ROCHEFORT, Bennett H (1896-1981)Biblio.com
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23108First baseman who debuted in 1914 with the Philadelphia Phillies. Unusual double signature: "Playing name -- / Bennett H. Rochefort / Legal name -- / Bennett H.R. Gilbert" in black ballpoint on a 5" X 3" card n.p. n.d. Near fine. Later life example. Quite uncommon. unknown
2006010261Military History Press. Signed First North American Edition. Deluxe edition limited to 1200 numbered copies. Number 642. Full leather. Published Military History Press 2006. Signed by artist on filled in publisher's bookplate attached to pastedown. Folio 9 3/4" x 14" 288pp. illustrated with full color plates - some double page. Burgundy full leather with raised bands gilt spine and cover titles and decorations green marbled endpapers all edge gilting burgundy ribbon marker bound in. Fine. . Fine. Full-Leather. 1st. 2006. Military History Press hardcover
20225Italian composer director of the Turin Conservatory 1940-66 studied under composer Giacomo Orefice and composed operas in the post-Romantic "verismo" or realistic tradition that include his popular "Monte Ivnor" as well as "Morte di Frine" "In Terra di Leggenda" and "Il Dibuk." ALS in Italian 2pp heavy stock 5½" X 4¼" card Torino Italy 1929 February 8. Near fine. On a black-bordered "Corso Valentino" correspondence card. unknown
20946American composer of popular songs such as "Ain't It Funny What a Difference Just a Few Hours Make" 1904 and comic operas such as "Princess Beggar" and "The Yankee Consul." Handsome AMuQS 1p heavy stock 5" X 3" card not lined n.p. New York NY 1930 May 17. Addressed to Frances Narder. Fine. Robyn handsomely pens three full bars of music giving the lyrics and source below: "'It was not like that in the olden days' / From my Opera: 'The Yankee Consul' / Alfred G Robyn / 5.17.30." Most handsome and with the original envelope present addressed in Robyn's hand. unknown
22472This American actor was one half of a celebrated comedy team with William H. Crane that toured between 1877 and 1889. AQS 1p 6" X 2" n.p. 1881. Near fine. In Robson's handsome script in bold brown ink he pens: "'Shall we not laugh my masters' / -- Shakespeare. / Affirmatively answered by / Yours Very Truly / Stuart Robson / 1881." Appropriate quotation from a comedic actor -- unfortunately Shakespeare never wrote any such line. Likely Robson is badly misquoting a line from "The Merchant of Venice" Act III Scene I: "If you prick us do we not bleed if you tickle us do we not laugh if you poison us do we not die and if you wrong us shall we not revenge unknown
23006American actress Australian born popular in comic stage roles; Oscar nominee for her role as Apple Annie in the 1933 film "Lady for a Day." Handsome IPS 3¼" X 6" n.p. postal cancellation Beverly Hills CA n.d. postal cancellation 1937 August 3. Near fine. Minor silvering to image. Superb closeup of Robson in black dress nicely inscribed "Best wishes to / Jean Nelson / May Robson" in white ink on a dark portion making for fine contrast. In original envelope addressed in Robson's hand. unknown
15704Noted British character actress mostly on stage -- more than 100 plays -- but also in such memorable films as "Wuthering Heights" and "Saratoga Trunk" for which she was nominated for best supporting actress Oscar. Uncommon signature in blue ballpoint on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card dated by her 24 June 1972 at upper right. Fine. With original envelope. Accompanied by a superb glossy black-and-white 10" X 8" still scene from the Errol Flyn swashbuckler "The Sea Hawk" showing Robson as Queen Elizabeth with Claude Rains and ladies-in-waiting. Evocative pair. unknown
198635945Washington DC: National Gallery of Art 1986. Hardcover. Square 4to. Burgundy cloth pictorial dust jacket. 241pp. Frontispiece extensive illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. Tight attractive first edition. National Gallery of Art hardcover
20101Secretary of the Navy under Grant; Massachusetts governor. LS 2pp 7 3/4" X 9 3/4" Washington DC 1877 February 3. Addressed to Commissioner of Pensions J.A. Bentley. Very good. Regards a pension sought by "John Heath alias Thomas Steward" for service aboard the U.S.S. Nipsic. unknown
