Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) and George Sand (pseudonym of Amantine de Francueil, 1804-1876)
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ID 1108932 
Lot 133  | Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) and George Sand (pseudonym of Amantine de Francueil, 1804-1876)
Estimate value
£ 800 – 1 200 
Two autograph letters signed (‘Guy de Maupassant’, ‘G. Sand’) to unknown recipients, Paris and n.p., 12 January [c.1863] and n.d.
In French. 6½ pages, 179 x 113mm and 207 x 135mm, bifolia. Provenance: 1) Sotheby's, 2 December 1994, lot 645; 2) Sotheby's New York, 15 December 1986, lot 78.
Maupassant and Sand at length on their current work. Maupassant writes to his Belgian publisher, Henry Kistemaeckers, to offer for publication a collection of ten short stories, which he expects will be a ‘a bit longer than Mademoiselle Fifi'. He gives instructions on the future book’s format and printing as well as the sale price and terms of the publishing deal: ‘you will produce a nice demi luxe edition, but not quite the same as the ordinary volumes, as I do not wish to flood Paris with volumes of short stories in this format. The selling price would be 3f.50 or four francs ... you will pay me in advance on 1 August for half of this edition. The other half when it goes on sale.’ Sand discusses the recently revised 9th chapter of her novel Mademoiselle La Quintinie (1863) – ‘voila toutes mes raisons, mon ami. […] êtes vous content des autres actes?’
| Artist: | Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893) | 
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| Place of origin: | France | 
| Artist: | Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893) | 
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| Place of origin: | France | 
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