AUTOGRAPHES - MAXIMES DE VIE - Henri CORBIERE,... - Lot 172 - Vermot et Associés

AUTOGRAPHES - MAXIMES DE VIE - Henri CORBIERE, journalist and critic, began collecting the maxims of life of the personalities of his time (literary, artistic, scientific, etc.) in the 1920s.) and intended to publish his work in the manner of the Mariani album (it seems that everything remained unpublished)/Suite of 4 large sheets (21 x 31.5 cm, some chipping on the edges), giving the "collection" of 18 maxims, the first 2 are from July-August 1936, the 3rd begins in January 1937 and goes on to January 1962, the 4th is from 1960: Marcel Batilliat (novelist close to Zola); Nicolas Beauduin (poet and novelist); Pierre de Boisdeffre (diplomat and critic); Pierre Brisson (journalist); Paul Brulat (journalist and writer); Philippe Chabaneix (poet); Georges Duhamel (writer at the Académie française); Léon Frapié (novelist Prix Goncourt 1904); Louis Le Sidaner (critic); Paul Léautaud (who gives "être seul", which sums up his personality!); Louis Mandin (poet and early Resistance fighter, later deported); Maurice Martin du Gard (literary journalist); Maurice Renard (novelist and theorist of fantasy); Madame Simone (actress); Robert de Souza (symbolist poet and disciple of Mallarmé); Louis Thomas (writer, later collaborationist); Francis Vielé-Griffin (symbolist poet).