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Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
Lettre autographe signée « c'est l'invasion hollando-belge venue pour l'exposition . Je cours à la recherche de chambres d'hôtels pour ces barbares aux toisons jaunes »
s. l. Paris 1878. Fine. s. l. Paris n.d. 14 mai 1878 9.80 x 13.40 cm un feuillet remplié Autograph letter signed by Joris-Karl Huysmans addressed to Léon Cladel 40 lines written in black ink on 4 pages on a folded sheet envelope included. A 2cm tear without loss inherent to the fold of the sheet. In this caustic letter entirely imbued with Huysmanian poetic writing the author regrets that Dutch-Belgian visitors to the Universal Exhibition keep him away from the Sèvres landscapes where Léon Cladel lives. « Je sors de chez Leconte de Lisle il a reçu votre livre couleur de sang » ""I have just left Leconte de Lisle's he received your blood-colored book"". The importance of Léon Cladel's work and personality esteemed friend of the great writers of the time is perceptible from these opening lines. The « livre couleur de sang » ""blood-colored book"" witness to Huysmans' poetic force which shines through even in his private correspondence refers to l'Homme-de-la-Croix-aux-Bufs published by Edouard Dentu in 1878 a novel which was moreover reread by Flaubert also intimate with Cladel. « Je vous serre la main de tout cur mon puissant orfèvre et vous invite pour notre bonheur à tous à forger encore de belles uvres. » ""I shake your hand wholeheartedly my powerful goldsmith and invite you for all our happiness to forge more beautiful works."" Émile Zola would take up this eloquent analogy in Cladel's funeral oration: « . de ces belles uvres impeccables qu'il lançait ouvragées comme des joyaux de haut prix » "". those beautiful impeccable works he launched wrought like precious jewels"". This same year 1878 sees the Universal Exhibition settle in Paris an event which Huysmans seems compelled to attend: « c'est l'invasion hollando-belge venue pour l'exposition qui me tient et m'empêche » ""it is the Dutch-Belgian invasion come for the exhibition that holds me and prevents me"". The author's position regarding Belgium and Holland is ambiguous: Dutch through his father Huysmans makes numerous family and artistic visits to these countries and he is recognized there for his critical writings on painting. The author nevertheless prefigures here the disdain that would be found in À rebours a few years later: « Je cours à la recherche de chambres d'hôtels pour ces barbares aux toisons jaunes et le soir quand j'ai une minute de libre je les fais déambuler au travers de la capitale. Ils ouvrent des yeux comme des assiettes et jargonnent des exclamations admiratives. » ""I run in search of hotel rooms for these barbarians with yellow fleeces and in the evening when I have a free minute I make them wander through the capital. They open eyes like plates and jabber admiring exclamations."". Suffocated by the city and its society « Tout ça ça peut être drôle mais ça m'obsède singulièrement. J'espère que ça va enfin cesser et que je vais reconquérir un peu de cette pauvre liberté dont je suis si maigrement loti même en temps ordinaire » ""All that can be amusing but it obsesses me singularly. I hope it will finally cease and that I will reconquer a bit of that poor freedom of which I am so meagerly provided even in ordinary times"" Huysmans aspires to find nature again a desire which expresses itself through an elegiac exclamation: « Ah les coteaux de Sèvres ! Pardon ! » ""Ah the hills of Sèvres! Forgive me!"" A piquant letter from which emerge the themes dear to Huysmans' singular pen. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 63560
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Octave MIRBEAU
Manuscrit autographe signé « Au conseil municipal »
1899. Fine. 1899 17.80 x 23.10 cm 2 feuillets et un quart Autograph manuscript signed by Octave Mirbeau for his article ""Au conseil municipal"" published in Le Journal on July 12 1899 90 lines in black ink on three leaves manuscript correction by the author typographical indications in blue pencil. Staining due to ink and paper. Significant of the denunciatory attitude that Mirbeau maintained in his articles this manuscript critical of the unworthy treatment of artists of genius by society is a final draft used for printing as indicated by the capital letters that delimit the paragraphs. The original leaves have been remounted on laid paper here pages from an 18th-century work Dissertatio Medica to facilitate their handling. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 62211
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Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
« vous êtes arrivé à rehausser la langue à la rendre ni inerme ni inerte. Et je sais combien c'est malaisé et rare cela ! » Autograph letter to Jacques Le Lorrain
Paris 1888. Fine. Paris 20 juin 1888 12.40 x 16.70 cm un feuillet Autograph letter signed addressed to Jacques Le Lorrain from Joris-Karl Huysmans 30 lines written in black ink on 2 pages. Manuscript correction by the author. Fold inherent to the letter's mailing. Remarkable letter with sometimes obscure remarks where Huysmans emphasizes the importance and rarity of the writing craft at work in the novel Nu by the cobbler-poet Jacques Le Lorrain. « In these times when people rush books in simple language - you know as well as I what these indigences mean - it is a pleasure to see elucidated sentences labored over expression delivered with forceps ». Sharp as usual Huysmans positions himself as a fierce defender of literary writing experienced as labor which contemporary production seems to be abandoning: « this concern is too exhausted by all and despised for me not to congratulate you on your care ». Accustomed to receiving works from his colleagues Huysmans endeavors to highlight the innovative particularities of each author he receives: « Many pages are truly curious. Lorgeral on the grass closing his eyes listening to the voices - it's fresh and absolutely accurate. The scene of Juliette's armpit kissing. This work so well explained of man's jealousy for the child are particular original corners of this book whose very scrupulous style has captivated me. ». The author Huysmans distinguishes himself here always attentive to the right measure necessary according to him for literary expression: « you have managed to enhance the language to make it neither powerless nor inert. And I know how difficult and rare that is! » unknown
书商的参考编号 : 63597
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Octave MIRBEAU
Manuscrit autographe signé « Habitudes »
1902. Fine. 1902 18.10 x 22.90 cm 2 feuillets et un quart Autograph manuscript signed by Octave Mirbeau 99 lines in black ink on 3 leaves with manuscript corrections by the author and one correction in blue pencil by a typographer. Manuscript used for the composition and printing of the article ""Habitudes"" published on April 20 1902 in the Journal a daily newspaper launched in 1892 by Fernand Xau. The beginning of Mirbeau's career was essentially driven by journalism which allowed him to publish and earn a living despite his lack of inclination for the activity. Quickly feared for his pamphleteering activity Gustave Mirbeau distilling a biting irony stands here against injustice institutionalized by the State and society. Led by the dense and effective writing of Gustave Mirbeau this manuscript is probably a final draft as suggested by the conformity of the two texts and the rare corrections made to the original notably by the blue pencil of a typographer. On the verso of the last leaf is found an earlier version of the first lines of the article. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 61344
