Philippe BURTY (1830-1890), art critic and collector - Lot 431

Lot 431
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Philippe BURTY (1830-1890), art critic and collector - Lot 431
Philippe BURTY (1830-1890), art critic and collector 13 autograph letters signed to different correspondents. 20 pp. in-8 and in-16. 1868-1880 and n.d. To Laurent Pichat (6 letters, about their dispute after the publication of the correspondence of the imperial family, then their friendly relations), to the preacher Timothée Colani (5 of which one on decorated paper, about his work on Japan, his article on the memory of Renan, etc.), to David ? (about his collections of Géricault: "Chennevière made me the friendship to come this morning to choose in my collections the drawings which pleased him. Naturally he took the best ones. I would like him to give me the Géricaults in exchange. But it seems that you have begun negotiations with the city of Rouen []. I never collect with the ulterior motive of profits on resales. But this addition of Géricault would be of the greatest interest in my collection for the humble studies I am preparing on contemporary masters"), etc.
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