192083142s. l.: S. n. 1920. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. circa 1920 27 x 22 cm deux pages sur deux feuilles Autograph letter dated and signed by the dandy count 20 lines on 2 pages written in black ink about friendship and certain constraints that his correspondent seems to encounter probably his friend Henri Lapauze: ""Cher ami puisque vous souffrez c'est vous qu'il faut plaindre ; puisque je souris ce n'est pas moi qu'il faut blâmer. Votre souffrance vient de ne pas faire ce que vous voulez ; donc votre vindicte doit viser qui vous contraint. Ce que mes yeux ont vu aura comme suite conséquente ce que mes oreilles ont entendu on l'a écrit plaisamment. Il faut fournir à ces tomes là. Vous pensez bien que votre logique et votre justice ne visent qu'à établir les responsabilités. Car nous nous estimons au dessus de la louange mais pas au dessus de l'amitié. J'étais heureux de vous attester la mienne. Je le suis davantage de vous l'avoir témoignée. Votre Montesquiou."" ""Dear friend since you suffer it is you who must be pitied; since I smile it is not I who should be blamed. Your suffering comes from not doing what you want; therefore your vindication must target whoever constrains you. What my eyes have seen will have as a consequent sequel what my ears have heard it has been written pleasantly. We must provide for those volumes there. You well think that your logic and your justice aim only to establish responsibilities. For we consider ourselves above praise but not above friendship. I was happy to attest mine to you. I am even more so to have shown it to you. Yours Montesquiou."" S. n. unknown
191174273s. l.: S. n. 1911. Fine. S. n. s. l. 9 Juin 1911 13.50 x 21 cm quatre pages sur deux feuilles Remarkable autograph letter dated and signed by the dandy count four pages on two large sheets 16 lines written in black ink to his ""dear friend"" Henri Lapauze denouncing his failure to keep his word and provoking the poet's epistolary ire. Henry Lapauze was to celebrate Robert de Montesquiou in a tribute book regarding the latter and to his great chagrin he forgot him thus stinging his impulsive pride: "". it is not to recriminate even less to complain - both incompatible with pride - but to record what compensates for misunderstandings."" and additional affront to the dandy-poet's pride : "". you spoke. only of Lavedan !"" while double and supreme betrayal Robert de Montesquiou honored his promise by dedicating his latest work to him: ""At the very moment when I was inscribing for you the dedication promised by me I received the fascicle where the comments promised by you were to be expressed for the book that pays tribute to me."" The poet and writer Robert de Montesquiou would be very grateful to him: "". the poet and friend who both in one thank you affectionately in advance."" Henry Lapauze 1867-1925 was a journalist art critic then in 1905 curator of the Petit Palais converted four years earlier into a museum whose collections he considerably enriched by acquiring notably the Courbet Henner Falguière collections with at the twilight of his life a marked predilection for the Decorative Arts of which he was one of the ardent promoters. S. n. unknown
192083165s. l.: S. n. 1920. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. 1920 22.50 x 18 cm une page recto-verso Autograph letter signed by the dandy count 39 lines written in black ink probably addressed to his friend and bibliographer critic Henri Lapauze about the sadness that overwhelms him after the disappearance of a mutual friend. To honor his memory Robert de Montesquiou requests an editorial favor from his correspondent. Fold marks inherent to the envelope placement water damage causing two letters of the word Reuilly to blur in the upper left corner of the letter. ""Neuilly My dear friend cette carte toute seule vous parlera de mon chagrin trop grand pour que j'en puisse moi-même parler et pour que je puisse m'en taire. Vous aurez assisté au dernier éclat de ce foyer chaleureux et généreux brûlant brûlé d'intention mot illisible . Je vous demande de vous souvenir que mon pauvre ami se fit une fête d'être le premier à me mettre en relation avec votre aimable femme. Cette pensée nous sera un lien pour moi très fort. Je n'oublierai jamais non plus qu'une de ses joies finales lui vint des paroles prononcées par vous sur mon livre. C'est vous dire que l'insertion intégrale et textuelle de la note discrète dont le texte est ci-joint à la place hélas ! marquée dans la nécrologie fera de moi une fois de plus votre obligé. Robert de Montesquiou. 10 juillet."" ""this card all alone will speak to you of my grief too great for me to be able to speak of it myself and for me to remain silent about it. You will have witnessed the last brilliance of this warm and generous hearth burning burned with intention illegible word. I ask you to remember that my poor friend made it a celebration to be the first to put me in touch with your kind wife. This thought will be a very strong bond for me. I will never forget either that one of his final joys came from the words you spoke about my book. This is to tell you that the complete and textual insertion of the discreet note whose text is attached in the place alas! marked in the obituary will make me once more your obliged. Robert de Montesquiou. July 10."" S. n. unknown
