Joséphin PÉLADAN (1859-1918). L.A.S., August 13, 1903, to a "dear Master"; 1page small in-4. Asks to obtain for him "a permit on the North, Paris-frontier", and sends his Œdipe et le Sphynx. "Isn't this the moment when my signature has a topical value to give in the Grande Revue my study on Barbey d'Aurevilly"... He points out that the magazine still owes him the 170 fr. for his article on Wagnerian interpretation... Attached is a L.A.S. with the letterhead and vignette Rosae Crucis Templi Ordo, Deuxième Geste esthétique for March-April 1893, Salon & Soirées de la Rose-Croix ... He is looking for an "available beginner" to play the Sar, as his actor has just fallen ill...

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