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Auction 45 • Les collections Aristophil • FROM CHATEAUBRIAND TO CIORAN, RAYMOND QUENEAU - Neuilly-sur-Seine

Bid on the lot list Aguttes : 20 December 2021 - Neuilly-sur-Seine - Neuilly-sur-Seine

45 • Les collections Aristophil • FROM CHATEAUBRIAND TO CIORAN, RAYMOND QUENEAU

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45 • Les collections Aristophil • FROM CHATEAUBRIAND TO CIORAN, RAYMOND QUENEAU
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Lot n° 1

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume (1880-1918).

Case d'Armons (Aux armées de la République, 1915); booklet in-8 (21,5 x 14 cm) : 1 title page (13,4 x 10,3 cm) and 20 ff. of squared paper (21,2 x 12,7 and 21,2 x 14,2 cm); contemporary (or slightly later) binding in black half-chagrin à la Bradel, grey...

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Lot n° 2

BALZAC Honoré de (1799-1850).

L.A.S. "from Balzac", 22 May 1833, to Émile DESCHAMPS; 1 and a half pages in-8 on fi n paper. Beautiful letter, partly unpublished, on the Contes drolatiques. The "first dain" of the Contes drolatiques had been published by Gosselin in April 1832, and...

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Lot n° 3

BALZAC Honoré de (1799-1850).

L.A.S. "Honoré", Sèvres, aux Jardies 3 June 1839, to Madame DELANNOY; 1 page in-8, addressed. Balzac tells of his fall in his property at Les Jardies. "My dear Madame Delannoi, I have just had a rather deplorable little accident, I have sprained my...

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Lot n° 4

BALZAC Honoré de (1799-1850).

Pierrette. Scène de la vie de Province (Paris, Hippolyte Souverain, 1840). 2 volumes in-8 (21 x 13,2 cm), full glazed salmon calf, cold foil on the boards, smooth spine, inside gilded frame, royal blue tabis lining and guard, gilded edges, case (P.-L....

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Lot n° 5

BALZAC Honoré de (1799-1850).

L.A.S. "de Bc", Passy 5 January 1844, to Jacques-Julien DUBOCHET; 4 pages in-8. Important letter to Dubochet, one of the four publishers of La Comédie humaine with Hetzel, Paulin and Furne. Since November 1843, the delivery service of La Comédie humaine...

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Lot n° 6

BANVILLE Théodore de (1823-1891).

MANUSCRIT autograph "Théodore de Banville", Sonnets Antiques; 1 oblong page in-fol. (25 x 36 cm) with decorative chromolithograph band (decoration appears to have been trimmed at the sides and bottom). Album page containing three sonnets and a prose...

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Lot n° 7

BARRES Maurice (1862-1923).

11 L.A.S. and 1 L.S. "Maurice Barrès" or "M. Barrès", 1885-1896 and n.d., to the publisher Léon VANIER; 12 pages, various sizes (3 on visiting cards). Barrès talks about his review Les Taches d'encre, on deposit with Vanier; Barrès asks him to send...

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Lot n° 8

BATAILLE Georges (1897 - 1962).

Histoire de rats (Journal de Dianus). With three etchings by Alberto GIACOMETTI (Paris, Les Éditions de Minuit, 1947); in-8 paperback. Original edition limited to 200 copies, illustrated with 3 etchings by Alberto GIACOMETTI. One of 160 copies on tinted...

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Lot n° 9

BAUDELAIRE Charles (1821-1867).

L.A.S. "CB," Jan. 6, 1863, to POULET-MALASSIS at the Madelonnettes prison; 1 1/2 pages in-8, address, postmark, trace of red wax seal. Letter to his imprisoned publisher. Poulet-Malassis was then detained and awaiting trial for his republican actions....

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Lot n° 10

BEAUVOIR Simone de (1908-1986).

Typescript, The Guest, ca. 1937-1941; 63 pages in-4 (edges of a few pages a bit frayed). The first two rejected chapters of the novel L'Invitée. This typescript is a double carbon; it is paginated and prepared for editing in red ballpoint pen: chapter...

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Lot n° 11

BEAUVOIR Simone de (1908-1986).

Autograph MANUSCRIT (and partly in corrected typescript) signed "S. de Beauvoir", Les Mandarins, 1949-1953; 956 leaves in-4 (27 x 21 cm), of which about 300 typed, mounted on tabs, bound in 2 volumes of jansenist red morocco, edge-to-edge lining and cream...

