[AUTOGRAPHES] 11 signed letters, bills and autograph cards, mostly from French writers and artists. Various locations, 19th-20th c. Various formats, from 1 to 2 pp. 1 envel. cons. Some browned paper, rare small stains and tears, otherwise good condition. Signatories: Pierre Benoît, Maurice Dekobra, Henri Robert (3 doc. : l.a.s., card and large b/w photographic portrait with signed autogr. dispatch to Franz Léonard), François Porché (to Frédéric Lefèvre, novelist, essayist and critic), Henri de Bornier (2 bills to "cher amis et "cher confrère"), Adolphe Retté, actor Jules Truffier (to Auguste Dorchain, mentions poetess M. Desbordes-Valmore), duchesse de Castiglione-Colonna.

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