Bidspirit auction | [LITERATURE] - Théodore de Banville:

[LITERATURE] - Théodore de Banville: Poetic Praise for Karl’s Album - BANVILLE Theodore de - Autograph letter signed, dated “Paris, le 2 Avril 1874” by the French symbolist poet and writer. A friend of Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire and Théophile Gautier, he was considered one of the most eminent poets of his time. Addressed to a friend, concerning an album by a common friend named Karl: “…J’ai lu et savoure' l’album de Karl. (…) il se montre infiniment mieux que par fragmente; cela est neuf, spirituel, tres personnel et moderne et emu dans l’ironie comme l’etre moins loin de ce temps qui porte vraiment sa date…”. 1 p. In-8.