191183347s. l.: S. n. 1911. Fine. S. n. s. l. 16 mai 1911 31 x 19.50 cm 3 feuilles Autograph letter signed by the dandy count 56 lines written in black ink on three sheets addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze notably mentioning a work by Ingres in his possession also thanking his correspondent for his always lucid and benevolent critiques regarding him. ""16 mai 911 Cher ami merci pour le magnifique volume au sujet duquel je me félicite sans trop insister. que votre catégorique réponse de l'autre jour sur la non-participation des non-contemporains à votre index me permette de n'avoir pas à vous adresser le beau reproche que j'avais préparé non sur ""Phidias absent"" puisqu'il y est. mais sur moi-même oublié. Quand donc vous en serez à l'index en vie je suis bien sûr que dans votre équité non moins que dans votre estime méritée vous croirez justement devoir faire une part à l'homme qui a publié il y a quinze années cet essai qu'il juge mui-même aujourd'hui insuffisamment respectueux à l'heure où les jeunes gens ont trouvé ce titre pour Ingres ""un maître sans génie"". Tout de même je ne doute pas que sous l'enveloppe insuffisamment libérée du style n'oubliez pas qu'il y a quinze ans la documentation ne vous semble assez forte et le jugement assez expressif pour un temps où vous ne nous aviez pas facilité la chose avec tant de révélations qui sont votre gloire. Je le répète mon cher Lapauze le mot ne me semble pas trop fort pour l'admirable monument élevé par vous au génie des génies dans votre ouvrage si noblement animé mieux que de la ferveur d'un compatriote d'un concitoyen disons le si joli titre disons d'un ""pays"". Votre lecteur et ami Robert de Montesquiou. et voici que Jacques Blanche vient de s'y mettre - quinze ans trop tard ! Quel dommage qu'il ne m'ait pas consulté sur l'institut. Je l'aurais trouvé car mon génie à moi il ne faut pas le défier. Dominique jugé par Jacquot. "" ""16 May 911 Dear friend thank you for the magnificent volume about which I congratulate myself without insisting too much. that your categorical response the other day on the non-participation of non-contemporaries in your index allows me not to have to address to you the fine reproach I had prepared not about 'Phidias absent' since he is there. but about myself forgotten. When therefore you get to the index of the living I am quite sure that in your equity no less than in your deserved esteem you will believe justly that you should make a place for the man who published fifteen years ago this essay which he himself judges today insufficiently respectful at a time when young people have found this title for Ingres 'a master without genius'. All the same I do not doubt that under the insufficiently liberated envelope of style don't forget that it was fifteen years ago the documentation will seem strong enough to you and the judgment expressive enough for a time when you had not made things easy for us with so many revelations which are your glory. I repeat my dear Lapauze the word does not seem too strong to me for the admirable monument erected by you to the genius of geniuses in your work so nobly animated better than with the fervor of a compatriot of a fellow citizen let us say the lovely title let us say of a 'countryman'. Your reader and friend Robert de Montesquiou. and here Jacques Blanche has just started on it - fifteen years too late! What a pity he didn't consult me about the institute. I would have found it for my genius one must not defy it. Dominique judged by Jacquot."" Fold marks inherent to postal delivery. S. n. unknown
