188 - MASSON, Frédéric.

MASSON, Frédéric. 29 letters and notes. Paris, Rome, or Le Clos des Fées in Asnières-sur-Oise, 1894–1923. Collection of L.A.S. Outgoing correspondence from Frédéric MASSON to various professional and personal acquaintances. Description: Outgoing correspondence from the historian and member of the Académie Française Frédéric MASSON to various professional, intellectual, and personal acquaintances at the very end of the 19th century and on the eve of his death. A large portion was sent from his address on Rue de la Baume in Paris. Some of the recipients are unidentified, but certain letters appear to concern—perhaps—the historian Henri Bouchot, a member of the Institut de France, and to be addressed to Guiffrey or Delisle, who were close to Masson. Including: 10 handwritten letters to Charles CHENU, President of the Bar Association. Paris, 1911–1917. A caustic letter to an “eminent colleague,” a member of the Academy. A letter to Georges Cain on letterhead from the Mutuelle des Veuves de Guerre regarding the idea of creating a Detaille Museum. Enclosed: [View of Nyon A postcard signed and addressed in 1911 to Georges d’Esparbès at the Palace of Fontainebleau, where he was then director