Autograph collection of French writers, 1611-1900.

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Autograph collection of French writers, 1611-1900.

Miscellaneous letters of major and minor French writers of the 17th and 19th centuries discussing their work and other books they have read; including Charles Baudelaire, Colette, Alphonse Daudet, Henri de Regnier, and Jacques-Auguste de Thou. Letters also discuss financial matters. Collection also includes a short story by Octave Mirbeau titled,"Le petit homme des foules".

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Colette, 1873-1936.

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Mirabeau, Octave, 1850-1917.

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Daudet, Alphonse, 1840-1897

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Alphonse Daudet was a nineteenth century French novelist and dramatist. From the description of Alphonse Daudet letter to mon cher monsieur Colhynon, ca. 1872 and 1950. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40804528 Daudet was a French novelist, dramatist, short story writer, and a leading figure in the nineteenth-century school of French Naturalism. Adolphe Belot was a prolific French author and dramatist. Fromont jeune et Risler ainé is a comic dra...

Régnier, Henri de, 1864-1936

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French poet and critic. From the description of Manuscript essays, n.d. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77780382 French poet, critic, and novelist. From the description of Commémoration de Émile Verhaeren. Discours de M. Henri de Régnier : autograph manuscript unsigned of a dedication speech : [n.p., 1920]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616602 ...

Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867

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Charles Baudelaire is widely regarded as one of the best French poets of the 19th century; he also wrote art criticism and translated the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. From the description of Charles Baudelaire letters, 1859-1863. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40526418 French poet and art critic. From the description of Letter : to Paul Chenavard, Paris. 1863 Nov. 25. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81339728 ...

Thou, Jacques-Auguste de, 1553-1617

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French lawyer, magistrate and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Isaac Casaubon in London, 1611 Aug. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572452 Jacques Auguste de Thou was a French writer, historian, statesman, and a principal architect of the Edict of Nantes and signer of the Treaty of Loudun in 1616. His political offices included Counsellor of State and Director of Finances. He served as the head of the Royal Library ca. 1591. ...