189574355s. l.: S. n. 1895. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. circa 1895 12.50 x 20 cm quatre pages sur une feuille rempliée Autograph letter signed by the dandy count four pages 43 lines written in black ink thanking his friend Henry Lapauze and one of his acquaintances for having procured for him: ""l'intéressant document"" ""the interesting document"" which his overwhelming activity has not yet allowed him to read: "". avec autant d'application que je l'aurais voulu."" "". with as much attention as I would have wished."" Robert de Montesquiou therefore relies on his friend's indulgence also transmitting his apologies and gratitude to the unknown person who helped him through Henri Lapauze: "". je compte sur votre obligeance et celle de votre ami pour me permettre une autre fois de compléter cette lecture. veuillez bien lui transmettre ma gratitude en même temps que le surplus de mon désir."" "". I count on your kindness and that of your friend to allow me another time to complete this reading. please convey to him my gratitude along with the remainder of my desire."" A small brown stain at the top of one page a light crease at the foot of another without significance. Henry Lapauze 1867-1925 was a journalist and art critic who became in 1905 curator of the Petit Palais converted four years earlier into a museum and whose collections he considerably enriched by acquiring notably the Courbet Henner and Falguière collections with at the twilight of his life a marked preference for the Decorative Arts of which he was an ardent promoter. S. n. unknown
192083256s. l.: S. n. 1920. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. 1920 27.50 x 18 cm une page Autograph letter signed by the dandy count 18 lines written in black ink probably addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze thanking him for his vigilance and for having corrected an error concerning one of his texts. Traces of folding inherent to mailing light creases in the left margin of the letter. ""Neuilly Dear friend thank you for your vigilant benevolence. I appreciate it all the more as the same newspaper which brought me a new flood of it represented my client to me elsewhere in the form of a very vast Perrichon! .But my Mont-Blanc described by you regains its proportions! All is in order and I am your affectionate. Robert de M. 27 Nov."" S. n. unknown
191087879s. l.: S. n. 1910. Fine. S. n. s. l. 1910 18 x 11.50 cm une feuille recto verso Autograph signed card from the dandy count 9 lines written in black ink addressed to a friend on cardboard paper: ""Chère amie C'était donc pour ""Femina ! "" Je devrais vous en vouloir moi qui avais prononcé contre ce lieu les formules exécratoires ! Enfin. je pardonne à vous ! A vous Robert de M. 910."" Dear friend So it was for ""Femina!"" I should hold it against you I who had pronounced execratory formulas against this place! Well. I forgive you! Yours Robert de M. 910. S. n. unknown
191174318s. l.: S. n. 1911. Fine. S. n. s. l. 8 Avril 1911 27 x 21.50 cm deux pages sur une feuille Autograph letter dated April 8 1911 and signed by the dandy count of two pages on one recto-verso sheet 19 lines written in black ink inviting his friend Henri Lapauze and his wife for an Easter luncheon on the 18th of the current month at his property in the Landes near Vic-Bigorre. Robert de Montesquiou in order to secure his invited friend's decision and to facilitate his travel offers to put a vehicle at his disposal. But before this proposed Easter meal the poet plans to visit his friend very soon. Henry Lapauze 1867-1925 was a journalist art critic then in 1905 curator of the Petit Palais converted four years earlier into a museum and whose collections he considerably enriched by acquiring notably the Courbet Henner Falguière collections with at the twilight of his life a clear predilection for the Decorative Arts of which he was one of the ardent promoters. S. n. unknown
190783363New York: S. n. 1907. Fine. S. n. New York 4 février 1903 13.50 x 17.50 cm deux feuillets recto-verso Autograph letter signed by the dandy count 54 lines written in black ink on two leaves recto-verso addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze: ""4 février Westminster hôtel New-York Cher monsieur et ami j'ai le plaisir de vous adresser ci-joint une copie manuscrite du salut d'ouverture qui servira de prélude de bienvenue à la première de mes conférences dont la date est fixée à demain. J'espère que vous ferez bon accueil à cet envoi de l'absent et le publierez en bonne place. Les documents ci-joints vous aideront à faire rédiger les lignes explicatives dont je vous demande d'accompagner l'article. Merci à vous à Mr Galdemar et à Sem pour son irrésistible dessin du Gaulois grandement fêté ici. Souvenir bien sincèrement affectueux. Comte Robert de Montesquiou. Je tiens à ajouter que je suis heureux de vous donner la primeur de ce document en témoignage et souvenir