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Lot n° 12

BLANC Louis (1811-1882).

L.A.S. "Louis Blanc, one of the two editors of Le Bon Sens", Paris, February 10, 1836: 2 pages in-4 on the letterhead Le Bon Sens, journal de la démocratie. "We do not grant anyone the right to question our sincerity and to deny our patriotism. The person...

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Lot n° 13

BLOY Léon (1846-1917).

AUTOGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT, La Méduse -Astruc, August-September 1875; with important autograph annotations by BARBEY D'AUREVILLY in the margin; 12 pages in-8 (21 x 13.5 cm). Precious manuscript of Léon Bloy's first work, abundantly annotated and commented...

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Lot n° 14

BLOY Léon (1846-1917).

Autograph MANUSCRIPT of his Diary, 1892-1917; 25 volumes, mostly in-8 (defects, several covers damaged, spines broken or missing, many leaves loose, edges chipped, paper fragile). Precious manuscript of Léon Bloy's Diary, in which he recorded 26 years...

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Lot n° 15

BRETON André (1896-1966).

3 L.A.S. "André Breton", Paris 1925-1926, to Pierre de MASSOT; 2, 1 and 1 pages in-4, 2 on the letterhead of La Révolution surréaliste. 9 July 1925. He explains why Massot's name does not appear among the signatories of the letter to Claudel. "I would...

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Lot n° 16

BRETON André (1896-1966).

MANUSCRIT autograph signed "André Breton", LES ÉTATS GÉNÉRAUX, 1943; title and 6 leaves in-4 (21.5 x 27.9 cm) written on the front, all mounted on tabs, and bound: Bradel-style midnight blue morocco spine with title in large white œser letters, and author's...

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Lot n° 17

CÉLINE Louis-Ferdinand (1894-1961).

34 L.A.S., 1940-1948, to Dr. Alexandre GENTIL, at the Maison de santé Sainte-Marie in Nogent-sur-Marne; 88 pages in various sizes, mostly in-4 or in-fol., one postcard, numerous envelopes (cracks in some letters). Important correspondence with a doctor...

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Lot n° 18

CÉLINE Louis-Ferdinand (1894-1961).

7 L.A.S. "Destouches," Copenhagen Prison July 2-13, 1946, to Thorvald MIKKELSEN and his wife Lucette DESTOUCHES; 2 pages in-4 each in pencil on pink paper headed Københavns Fængsler prison, Vestre Fœngsel. Important letters from prison, partly to his...

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Lot n° 19

CÉLINE Louis-Ferdinand (1894-1961).

L.A.S. "LFC", Kørsør 31 December 1947, to his friend Georges GEOFFROY ; 3 pages in-fol., envelope. He wishes him a happy new year, and encourages him to come and see him... "I see you still quite melancholic with your Hélène! And damn, she laughs well,...

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Lot n° 20

CÉLINE Louis-Ferdinand (1894-1961).

L.A.S. "LFC", Copenhagen 27 1950, to his friend Georges GEOFFROY, "My dear brother"; 3 pages and a half in-fol. (a little cracked and chipped at the top with small repair). He complains of the hassles caused to him and "of many salads which have done...

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Lot n° 21

CÉLINE Louis-Ferdinand (1894-1961).

14 L.A.S. (mostly signed with initials or initials) and 1 P.A., Klarskovgaard February-March 1950, to Thorvald MIKKELSEN; 31 pages fol. Letters to his Danish lawyer about his trial before the Court of Justice. Tried on 21 February 1950 before the Court...

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Lot n° 22

CÉLINE Louis-Ferdinand (1894-1961).

autograph manuscripts for Normance, Féerie pour une autre fois II, ca. 1951; 8 pages on 5 folios Fragments de premier jet pour Féerie pour une autre fois II (Gallimard, 1954). Most of the leaves are written on both sides in blue ink, and crossed out with...

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Lot n° 23

CHAR René (1907-1988).

Seuls demeurent (Paris, Gallimard, 1945); small in-8, paperback. First edition. One of a thousand copies on chestnut paper (n° 144). Autograph letter signed to the writer Pierre MABILLE (1904-1952) and to his wife: "To Pierre and Michette Mabille whose...

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Lot n° 24

CHAR René (1907-1988).

Le Poème pulvérisé (Paris, Fontaine, 1947); in-4 (25,7 x 18,6 cm), bound in dark grey peccary, the first plate decorated with a mosaic of yellow, green, blue and parma morocco pastilles, separated in height by a raised vinyl listel, lining and endpapers...

