Guillaume Apollinaire Autographed Letter Signed to Lou. Erotic Letter. 1915

  

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Two pages in-4° on cream paper. Fragilities at the central fold and minimal losses around the edges. I will initiate you to many strange, refined, unique things, of which you have no idea with all your mind and of which I have not yet spoken to you, because it takes royal minds who understand and comprehend each other in everything, for everything and despite everything. Tender letter from Apollinaire, with erotic accents, wishing to initiate his "very dear" Lou to the pleasures of the flesh, who stays punctually with him. Lou discovers the poet's sulfurous library.

You think, my very dear, if the story of Lou giving a party to her friends in the dovecote or perch of Guillaume Apollinaire amused me. Besides, you have not seen this perch in its splendor with its precious black, Chinese statues, its beautiful paintings. As you can see, it doesn't give the idea of what it really is in times of peace. So, my little Lou, you stumbled upon the De figuris, it is a classic manual of erotology; it deals with all forms of kissing, but as far as I remember, there is little mention of your dear vice. Forberg's notes are also well done and indicate a deep knowledge of antiquity, but when I see you again, I will make you know this antiquity much better if it interests you, and other forms of kissing even deeper, and spintries.

[couplings with multiple partners] better arranged. Please, Lou, do not show my letters, under any circumstances, if you want me to write to you as I do, without restraint, and as to someone whose soul I esteem very close to mine. The De figuris, which are only notes, appetizers, as this chaste Forberg said in Greek, have the fault of being a compilation, it is pedantic like all compilations.

You will also find at my place several of the works from which Forberg gives extracts: Félicia ou mes Fredaines in 4 or 5 editions, one of which bound in half-lemon morocco is the best, the 1793 edition and others, among which the edition of Félicia that I gave last year. In any case, dear, do not let my books be stolen. There are very good people who have no qualms about stealing books or borrowing them without ever returning them. So don't lend them to anyone. It is now too difficult to find curious books.

I am very happy that you enjoy being at my place. If I see you again, I will initiate you to many strange, refined, unique things, of which you have no idea with all your mind and of which I have not yet spoken to you, because it takes royal minds who understand and comprehend each other in everything, for everything and despite everything. And you will thus know many riddles, your mind will expand, your intelligence will take all the flight it deserves, my dear one. But, one must be worthy of that...

One must remain worthy of us... I have always done my best to be worthy of myself in front of myself; then, I have all the rights for myself in front of myself. I wrote him a card nearly a week ago. Tomorrow, I will write you a long letter, the mailman is coming, I have to finish. I kiss you a thousand times, a thousand times, Lou!

He immediately falls in love with her. On December 6, 1914, he joins the 38th field artillery regiment in barracks in Nîmes. Lou joins Apollinaire in Nîmes in mid-December 1914 and they will spend more than a week at the Hôtel du Midi, exploring together a sensuality that will fuel the poet's dreams for a long time confronted with the horrors of war. A connoisseur of erotic literature, Apollinaire here evokes his copy of a famous but extremely rare treatise from the Renaissance, L'Hermaphroditus by Antonio Beccadelli, known as "Le Palermitain", first published in 1824 by the German philosopher and philologist Friedrich Karl Forberg and translated into French by Alcide Bonneau in 1882 under the title De Figuris Veneris [On the forms of kissing], as well as the work of the knight Andrea de Nerciat, author of the libertine story, Félicia ou Mes fredaines. Consult our manuscripts The Autographes des Siècles Gallery specializes in the sale and expertise of autograph letters and manuscripts of the great personalities of past centuries. Purchase / Methods of payment We accept the following methods of payment: Bank transfers and checks.

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