de nos bons rapports. J'ajoute que tout semble se disposer pour le succès de mon entreprise. Et vous connaissez assez les lois humaines mondaines et polémiques pour savoir que le tapage de presse accueillant ici les étrangers un peu notables ajoute à la curiosité de l'auditoire. J'espère ne pas trop la décevoir et ceci est le secret de demain. J'ai énuméré dans les pages que je vous adresse les raisons qui m'ont dicté le choix du sujet de ma première conférence. Je n'y reviens pas."" ""February 4th Westminster hotel New-York Dear Sir and friend I have the pleasure of sending you herewith a manuscript copy of the opening greeting which will serve as a welcome prelude to the first of my lectures the date of which is set for tomorrow. I hope you will give a good reception to this missive from the absent one and publish it in a prominent place. The enclosed documents will help you have written the explanatory lines I ask you to accompany the article with. Thank you to Mr Galdemar and to Sem for his irresistible drawing of the Gaulois greatly celebrated here. Most sincerely affectionate regards. Count Robert de Montesquiou. I want to add that I am happy to give you the exclusive rights to this document as testimony and remembrance of our good relations. I add that everything seems to be arranged for the success of my enterprise. And you know well enough the human worldly and polemical laws to know that the press commotion welcoming rather notable foreigners here adds to the audience's curiosity. I hope not to disappoint it too much and this is tomorrow's secret. I have enumerated in the pages I am sending you the reasons that dictated my choice of subject for my first lecture. I will not return to this."" Small pin holes that held the two leaves together. S. n. unknown
191183331s. l.: S. n. 1911. Fine. S. n. s. l. Janvier 1911 21 x 27 cm 2 feuilles Autograph letter signed by the dandy count 31 lines written in black ink addressed probably to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze notably mentioning a work by Ingres in his possession also thanking his correspondent for his always lucid and benevolent critiques toward him. ""Cher ami je crois posséder une miniature d'Ingres père ; c'est laid mais assez curieux un tétard de Georges Rivière junior mais un tétard sur ivoire ! Merci pour votre mot révélateur mais toujours compréhensif et sympathique en ce qui vous concerne tous les deux c'est l'important. Il n'y a qu'un terme que je n'accepte pas dans votre protestation c'est le monosyllabe tous. ""Envers et contre plusieurs"" suffit et d'ailleurs est plus exact. Tous le monde n'est pas si bête que de ne pas voir et entendre ce que je mets dans mes livres bien notamment dans celui-là et ce que ça vaut. Il y a même beaucoup de gens qui s'en aperçoivent m'en félicitant et m'en remerciant de cent façons. Et comme ce sont les meilleurs je suis content. Vous êtes de ceux-là tous deux. Je le savais ; mais une fois d eplus je m'en félicite non sans vous en complimenter un peu. Votre Montesquiou Janvier 911."" ""Dear friend I believe I possess a miniature by Ingres the elder; it is ugly but quite curious a tadpole by Georges Rivière junior but a tadpole on ivory! Thank you for your revealing word but always understanding and sympathetic as far as you are concerned both of you that's what's important. There is only one term I do not accept in your protest it is the monosyllable 'all'. 'Against and despite several' suffices and moreover is more exact. Everyone is not so stupid as not to see and hear what I put in my books particularly in that one and what it's worth. There are even many people who notice it congratulating and thanking me in a hundred ways. And as they are the best I am content. You are among those both of you. I knew it; but once more I congratulate myself for it not without complimenting you a little. Your Montesquiou January 911."" On a separate sheet Robert de Montesquiou added as a postscript: ""P.S. Votre ""L'homme propose et Dieu dispose"" m'a bien fait rire. Cette fois c'est le Dieu d'Israël ; et celui-là n'est jamais tout à fait converti."" ""P.S. Your 'Man proposes and God disposes' made me laugh heartily. This time it's the God of Israel; and that one is never quite converted."" Traces of folds inherent to postal handling. S. n. unknown
