{"title":"Léon Deschamps","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"l-a-s-verlaine-a-leon-deschamps","title":"Autograph letter signed, Verlaine to Léon Deschamps","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVERLAINE, Paul (1844-1896). A.L.S., s.l., 16 January 1889, to [Léon] Deschamps.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 page In-8.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA charming letter from Verlaine, in which he complains about seeing his portrait published by his friend Frédéric-Auguste Cazals without his prior agreement: \"Does he take my face for a living?\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVerlaine wrote, in part, 'I hope your ‘reasons’ are not as serious as you imagine them to be. In any case, mine are too real to be true. Take care of yourself a little... I intend to show you around Monday at the latest. Try to get some gold for such beautiful worms!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhy on earth this 1 franc entry, so oddly placed? I find Cazals unkind in this, as in the publication in a book of a portrait that I did not authorise him to publish: does he take my face for a living?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd would you be so kind as to give (for me) the book in question Congrès des Paroles to Mrs Sacher. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou're still doing that, aren't you? Looking after my pension? I think it's time to strike the iron'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTiny tear at edge of centrefold, otherwise very fine letter in good condition.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLéon Deschamps (1863-1899) is best known for founding the literary magazine La Plume.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrédéric-Auguste Cazals (1865-1941), whom Verlaine mentions in the letter, was none other than one of his greatest friends, who produced almost 150 illustrations of our poet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54957881393477,"sku":"0361","price":1400.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_1092_1.jpg?v=1750284795"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/collections\/destinataire-leon-deschamps.oembed","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}