GARD. Jean REBOUL,

the baker poet of NÎMES (Nîmes 1796 - 1864) - Letter A.S. MÎMES (30) March 19, 1857 - 2pp in-4° - "I have just read, my dear friend, your magnificent report "Des Traditionnelles". I really don't know what to say to you: your praise frightens me. I can only accept the part of your article or only your noble friendship to the word, according to the character you want to give me. Here I rejoice at ease not that the poet does not keep something of the old man like anything else and that he did not feel a little tickled to see himself understood; but be sure, that his laurel, if there is laurel, will always be big enough if he can keep in his shadow affections like yours. Sad things happen, but you are not one of those men who fails. You know that the time of the strong is the time of trial also of courage..." - 2pp in-8°