni monsieur de La Beaume sont trés agréables [...] il a été à Gourdan (château de Gourdan à Saint-Clair, prés d'Annonay) et de là voir une tante abbesse [...] Je vois arriver le moment de vous voir en aout en venant des Boscs (chateau des Boscs à Gilhoc sur Ormèze) [...] la petite vérole est aux quatre coins de la ville (Tournon) on ne voit que ça, je fais des voeux pour que ça passe d'icy que mon frère vienne (François Denis Auguste Grimoard de Beauvoir du Roure de Beaumont) et que je le vois piqué [...] Scipion à souvent donné de ses nouvelles (le contre-amiral Scipion Grimoard de Beauvoir du Roure) [...] cette flotte est si forte et poussée aux grandes actions, que je ne serai tranquille sur son compte que quand la guerre sera fini (Guerre d'Indépendance des Etats-Unis, la flotte française affronte la flotte anglaise dans les Caraïbes), [...] au sujet de mon huile d'olive il m'en faudrait cinq quintaux en comptant le poids de la barrique, qui soit bien bonne, j'en voudrai un quintal pour mes lampes, de la bien commune [...] les choses les plus empressées à votre femme et à mr l'abbé votre frère, on m'a dit que madame Jullien souffrait de rhumatismes [...]."‎

‎Tournon, 1779, 1 1 cahier. lettres autographe de 4 pages, adresse postale: "A monsieur Blachère maire de la ville de Largentière, par Montélimart à Largentière en Vivarais, marque postale: "Tain", petit manque sur les marges hautes des feuillets, sans perte de texte ;‎

‎Anne de Beaumont de Brison (Anne Grimoard de Beauvoir du Roure de Beaumont), née en 1738 à Largentière, mariée le 16 février 1773 à Tournon avec Mathieu Louis de La Villeon, capitaine major des Dragons.François Denis Auguste Grimoard de Beauvoir du Roure de Beaumont, comte de Brison (Sanilhac), baron de Beaumont, seigneur de Largentière et de Tornac, baron des Etats du Vivarais, né à Largentière, frère d'Anne de Beaumont de Brison (madame de Lavilleon).Denis Scipion Grimoard de Beauvoir du Roure de Beaumont, capitaine de vaisseau, contre-amiral, il fût l'amant de Josephine de Beauharnais, la future épouse de Napoléon Ier, neveu de madame de Lavilleon.références bibliographiques: André Gavoty: "Un amoreux de Joséphine, scipion du Roure" - Bernadette Ramiffier: "La vie aventureuse de Scipion du Roure, officier de marine et Chevalier de Malte 1759-1822".‎

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‎ROHAULT DE FLEURY (Georges).‎

‎Lettre autographe signée adressée à un abbé, auteur d'une monographie sur l'église de Champagne sur Rhône. "Monsieur l'Abbé, je m'occupe de recueillir les plus anciens et notables monuments du culte de St Pierre et je désirerai y insérer l'église de Champagne qui est certainement la plus intéressante du diocèse de Viviers. J'ai étudié avec grand soins la belle monographie que vous lui avez consacrée et dont je serai si heureux de profiter, et je viens vous demander la permission de copier le plan et le linteau [...] Je serai heureux aussi de pouvoir associer le nom d'un archéologue si distingué à ma grande entreprise en l'inscrivant dans mes planches [...] ".‎

‎Paris, 28 mai 1894. 1 cahier libre, tampon estampé à froid en en-tête. 4 pages manuscrites + 1 page imprimé (l'auteur s'adresse aux archéologues pour l'aider à achever son oeuvre).‎

‎Cette lettre est peut être adressée à L. B. Morel qui avait publié en 1888 une étude sur l'église de Saint-Pierre de Champagne sur Rhône.‎

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