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Lise DEHARME
Deux lettres autographes manuscrites de Lise Deharme à Guy Dupré
1963. Fine. 1963 et s. d. 15 x 10.50 cm une carte et un feuillet remplié Autograph letters signed by Lise Deharme addressed to Guy Dupré 9 lines in red pen on a postcard and 17 lines in blue ink on two pages of a folded sheet. Fold inherent to mailing. A collection bearing witness to the friendship between Lise Deharme a figure of Surrealism and Guy Dupré then editor at Plon: « Si je vous écris que j'ai pleuré en lisant votre article j'aurais l'air de commettre une de ces exagérations parisiennes chères à ces amis de nos amis » If I write to you that I cried reading your article I would seem to be committing one of those Parisian exaggerations so dear to those friends of our friends unknown
书商的参考编号 : 63989
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Theophile GAUTIER
Manuscrit autographe du chapitre XI du Voyage d'Espagne ""Boire de l'eau est une volupté que je n'ai connue qu'en Espagne"" Autograph manuscript of Chapter XI of Voyage d'Espagne Drinking water is a pleasure I have known only in Spain
1840. Fine. s. d. circa 1843 13.20 x 21.90 cm 4 feuillets Admirable set of four manuscript fragments of chapter XI of the Voyage d'Espagne which exposes behind the scenes of Gautier's writing which guided by the romantic taste for the picturesque relates his stays in Madrid and Ocaña and his passages by La Guardia and Tembleque . Gautier adopts an astonishing working format revealing the intimate / particular process of writing where flying sheets of different sizes very tight writing and corrections and inks of different colors come together. Originally intended for a publication in the press Gautier's article itself seduced by Spanish exoticism satisfies the search for picturesque then at its peak in France: "" The perpetual carousel of the fans that open close throb and flap like butterflies trying to land; the elbow movements of the women grouping themselves in their mantillas and correcting the inflection of an unsightly fold; the glances launched from one cross to the other to the people of knowledge; the pretty nod of the head and the graceful gesture which accompanies the agur by which the senhoras reply to the horsemen who salute them; the colorful crowd intertwined with Gallegos Pasiegas Valencians Manolas and water vendors "" Gautier establishes links between known references to Spain: Don Quixote and finds picaresque resonances in the adventures he saw: They were men Beyond the simple satisfaction of the public Gautier offers a glimpse of the Spanish character and bon vivant: sobriety and the patience of the Spaniards to endure fatigue is something that is prodigious. They remained Arabs on this point. One can not go further than the oblivion of material life. But these soldiers who lacked bread and shoes had a guitar. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64099
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Alexandre DUMAS
"Naïs et Chloé"" Poème saphique autographe inédit signé d'Alexandre Dumas Unpublished handwritten sapphic poem signed by Alexandre Dumas
1860. Fine. s. d. circa 1860 20.60 x 27.60 cm un feuillet remplié DUMAS Alexandre Naïs et Chloé. Unpublished handwritten sapphic poem signed by Alexandre Dumas N. d. c. 1860 206 x 276 cm one folded leaf Autograph manuscript poem signed by Alexandre Dumas bearing the title Naïs et Chloé 84 verses in black ink on a blue folded leaf of paper. A few tiny tears without damage to the text invariably produced when a leaf of paper is folded. A very rare manuscript of a long unpublished poem depicting the love of Naïs and Chloé the writing of which is motivated by the admiration and tribute paid by Alexandre Dumas to one of the greatest figures of ancient poetry Sappho. A prolific novelist Dumas rarely tried his hand at poetry; Naïs et Chloé by its length constitutes a hapax in the literary production of this writer. The text remains unpublished to this day and is here enhanced by the elegant calligraphy of its author. The poem is made up of 21 quatrains among which stands a remarkable insertion of the most famous verse by Sappho to the beloved woman the title of which is preserved in the very body of the text. This embedding is part of the verve with which Dumas defends the poetic and evocative force of the writing of Sappho whom he elevates to the rank of the star of the world of Poetry: Il est au sein des mers s'appuyant à l'Asie Entre l'heureuse Smyrne et la sombre Lemnos Une île aux bois fleuris chers à la Poésie A qui Venus donna le doux nom de Lesbos. Quand du chantre divin la voix fut étouffée Que du nom d'Euridice elle eut frappé l'écho Le flot roula tête et la lyre d'Orphée Sur la rive où plus tard devait naître Sapho Sapho naquit la lyre en ses mains fut remise Les sons qu'elle en tira jusqu'à nous sont venus. Translated with conscientious care by the author the poem borrowed from Sappho in which that most famous verse emerges this one I say is equal to the gods is found in several places in Dumas' work particularly in the chapter entitled les vers saphiques of San Felice and in a collection of articles dedicated to the great female figures where she sits alongside Joan of Arc and Margaret of Anjou. For Dumas it is a matter of remaining faithful to the written verses and rendering their sensuality often blurred by previous translators: The translations of these two poets
often appear to lack not only ancient color but are inadequate in their lesbian ardor Les étoiles du monde Galerie historique des femmes les plus célèbres de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Above and beyond this translation Dumas is imbued with the lyricism of Sappho without losing his own romantic vein and he paints the sapphic love of Naïs and Chloé in an erotic light: Oh seule palpitante échevelée et nue Une main sur ma gorge et l'autre. Oh ma Naïs Serre moi dans tes bras et sois la bien venue Car à force d'amour. tiens. tiens je te trahis Et l'on n'entendit plus alors dans la nuit sombre Que le bruit des baisers répétés par l'écho Car Nais et Cloé se taisaient et dans l'ombre Clinias s'enfuyait en maudissant Sapho. The poem testifies to the continuous interest that the authors of the late 19th century showed toward sapphism and to the personage of the reader-voyeur here embodied by Cleinias whose most famous occurrence remains Zola's Nana. Exceptional and long autograph sapphic poem by Alexandre Dumas. $ 10 000 unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64096
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Andre-Ferdinand HEROLD
Manuscrits et tapuscrits autographes de Zadig
Paris: Agence générale de copies dramatiques et littéraires H. Compère 1938. Fine. Agence générale de copies dramatiques et littéraires H. Compère Paris s. d. circa 1938 20.50 x 27.50 cm broché et en feuilles Autograph manuscripts and typescripts by André-Ferdinand Hérold for the libretto of Zadig musical comedy premiered on June 24 1938 at the Opéra-Comique with music by Jean Dupérier. Several hundred typewritten and manuscript pages numerous corrections in ink and pencil in the librettist's hand stamp of the general agency for dramatic and literary copies H. Compère on the front cover and first endpaper of the paperbound copy. The paperbound copy contains a complete version of the libretto and all the ensembles are incomplete fragments of several states of the text which as indicated by a note from a previous owner cannot be reclassified in logical order. Some fragments appear to be drafts of poems. Agence générale de copies dramatiques et littéraires H. Compère unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64165
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Louis-Ferdinand CELINE
