[POETRY]. Collection of various poems. In... - Lot 39 - Ader

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[POETRY]. Collection of various poems. In... - Lot 39 - Ader
[POETRY]. Collection of various poems. In French, manuscript on paper. France, circa 1815-1830. 6 ff. non ch. + 188 pp. followed by [6] ff. of paper endpapers, brown ink on paper, with two lithographed portraits pasted on the front and back of the 4th endpaper (portrait of Fontanès and portrait of Léonide Leblanc) . Bound in full Russian cherry leather, smooth spine partitioned and decorated with flowers, double gilt frame on the boards, roulette on the edges, blue paper counter-guards and end-papers, gilt edges (dull corners, some spotting, some stains on the parchment). Dimensions : 155 x 105 mmMany of the poems included in this collection are attributable to Louis de Fontanes (1757-1821) . Born in Niort and raised by the Oratorians of his native town, Louis de Fontanes was passionate about literature. A worldly poet, he was exiled during the Terror. He was a Grand Master of the University and a friend of Chateaubriand. His poems were published in various newspapers and magazines, the "Journal des Dames" and the "Almanach des Muses". There are also poems by Sylvain-Maréchal, Brillat-Savarin and others. Among the poems, we can mention several texts related to Napoleon I, for example "Translation of a Hebrew ode in honor of Bonaparte" or "In praise of General Bonaparte for having respected the homeland of Virgil". Copy of Léonide Leblanc (1842-1894) with a handwritten ex-dono on the front of the 5th endpaper: " To Madame Perret. Souvenir of the only pleasant hours I had in Royat [Puy-de-Dôme] and hope to give them back to her in Paris". [signed] "Léonide Leblanc". Léonide Leblanc, an actress, was nicknamed "Mademoiselle Maximum" and was considered to be a semi-mondaine, maintaining numerous relationships with various men of high society. The reports issued by the Prefecture of Police of Paris qualified her as "dowager, morphinomaniac and lesbian". - A label on the back of the first endpaper suggests that the manuscript may have been owned by L. de Fontanès.
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