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Letter from Pierre Louÿs, Paris, to Louis Loviot (1885-1918), 1912 October 6 : autographed manuscript signed with initials.

BIB_ID
448642
Accession number
MA 14553.5
Creator
Louÿs, Pierre, 1870-1925, sender.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1912 October 6
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 15.7 cm x 11.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope postmarked and stamped; date and place of wrtiting inferred from postmark.
Envelope addressed to "Monsieur Louis Loviot / Château de Parays / Astaffort / Lot et Garonne".
Journal referenced in this letter was ultimately published under the title Revue des livres anciens by Fontemoing & Cie between 1913-1917 for only two volumes.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Cajoling Loviot he must get a telephone for his library so they can work on the journal they are planning; imagines a conversation that Loviot might have with the British Museum if he were to get a telephone.