Lettre autographe signée de Louis-Ferdinand Céline à Henri Mahé ""Le martyr c'est le crachat des imbéciles""
s. l. Copenhague Copenhagen 1947. Fine. s. l. Copenhague Copenhagen 23 avril 1947 22.50 x 28.40 cm 6 pp. in-folio Signed autograph letter of Céline to Henri Mahé and his wife dated April 23 1947 in Copenhagen lines in black ink on three sheets of lined paper. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 63242
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Louis-Ferdinand CELINE
Lettre autographe signée de Louis-Ferdinand Céline au docteur Tuset et à Henri Mahé ""Ces choses-là ne s'oublient pas. Tout est poésie ! ""
Copenhage Copenhagen 1947. Fine. Copenhage Copenhagen 10 avril 1947 22.50 x 28.40 cm 6 pages sur 3 feuillets Very long autograph letter signed ""Dest"" to Doctor Tuset and Henri Mahé dated April 10 unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64327
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Andre SUARES
Lettre autographe d'André Suarès à ses éditeurs
Paris 1920. Fine. Paris s. d. 11 x 13.50 cm un feuillet André Suarès autograph letter to his editors Emile-Paul Frères 6 lines in pencil in the hand of the author and 3 lines of the hand of the editors address of the editors at the head of the letter. Envelope attached. Letter concerning the articles that Suares wrote during the war already published under the name of Commentaries quoted on the back of the letter. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64367
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Pierre-Andre BENOIT
Poème autographe inédit ""L'arbre""
s. l. 1950. Fine. s. l. s. d. 6 x 10.50 cm un feuillet Unpublished autograph poem signed by Pierre-André Benoit entitled « L'arbre » 9 lines in black ink with a drawing of a tree. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64370
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Theophile GAUTIER
Lettre autographe signée de Théophile Gautier à sa fille cadette ""J'ai manqué pour ma part d'y laisser ma peau et je ne suis pas encore bien brillant""
Versailles 1871. Fine. Versailles s. d. 20-30 avril 1871 10.50 x 11.50 cm un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Théophile Gautier 34 lines in black ink address at foot on verso of the letter: ""Versailles avenue de St-Cloud n°3"". Folds inherent to mailing. The letter appears to be unpublished not mentioned in the Correspondance Générale de Théophile Gautier edited by Claudine Lacoste-Veysseyre under the direction of Pierre Laubriet Droz Geneva-Paris 12 vol. 1985-2000. Rare glimpse into Gautier's private life the letter captures the anguish that struck the author and his family during the Paris Commune. Separated from his family by the Prussian invasion of 1870 and the Parisian insurrections of 1871 Théophile Gautier confides the extent of his torments both financial and due to the Paris Commune to his ""dear sweetheart"" his younger daughter Estelle Gautier: ""I may yet manage to recover from this collapse . I am happy that these atrocious ordeals have been spared you. For my part I nearly lost my life and I am still not in brilliant condition"". Gautier's usual supporters are evident here through the names of academician Camille Doucet and dancer Carlotta Grisi. The virulence of the fighting between communards and repressive forces can be sensed in the evocation of Gautier's sister Emilie called ""Lili"": ""Lili is still in her cellar. Coming out is too perilous but she will be delivered within a few days. Alas! Very long ones"". Characteristic of the personal register rare in Gautier's correspondence the letter is imbued with the paternal love the author bears for his family: ""What a celebration when we are all reunited for my heart suffers greatly from this dispersion"". unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64361
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Alphonse DAUDET
Carte autographe signée à Jean Jullien ""nous pleurions dans cette avant-scène à faire pitié""
s. l. 1890. Fine. s. l. s. d. 10 x 6 cm une carte Signed autograph card of Alphonse Daudet 7 lines in black ink erasure of the hand of the author. Letter of praise addressed to Jean Jullien playwright precursor of the theatrical revolutions of the twentieth century about one of his pieces which Daudet emphasizes the naturalistic aesthetic: "" what admirable acts of a moving and wide poetry of observation "" . unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64360
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Gus BOFA
Lettre autographe signée de Gus Bofa
s. l. 1950. Fine. s. l. s. d. 18 x 21.50 cm un feuillet Signed autograph letter of Gus Bofa to one of his acquaintances 16 lines in purple ink accompanied by a pencil drawing. Folding inherent in the enveloping tear without lack in the drawing. Addressed to a friend of Gus Bofa and his wife who seems to have suffered "" a long journey in the storm! ""The letter is imbued with the humor of its author:"" we add two good warm kisses to finish drying you off "". The missive is enriched with an original drawing of Gus Bofa representing two birds on a radiator one of which is written ""Spring has come! "" unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64369
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Andre ROLLAND DE RENEVILLE
Six lettres autographes signées d'André Rolland de Renéville
Paris et Richelieu Paris 1939. Fine. Paris et Richelieu Paris 1939-1940 21 x 27 cm en feuillets Set of 6 autograph letters signed by André Rolland de Renéville 21 pages in black and blue ink. The letters are dated with one exception between June 28 1939 and May 27 1940 and include various addresses at the head of the pages. Folds inherent in envelopes. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64406
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Paul MOUNET
Lettre autographe signée de Paul Mounet
Paris 1910. Fine. Paris 1910 13.50 x 21.50 cm un feuillet remplié Autograph letter signed by Paul Mounet probably addressed to an actress 30 lines in black ink on laid paper with the address of the coffee Regency in mind. Folds inherent to the enveloping. The missive deals with the details of a forthcoming theatrical production that Mounet then comedian at the Comédie-Française insists with insistence to his interlocutor: "" I must have permission - to play outside the French"" unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64371
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Hans HARTUNG
Carte postale autographe signée adressée à Georges Raillard
Madrid 1970. Fine. Madrid 29 juin 1970 15 x 10 cm une carte postale Autograph signed postcard from Hans Hartung addressed to Georges Raillard. Seven lines in ballpoint pen on the verso of a postcard depicting sardana dancers. ""Mille fois merci et un bon souvenir de ""votre"" ville ! En espérant de vous revoir bientôt un jour. Bien à vous Anna-Eva et Hans Hartung"" ""A thousand thanks and fond memories of ""your"" city! Hoping to see you again soon someday. Yours truly Anna-Eva and Hans Hartung"" unknown
书商的参考编号 : 67104
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Henry de MONTHERLANT
Lettre autographe signée de Henry de Montherlant
1949. Fine. 19 juin 1949 13.50 x 21 cm un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Henry de Montherlant to Robert Pignarre dated June 19 1949 15 lines in blue ink envelope attached. Folds inherent to the enveloping. Warm letter of thanks to professor Robert Pignarre following a conference at the Alliance française on his work: "" I have tasted the seriousness and objectivity ."" unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64424
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WILLY [Henry GAUTHIER-VILLARS]
Carte autographe de Willy ""Ah ! ah ! vous aussi vous êtes pornographe !""
