Max Jacob / Signed Autograph Letter (1926) / The Sagittarius / Kra

  
Signed autograph letter, saint-benoît sur loire, June 21, 1926, to the Belgian publisher pierre aelberts, 2 pages in-4. \Lalbum leaves today in registered parcel: it has big blankets in cloth and will arrive in perfect state. I urge you to make sure that no one pulls a sheet of paper here and there (as it once did and made a big deal). The friends to whom a page pleases do not scruple to take ownership: I numbered the pages and drew up a table of contents. If we must or can reproduce these drawings as an album (which I do not dislike), I will authorize it only against a contract fixing my rights for each edition and each copy, etc. I am delighted that you have our infernal visions: I would have been happy to offer you a copy but I did not even mine.

In the same way for the original portraits, I do not want more: what I can do best would be to redo my portrait in the same spirit: I had I believe a cap on the head and a scarf. I could do this portrait in the 22 x 28 dimension, which is about the size of the album, and I would only ask you 400 francs, sensible that I am interested in your interest in my poor person. Answer me as soon as you can, about the album (ask me at my usual merchant) and about the portrait. I am very cordially yours. Can you fix a date for the publication of the \Permit yourself to give an anthology of kra (the sagittarius) this new one which one would like to see appearing there \The item \The seller is \This item can be delivered anywhere in the world.