Bibliophilia erudite Germain Bapst signed autograph letter ballet dancer
Germain Bapst (Paris, December 20, 1853 - Paris, December 9, 1921), bibliophile, collector of historical memorabilia. 2 pages and two lines. He requests information about a former dancer. "There was at the Opera in the ballet corps, at the beginning of the Empire, a dancer named Céline Cayaud, daughter of a former officer. She had an accident: she fell, I believe on a stage prop in 1865? Since then, she has died in a shipwreck. Would it be possible to get some information on this unfortunate woman?