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First collective edition from this collection of literary columns published in 1889.
THE AUTHOR'S COPY with the AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE PREFACE BY FRANÇOIS COPPÉE (2 fold-outs) with numerous corrections, and a autograph letter signed by François Coppée :

"Tuesday / My dear Ginisty / It doesn't matter. The main thing is that you get your preface - and that you are happy with it. And don't ask for anything from the newspaper. I am paid, since I have been agreeable to you / Handshake / François Coppée"

In this preface, Coppée recalls his earliest literary memories, from "theWolf and lamb"recited by his father, which aroused in him".that feeling of pity that is so rare in children"to a Life of Saint Louis in which the future poet learned to read.

From the library of critic, essayist and poet Léo LarguierWith his handwritten bookplate on the upper flyleaf.