{"product_id":"anatole-france-autograph-16083968196989","title":"Anatole France Autograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed, one page, 5 x 6,5 inch, \"\u003ci\u003eDimanche\u003c\/i\u003e\" (Sunday), in French, to Michel Manzi* - concerning miniatures and the housekeeper, written and signed in dark ink \"\u003ci\u003eAnatole France\u003c\/i\u003e\", attractively mounted (removable) for fine display with a photograph, shows the French novelist Anatole France in a profile portrait (altogether 11,75 x 8,25 inch), with very mild signs of wear - in nearly very fine condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eMon cher Manzi,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eje ne puis me détacher de ces miniatures, que j`examine à la loupe. Je n`avais jamais vu rien de si fin et de si ferme à la fois. Elles sont admirables de main et de matiere.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuant à ma gouvernante (c`est toi qui l`as nommée) bien qu`il soit difficile de vaincre sa stupidité agitée, je lui ai parlé de telle sorte qu`elle vous laissera entrer.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e   A bientôt, ô le plus sage, le plus ingénieux et le plus aimable des hommes.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTanslated:\u003cbr\u003e\"My dear Manzi,\u003cbr\u003eI cannot tear myself away from these miniatures; I have been examining them with a magnifying glass. I have never seen anything so delicate and yet so firm. They are truly admirable - both in their execution and in the materials used.\u003cbr\u003eAs for my housekeeper (whom you were the one to appoint), although it is difficult to overcome her restless, foolish nature, I have spoken to her in such a way that she will allow you to enter.\u003cbr\u003e   See you soon, O wisest, most ingenious, and most amiable of men.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* The connection between the Paris-based art publisher and industrialist of Italian descent, Michel Manzi (1849-1915), and the French writer Anatole France left its mark on the cultural and social life of Paris during the Belle Époque. Among his other roles, Manzi was a collector and a bibliophile publisher. Notable, for instance, is a dedicated copy of Anatole France’s work `Les sept femmes de la Barbe-Bleue et autres contes merveilleux` (1909), which bears a handwritten inscription addressed specifically to Michel Manzi.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"default","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58955873124733,"sku":"8018279","price":175.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0485\/1272\/9237\/files\/img-20261021-0003-autograph-1-1792576798836-shopify.png?v=1792660263","url":"https:\/\/brandesautographs.com\/es\/products\/anatole-france-autograph-16083968196989","provider":"Brandes Autographs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}