BIB_ID
411480
Accession number
MA 13963.3
Creator
Daudet, Alphonse, 1840-1897.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 items (2 pages) ; 15.6 x 10 cm
Notes
Jules Boissière's Fumeurs d'opium was published in 1896; the tenor of Daudet's letter would seem to indicate that it was written shortly after the book's appearance.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Requesting a dedication to Boissière's Fumeurs d'opium, on paper the same size as the book, to be inserted into a copy to be given to Edmond de Goncourt, who has requested the book, and adding that he has purchased a copy from the publisher, Flammarion; observing that Boissiere has not gone to see (Ferdinand) Brunetiere (writer and critic), informing him that he is telling everyone he can about Boissiere's book, and thanking him for his notes.
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