French poet, playwright, and critic (1823-1891). 2 autograph letters signed. N. p. o. d. 8vo. Together 2 pp.
$ 723 / 650 €
(88608/BN58501)
According to collector's notes, both letters are written to the journalist, playwright, and librettist Jules Adenis (1823-1900). One can be dated to 31 May or early June 1868, as it concerns the première of Adenis's drama "La Czarine" at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique on 30 May 1868. Banville informs Adenis that he did not receive tickets for the première as promised, but still congratulates him on the success: "Contrairement à ta bonne promesse, je n'ai pas reçu pour la première représentation de La Czarine les deux places que tu m'avais annoncées.
Se sont-elles perdues en route, ou qu'y a-t-il? J'en sais assez pour pouvoir te faire compliment du succès sans avoir eu le plaisir de t'applaudir". - In the "essentially confidential" and probably earlier second letter, Banville asks his friend for help with publishing a "special musical feuilleton" concerning opera singers like Rosine Laborde, Delphine Ugalde, and Louis Gueymard. As Banville mentions Ugalde's role of Elizabeth I in Ambroise Thomas's "Le songe d'une d'été", the terminus post quem for the letter is 1850. - The letter from 1868 with minor tears to the upper border. The second letter with a minor tear and several stains and creases due to water spotting..
French poet, playwright, and critic (1823-1891). Autograph document signed. Paris. 8vo. ½ page on bifolium.
$ 445 / 400 €
(91737/BN61061)
Permission for the music publisher Heugel to publish the poem "Loys" with the music of Armand Gouzien: "J'autorise M. Heugel à publier, avec la musique de M. Armand Gouzien, une poésie intitulée Loys dont je suis l'auteur [...]". - "Loys" had previously been published in "Le recueil Les Cariatides" (1842). - With collector's or recipient’s note in pencil to date and on the verso.