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DROUET Juliette (1806-1883).

2 L.A.S. "J. Drouet" and "Juliette", s.l., April 18, Thursday noon, addressed to Victor HUGO. 8 pages in-8 in black ink, on a double sheet of bluish wove paper (erasures, corrections, folds, small marginal tears).



- CHATEAUBRIAND François René de (1768-1848).

L.A.S. "Chateaubriand", s.l., 1841, addressed to [baron Barchou de PENHOEN]. 1 page in-4 (folds, stains on back)



"Sir, I will read your important work with the double interest of one of your admirers and one of your compatriots. I have been waiting for a long time for this story which the newspapers had announced. It will fill a great void in the annals of the modern world and I hope to go with you next night to see the banks of the Ganges and to walk under the beautiful sun of India. [...] I remained alone and ill guarding on the coast the pavilion that you saw fall on your way back from Algiers: [...] The old sailor retired on the sand, groans at the sight of the waves."



- MARCHAND André (1907-1997).

L.A.S. "André Marchand", Hôtel Carlton, Cannes, April 9, 1945, addressed to [Georges HUGNET, surrealist writer]. 1 page in-folio (folds).



-SARTRE Jean-Paul (1905-1980).

Autograph manuscript, n.d., for the play "Les Mains Sales". 1 page in-8.



Fragment of a study of his play "Les mains sales", probably belonging to the third scene of the second tableau.

Dialogue between Olga and Victor.