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FRENCH COMPOSERS - FRENCH COMPOSERS: A set of four documents signed by SAINT-SAËNS CAMILLE: (1835-1921) A.L.S., `C. Saint Saëns´, a large signature, four pages, 8vo, `Friday´, n.p., n.d., in French. Saint-Saëns states in part ` 2 gros baisers... mais je n´ai pas le temps de vous en dire d´avantage. Notre cher Bartet a repris bien... avec son succès... inutile de dire si nous avons parlé de vous. Mille choses à votre époux.´ (Translation: ” 2 big kisses... but I don't have time to tell you more. Our dear Bartet is back again... with his success... needless to say we've spoken about you. A thousand best wishes to your husband .”) Further and to the last page, Saint-Saëns seems in a hurry saying ` Je pars demain pour Aix et Avignon´ (Translation: ” I'm leaving tomorrow for Aix and Avignon”); two documents by MASSENET JULES: (1842-1912) two A.N.S. Massenet, the first being to his personal visiting card, annotating ` Mes plus chers et sensibles remerciements...´ (Translation: ” My dearest and most sincere thanks...”), the second being a 5 x 6 page, Massenet stating ` Mr. Durand désire vous parler d´une combinaison d´affichage qui sûrement vous intéresse´ (Translation: ” Mr. Durand would like to talk to you about a display combination that might interest you”) and DELIBES LEO: (1836-1891) A.N.S., with his initials, to his personal visiting card, Rue de Rivoli, August 1877, to Baron Watteville, stating ` Profondément touché, Monsieur, de vos félicitations. Veuillez croire à mes sentiments bien reconnaissants´ (Translation: ” Deeply touched, Sir, by your congratulations. Please accept my very grateful sentiments.”) Accompanied by the original 12mo envelope, addressed in Delibes´ hand, postmarked and stamped. About G, 4