Two notebooks produced by André Gide (1869-1951) providing his thoughts on literature and music
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Drouot Estimates- Aristophil Collections (Lot.102)
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Two notebooks produced by André Gide (1869-1951) providing his thoughts on literature and music
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Brief Summary:
Two notebooks produced by André Gide providing his thoughts on literature and music.
Detailed Summary:
Notebook ‘1934’ includes 137 encrypted pages, plus the backs of the covers and unencrypted cover sheers. Gide discusses his notes on his readings (Dos Passos, Shakespeare, Hölderlin, Voltaire, Racine, Lamennais, Zola, Goethe, Platen, Schiller, Descartes, and Balzac), his reflections on music (Bach and Chopin), and his reflections on lierature (Goethe, Voltaire, the diction of verses, and Baudelaire).
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Charles Baudelaire, Félicité Robert de La Mennais, Frédéric François Chopin, Friedrich Hölderlin, Goëthe, Honoré de Balzac, Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Roderigo Dos Passos, Karl August Georg Maximilian Graf von Platen-Hallermünde, Louis Racine, René Descartes, William Shakespeare, Zola
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137 pp. + 43 pp.
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120 x 100 mm; 100 x 165 mm
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Original flexible bindings in beige canvas. Both notebooks were made by The Canvas.
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Undecorated
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Revisions to the text have been made throughout.
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Sold at Aguttes auction as part of the Aristophil Collections in Paris, France, on 10 November 2022 (Lot.102). Estimated price: €12,000-15,000.
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