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Lot n° 25

CHAR René (1907-1988).

11 autographed POEMS for Fureur et mystère, and 3 L.A.S. " René Char " to Roland SAUCIER, 1947-1948 ; all mounted on tabs and bound in a volume in-4 black jansenist morocco lined with the same morocco, grey suede endpapers, folder and case (Monique Mathieu,...

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Lot n° 26

CHAR René (1907-1988).

4 L.A.S. "René Char", to gallery owners André and Henriette GOMÈS; 1 page each in-12 or in-8, one address (slight. wetness to one letter). 300/400 Friendly letters to "Mes chers vous", "Mes chers tous deux", "Mes chers agneaux". He is forced to cancel...

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Lot n° 27

CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de (1768-1848).

L.A., Val de Loup Wednesday midnight June 10 1812, to the Duchess of DURAS; 4 1/2 pages in-4. Nice and long letter about his financial situation, and the pamphlets and attacks against him. A new edition of Cadet-Gassicourt's pamphlet, Saint-Géran ou...

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Lot n° 28

CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de (1768-1848).

Recueil de pièces diverses, Paris 1812-1833; 3 vol. in-8 (21,2 x 12,1 cm), plum half-basin, smooth spine decorated with gilded fi lets, crowned monogram C.T. gilded at the foot (period binding; some minor foxing). Collection of 15 miscellaneous pieces...

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Lot n° 29

CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de (1768-1848).

L.A.S. "Chateaubriand", Paris 4 August 1826, to Laure de COTTENS, in Lausanne; 4 pages in-8. Souvenir of his stay in Lausanne. He would have to be very ungrateful to forget the kindnesses with which he was showered in Lausanne. "I always see this lake...

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Lot n° 30

CIORAN Emil M. (1911-1995).

AUTOGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT, Les degrés de la délivrance..., 1969; spiral bound in-4 notebook (Librairie-papeterie Joseph Gibert) of 80 pages folioed 1 to 40, plus 3 pages (on 2 loose sheets), red cardboard cover. Interesting first draft manuscript, prefiguring...

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Lot n° 31

CIORAN Emil M. (1911-1995).

AUTOGRAPHIC MANUSCRIT, The Mistake of Being Born De l'inconvénient d'être né; about 350 pages in-4 in 5 spiral notebooks (27 x 21 cm), numbered I to V. First version of his great book De l'inconvénient d'être né (Gallimard, 1973). On five spiral...

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Lot n° 32

CIORAN Emil M. (1911-1995).

AUTOGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT, De l'inconvénient d'être né; 210 folios in 3 spiral notebooks in-4 (27 x 21 cm), numbered I to III. Manuscript of elaboration and work for his great book De l'inconvénient d'être né (Gallimard, 1973). On three spiral notebooks...

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Lot n° 33

CIORAN Emil M. (1911-1995).

Autograph MANUSCRIT, De l'inconvénient d'être né; about 190 pages mostly in-4 (some cut out) in 2 spiral notebooks in-4 (27 x 21 cm) then in sheets. Working manuscript of his great book De l'inconvénient d'être né (Gallimard, 1973). On two yellow spiral...

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Lot n° 34

CIORAN Emil M. (1911-1995).

autograph manuscript for De l'inconvénient d'être né; 40 pages in-4 in a spiral notebook, red cardboard cover (Librairie-papeterie Joseph Gibert, 27 x 21 cm). Editing, with variants, erasures and corrections, of two chapters of the book De l'inconvénient...

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Lot n° 35

CIORAN Emil M. (1911-1995).

Autograph notebooks, 1973-1980; 18 notebooks in-4, about 2500 pages. Very important unpublished set of autograph notebooks, which are like a personal and intellectual diary of Cioran, but also the laboratory of the books to come. These unpublished...

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Lot n° 36

CIORAN Emil M. (1911-1995).

Autograph manuscript for Écartèlement; 4 spiral notebooks in-4 (27 x 21 cm) of 43, 45, 51 and 88 leaves, numbered II (yellow cover), III and IV (green covers), and V (blue cover, Joseph Gibert). Interesting workbooks for Écartèlement (Gallimard, 1979)....

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Lot n° 37

CIORAN Emil M. (1911-1995).

