MAIZEROY (René, real name Baron René-Jean Toussaint). Born i - Lot 200

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MAIZEROY (René, real name Baron René-Jean Toussaint). Born i - Lot 200
MAIZEROY (René, real name Baron René-Jean Toussaint). Born in Metz. 1856-1918. French writer. 1 L.A.S. "René Maizeroy" to a lady. 1 L.A.S. "Maizeroy" to a friend. 1 visiting card signed "MZ". Paris, S.l. and Château de Crespin, October 6, 1894, February 5, 1896 and June 28, 1906. 2 pp. in-8 and a visiting card engraved with his name and address. A letter on Le Journal letterhead. October 6, 1894: signed visiting card engraved with his name and address. René Maizeroy states: "...Thank you for your charming article on "Ville d'amour"..." February 5, 1896: the writer sends his condolences to the wife of a friend: "...I loved him as my poor and dear Guy de Maupassant had loved him before me, and I regret it with all my heart. I feel a great emptiness in me at this tragic and so sudden departure, in full strength, in full health, in full happiness!.." June 28, 1906: René Maizeroy takes advantage of his stay at Château de Crespin to give his friend some news: "...I'll be in Paris in a week or so and will bring you the rest of the novel. Thank you for the proofs. In my little Albigensian village, despite the torrents, trees etc., we have thirty-five in the shade. I become a nigger and work like one... " A former soldier, René MAIZEROY was the author of several novels, including Ville d'amour (1894) and Les deux amies (1885, dedicated to MAUPASSANT), which was condemned for obscenity. He was a friend of Guy de MAUPASSANT, and served as a model for Duroy's character in Bel-ami. The latter prefaced one of his books, Celles qui osent (1883). In 1912, René MAIZEROY signed a touching portrait of his famous friend.
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