LAPRADE Victor de (1812-1883) poète [AF 1858, 10e f]. - Lot 117

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LAPRADE Victor de (1812-1883) poète [AF 1858, 10e f]. - Lot 117
LAPRADE Victor de (1812-1883) poète [AF 1858, 10e f]. 24 L.A.S. "Victor de Laprade" or "V. de Laprade" (one incomplete), Lyon, Paris, Bordeaux and Le Perray (Loire) 1843-1878; 54 pages in various formats, some addresses and envelopes (some small defects). 250 / 300 € Dispatch to Jean REBOUL of his Parfums de Magdeleine et Colère de Jésus: "I think with you that religious feeling is the source of all true poetry, and although there are some differences between our ideas, I have the deepest respect for those that you have so admirably interpreted in your poem of the Last Day [], one finds there, with a beautiful poetry, the consoling imprint of a great and pure soul which nobly guaranteed itself from all the miseries of our time " (June 29, 1843) He asks François BULOZ that the Revue des Deux Mondes supports his academic candidacy (January 10, 1857) Newly elected, he complains to Victor DURET about the attitude of the Minister of Public Instruction: "There is an open war between our government and any man who does not want to fall flat on his face before it" (April 24, 1858) Request to Louis JOURDAN to announce his Idylles héroïques ( [1858]) To Henri LAVEDAN for the insertion in L'Avenir national of his articles " Les Récents Travaux sur Goethe " and " Poètes latins " (June 10, 1865 and April 3, 1867) Reminder to an editor of the Débats of his desire to see an article devoted to his Sentiment de la nature which required a lot of time and studies (May 31, 1867) To a poet, condemning the "obscene trivia of the small press" which drowns honest literature: "The putrefaction increases every day" (June 19, 1870) To Charles ALEXANDRE, about the delegation of the Academy to the inauguration of the statue of Lamartine, a mission he would prefer to fulfill rather than Legouvé, who "has too much spirit, he is too Parisian, too brilliant a lecturer, too much a seeker of popularity, and too much a candidate for the Senate" (June 22, 1878) We also meet the names of Autran, Pontmartin, Sainte-Beuve, Sarcey, etc. Attached, addressed to him or related to him, a l.a.s. and a manuscript a.s. from Edmond BIRE, 1884, 2 poems (one signed "E.M."), and various documents.
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