865 - MISCELLANEOUS. Fine lot.

MISCELLANEOUS. Fine lot. DÉROULÈDE, Paul. L.A.S. 1912. 2 pp. small in-4. Mourning paper with engraved initials; BERGSON, Henri. C.A.S. Paris, April 3, 1924. Regarding the candidacy of the poet and novelist Alfred Poizat (1863–1936), whose talent he holds in “high esteem” and whom he finds very “likable”; SERTILLANGES, Antonin-Gilbert. Interesting autograph manuscript signed “The Meaning of This War.” May 25, 1916. 3 pp., in-4; DELPIT, Albert. Letter to Arthur Meyer, editor of *Le Gaulois*; DECOURCELLE, Pierre. C.V.A.; GYP, Countess of Martel, known as. Set of 2 documents: Autograph business card and original period photograph with signature and date “1916”; Maurice DONNAY. Set of 3 documents: C.A.S. with text on the victory paraphrasing “Le Temps de cerises” and 2 C.V.A.S.; René DOUMIC. L.A.S.; Juliette ADAM. Significant autograph aphorism, signed. Letterhead from the Abbey of Gif. 1 p., in-8. “I pity the government that finds opponents when it does good as much as I pity the people who do not protest when their government does wrong. Juliette Adam"; Jean RICHEPIN. Autographed and signed visiting card; Marcel PREVOST. Autographed visiting card; Paul BOU[?]. Autographed and signed postcard, addressed to Arthur Meyer, editor of *Le Gaulois*; Édouard PAILLERON. Autograph letter signed (ALS); Paul HERVIEU. Autograph letter signed (ALS) to Arthur Meyer, editor of *Le Gaulois*; Gustave DROZ. Autograph letter signed (ALS) addressed to Alphonse DAUDET, regarding his novel *L’Évangéliste*. 1883; Maurice BERNARD. Manuscript note on the war (a soldier under fire at Douaumont); Henri BARBOUX. Autograph letter with signature; Henri ROBERT. Autograph letter with signature; Edgar DEMANGE. Autograph letter 1901; General Auguste MERCIER. Letter, 1894; Lieutenant Colonel Léonce ROUSSET. C.V.A.S.; General Charles MANGIN. Youth portrait on a postcard with autograph signature; General Gustave Léon NIOX. A beautiful and moving aphorism intended for his son, in the midst of the war: “Do your duty, my son. It is always easy for a man of heart […].” 1916; Alfred LEBLANC (1869–1921), aviator. Postcard depicting “The Circuit de l’Est,” with autograph signature. [In 1910, Alfred Leblanc had won the Circuit de l’Est, an 800-kilometer, six-stage airplane race]; Admiral Lucien LACAZE. Autograph signature and date on Ministry of the Navy letterhead; Henri ROCHEFORT & Philippe Burty. Autograph note, likely from a guestbook. Regarding a collection of antiques. Alfred STEVENS. Autograph letter; Count FERSEN (?). Autograph letter. He sends his portrait by Van Loo to the art dealer Adolphe Goupil (1806–1893) and mentions Prince Saltykov; Albert DALIMIER. Signed autograph aphorism: “The French soldier is the greatest soldier in the world.” March 30, 1916. 1 p., oblong in-12; Gustave de LAMARZELLE. Handwritten note. He refers to the Battle of Bouvines, “those children of the ancient people of France who seized the Imperial standard, shattered Germany’s golden eagle, and cast the shapeless remains of its great, crushed talons at the feet of their victorious king […],” etc. Paris, April 5, 1916. 3 pp., in-8; Stephen PICHON. M.A.S. Paris, April 3, 1916. 1 p., in-12. Regarding the war and his visit to Northern Italy: “[…] We were fortunate enough to observe that the heart and soul of Lombardy were in harmony with our own […]”; Charles HUMBERT. L.D.S. to Francisque Poulbot; Jules SIMON. Partially autograph signed letter addressed to Paul Robiquet. Letterhead of the Institut de France, featuring a helmeted Minerva; Albert de MUN. Autograph letter and curriculum vitae; Charles GRANDMOUGIN. Autograph letter; Jules MARY. Curriculum vitae; Paul FEVAL. P.S.; Johannes JØRGENSEN. Autograph manuscript signed on the “Victoire.” 1916; Eugène GUILLAUME. Autograph letter signed; Émile BOUTROUX. Autograph letter with signature; Paul MARGUERITTE. Autograph letter signed; Gabriel PIERNÉ. Letter from the author; Jules CLARETIE. Card from the author; Joseph-Paul BONCOUR. Letter from the author (a business card is enclosed); Louis LÉPINE. C.V.A.; Joseph CAILLAUX. C.V.A.; Lucien MILLEVOYE. C.V.A.S.; Alexandre MILLERAND. Signed calling card; Théodore STEEG. C.V.A.S.; Émile OLLIVIER. Beautiful handwritten letter; Paul ESCUDIER. Handwritten letter; Georges BERRY. C.V.A.; Henri BRISSON. C.V.A.; Louis-Mathieu MOLÉ (1781–1855). Letter from the author, 1832; SCHEURER-KESTNER. Set of 2 letters from the author, 1884. Regarding Gambetta and the volumes of the French Republic; CAPEFIGUE; HAMY; Jean Jules JUSSERAND (French Embassy in Washington); Jules SIMON; Henri de BORNIER. 1892. Letterhead of the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal. 1892; Jules LEMAITRE; Pierre LALOU; POUJOULAT; Henri CAIN; ETC (approx. 20 documents).