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757 - LA VILLEMARQUÉ, Théodore Hersart, from "Poésies bretonnes": signed autograph manuscript. No place, July 13, 1837; 7 1/2 pp., in-8°, tinted vellum paper, brown ink, in French, s. "Th. de la Villemarqué," a few erasures (soiling, small stains). Sewn, in an envelope with a handwritten title in the same hand: "Poésies de Mathilde et poésies bretonnes." An early Romantic-style poem titled "Le sire de Joïoz," followed by "La Korik," a translation of a Breton ballad published in "La Revue de Paris" in 1837 and later included in "Barzaz Breiz" (1839), a famous anthology published by the Viscount de La Villemarqué (1815–1895), a philologist specializing in Breton culture. Enclosed, same format, unsigned, in another hand: “To a Priest” (July 1843) and “History of Flax” (April 1, 1844). No place, 1844. 7 1/2 pp. (small stains, soiling, frayed margins on one leaf, including one with the loss of a few words). Poems relating to Ghent and the flax industry in Flanders. (2 items)
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LA VILLEMARQUÉ, Théodore Hersart, from "Poésies bretonnes": signed autograph manuscript. No place, July 13, 1837; 7 1/2 pp., in-8°, tinted vellum paper, brown ink, in French, s. "Th. de la Villemarqué," a few erasures (soiling, small stains). Sewn, in an envelope with a handwritten title in the same hand: "Poésies de Mathilde et poésies bretonnes." An early Romantic-style poem titled "Le sire de Joïoz," followed by "La Korik," a translation of a Breton ballad published in "La Revue de Paris" in 1837 and later included in "Barzaz Breiz" (1839), a famous anthology published by the Viscount de La Villemarqué (1815–1895), a philologist specializing in Breton culture. Enclosed, same format, unsigned, in another hand: “To a Priest” (July 1843) and “History of Flax” (April 1, 1844). No place, 1844. 7 1/2 pp. (small stains, soiling, frayed margins on one leaf, including one with the loss of a few words). Poems relating to Ghent and the flax industry in Flanders. (2 items)
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