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MALLARMÉ Stéphane (1842-1898)

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MALLARMÉ Stéphane (1842-1898)
Autograph letter signed to Paul VERLAINE.
Paris, Hôpital Broussais, 22 October 1893. 1 page in-8.
Address of Paul Verlaine on verso. (Slight restorations)
Autograph letter signed by Stéphane Mallarmé to Paul Verlaine from the Hospital
Broussais, Didot ward where he was hospitalized.
... "My dear friend, I will go and shake your hand on Wednesday after an absence in the fields all summer when you were ill, and tell you that if I have not appeared on my return these days, the fault lies with great preoccupations, retirements, etc. But I will escape that, for an hour, by the pleasure of seeing you again, books under my arm.
See you soon, dear Verlaine. Yours always, Stéphane Mallarmé" ...
Rare testimony of friendship between two of the greatest French poets.