BIB_ID
431017
Accession number
MA 22741.2
Creator
Donzé, Joseph, active 19th century, sender.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1894 June 26?.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2019.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 15.4 x 10.8 cm
Notes
Donzé was the concierge at the building on boulevard de Port-Royal in which Jarry's mother's apartment was located.
Donzé's letter was enclosed in a letter from Henri Rousseau to Jarry, with which it is still housed. Rousseau's letter has been cataloged separately as MA 22741.1.
Donzé does not date his letter but it must have been written on or around the same date as Rousseau's letter.
Donzé's letter was enclosed in a letter from Henri Rousseau to Jarry, with which it is still housed. Rousseau's letter has been cataloged separately as MA 22741.1.
Donzé does not date his letter but it must have been written on or around the same date as Rousseau's letter.
Provenance
Purchased from Sotheby's Paris, 5/22/19, lot 137; Bibliothèque R. et B. L. (Régine and Bernard Loliée).
Summary
Offering his help during Jarry's move and assuring him that the owls are well.
Housed in
Blue half-morocco case (18.2 cm) with the bookplate of Régine and Bernard Loliée.
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