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HUGO Victor. (1802-1885).

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HUGO Victor (1802-1885).
Autograph BROUILLON, Dans la forêt, [May 1876?]| 1 page in-4.
First draft, crossed out with a vertical line, of the first stanza of this two-part song that will be collected in the posthumous work, Toute la Lyre (VII, 23, xiii): "La duchesse et la paysanne
Se valent sur le vert gazon |
Jerusalem offers Suzanne,
Mais la Courtille offre Suzon"...
In the margin, another crossed-out sketch: "et la mort dit: Je viens quoique l'on ne m'a pas invité à la fête"... Hugo folded the sheet in half to serve as a folder, and wrote "copeaux" on the back.