BIB_ID
448640
Accession number
MA 14553.3
Creator
Louÿs, Pierre, 1870-1925, sender.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1912 June 21
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 15.8 cm x 11.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope postmarked and stamped; date and place of writing inferred from postmark.
Envelope addressed to "Monsieur Louis Loviot / 6 Place St Franc̜ois Xavier / Paris 7e".
Letter dated "s.l.n.d / (21 juin 1912)".
Envelope addressed to "Monsieur Louis Loviot / 6 Place St Franc̜ois Xavier / Paris 7e".
Letter dated "s.l.n.d / (21 juin 1912)".
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Asking for help identifying the printer of the 1558, 1605 and the 1613 editions of Francois Rabelais' work; reporting that he has found the mark of the publisher and bookseller Raphaël du Petit-Val on one Rabelais book he owns and knows the mark from two other books he has printed by du Petit-Val; asks Loviot to go to the Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal to verify the identity of the printer.
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