Albin Valabrègue 1 signed autograph manuscript printing 2 letters photograph

  

Albin Valabrègue (1853-1937), playwright, librettist, philosopher. Titled The Future of Printing, March 1928. It is a contribution to the special Christmas issue of the Bulletin. He shares his views on the press "yes, yes, I know, today's newspaper is a concierge lodge...

" and printing "the servant-printing, to which orders or disorder are so often given today... He has received a "wonderful volume" from his correspondent that is sure to be a great success. "It is a unique thing.

" He mentions the members of the Society of Authors and those of the Society of Men of Letters. He must send him a photographic print. Being ill, he is "unable to [go] to Manuel urgently." He sends along with the letter a reproduction of one of his portraits of Henri Manuel (photographer).