LITERARY SET including: - Lot 122

LITERARY SET including: - GUITTON Jean [Saint-Étienne, 1901 - Paris, 1999], French writer and philosopher. Autograph letter signed, addressed to a writer. November 27, 1975; 1 page in-4°. He thanks him for his book. "I knew the Diary well, but I haven't read the novels. You made me understand (in a sleepless night with you) that they are aristocrats (Louis XV) and that Louis XVI, Stendhal and Flaubert are bourgeois [...] though still classical. And your friends were forerunners in many areas, more so than Baudelaire, in (somewhat morbid) modernity. I admired their sense of painting, especially Wat, Char and Hor. Then their style, in which your analyses are illuminating. Then their efforts to elevate pleasure to beauty, the trinket to the statue, the piece of furniture to the cathedral. You could only have penetrated them through a secret resemblance. And I'm happy to know you. - MARTIN DU GARD Roger [Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1881 - Bellême, 1958], French writer. Autograph letter signed. January 17, 1927; 1 page in-8°. "I was away for a few days, and your letter has only just reached me. I'll be happy to send you the two signed copies of the Poppe contract. - MAURIAC François [Bordeaux, 1885 - Paris, 1970], French writer. Signed printed contract. Brussels, August 23, 1954; 2 pages in-4°. "I, the undersigned Joosen, Director of the Théâtre du Gymnase de Liège, undertake to Mr. François Mauriac of the Académie Française, author of the play in 4 acts entitled "Feu sur la Terre", to have the said play performed at my Theatre between October 1, 195l and May 31, 1956, and to comply with the special conditions stipulated below: I will pay for each performance of the said play, a cash fee of 10%."