FLAUBERT Gustave (1821-1880). - Lot 73

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FLAUBERT Gustave (1821-1880). - Lot 73
FLAUBERT Gustave (1821-1880). 12 L.A.S. " Gve Flaubert ", Paris and Croisset 1856-1871, to Jean CLOGENSON; 16 pages in-8, 4 envelopes. Beautiful correspondence to the "venerable friend", about their friend Louis Bouilhet, and about the preparation of Salammbô. [Jean CLOGENSON (1785-1876) was a counselor at the Court of Appeal of Rouen. Friend of Louis Bouilhet, this former librarian was a true scholar, who helped Flaubert for the documentation of Salammbô. He scrupulously annotated the letters in his small handwriting, with the dates of receipt and reply, and some comments]. [Paris, October 31, 1856], before the premiere of Madame de Montarcy by Louis BOUILHET at the Odéon, November 6. "I have been asked by Bouilhet, overwhelmed with fatigue, to warn you that the first performance is only on Thursday the 6th. He would be very happy to see you on the 5th, if that is possible. I am happy, Sir, to have this opportunity to shake your hand - and to make your acquaintance, so long desired "... Sunday [November 9, 1856]. "I don't want to go to bed before thanking you most cordially for your visit, for your letter, and for the verses. They arrived at their address, that is, at the heart. All of them charmed me, and the last four made me cry. Here is my criticism. The banquet will take place, I believe, next Sunday. I'll let you know. Tomorrow we will have some superb serials. [...] The success is confirmed, grows. The play will be printed in two days. - etc., etc.!"... Friday night [November 14, 1856]. "I hardly have time to warn you that the banquet of the Montarcystes will take place on Sunday the day after tomorrow at 5:1/2 a.m. at the Frères provençaux"... Paris, March 25 [1857]. Documentation for Salammbô. "You are the kindest and most excellent of men. I ask you for information on Tunis and you go there yourself, you will bring it back to me! Here then, without preamble & with a thousand implied thanks, is what I ask of your benevolence: 1° I would like to have a clear idea of the landscape of Tunis. It is up to you, who are both a poet and an observer, to take a good look at everything and then to show it to me in person: the colors of the land and sky, the curvature of the mountains, the limits of the horizon when you are at such and such a point, etc. 2° As many topographical details as possible on the road from Tunis to Constantine (Cirta). 3° A mosaic was discovered in Carthage a few months ago. If it is a Roman mosaic I do not need to hear about it. Because it is the Punic Carthage that I would need. 4° According to a plan (published in the work of Falbe that I read and reread) one can conjecture that the Punic houses were vaulted, covered with domes. Is this true? Are there other ruins of houses from which one can advance this opinion? [...] I am trying to find the Punic architecture, which must have been a mixture of the Phoenician and the Greek? - But which were the ornaments? What was the Punic taste? 5° Is there a good map of the regency of Tunis? 6° I recommend you the course of the Medjerda (which in any case must have changed) and the Axe parade. Now that photographs are everywhere, if you could find me some on Carthage or Tunis, you would "top up your benefits". How I envy you to be where you are & to return by Italy. But in the name of all the gods, go down to Naples! - And stay there at least fifteen days. Consider that Pompeïa is worth, in terms of antiquities, all that there is in Rome. - Nothing in the world, moreover, is cheerful, nor beautiful, like Naples! He adds that "Bouilhet is in all the embarrassments of paternity [...] I am currently making the presses groan, and you will find my volume [Madame Bovary] at your home when you return. Good crossing, good sun, good breeze, good health and not too many fleas! I know them, these Orientals!" Sunday [June 28, 1857]. "Here is a small list of questions about Carthage. Can you send them to your friends in Tunis? Do you think I can get precise answers? I expect our friend Bouilhet in about ten days. As soon as he arrives, I will ask you to come and share a meager lunch with him, so that we can philosophize quietly"... [December 1, 1860]. "I am charged by our friend Bouilhet to announce to you that the first performance of Uncle Million will take place next Thursday. - He counts on you"... Tuesday evening [23 October 1866]. "Dear & venerable friend, The 1st performance of The Conjuring of Amboise is, today, announced on the posters for next Saturday 27th, but Bouilhet wrote to me last Sunday that it would probably be postponed until Monday 29th. Wednesday [18 August 1869]. After the death of Louis Bouilhet (July 18). "Dear & venerable friend, I beg your pardon for not having answered more quickly to your spiritual and tender gift [verses on death
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