192 - MASSON, Frédéric. [GOUPIL et Cie. LETTERS]..

MASSON, Frédéric. [GOUPIL et Cie. LETTERS].. 10 letters and notes. Paris, ca. 1890–1910. A collection of 6 letters from the historian and member of the Académie Française Frédéric Masson, primarily on letterhead from Goupil et Cie, Boussod, Valadon et Cie, the journal *Les Lettres et les Arts*, or the theater management. Addressed to Charles d’Héricault, Victor-Emile Michelet, Léonce Bénédicte (2 letters), Berryer, and Edm. Blanc. Includes a stamped telegram card addressed to Léonce Bénédicte, on cardstock. Two of the 1908 letters addressed to Victor-Emile Michelet are on letterhead from *Paris Illustré*, a French magazine founded in 1883 (edges damaged). Description: This collection includes various correspondences regarding publications, prints, books, or historical paintings. Included are: - Gaston CALMETTE, editor-in-chief of *Le Figaro*. Handwritten letter on *Le Figaro* letterhead. Recipient unidentified. -[Léon BOULBY]. A letter on letterhead from the newspaper *La Presse*. Dated March 28, 1901. Two-sheet small 8vo. A lengthy letter of apology for a publication error in an article. The daily newspaper *La Presse*, founded by Émile de Girardin in 1836 at 12 Rue du Croissant in the “République du Croissant,” the historic press district. -SCHNIPPEL. Ostend, June 11, 1911. A folder containing German-language publication sheets in Fraktur typeface from the period—on Napoleon’s headquarters in Ostend—and an original handwritten letter in a stamped envelope dated 1911 addressed to Frédéric Masson With pen annotations on the printed text and cancellation stamps from the Thiers Library and the Dosne Foundation on both documents.