Pierre Louys - Notes autographes : brouillon de lettre...

Autographs notes: draft of an autograph letter by Pierre Louÿs, French writer and poet, undated [circa 1920 according to the text]. Written in purple ink on 5 sheets of beige Bristol paper, on the recto only, with underlined words. The text is unfinished. In this draft of a letter addressed to a publishing director, Pierre Louÿs responds to an article by Mr. Kohler within the framework of the quarrel over the paternity of Molière's works. He intermixes phrases in German and an allusion to his status as a belletrist. “Mr. Director I read in Mr. Kohler's article a sentence that one might have believed dishonorable: - Es ist nicht wahr. Mr. Kohler would please me” “Mr. Kohler does not know Molière well Mr. Kohler has not read the twentieth part of what Pierre Corneille signed” “If Mr. P. Kohler were from Tubinga I would simply answer him: "Charbonnier est maître chez soi. Im Hause ist ein Kohler Meister" and I would be too kind, for I believe that in Tubingen Herr and Meister are two But for thirty years I have been a belletrist favored by the cause. The” “green bonnet that I received from Geneva in 1890 still bears on the cap the [fiery] signatures of power. This green bonnet fortunately obliges me to ask first whether Mr. Kohler is a belletrist, - and to” “if applicable, whether he does not expose himself to the denials he will receive and which will be written in the French language. Ninety-three intel-” Dimensions: 21.2 x 16.5 cm Condition: Tanned, fragile and cracking paper, some tears and missing paper at the corners in particular. Rust marks from paperclips. See photos for details. Number of pages: 5 pages Careful shipment in a rigid and waterproof box. - Pierre Félix Louis, known as Pierre Louÿs, is a French poet and novelist, born December 10, 1870 in Ghent and died June 4, 1925 in Paris 16th. He is also known by the pen names Chrysis, Peter Lewys and Pibrac. Wikipedia

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