1900. Fine. s. d. 11.50 x 8 cm une carte Autograph letter signed by Henry Gauthier-Villars known as Willy 6 lines in purple ink sender's address at foot: ""Rue de Courcelles 93"". Amusing letter from Willy central personality of Parisian social life at the turn of the 19th century where all his taste for humor and provocation shows through: ""Ah! Ah! You too are a pornographer! I am not displeased my dear colleague to find myself in such good company"". unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64435
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Hans HARTUNG
Carte postale autographe adressée à Georges Raillard
1977. Fine. 29 août 1977 15 x 10.50 cm une carte postale Postcard autograph of Hans Hartung addressed to Georges Raillad. Nine lines in black ink on the back of a blue monochrome postcard captioned ""Mediterranean holidays under a blue sky"". unknown
书商的参考编号 : 67100
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Pierre PUVIS DE CHAVANNES
Lettre autographe signée de Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Paris 1898. Fine. Paris 9 mai 1898 12 x 15 cm un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes dated May 9 1898 19 lines in black ink on letterhead with the address of the mansion of his wife Marie Cantacuzène ""89 avenue de Villiers"" . A moving letter of thanks from the painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes: "" The thought of associating my work . with your own paternal feeling leaves me an inexpressible impression intimate full of emotion. "" unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64430
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Michel BUTOR
Lettre autographe signée à Georges Raillard
1974. Fine. février 1974 18.60 x 27 cm une feuille enveloppe jointe Letter autograph signed by Michel Butor to Georges Raillard dated February 1974. 55 lines written in black pen on a sheet. Envelope attached. Michel Butor speaks from Albuquerque New Mexico to Georges Raillard literary critic and specialist of Spanish painters Antoni Tapies and Joan Miro. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 65719
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Roland BARTHES
Lettre autographe signée à Georges Raillard
Paris 1968. Fine. Paris 16 décembre 1968 21 x 27 cm 2 pages sur un feuillet Long autograph letter signed by Roland Barthes addressed to Georges Raillard. Two pages written in blue ink on a letterhead of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. Envelope with identical header attached. Two central folds inherent in enveloping the envelope. ""Dear friend Thank you for your good letter thank you for the list of notabilities and thank you for the check.Fun has it that I will go back to Barcelona for a few hours at the end of the week.I could not have room on Saturday 21 in the plane Geneva Casablanca which takes place once a week and held by complicated dates I was obliged to go to Morocco to plan to go from Geneva to Barcelona unknown
书商的参考编号 : 67060
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Antoine COMPAGNON
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Georges Raillard
Paris 1979. Fine. Paris 6 avril 1979 13.50 x 21 cm 2 feuillets Autograph letter signed by Antoine Compagnon addressed to Georges Raillard. Two pages on two sheets written in black ink. Envelope included. Interesting letter in which Compagnon affirms that ""il y a encore moyen d'écrire. C'est la question actuelle qui se pose à moi au lendemain de la parution du récit"" ""there is still a way to write. This is the current question facing me the day after the story was published"". He also mentions Maurice Nadeau and other mutual university acquaintances. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 67036
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Emmanuel MOUNIER
Trois lettres autographes signées d'Emmanuel Mounier
Paris 1930. Fine. Paris 23 janvier s. d. 1936 13.50 x 21 cm en feuillets Three autograph letters signed by Emmanuel Mounier 7 pages in black ink on headed paper with the address of the headquarters of the journal Esprit. Corrections of the author's hand. Folds inherent in envelopes. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64419
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Maxime DU CAMP
Lettre autographe signée de Maxime Du Camp
Paris 1869. Fine. Paris 16 janvier 1869 13.50 x 20.50 cm un feuillet remplié Letter autograph signed Maxime Du Camp dated January 16 1869 23 lines in black ink on blue paper handwritten address of the sender at the head of the sheet. Letter of request for recommendation that Maxim Du Camp addresses very courteously to his interlocutor who seems to have rescued him in the past. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64422
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STENDHAL
« Un solitaire est jaloux de sa liberté. C'est son plus grand bien comme c'est celui de tous les hommes. » Autograph letter addressed to his sister Pauline
1805. Fine. 10 Floréal 13 30 avril 1805 18.50 x 23.10 cm une feuille Stendhal's autograph letter addressed to his sister Pauline. 28 lines written with a fine writing in black ink. First name ""Pauline"" from the hand of the sender at the bottom of the letter. Inventory number ""36"" in ink from another hand. Two small traces of stamp and stamp a small tear restored in the bottom margin of the page. A few tiny folds inherent in the enveloping of the letter. Rare and beautiful letter of Stendhal addressed to his sister Pauline in which all the sensitivity of the young man and his love for the dramatic art shows more than twenty years before his big romantic successes. This letter comes from the correspondence between Henri Bayle here twenty-two years with his sister Pauline three years younger. This true epistolary liaison which quickly took the form of a ""diary"" - Pauline's answers were rare - is an essential milestone in the constitution of the intellectual journey of the future Stendhal. Our letter of a great lyricism testifies to the strength of the bond uniting the young writer and his sister: ""Let's shake each other my good friend. We will never find anyone who loves Pauline as Henry nor will Henry ever find a more beautiful soul than Pauline. ""The use of the third person and a lover vocabulary erects the young woman to the rank of alter ego a sister-soul and even perfect mistress. The young Henri is then precisely under the yoke of a devouring passion for the actress Melanie Guilbert whom he met during his declamation classes at Dugazon: "" I'm going to be bored perhaps by my dark sadness. I know very well that the seriousness of ardent passions is not pleasant. "" Contrasting with this passionate relationship Pauline symbolizes reason and balance a figure that Henri like a pygmalion can fashion at leisure. In good tutor he advises: ""Learn by heart roles. About declamation I will teach you a thousand things. I'm bringing you a Gil Blas and a Tracy. ""We understand here worship Stendhal devoted to the theater from his earliest years both as a player as a playwright the fund of its archives to the Grenoble Library contains nearly 700 sheets of blanks:"" I am in despair at not being able to wear you Beanies. But wait maybe someday will come . as Ulino says. ""This passion for theater Henry intends to pass it to his sister:"" We will work like hell during the time that I stay in Grenoble. ""In total opposite view with the education of women in his time he put a point of honor that Pauline is an educated person; In several letters moreover we find injunctions from the brother ordering his sister to give up needlework in favor of the reading he recommends. Truly obsessed with theater and convinced that he will become an author of successful comedies he works tirelessly: ""I am told a room where I will not be free and where I can not just declaim. Try to disturb this arrangement. ""Years before writing great novels that make her famous Stendhal already understands that loneliness is for him a source of creation and says:"" A lonely is jealous of his freedom. It is his greatest good as that of all men. "" unknown
书商的参考编号 : 66974
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Roland BARTHES
Carte postale autographe signée adressée à Georges Raillard
