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BAC Ferdinand (1859 - 1952) MANUSCRIT autograph signed "Ferdinand Bac", Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1932-1934; green cloth-backed notebook, small in-4 (22.5 x 17 cm), approx. 120 pages, in black percaline spine folder and cloth-backed slipcase with title-piece. First draft and working manuscript of his souvenirs and travel accounts. The manuscript, in black ink, mainly on the front of the notebook leaves, with additions on the facing page, and inserted pages, is profusely crossed out and corrected. Paginated 1-116, it bears a label on the cover giving its contents; at the end of the notebook, Bac has drawn up a "Summary" with cross-references to the pages of the notebook. At the head of the notebook, Bac has noted: "To Caroline Octavie in memory of her traveling companion. This notebook was begun on November 8, 1932 at Les Colombières in Menton with a study on my interview with Mussolini" [Caroline-Octavie dite Jeanne Ladan- Bockairy, née Jouain, F. Bac's inspiration, Bac's patron, with her husband Émile, who created for them the Colombières garden in their Menton estate]; opposite, photograph of Mme. Mme Ladan-Bockairy. The notebook begins with Impressions de Rome (pp. 1-3), the end of his interviews with MUSSOLINI, "partially unpublished", with this note at the top: "Fascism can never be a regime for France. The Frenchman loves liberty as much as the Italian, but he will never submit to a Dictatorship like Italy. This is followed (pp. 4-12) by notes on "unpublished autographs (mainly concerning Mad. Récamier", from the Caplain collection; then notes on his talks with RENAN and with TAINE, then with Prince Napoléon in 1885-1888 (pp. 12-50), intended for his (unpublished) memoirs. After an "Introduction pour les Fables de La Fontaine" (March 1934, 2 p.), intimate reminiscences on "Le Prince de Galles à la Turbie Prince of Wales at La Turbie" in 1896 (p. 52-55). Then begins (p. 56-116) the manuscript of "III volume de la série Promenades dans l'Italie nouvelle. La Sicile". Bac has mounted at the end a "sample of a page 'worked' and cancelled" (typed page overloaded with corrections and additions). Bookplate with the figure J B drawn by F. Bac.
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BAC Ferdinand (1859 - 1952) MANUSCRIT autograph signed "Ferdinand Bac", Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1932-1934; green cloth-backed notebook, small in-4 (22.5 x 17 cm), approx. 120 pages, in black percaline spine folder and cloth-backed slipcase with title-piece. First draft and working manuscript of his souvenirs and travel accounts. The manuscript, in black ink, mainly on the front of the notebook leaves, with additions on the facing page, and inserted pages, is profusely crossed out and corrected. Paginated 1-116, it bears a label on the cover giving its contents; at the end of the notebook, Bac has drawn up a "Summary" with cross-references to the pages of the notebook. At the head of the notebook, Bac has noted: "To Caroline Octavie in memory of her traveling companion. This notebook was begun on November 8, 1932 at Les Colombières in Menton with a study on my interview with Mussolini" [Caroline-Octavie dite Jeanne Ladan- Bockairy, née Jouain, F. Bac's inspiration, Bac's patron, with her husband Émile, who created for them the Colombières garden in their Menton estate]; opposite, photograph of Mme. Mme Ladan-Bockairy. The notebook begins with Impressions de Rome (pp. 1-3), the end of his interviews with MUSSOLINI, "partially unpublished", with this note at the top: "Fascism can never be a regime for France. The Frenchman loves liberty as much as the Italian, but he will never submit to a Dictatorship like Italy. This is followed (pp. 4-12) by notes on "unpublished autographs (mainly concerning Mad. Récamier", from the Caplain collection; then notes on his talks with RENAN and with TAINE, then with Prince Napoléon in 1885-1888 (pp. 12-50), intended for his (unpublished) memoirs. After an "Introduction pour les Fables de La Fontaine" (March 1934, 2 p.), intimate reminiscences on "Le Prince de Galles à la Turbie Prince of Wales at La Turbie" in 1896 (p. 52-55). Then begins (p. 56-116) the manuscript of "III volume de la série Promenades dans l'Italie nouvelle. La Sicile". Bac has mounted at the end a "sample of a page 'worked' and cancelled" (typed page overloaded with corrections and additions). Bookplate with the figure J B drawn by F. Bac.