TWO autograph notebooks; 2 spiral notebooks (29.7 x 21 cm, Joseph Gibert), blue and red, numbered III and IV, of 89 (+1) and 76 leaves, mostly double-sided. Important notebooks of thoughts and reflections of the first draft which will feed Aveux et...

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Lot n° 38

CIORAN Emil M. (1911-1995).

autograph manuscript, Aveux et Anathèmes; spiral bound booklet in-fol. (29,7 x 21 cm, Joseph Gibert) of 154 numbered pages, red card cover. Interesting workbook for his last book, Aveux et anathèmes (Gallimard, 1987). Written on both sides in blue...

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Lot n° 39

CLAUDEL Paul (1868-1955).

9 L.A.S. "P. Claudel", 1919-1927, to Abbé Jacques DOUILLET; 30 pages of various sizes (several on letterhead), 6 envelopes and an address (some defects, the 1st letter entirely cut at the folds). Beautiful and rich correspondence with a young priest,...

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Lot n° 40

CLAUDEL Paul (1868-1955).

TWO corrected typescripts, and autograph manuscript of the Preface, Le Soulier de satin, Saint-André 30 November 1924; 281 and 280 pages in-4, and 5 pages in-4 in envelope titled by Claudel; ostrich skin slipcase with window showing title, spine titled...

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Lot n° 41

COCTEAU JEAN (1889-1963).

Autograph poem, Homage to Manolete, Barcelona 11-14 July 1953; 9 pages infol. (31,5 x 21,5 cm). Beautiful set of five successive versions of this great poem in homage to Manolete, from the first draft to the final reworking. Let us recall that the Spanish...

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Lot n° 42

colette (1873-1954).

MANUSCRIT in part autograph, signed "Colette Willy", En camarades, pièce en deux actes, Villa Belle Plage, Le Crotoy (Somme) 1907; 56 pages in-fol. of which 34 autograph. Complete manuscript of this comedy, written and performed by Colette. This comedy...

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Lot n° 43

colette (1873-1954).

16 L.A.S. "Colette" (a "Colette de Jouvenel", Verdun 1914- 1915, and Paris n.d., to Annie de PÈNE; 52 pages and various formats (the 1st in pencil, qqs cracks to the central folds), an envelope. Nice set of letters to her friend Annie de Pène, notably...

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Lot n° 44

DAUDET Alphonse (1840-1897).

Autograph notebook, Sapho, 1883; notebook in-8, 184 pages (14 x 9.5 cm); original blue cloth spine binding; green morocco case in the shape of a book. Precious notebook, witness to the genesis of the novel Sapho. Sapho, mœurs parisiennes, written in 1883,...

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Lot n° 45

DIVERS.

G. LENOTRE (long letter on the history of the watch of Louis XVI entrusted to the abbot Edgeworth), André ROUVEYRE (1919, to François Laya, editor of L'Éventail, about an article on Remy de Gourmont), Anaïs SÉGALAS (2 to Hippolyte Lucas, May 1870, for...

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Lot n° 46

DUMAS père Alexandre (1802-1870).

10 L.A.S. "AlexDumas", 1842-1856 and n.d.; 12 pages in-8 or in-12. To Jean-Baptiste PORCHER (1792-1864, theatrical agent and banker to playwrights), and to Madame. - June 1842, he sends him a drama to be "secretly read to Frederic" Lemaître, and charges...

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Lot n° 47

DUPONT Pierre (1821-1870).

Autograph poem signed "Pierre Dupont," Le Sauvage, 1846; 2 1/2 pages in-4. Collected in the Chants et chansons de Pierre Dupont (Houssiaux 1851) with the date of 1846, Le Sauvage consists of 7 couplets (eight lines) and a refrain (quatrain), in his...

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Lot n° 48

ELUARD Paul (1895-1952).

266 L.A.S. "Paul", 1924-1948, to GALA; 407 pages various sizes, including 40 postcards (some letters in pencil, 7 unsigned, wetness on one letter), some envelopes, mounted on tabs on wove paper leaves, all bound in 2 volumes in-4 (1924-1931 and 1932-1948),...

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Lot n° 49

ÉLUARD Paul (1895-1952). BELLMER Hans (1902-1975).

MANUSCRIT autograph "Paul Eluard", Les Jeux de la Poupée, 1939; 15 leaves in-8; with an original DRAWING and 3 original PHOTOGRAPHS in color by Hans BELLMER; all bound in an in-8 volume in jansenist purple chagrin, smooth spine, gilt title throughout,...

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