VIGNY (Alfred de). Éloa, or the Sister of... - Lot 13 - Osenat

VIGNY (Alfred de). Éloa, or the Sister of the Angels. Paris, Auguste Boulland et Cie, 1824. In-8, (4)-58-(2) pp. in long-grained black morocco calf, smooth spine decorated, gilt and cold frame on the boards with mosaic and gilt fleurons, ornamented edges, gilt and cold frame inside, covers preserved (Semet & Plumelle). RARE ORIGINAL EDITION, printed in a small number. Superb copy, very large margins (22 x 14,5 cm). ENRICHED WITH 2 PIECES : - VIGNY (Alfred de). Autograph manuscript entitled " Fragment of Eloa. Mystère". 25 verses for 3 passages of song II : " I am the one who is loved and not known / On man I founded my empire of flame / In the desires of the heart, in the dreams of the soul / In the bonds of the bodies, mysterious attractions, / In the treasures of the blood, in the glances of the eyes. / I am the one who makes the wife speak in her dreams / The young girl, happy, learns happy lies / I give them nights that console days, / I am the secret king of secret loves... " (that is 3 pp. in-8 oblong on a bifeuillet mounted at the head of the volume). - GUTTINGUER (Ulrich). Autograph letter signed to Alfred de Vigny. Paris, May 31, 1824. "I am happier than you, Sir, I can offer you my memories, and go to my province all proud and all happy to know them in your hands [Ulrich Guttinguer had just published, also with Auguste Boulland, his collection Mélanges poétiques in which the first suite is entitled "Souvenirs"]. I am waiting for Eloa, not because I already possess this angel, but because it is sweet to me to think and to say that I hold it from your hand... I wish you a beautiful journey and angels at all the posts and people who understand and hear you like your sincere and affectionate admirer Guttinguer " (2 pp. in-8, address on the back, on a bifeuillet mounted at the top). Poet, novelist, literary critic, Ulrich Guttinguer (1787-1866) from Rouen was one of the representatives of the first Catholic and royalist romanticism. He frequented Hugo, Nodier, Musset, and became a friend of Sainte-Beuve (with whom he started to write a novel), but did not recognize himself afterwards in the evolution of the romantic movement. Provenance: Charles Hayoit (leather bookplate). ATTACHED: Butor (Michel). Side by side. Autograph manuscript signed. Small oblong in-12 (9,5 x 12,5 cm), accordion folded in cover, original cardboard case. Volume established at 7 numbered copies. Illustration by Bertrand Dorny, who signed the colophon.