Maroc Morocco 1968. Fine. Maroc Morocco 30 décembre 1968 15 x 10.50 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed by Roland Barthes addressed to Georges Raillard. Thirteen lines in black felt-tip pen on the verso of a card depicting a landscape of Tetouan in Morocco. ""Cher Ami nous nous sommes manqués à Barcelone. Je n'ai pu vous téléphoner - pris dans des retards d'avion - et sans doute étiez-vous déjà partis en vacances dans le Sud comme vous m'aviez dit. Ne m'en veuillez pas et acceptez avec tous les vôtres mes voeux très amicaux. A bientôt j'espère. Vôtre. R. Barthes"" ""Dear Friend we missed each other in Barcelona. I couldn't call you - caught up in flight delays - and no doubt you had already left for vacation in the South as you had told me. Please don't hold it against me and accept along with all your family my very friendly wishes. See you soon I hope. Yours. R. Barthes"" unknown
书商的参考编号 : 67054
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Napoleon-Jerome BONAPARTE
Quatre lettres de Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte aux signatures maçonniques adressées au peintre Géniole
Italie Italy 1842. Fine. Italie Italy circa 1842 13.50 x 20.50 cm 4 feuillets rempliés Set of four letters from Napoleon-Jerome Bonaparte to the painter Geniole two are dated August 21 and December 12 1842 6 pages in brown ink recipient address on the back of the sheets two seals of the sender in part preserved. Folds inherent in envelopes. Some tiny tasks without affecting the text. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 64434
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Jean-Clarence LAMBERT
Carte postale autographe signée adressée à Georges Raillard
Lagorce 1967. Fine. Lagorce 27 Décembre 1967 13.50 x 9 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed by Jean-Clarence Lambert addressed to Georges Raillard from the mas de La Rouvière on Monday December 27 1967. Six lines in ballpoint pen on the verso of a postcard depicting the village of Lagorge in Ardèche sending his best wishes for the holidays to Georges Raillard then director of the French Institute of Barcelona and his wife Alice. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 67959
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Antonio TORRES
Carte postale autographe signée adressée à sa traductrice en français Alice Raillard
Coimbra 2000. Fine. Coimbra 25 Janvier 2000 14.50 x 10.50 cm une carte postale Signed autograph postcard of the Brazilian writer Antonio Torres addressed to the translator of his works in French Alice Raillard from Coimbra on January 25 2000 representing a view of the city. ""Alice a thought to you here in Coimbra where I speak for the public of the university. Pardon for my poor French . Abracos pare voce e Georges my officer!"" unknown
书商的参考编号 : 68058
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Envoi autographe signe Paul Dubois a Monsieur et Madame LeclezeDubois, Dr Paul
L'Education de Soi-Même.
1909. Deuxième Edition. Paris Masson et Cie Editeurs 1909. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 265 Pages. Couverture originale souple avec protection en Mylar. Bon état avec seulement des signes mineurs d'usure externe. Inscription et signature de l'auteur en première page. Signed / Inscribed by Paul Dubois ! - Very Rare Includes for example the following essays: La Conquête du Bonheur / La Pensée / L'Acte / La Conscience / L'Education / Clairvoyance Morale / Egoïsme et Altruisme / Pensée Méditative / Tolérance / Indulgence / Humilité / etc. Paul Charles Dubois 28 November 1848 4 November 1918 was a Swiss neuropathologist who was a native of La Chaux-de-Fonds. He studied medicine at the University of Bern and in 1876 was a general practitioner of medicine in Bern. He was interested in psychosomatic medicine eventually gaining a reputation as a highly regarded psychotherapist. In 1902 he became a professor of neuropathology at Bern. Dubois was influenced by the writings of German psychiatrist Johann Christian August Heinroth 17731843. Dubois is known for the introduction of "persuasion therapy" a process that employed a rational approach for treatment of neurotic disorders. Within this discipline he developed a psychotherapeutic methodology that was a form of Socratic dialogue using the doctor-patient relationship as a means to persuade the patient to change his/her behavior. He believed it was necessary to appeal to a patient's intellect and reason in order to eliminate negative and self-destructive habits. He also maintained it was necessary for the physician to convince the patient of the irrationality of his/her neurotic feelings and thought processes. Dubois was disdainful of hypnotic therapy. Dubois has been described as "the first significant modern proponent" of a rational therapy or cognitive therapy and for some time in the early 20th century it had competed in popularity with Freudian psychoanalysis especially in the USA but is little known today. His best known written work was the 1904 Les psychonévroses et leur traitement moral being later translated into English as "Psychic Treatment of Nervous Disorders The Psychoneuroses and Their Moral Treatment". The preface of this book was written by his friend neurologist Joseph Jules Dejerine 18491917. Another influential publication by Dubois was a "mind over matter" treatise titled De l'influence de l'esprit sur le corps. Dubois was also an editor of Constantin von Monakow's Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie und Psychiatrie Swiss Archive for Neurology and Psychiatry. Wikipedia unknown
书商的参考编号 : 72926AB
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Antonio TORRES
Carte postale autographe signée adressée à sa traductrice en français Alice Raillard
Coimbra 1995. Fine. Coimbra 12 Novembre 1995 14.50 x 10.50 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard dated and signed with 11 lines entirely written in Brazilian Portuguese by writer Antonio Torres addressed to Alice Raillard the French translator of his works from Rome on November 11 1995 depicting Saint Peter's Square. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 68151
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Edgar DEGAS
Lettre autographe inédite signée Unpublished autograph letter signed
Dieppe 1885. Fine. Dieppe 1er septembre 1885 22.40 x 17.70 cm 4 pages sur un double feuillet Unpublished autograph letter signed Dieppe 1 September 1885 22.4 x 17.7 cm one folded sheet under custom slipcase Unpublished signed autograph letter from Edgar Degas to an unknown correspondent. 4 pages in black ink on one folded sheet. Central fold inherent to the way the letter was folded.his letter is presented in a chemise and case with paper boards decorated with abstract motifs the spine of the chemise in green morocco pastedowns and endpapers of green suede slipcase signed by Thomas Boichot. A handsome unpublished letter testimony to Degas' other great passion after dance: song.he Parisian premiere of Ernest Rayer's Wagnerian opera Sigurd took place on 12 June 1885 at the Opera de Paris. Degas overcome by the performance of the singer Rose Caron saw the piece thirty-seven times: «I still love Sigurd and I like it more and more. I have never seen Reyer except once in the street. And I made a point of telling him of the admiration it provoked in me far more immediately than in someone who being neither maid nor washerwoman was worthy of some consideration.» Degas paid homage to the beauty of Rose Caron in Sigurd by doing two drawings on fans today in private hands in the US.Properly obsessed by this «admirable work that did him so much good that he could not get over» the painter asked his famous neighbor to play him the score on the piano: «The young Jacques-Emile Blanche our neighbor plays it to me every day in place of your wife.»he letter closes with a lyrical description of Mont-Saint-Michel of which Degas had made several drawings: «Have you ever seen Mont-Saint-Michel Could we go and spend a few days there together sometime It's so pretty so charming. In one month I've been twice. The big tides at the end of September will take me back once more.» Degas' passion for opera is the subject of an exhibition for the 350th birthday of the Paris Opera open from 24 September 2019 to 19 January 2020 at the Musée d'Orsay. hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 68398
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Charles BAUDELAIRE
Lettre autographe datée et signée de Charles Baudelaire à Philoxène Boyer concernant l'intrigante Léontine B. Handwritten letter dated and signed by Charles Baudelaire to Philoxene Boyer concerning the intriguing Leontine B.
