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FLAUBERT, Gustave (1821-1880)
Autograph letter signed " Gve Flaubert " to Pauline Sandeau
[Croisset], Saturday [16th November 1867], 3 p. in-8° on blue laid paper
Fold marks, some paper frictions and tiny spots
Admirable letter from Flaubert, then in the middle of writing Sentimental Education


" Si je vous écrivais chaque fois que je pense à vous, je me ruinerais en timbres-poste. Comment d'ailleurs ne songerais-je pas à votre jolie mine, puisque je l'ai là, devant moi, clouée sur mon armoire aux pipes ! Je voudrais bien la voir en nature. C'est tout ce que j'ai à vous dire.
Que faites-vous ? Que lisez-vous ? etc. Et votre cher fils ?
Vous devez maintenant être revenue à l'Institut ?
Comment va madame Plessy ? On m'a conté qu'elle était ou avait été très malade.
Quant à votre ami, il espère, à la fin de janvier, avoir terminé la seconde partie de son roman [L'Éducation sentimentale]. Comme il m'embête ! Comme il m'embête ! Après celui-là, bonsoir ! Je dirai adieu aux bourgeois… Read More

PROUST, Marcel (1871-1922)
Autograph letter signed " Marcel Proust " to Marie Scheikévitch[Paris], 16th April 1918, 1 p. in-8°With envelopePaper clip marks, previous mounting on margin (see scans)
Affectionate letter from Marcel Proust to Marie Scheikévitch in which the writer must, with regret, postpone the appointment made with her
" Madame,Je ne pourrai pas venir jeudi et je le regrette beaucoup. Mais je m'arrangerai pour vous voir très prochainement car j'en ai un grand désir. Je ne vous écris que ces deux lignes parce que je souffre beaucoup des yeux.Votre bien respectueux amiMarcel Proust "
The abuse of night work, combined with the burning of constant fumigations, had tired the sight and damaged the eyes of Marcel Proust, who, however, as if he had known that time was running out, refused to rest.
An intimate of Proust who did much effort in using her network for the publication of the first volume of The Search :
Marie Scheikevitch (1882-1964) was the daughter of a wealthy Russian… Read More

PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973)
Autograph letter signed " Picasso " to Max Pellequer[Château de] Vauvenargues, 24th June 1959, 1 p. in-8° in blue thick pencilFine condition throughout
Affectionate and graphic letter from the master to his friend and collector Max Pellequer
" Mon cher Max, Vous venez de partir ce matin et déjà je vous embête de nouveau (voir ma lettre des contributions que je reçois). Encore bien des amitiés de nous deux [an allusion to his partner Jacqueline Roque, whom he married in 1961] pour vous deux. Picasso "
A banker and shrewd art lover, Max Pellequer amassed a considerable collection of modernist works in the 1920s. In 1920, he married Francine Level, niece of the merchant and businessman André Level. It was through him that he met Picasso in 1914. This meeting marked the genesis of an unbreakable friendship between the two men. Pellequer became one of the artist's closest friends, but also his banker and financial advisor. For more than 30 years, he acquired an incredible… Read More

CARROLL, Lewis (1832-1898)
Autograph letter signed " C.L. Dodgson " to Mr BurtonEastbourne, Aug[ust] 25 [18]77, 2 p. in-12° with pink ink
Astounding letter addressed to the father of his new "child-friend", to whom he wishes to send a copy of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
"Dear sir,I hope you will excuse the liberty I am taking in addressing you, as well as the liberty I took a few days ago in making friends with your little daughter, but I think that even one who is not, as I am, a great lover of children, could hardly fail to be attracted by her. Wishing to leave for her at her lodgings a little book (on I have several time given to little friends) I have made two expeditions, in vain, to find the lodgings. Not having the right address and seeing her no more on the beach, the only course seems to write to the town address. If you will allow me to present her with the book, would you kindly tell me whether to send it to London or to what address. (The book is called Alice's Adventures in… Read More