Anatole France (1844-1924).

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Anatole France (1844-1924).
4 L. A. S. and 2 L. A. [1890]-1910] to Léontine Arman de Caillavet, 10 pages in-8° or in-12, 3 envelopes. - Letters to his mistress [May 12, 1890], announcing the death of his father (the bookseller Noël-France Thibault): "My father died that night without regaining consciousness. Keep me your precious friendship, which I need more than ever"... - Lion s/mer Tuesday [August 1893]. I "correct proofs in a small, bright room, whose window opens on a low street that runs along the sea and goes into the fields of clover and potatoes. And when I go down the street I see between the walls a small piece of the sea, agitated like a handkerchief. I haven't been to the beach yet. I'm overwhelmed with work and a little worried about my slowness"... - I am overwhelmed with work and a little worried about my slowness"... [Paris 28th September 1899], while her friend is in Capian for the harvest: "I am waiting for the basket of the "petit blanc""". He is invited to dinner with Gaston; he has read a book on Mantegna... "Do you go to the front of the moon, on your little path, like a princess visiting a princess her neighbour?"... - October 2nd [1901]. "This morning I saw Halévy this morning who would like to hear Miss Piérat at the Odeon, which is very large" [in view of the Corinthian Wedding]. "Halévy promised me to place the Siege of Orleans in the Revue de Paris as soon as possible"... Description of a painting by Romney that she might want to acquire... - Subterfuge under the pretext of a proofreading: "P. 213 line 14. Write. Great disappointment not to have found a letter"... - "Allow me, dear Madam, to send you this little book, a little ridiculous, but of a ridiculous melancholy"... - Attached a P. A. S., February 1, 1910 (1 p. in-12 oblong, mourning): "I formally forbid, without limit of time, the publication of all letters addressed to me by Mrs. Albert Arman de Caillavet and of all letters addressed by me to this lady"...
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