[GAUTIER]. LOVENJOUL (Charles de Spoelberch de). History of - Lot 40

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[GAUTIER]. LOVENJOUL (Charles de Spoelberch de). History of - Lot 40
[GAUTIER]. LOVENJOUL (Charles de Spoelberch de). History of the Works of Théophile Gautier. Paris, G. Charpentier & Co., Publishers, 1887. 2 volumes, in-4°, red half-maroquin with long grain and corner pieces, decorated ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, original blue covers preserved (20th-century binding). FIRST EDITION. Four portraits of the author & two facsimiles. Printed in an edition of 600 copies; this one (no. 73) is one of 50 on Wathman paper. ENRICHED COPY: •featuring an additional set of portraits on China paper; •three portraits (on China paper by MAILLY, by BENJAMIN [caricature], and by BRACQUEMOND); •a handwritten letter from Théophile Gautier to Arsène HOUSSAYE in which he asks him to proofread a serialized story (Fall 1841); •a calling card of Charles ASSELINEAU with three handwritten lines by Théophile Gautier on the back; •two autograph letters from Théophile Gautier Jr. (1836–1904), who frequently substituted for his father on the serialized column in the *Moniteur Universel*; •& ONE handwritten letter by Théophile GAUTIER written to his daughter in Versailles, where he had taken refuge at the start of the Commune: “Dear Mignonne // Man proposes, but the mob disposes, and // that is how the trunk packed for Geneva // has taken the road to Versailles, where the // true government now resides, for another // is being set up in Paris, where the // murderers reign unopposed[…] If this goes on for another month, we’ll // all starve to death. Money is being hoarded; // food prices are soaring. Everyone is huddling // over their little pile of provisions and // waiting to be knocked out with a stupid // indifference[…] For me, my dear girl, // to be talking to you about politics; the situation // must be very serious, for this is not my // habit. I’m speaking to you this way to // help you understand how and why // I haven’t yet gone to join you // in Geneva[…] Strangely enough, I’m feeling better // and, despite all these disasters, I’m // gradually getting back to my old self—a state // I very nearly left behind for good[…] I was just waiting for the siege to lift // so I could rush to embrace you, but my // health was still so poor that //, according to the doctor, I would have risked a // third and fatal relapse. I kiss you // with all my soul and would so // ardently like to be near you, far from all // these horrors. Give my tenderest kisses to Ernestine // and Carlotta for me // your father, Théophile Gautier” (Versailles, 3 Avenue de St Cloud; March 26, 1871; 4 pp., in-12). From the libraries of André Maurois & Simone André Maurois, with bookplate. A FINE COPY, FILLED WITH AND ENRICHED BY A BEAUTIFUL LETTER from Théophile GAUTIER to his youngest daughter, Estelle Gautier (1847–1914).
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