Pierre LOUŸS. 4 L.A.S. "Pierre" and 2 L.A., 1911-1918, to his family; 20 pages various sizes (2 on mourning paper), one envelope, defects. Family letters. To his cousin Mme Dubois congratulating her on her 13th wedding anniversary (May 19, 1893, with quatrain on the back of a check); to Edmond Chardon reminding him of Marguerite Maldan's wedding on May 19, 1881 (May 19, 1911 with seating plan); 2 letters to his sister Lucie: "My eyesight is more threatened than my life. No one can understand that I have learned to write without seeing any of the letters of the words I draw" (June 14, 1918); to his cousin Germaine Ponthieu: he is working on the Pater of St Luc and St Mathieu; his eyesight problems: he can read "with a magnifying glass - ten lines by ten lines - a book where the lines are spaced out" but "all newspapers and tightly written letters are indecipherable for me, from the twentieth word". Plus a short letter to Claudine Roland.
Estimate
€200 - €250
Result
€234
Buyer's premium
30%
Pierre LOUŸS. 4 L.A.S. "Pierre" and 2 L.A., 1911-1918, to his family; 20 pages various sizes (2 on mourning paper), one envelope, defects.
Family letters. To his cousin Mme Dubois congratulating her on her 13th wedding anniversary (May 19, 1893, with quatrain on the back of a check); to Edmond Chardon reminding him of Marguerite Maldan's wedding on May 19, 1881 (May 19, 1911 with seating plan); 2 letters to his sister Lucie: "My eyesight is more threatened than my life. No one can understand that I have learned to write without seeing any of the letters of the words I draw" (June 14, 1918); to his cousin Germaine Ponthieu: he is working on the Pater of St Luc and St Mathieu; his eyesight problems: he can read "with a magnifying glass - ten lines by ten lines - a book where the lines are spaced out" but "all newspapers and tightly written letters are indecipherable for me, from the twentieth word". Plus a short letter to Claudine Roland.
Sale
Thursday 13 February 2025・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
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3, rue Favart
75002 Paris