Henry Bordeaux - Manuscrit autographe signé [Le centenaire de François Coppée] - 1942

Autograph manuscript signed by Henry Bordeaux, entitled "The centenary of François Coppée".

"My dear unknown and distant listeners, A hundred years ago, on January 12, 1842, a child was born in Paris, to parents born in Paris and whose parents were themselves born in Paris, a child destined to be the poet of Paris, not from the Paris of the Champs Élysées and the grand Boulevards, but from the Paris of the left bank, from the Invalides, from the Montparnasse district, from the Luxembourg Gardens. His name was, you guessed it, François Coppée. [. . .] "

Condition: See photos for details.
Reminder dimensions: 20. 9 x 26. 7 cm.
Number of pages: 7 pages

Carefully sent in a rigid, waterproof cardboard box.

- Henry Bordeaux, born January 25, 1870 in Thonon-les-Bains and died March 29, 1963 in Paris, is a French lawyer, novelist and essayist, originally from Savoie. Wikipedia