Lot n° 265
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[LOUYS (Pierre)]. [CURNONSKY (Maurice SAILLARD)]. - Lot 265
[LOUYS (Pierre)]. [CURNONSKY (Maurice SAILLARD)].
CURIOSA].
Correspondence from Pierre Loüys to Curnonsky
Set of 8 LAS (6 with envelopes), 4 poems on autograph stationery, 2 autograph postcards signed
France, 1904-1917
Beautiful, lively and hedonistic, even libertine correspondence from Pierre Louÿs to Curnonsky, both lovers of good food.
To Count Boris Curnonsky, the famous Parisian satyr, 3:02: "My soul, in vain you worry!
ATTACHED: [COLETTE]. LAS addressed to Curnonsky, signed "Your old friend, Colette de Jouvenel", n.d. (after 1912, date of her marriage to Henry de Jouvenel). 1 p., on the letterhead of the newspaper "Le Matin". Let us recall the role of Maurice Saillant, known as Curnonsky, in the writing process of "Claudine" which appeared between 1900 and 1903. Signed Willy, Colette wrote them with the help of the famous gastronomic columnist Saillant dit Curnonsky. - WILLY]. LAS addressed to Curnonsky, n.d.. 2 pp. (two sheets). Letter with literary considerations: let us recall that Curnonsky was one of Willy's pens.
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