190883324s. l.: S. n. 1908. Fine. S. n. s. l. 14 juin 1908 22.50 x 18 cm une page Autograph letter signed by the dandy count 52 lines written in black ink on tracing paper addressed probably to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze. ""Neuilly Mon cher ami je crains de vous avoir mal dit en hâte et en proie à de cruels mouvements ce que je ressentais fort bien et que par suite je devais exprimer mieux. L'épithète de ""métallique"" appliquée à votre voix sans insister sur la richesse du timbre et la noblesse de la vibration m'apparaît bien loin de ce que me dictaient mon sentiment et ma pensée. Je ne voulais que lui faire figurer l'accent mâle en regard du contralto qu'il me plaisait de lui juxtaposer en plus. Ce que je voulais sous-entendre aussi dans cette supposition d'une résultante en ce carnet du chant alterné de nos causeries c'est l'hommage qu'il nous est toujours agréable de voir rendre aux dignes objets de notre attachement et que j'aimais vous offrir sous la forme du mien désormais double sans cesser d'être un. Robert de M. P.S. : voilà ce que je tenais à vous dire et que des graves préoccupations autour de la santé de mon pauvre Iturri m'ont fait écourter un peu. Je m'occupe mot illisible et vous avertirai vous renseignerai. 14 juin"" ""My dear friend I fear I told you badly hastily and prey to cruel emotions what I felt quite well and which consequently I should have expressed better. The epithet 'metallic' applied to your voice without insisting on the richness of the timbre and the nobility of the vibration appears to me very far from what my feeling and my thought dictated to me. I only wanted it to represent the masculine accent in comparison with the contralto that I was pleased to juxtapose to it in addition. What I also wanted to imply in this supposition of a resultant in this notebook of the alternating song of our conversations is the homage that it is always pleasant for us to see rendered to the worthy objects of our attachment and that I liked to offer you in the form of mine henceforth double without ceasing to be one. Robert de M. P.S.: that is what I wanted to tell you and which serious concerns around the health of my poor Iturri made me cut short a little. I am taking care illegible word and will warn you inform you. June 14"" Traces of folds inherent to postal use. S. n. unknown
189883371s. l.: S. n. 1898. Fine. S. n. s. l. 1898 11 x 14 cm une feuille Autograph letter signed by the dandy count on a closed pneumatic card of 18 lines written in black ink addressed to his friend and journalist Henri Lapauze in which stung to the quick in his pride Robert de Montesquiou asks the latter imposing this correction upon him to kindly rectify the almost unforgivable error of the Gaulois: ""Cher monsieur et ami me faisant l'amitié d'annoncer ce matin mon volume il est regrettable que le Gaulois ait omis de dire qu'il était de moi. Je compte sur vous pour combler cette lacune dans le numéro qui doit paraître lundi matin par deux lignes ainsi conçues - ou à peu près : ""c'est par erreur que signalant hier à nos lecteurs l'apparition d'un intéressant volume de critique intitulé Autels priviliégés nous avons omis de dire que l'auteur était le Cte Robert de Montesquiou. Merci cher monsieur et à bientôt. Robert de M."" ""Dear sir and friend doing me the kindness of announcing my volume this morning it is regrettable that the Gaulois omitted to say that it was by me. I count on you to fill this gap in the issue that is to appear Monday morning with two lines conceived thus - or thereabouts: 'it is by error that signaling yesterday to our readers the appearance of an interesting volume of criticism entitled Privileged Altars we omitted to say that the author was Count Robert de Montesquiou. Thank you dear sir and see you soon. Robert de M.'"" S. n. unknown
190783361s. l.: S. n. 1907. Fine. S. n. s. l. 21 mai 1907 25.50 x 20 cm une feuille Autograph letter signed by the dandy count 22 lines written in pencil addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze: ""Neuilly Cher ami voici ce que je vous envoie d'accord avec Monsieur Schmoll qui m'en a téléphoné ce matin. Ne soyez pas effrayé par l'importance physique de ce document elle ne vient que de la grosseur des caractères. L'étendue n'en demeure pas moins normale. J'ajoute que les pièces ont été choisies parmi les transformées et remaniées comme elles le sont d'ailleurs à peu près toutes. Il serait désirable que cette publication eut lieu demain pour ne pas retarder l'apparition du volume. Dans ce cas j'enverrais ce soir pour la correction. La place sera celle que vous voudrez pourvu que ce soit en première page ou ""cheval"" - Votre femme m'a écrit une lettre délicieuse son éloge coule de source. Bien à