COLETTE. Set of 2 autograph documents signed: -L.A.S. "Colette de Jouvenel". S.l.n.d. [1913]. 1 p. 1/3. In-8. Colette announces the birth of her daughter "whose name is Colette". She is recovering "I am allowed to get up and go out the day after tomorrow [...]". -C.P.A.S. "Colette", addressed to her brother Léo, according to an attached note given to Claude Pichois by André Wyler. 1 p. in-12 oblong. "I'm back from Verviers. There is nothing more beautiful than these banks and this valley. Tonight I speak here [...]". Provenance: Claude PICHOIS and descendants Expert: Mathilde LALIN-LEPREVOST COSTS IN ADDITION TO THE AUCTION PRICE 22.5% EXCL. TAX OR 27% INCL. TAX FOR THIS LOT

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