[19th-CENTURY AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENTS] - Lot 106

[19th-CENTURY AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENTS] -MEN OF LETTERS AND HUMANISTS. POETRY. 19th–20th Centuries. Lot consisting of several autograph documents. DACIER, Bon-Joseph, Historian, philologist (1742–1833). Letter from the author, Paris, January 16, 1783. Expression of thanks; FIGUIER Louis, Writer (1819–1894). Letter from the author, Paris, November 1869. 1 p., in-8. He grants permission to translate the passages “concerning the telegraph” in his work *Merveille de la Science* and in the *Bulletin télégraphique*; GEFFROY, Gustave, Journalist (1855–1926). Letter from Paris, January 9, 1828. 2 pp., in-12. He thanks his correspondent: “What a pleasure it was for me to read in *L’Ermitage* your most illuminating discussions of the various current trends in art [ ]”; GERANDO Joseph-Marie de, linguist, educator (1772–1842) 2 letters to Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Paris, June 9, 1832, and January 23, 1839. 2 pp., in-4 and folio. Address and postmarks. GUIGNIAUT Joseph-Daniel, Hellenist (1792–1876) Letter from the author, Sèvres, August 8, 1858. 3 pp., in-8.; [Lesseps] BARTHELEMY-SAINT-HILAIRE, Jules, philosopher and journalist (1805–1895). Letter from the author, Paris, August 29, 1862. 2 pp., in-8; [Lesseps] Duke of GRAMONT, A.A., diplomat (1819–1880). Letter from Turin, May 28, 1856. 1 p., folio. —Enclosed is a letter from Madame Metternich. -19TH-CENTURY ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS. Various items, with different dates and formats. Letterheads of the Society or Including: -Julia BARTET, known as Mademoiselle Bartet (1854–1941), theater personality and socialite, one of Marcel Proust’s muses. Lot of small autograph pieces. 5 original letters and 2 original notes, various formats including a double ff. in-12 with letterhead, and a pneumatic letter on green paper. Casual daily correspondence, exchanges about the theater with people in the theater world. -Benjamin GODARD (1849–1895). 2 pp. on laid paper, in-4 format. (Côte d’Azur), May 17, 1894. The musician writes to a dear and kind friend, mentioning, among other things, his inability to attend a rehearsal. Suffering from tuberculosis, he would die the following year. -Félicien DAVID (1810–1876). 1 page, undated, in-12 format. Also ill, he writes to a dear friend to apologize and pass on social greetings.