vous deux. R. Montesquiou 21 mai 07."" Avec la mine de son crayon Robert de Montesquiou a trop appuyé en traçant un trait en dessous de son patronyme ce qui a occasionné un petit trou. ""Neuilly Dear friend here is what I am sending you in agreement with Monsieur Schmoll who telephoned me about it this morning. Do not be frightened by the physical importance of this document it only comes from the size of the characters. The extent nonetheless remains normal. I add that the pieces have been chosen among the transformed and reworked as they are moreover almost all of them. It would be desirable that this publication take place tomorrow so as not to delay the appearance of the volume. In this case I would send this evening for correction. The placement will be whatever you wish provided it is on the front page or ""cheval"" - Your wife wrote me a delightful letter her praise flows naturally. Best to you both. R. Montesquiou May 21st 07."" With the lead of his pencil Robert de Montesquiou pressed too hard while drawing a line under his surname which caused a small hole. Fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope. S. n. unknown
190574262s. l.: S. n. 1905. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. circa 1905 15 x 19 cm trois pages sur une double feuille Autograph letter signed by the dandy count three pages 27 lines written in black ink to his friends the Lapauzes that he is delighted to see them again soon even if they impose upon him the presence of a certain Sarah who is not among the people the poet seems to appreciate: ""Dear friends I will not do you the affront of not telling you that I would have preferred just the two of you alone"" words underlined but as the beautiful verse says: You do what you do / What you do is right."" For this meeting arranged at the Petit Palais of which Henry Lapauze becomes curator in 1905 after having been assistant director for the four preceding years Robert de Montesquiou ""a late riser who has the cowardice - or if you prefer the wisdom to choose the afternoon"" timidly expresses in a surge of wounded pride and revenge that he already regrets the possibility of his absence: "".only a throat irritation carelessly treated and unexpectedly could keep me away at the last moment. But I don't want to believe it. Let us arrange ourselves around Sarah!"" Henry Lapauze 1867-1925 was a journalist art critic then in 1905 curator of the Petit Palais converted four years earlier into a museum and whose collections he considerably enriched by acquiring notably the Courbet Henner Falguière collections with at the twilight of his life a marked predilection for the Decorative Arts of which he was one of the ardent promoters. S. n. unknown
189574263s. l.: S. n. 1895. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. circa 1895 12.50 x 17 cm une page et demie sur une feuille Autograph letter signed by the dandy count of a page and a half 13 lines written in black ink to his friend the journalist from Le Gaulois Henry Lapauze so that he might use his decisive influence in the publication of a text: ""Il doit s'imaginer que ce texte est subversif. Détrompez-le."" ""He must imagine that this text is subversive. Disabuse him of this notion."" initially validated by Arthur Meyer but which Robert de Montesquiou wants to ensure through his friend will indeed be printed: ""J'ai vu votre directeur qui accepte en principe. Cependant comme votre intervention pour faire est déterminante j'insiste auprès de vous."" ""I have seen your director who accepts in principle. However as your intervention to make it happen is decisive I insist upon you."" Henry Lapauze 1867-1925 was a journalist art critic then in 1905 curator of the Petit Palais converted four years earlier into a museum and whose collections he considerably enriched by acquiring notably the Courbet Henner Falguière collections with in the twilight of his life a marked predilection for the Decorative Arts of which he was one of the ardent promoters. S. n. unknown
189883359s. l.: S. n. 1898. Fine. S. n. s. l. 24 Octobre 1898 11 x 14 cm une feuille Autograph postcard signed by the dandy count 13 lines written in black ink addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze: ""Dear sir I offer you Thursday morning half past eleven between many trunks! to come see me and show La Tour according to the desire you expressed to me. If 2:30 would suit you better would you kindly let me know and receive my friendship. Count Robert de Montesquiou 24 Oct. 14 avenue Bosquet."" S. n. unknown
