CLARÉTIE (Jules), French novelist, playwright, and columnist - Lot 16

CLARÉTIE (Jules), French novelist, playwright, and columnist (1840–1913). He was Jules Verne’s first biographer. The collection comprises 57 signed autograph letters dated between 1871 and 1912, accompanied by 4 manuscripts, including 3 signed autographs and one autograph. A lithographed portrait is included. This is a very interesting and significant collection of friendly and professional correspondence, to which several manuscripts—likely unpublished—are attached. There are 34 signed autograph letters addressed to various recipients, concerning the Comédie Française, including details about appointments and performances. The 23 handwritten letters are addressed to Emmanuel Gonzalès, his “mentor,” regarding various everyday and personal matters. Regarding the two autograph manuscripts written in violet ink—one of which is signed—and likely unpublished <> (Achille Faure, Bookseller-Publisher), consisting of eleven brief studies and travel accounts. The signed autograph manuscript is a tribute to the French painter John Lewis Brown, dated 1891, comprising 10 pp., in-8. “There is a twofold interest in the sale of works of art bearing the name of John Lewis Brown, and I would say it is an occasion for a twofold tribute...” Enclosed is the galley proof, 6 pp., in-8, in violet ink. 1876. “I believe the correct title would be <<< Costumes of the Revolutionary Era. One cannot speak of ‘during the Revolution,’ which was a state of affairs and not a reign...”