[LITERATURE]- Edouard ESTAUNIÉ - Guy de MAUPASSANT - Jules R - Lot 262

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[LITERATURE]- Edouard ESTAUNIÉ - Guy de MAUPASSANT - Jules R - Lot 262
[LITERATURE]- Edouard ESTAUNIÉ - Guy de MAUPASSANT - Jules RENARD : un simple. Paris, Perrin, 1891. In-12° half-bound brown chagrin, smooth spine decorated, gilt head, cover and spine preserved, 277 pp. Rare ORIGINAL EDITION, dedicated to Maupassant, of the author's first book; only thirty copies of the first edition were sold. Enriched with 2 autograph letters signed by Guy de Maupassant and a letter from Jules Renard to Edouard Estaunié. Some foxing. -Very interesting autograph letter signed by Guy de Maupassant on the simultaneity and similarity of Edouard Estaunié's "Un simple" and Guy de Maupassant's "Pierre et Jean". 4 pages in-12° on monogrammed paper headed Bel-Ami, Cannes, dated February 2, 1888. In 1888, Edouard Estaunié was preparing his first novel, Un Simple, originally called Stéphane, which happened to have the same subject as Pierre et Jean. Maupassant, adds Clément-Janin (who published the present letter in Le Monde Nouveau of July 15, 1924), would have consented to this letter serving as a preface to Un Simple. Estaunié simply dedicated his novel to him, which was published three years later. Maupassant, Correspondance, tome III, pp. 25-26, edition by Jacques Suffel, Le Cercle du bibliophile, Évreux, 1973. Letter 494. - Autograph letter signed by Guy de Maupassant, reply to the reception of the book "Un simple". 2 pages in-12° on monogrammed paper headed Bel-Ami, Cannes, dated June 15, 1891. - Autograph letter signed by Jules Renard, 3 pages in-12°, dated June 15, 1891. Response to the reading of "Un simple".
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