Paris 1854. Fine. Paris 25 Juin 1854 11.50 x 18.50 cm une page recto-verso Handwritten letter dated and signed by Charles Baudelaire to Philoxène Boyer concerning the intriguing Léontine B. Paris 25 Juin 1854 11.5 x 18.5 cm one page recto-verso Handwritten two-page letter dated 25 June 1854 and signed by Charles Baudelaire to Philoxène Boyer whom he calls «my dear Lyrique» in which he apologises for having missed a meeting with him he confesses his impecuniosity to him and reports to him on the efforts made by Léontine B. an intriguing person who will end up compromising Philoxène Boyer because of his debts to attend a party to which she is not invited and which holds a certain jealousy: «You surely assume my dear Lyrique that yesterday something serious happened for me to have missed this meeting. Here is what I would have told you: 1 my money has not come; but it will come. / 2 Léontine is obstinate. I am convinced that I have fulfilled my confidence mission very well. I came back three times. When I finally could explain to her carefully that this party was for family secret that Boyer himself was supposed to ignore it she replied: Well it's no longer a secret since I know.» Finally while recognising Léontine as «a very original turn of mind» and although the attitude of this troublesome scheme: «causes you worry and I understand.» Charles Baudelaire pleads for indulgence and leniency: «since she persists so proudly I would urge you to let the event run. It is after all only the homage of a dizzy mind.» unknown
书商的参考编号 : 68690
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ANONYME
Prostitution Brevet d'invention - Caisse d'Horloge Patent of Invention - Clock Case
Paris 1800. Fine. Paris s. d. circa 1800 23.50 x 18.30 cm une feuille Brevet d'invention Caisse d'Horloge Patent of Invention Clock Case Paris ca 1800 23.5 x 18.3 cm single sheet A curious manuscript comprising fifteen or so lines in pencil on lined paper bearing the title «Brevet d'invention Caisse d'Horloge». «A noted physiognomist tells us that women of ill repute have the mark of their behavior on their faces. In giving over their bodies to a shameful use the blood changes and becomes watery decomposition begins and colors fade. The skin grows wrinkled dark rings appear under the eyes and the blood as changed by vice has no more of a sex than the case of a clok sic. It is for this reason that an Association has been formed against the corruption of morals which leads to the degeneration of the human race. It marks the easy of virtue with a clok case sic so that they will be exposed to public vilification. They can be recognized by their unusual toilet the product of their criminal behavior and the shame of honest girls. The Repairer of Morals is dispatched by the Association whose seat is in Paris.» A very rare manuscript document. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 68537
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STENDHAL
Lettre autographe adressée à sa soeur Pauline : «Voilà mes rêveries . tu es la seule personne au monde à qui j'ose les dire.» Autograph letter to his sister Pauline: 'These are my reveries . you are the only person in the world I dare share them with.'
1808. Fine. 26 mars 1808 20 x 24.80 cm 3 pages 1/2 sur un double feuillet Long autograph letter by Stendhal addressed to his sister Pauline written in fine handwriting with black ink. Address of Stendhal's father where his sister resides in Grenoble with the stamp ""n°51 Grande Armée."" Red wax seal bearing Stendhal's coat of arms. Several original folds inherent to postal delivery. A paper loss due to the unsealing of the letter has been skillfully restored. Published in his Correspondance ed. Henri Martineau Paris Le Divan 1933 vol. 3 no. 262 A pp. 26-29. A very beautiful letter filled with romantic passion blending childhood nostalgia with sentimental tales and foreshadowing The Red and the Black. This letter is part of the correspondence between twenty-five years old Henri Beyle and his sister Pauline three years his junior. This epistolary relationship which quickly took the form of a ""journal"" as Pauline's responses were rare. It is deemed a crucial milestone in the intellectual development of the future Stendhal: ""Here are my dreams my dear friend; I am almost ashamed of them; but after all you are the only person in the world to whom I dare confess them."" In this letter which attests to the strong bond between brother and sister Stendhal then in Germany expresses his deep nostalgia: ""I revisited in my memory all the time we spent together: how I did not love you in our childhood; how I once hit you at Claix in the kitchen. I hid in the little book cabinet; my father came back a moment later furious and said to me: 'Wicked child! I would eat you!' Then all the woes inflicted upon us by poor Aunt Séraphie; our walks along those paths surrounded by stagnant water towards Saint-Joseph."" These regrets about the past are accompanied by a typically Stendhalian melancholy: ""Alas! That delightful happiness I once imagined I glimpsed it once at Frascati and a few other times in Milan. Since then it has not returned; I marvel at my inability to feel it. The mere memory of it is more powerful than all the present joys I can procure."" This evocation of the Italy he longs for is intertwined with memories of the women he loved: ""I told you that while in Frascati at a charming fireworks display at the moment of the explosion Adèle leaned on my shoulder for an instant; I cannot express how happy I was. For two years whenever I was overwhelmed with sorrow this image gave me courage and made me forget all my troubles. I had long forgotten it; I tried to recall it today. Against my will I see Adèle as she is; but as I am now there is no longer the slightest joy in this memory."" This lengthy account of Adèle Rebuffet his cousin with whom he had a profound romantic relationship before forming a closer bond with her mother reflects Stendhal's sentimentality. He also mentions another of his great passions Angelina Pietragrua the ideal Italian woman and embodiment of his Milanese memories: ""Madame Pietragrua is different: her memory is linked to that of the Italian language; whenever something pleases me in a role for a woman in a work I involuntarily put it into her mouth."" This ""role for a woman"" that Stendhal refers to echoes the central theme of this letter the work Il Matrimonio segreto by composer Cimarosa: ""Do you sometimes play the Matrimonio Its the passage Cara sposa at the beginning between Carolina and Paolino. . But play the Matrimonio for my sake especially Signor deh permettette and the finale Io rival de mia sorella."" This opera by Cimarosa remained a constant throughout the writer's life and work. In his Memoirs of an Egotist 1832 he explains: ""In Milan in 1820 I wanted to have this written on my tomb . I wanted a marble tablet in the shape of a playing card: ""Errico Beyle - Milanese - Visse scrisse amò - Quest'anima adorava Cimarosa Mozart e Shakspeare - Morì di anni. il . 18."" ""Henri Beyle - Milanese - He lived wrote loved - This soul adored Cimarosa Mozar unknown
书商的参考编号 : 68967
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Lawrence DURRELL
"Demain soir je vais en Angleterre"" Signed autograph business card addressed to Jani Brun
1970. Fine. s. d. circa 1970 12.70 x 8.10 cm une carte de visite Autograph signed calling card addressed to Jani Brun written in black felt-tip pen and bearing some stains. The writer informs his young French mistress of an imminent departure to London where he frequently visited his publisher: ""Je suis chez Alan Thomas. 16 Holbury St. Chelsea. Faites moi signe quand tu veux sic Love Larry"" ""I am at Alan Thomas's. 16 Holbury St. Chelsea. Let me know when you want to meet. Love Larry"". After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the travel writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus Les citrons acides he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""maison Tartès"" his large house surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin the violinist Yehudi Menuhin the London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and sparkling ""Jany"" Janine Brun a thirty-something woman from Montpellier of devastating beauty who worked in the Department of Antiquities at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we keep precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips notably to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 70339
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Lawrence DURRELL
"Tout le monde cherche quelqu'un de fidèle tout en restant 'libre' en échange !"" Signed autograph postcard addressed to Jani Brun
