LOUYS Pierre (1870-1925)

LOUYS Pierre (1870-1925)
Autograph manuscript and letters.
- Chansons de Bilitis, partial autograph manuscript, 4 pages in-8 in ink and one page of corrected proof.
- 3 autograph letters signed to GEORGES, September / December 1894, 20 pages in-8, envelopes kept.
... "On the 1st of January next, you will receive from me only Bilitis since I could not give you any present that you do not reimburse me" ... ... "I even have a passionate admirer (but I am not very proud of her), that is Rachilde" ...
- 3 autograph letters and another signed letter to Georges DIZZY [1887], 11 ½ pages in-8, 6 pages in-12. Letters relating to summer holidays with the family in the Marne.
- 2 autograph letters signed, April 15 and 18, 1908, 6 pages in-12, envelopes kept.
Very interesting letters against censorship. Louÿs energetically defends nudity in the theatre and opposes the senator René Berenger, nicknamed "the father of Pudeur" by the Montmartre press.
- 2 autograph letters signed. 5 pages in-8 in ink.
About Paz de Ortega, daughter of a former Spanish consul general, whom Georges met in Cairo, and whom he will marry in 1900.
Three telegrams and two autographed letters signed by Marie
Cogordan addressed to Pierre Louÿs are enclosed.