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201 - [WORLD WAR I].

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€150 - 200

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31.2%

[WORLD WAR I]. Collection of Postcards and Letters L.d.d.d., 1916– COLLECTION of 16 letters or postcards, some of which are addressed to Frédéric Masson and accompanied by a short manuscript. Description: This collection brings together various items related to the promotion of authors who died in battle during World War I, on which Frédéric Masson worked or in which he participated. Correspondence. And biographical notes. And: -Pastor VALLERY-RADOT. [Notes and Reports on the Ouvroir de l’Institut de France]. 12 handwritten sheets in square 8vo format, in ink. Dated 1914–1917 and signed. Ruled paper. Includes information, names, and occasionally figures. The Ouvroir de l’Institut de France (or workshops associated with the Institute) refers to charitable and mutual-aid workshops, particularly those reactivated or established during the major conflicts of the 20th century (such as World War I). Included: [Organizing Committee for the Erection of a Monument to Cardinal Richelieu]. Typewritten document from the Richelieu City Hall, from Mayor Bridel, with a list of members of the various dedicated committees. Folded in-4, 2 ff. and a handwritten subscription letter on laid paper bearing the Committee’s letterhead, written in Richelieu in May 1912, addressed to Frédéric Masson, member of the Academy, signed [Chauvin], secretary of the Committee. On letterhead of the “Erection of a Monument to Cardinal Richelieu. Organizing Committee.” [INDRE-ET-LOIRE].

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Books & Manuscripts
Wednesday, December 2
11:00 AM
164 bis, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

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