Sommières 1970. Fine. Sommières s. d. circa 1970 15 x 10 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun written in black felt-tip pen on the verso of a view of the banks of the Vidourle at Sommières. Admirable and humorous confession by the writer to his young lover: ""Tout le monde cherche quelqu'un de fidèle tout en restant 'libre' en échange ! Bientôt je serai impuissant et le problème n'existera plus !"" ""Everyone is looking for someone faithful while remaining 'free' in return! Soon I will be impotent and the problem will no longer exist!"". Durrell reflects on his numerous feminine conquests ""Pour l'instant je suis comblé de belles et j'en profite - pourquoi pas !"" ""For now I am overwhelmed with beauties and I'm taking advantage of it - why not!"" and gives precious advice to his addressee who had chosen to remain independent despite the writer's entreaties: ""Tu n'es pas heureuse en amour parce que tu es intéressée - tu cherche sic des combines toujours au lieu de te donner sans réserve ni réservation ! C'est quand on deviens sic esclave qu'on est vraiment heureux !"" ""You are not happy in love because you are self-interested - you are always looking for schemes instead of giving yourself without reserve or reservation! It's when one becomes a slave that one is truly happy!"" After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the traveler-writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown. Rich only in a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus he arrived in 1956 in France and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""maison Tartès"" his large house surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and sparkling ""Jany"" Janine Brun a thirty-something from Montpellier of devastating beauty who worked at the Department of Antiquities at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting when the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we retain precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips notably to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artistic pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 70299
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Lawrence DURRELL
Carte postale autographe signée adressée à Jani Brun
Sommières 1971. Fine. Sommières 18 octobre 1971 15 x 10.50 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun written in blue felt-tip pen on the verso of a Nietzsche quotation underlining a humorous image. After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the travel writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown. Rich only in a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""Tartès house"" his large residence surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and sparkling ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties of devastating beauty who worked in the Antiquities department at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we keep precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips notably to England from where she received vast correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 70300
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Maurice BEJART
"Ispahan où nous étions ensemble est toujours aussi émouvant."" Signed autograph postcard addressed to André-Philippe Hersin
Ispahan Isfahan 1974. Fine. Ispahan Isfahan 22 novembre 1974 14.90 x 10.20 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed by Maurice Béjart addressed to André-Philippe Hersin on the verso of a photographic reproduction showing the trembling minarets of Isfahan. The choreographer sent this postcard from Iran where he created in 1971 under the patronage of Empress Farah Pahlavi his ballet Golestan The Rose Garden and in 1974 at the Shiraz festival his ballet Mallarmé III to music by Pierre Boulez. It would also be during this period that Béjart is said to have converted to Islam after meeting Dariouche Safvate eminent Kurdish Sufi musician. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 70633
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Lawrence DURRELL
"Toi tu peux m'écrire en Français. J'ai du mal à l'écrire mais je le comprends très bien"". Signed autograph letter addressed to Jani Brun
Paris 1969. Fine. Paris 18 juillet 1969 21.60 x 28 cm 1 page sur un feuillet enveloppe jointe Autograph letter signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to his lover Jani Brun dating from the beginning of their relationship. One page in blue ballpoint pen. Envelope included. The writer addresses here one of the first letters of his correspondence with his young friend from Montpellier which extended over more than two decades. Still unaccustomed to the French language he asked for help translating his letter: ""J'espère bien mieux te connaître . Gérard a traduit ceci de l'anglais pour moi. Comprendrais-tu si la prochaine fois j'écrivais en anglais . "" ""I hope to get to know you much better . Gérard translated this from English for me. Would you understand if next time I wrote in English . "" After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the traveling writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus Les citrons acides he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""Tartès house"" his large residence surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties with devastating beauty who worked in the Antiquities department of the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we retain precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips notably to England from where she received vast correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 70624
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Lawrence DURRELL
"youth at the prow and beauty at the helm"" luxe et voupté - dans le Club Méditerranée everything is done for you"" Signed autograph postcard addressed to Jani Brun
Grèce Greece 1981. Fine. Grèce Greece 28 mai 1981 14.60 x 10.20 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun his young French lover written in blue felt-tip pen on the verso of a humorous illustration featuring Poseidon. The writer had stayed at Club Méditerranée and sings its praises with a verse from the neo-medieval poem The Bard by Thomas Gray and one from Baudelaire: ""youth at the prow and beauty at the helm"" Jeunesse à la proue et beauté à la barre luxe et voupté - dans le Club Méditerranée everything is done for you tout est fait pour vous J'ai envie de rester encore vingt ans ici. That would make me 110 years old j'aurais 110 ans."" After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the travelling writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus Les citrons acides he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""maison Tartès"" his large house surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties of devastating beauty who worked at the Department of Antiquities at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we keep precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips notably to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 70551
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Lawrence DURRELL
"je tripote des livres des nuages des femmes et des calembours"" Signed autograph postcard addressed to Jani Brun
Sommières 1969. Fine. Sommières 10 novembre 1969 13.90 x 10.10 cm une carte postale enveloppe jointe Autograph postcard signed addressed to Jani Brun written in black felt-tip pen on the reverse of a humorous drawing. Envelope included. The writer gives news of his life in his house in Sommières to his French lover: ""Je me force de sic travailler un peu - c'est à dire je tripote des livres des nuages des femmes et des calembours . Il pleut. Je coupe du bois aussi et bientôt il faut que je ramasse les mûres. Much love Larry D"" ""I force myself to work a little - that is to say I fiddle with books clouds women and puns . It's raining. I also chop wood and soon I must pick blackberries. Much love Larry D"". After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the traveling writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus Les citrons acides he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""Tartès house"" his large residence surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties with devastating beauty who worked in the Antiquities department of the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we retain precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips notably to England from where she received vast correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 70623
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Maurice BEJART
"Je reçois les Saisons à l'instant et c'est une joie de vous sentir présent à travers les lignes"" Signed autograph postcard addressed to André-Philippe Hersin
Capri 1972. Fine. Capri 20 juillet 1972 10.40 x 15 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed by Maurice Béjart from Capri addressed to André-Philippe Hersin then in Avignon for the theatre and dance festival. On the verso a drawing depicting the coat of arms of Sir Galahad. The choreographer sends a warm message to the editor of Saisons de la danse whose latest issue he had just read. Hersin was indeed a great champion of Béjarts choreographic style and devoted laudatory articles to him in his journal as well as monographic booklets on his work. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 70632
