[AUTOGRAPHES] 11 autographed letters, bills and cards signed by French writers, including several to the writer and literary critic Frédéric Lefèvre. Various locations, ca 1930-1970. Various sizes, from 1 to 4 pp. 1 envelope preserved. Few small stains, otherwise good condition. Signatories: Henri de Régnier (to F. Lefèvre: "Excuse me for not accepting your proposal, but I am repugnant at the moment to these practices which are not of my time [...]), André Rouveyre (to the same, mentioning Léautaud and Apollinaire), Tancrède de Visan (2 letters, one of which to F. Lefèvre, proposing an article on the inauguration of the Route Napoléon in 1932), Jean Rostand (about paleontological research), Marcel Prévost, Gabriel Sarrazin, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Henri Meilhac, Maurice Garçon.

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