Joris-Karl Huysmans signed autograph letter to Octave Uzanne ROPS Satanic

  
French writer and art critic. Autographed letter signed to Octave Uzanne. 8vo, headed paper from the Ministry of the Interior. Huysmans refers to a writing project on Rops concerning the Sataniques of Félicien Rops, surely the text that will be published in Certains (Paris, Tresse & Stock, 1889).

He would like to come take notes on the proofs of Octave Uzanne, for the "good cause"! The letter is also revealing of the intellectual prison that the work of the author of A rebours represents at the Ministry of the Interior. I would very much like to be able to spend 20 minutes at your place, without bothering you, after leaving my office, in order to take the few notes I need on the Sataniques for the work I am going to start on my friend Rops. What day would be least inconvenient for you? I could - assuming I am not held up until 6 o'clock in the dreadful box, manage to escape around 5 o'clock - which is already quite late, alas!

Finally, I apologize for this inconvenience. It’s for a good cause! Yours truly, my dear friend. Peladan: "Satan sowing the tares," "The Abduction," "The Sacrifice," "The Idol," and "The Calvary." Regarding Félicien Rops, he concludes his study by stating: "In short, he has celebrated this spiritualism of Lust that is Satanism, painting, in imperishable pages, the supernatural of perversity, the beyond of Evil.

A precious autographed document for any enthusiast of the work of Félicien Rops... But also of Octave Uzanne!