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Lawrence DURRELL
tournage du film adapté de son livre ""Justine"" Signed autograph postcard addressed to Jani Brun
Sommières 1969. Fine. Sommières 3 janvier 1969 14.60 x 10.20 cm une carte postale Signed autograph postcard from Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun written in purple felt-tip pen on the verso of a humorous illustration by Lassalvy. The writer sends his wishes for the year 1969 to his young French lover and prepares to follow the filming of the movie adapted from his novel ""Justine"" first volume of his Alexandria Quartet: ""Je vais à Londres samedi pour un mois de 'filmage'. Amuse toi bien mais sagement !"" ""I'm going to London Saturday for a month of 'filming'. Have fun but wisely!"" After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the traveling writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""maison Tartès"" his large house surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties with devastating beauty who worked in the Antiquities department at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the spell of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we preserve precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips particularly to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artistic pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 70552
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Lawrence DURRELL
"je suis vraiment navré pour le voyage"" Signed autograph postcard addressed to Jani Brun
Sommières 1971. Fine. Sommières 16 septembre 1971 17.90 x 12.80 cm un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun written in blue felt tip pen. The writer gives his news to his young French lover: ""I'm going to Geneva for 10 days to have my expertise assessed for my psychosome exema sic and discuss a script. Am happy because the servants in Provence are getting insolent see back "": the last part of the sentence referring to the waved santons on the back of the postcard. After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the travel writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings which led to the island's independence from the British crown. Rich only in a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus Acid lemons he arrived in 1956 in France and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""Maison Tartès"" his large house surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Quintette d'Avignon devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin the violinist Yehudi Menuhin the London editor Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Pénélope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met there in the mid-1960s the young and sparkling ""Jany"" Janine Brun Montpellier of thirty years with ravaging beauty who worked in the Department of Antiquities of the Sorbonne in Paris. It was named Buttons in memory of their first meeting where the girl wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell in love with ""Buttons"" praising his beauty and his eternal youth in exceptional letters that were never published. The three friends spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we keep precious autograph traces through their correspondence. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips notably to England from where she received a large correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed by her artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 70820
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Joris-Karl HUYSMANS - (Victor HUGO)
Carte autographe signée « Ce que je suis rasé par les reporters à propos du centenaire d'Hugo ! » How fed up I am with reporters about Hugos centenary!
1902. Fine. 4 février 1902 11.50 x 9 cm Une carte recto-verso ""Paris February 4 1902 I regretted my dear friend not to see you! The poet did not walk as you have seen I had gone for a walk on the quays. That's for lunch at Crespel Saturday at noon ½. Would you write to him if you do not see him before. What I am shaved by reporters about Hugo's centenary! It is to be believed that all the newspapers and magazines will make a number apart! What we are going to defecate imbecilities sic on his remains! A reporter confessed to me that he had been visiting about Hugo the members of the Academy of Medicine !! and also the painters. It appears that it will be monumental on this side. So Saturday dear friend and good to you Huysmans Seen Madame Leclaire more and more exasperated by the idea of staying in Ligugé! "" unknown
书商的参考编号 : 60237
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[Louise-Anne de BOURBON-CONDE] - Donatien Alphonse Francois de SADE - Jean-Baptiste-Francois-Joseph, comte de SADE
Testament
Paris 1758. Fine. Paris dimanche 2 avril 1758 13.40 x 19.20 cm 2 feuillets Will of Louise-Anne de Bourbon-Condé known as Mademoiselle de Charolais copied by the hand of Jean-Baptiste-François-Joseph Count de Sade and father of the Marquis in which the latter makes her nephew Louis-François Joseph de Bourbon Prince de Conti her universal legatee. A second part concerns bequests to livery servants to chambermaids and valets to the wardrobe keeper etc. Footnote in the hand of the Marquis de Sade: ""known as Mademoiselle de Charolais"". Attached is a note sheet written in Sade's hand with a view to publishing his father's correspondence. This will was written five days before the death of Mademoiselle de Charolais whose death occurred on Friday April 7 1758 following three months of illness. The second part of the will is dated Sunday April 2 1758 while the first bears the date of Sunday April 12 1758: this is obviously an erroneous date. The entirety of this copy was written by the hand of the Count de Sade who lived with Mademoiselle de Charolais at her château of Athis-Mons from 1750 until her death. The young Count de Sade sent by his father to Paris around 1720 had as protector Louis-Henri de Bourbon Prince de Condé known as Monsieur le Duc. Upon his arrival the young man appreciated court life and ""Rare thing he pleased women without making himself hated by men: hence the number of his friends at least as high as that of his mistresses. . M. de Sade was not content with easy conquests; bourgeois women left him indifferent. Those he sought - and most often conquered - were court women not only endowed with wit and beauty but also adorned with an illustrious name credit influence or fortune capable in a word of serving his interests and putting him in good standing at court."" Lever Sade. Among his conquests figured Mademoiselle de Charolais seven years his senior sister of his protector and then royal mistress. Little desirous of marrying she preferred all her life to remain unmarried and multiplied adventures and prestigious lovers. She was notably the favorite of the Duke de Richelieu but also of Louis XV for whom she recruited numerous mistresses thus earning the sobriquet of ""royal procuress"". The carnal encounter between Mademoiselle de Charolais and the Count de Sade took place on November 24 1725 while the latter was confined to bed because of a sprain. A letter from Louise-Anne attests to this nascent adventure: ""November 24 is the most beautiful day of my life if I have regained possession of my kingdom and my sovereignty by the rights of the bed where I swore you an oath of fidelity. I count on having received yours and I now live for the prettiest king in the world."" Papiers de famille p.20. The passion was not reciprocal however and the fickle Count de Sade soon met the Duchess de la Trémoïlle. Thus distancing himself from Mademoiselle de Charolais he wrote to her by way of breaking up: ""I regarded Madam the advances you made to me as provocation of your mind and not of your heart. I did not have the honor of knowing you I owed you nothing a sprain obliged me to keep to my room I was idle there your letters were pretty they amused me I flattered myself if it were true that I had made your conquest that you might cure me of an unfortunate passion which occupies me entirely."" op. cit. p.23. In 1752 the Count de Sade was ruined by his lifestyle he had sent young Donatien to Louis-le-Grand college and lodged with his good friend Mademoiselle de Charolais at the château of Athis-Mons: ""I have retired to Mademoiselle's although it is cruel at my age to depend on someone to reduce my expenses."" Letter from the Count de Sade to his uncle the provost of L'Isle-sur-Sorgue November 11 1752. He remained with his friend accompanying her in her numerous travels across Europe until her death. The correspondence between the Count de Sade and Mademoiselle de Charolais con unknown
书商的参考编号 : 59468
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