Lot Essay
L'Inutile Beauté was the name tale for one of Maupassant's finest collection of short stories, first published in Paris in 1890.
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GUY DE MAUPASSANT (1850-93)
One page a.l.s., Chalet de L' Isère, Route de Grasse, Cannes, 26 Décembre 1891, to Monsieur Jacob, sending what he thinks is a better photograph of himself ('voici la meilleure photograhpie de moi?') and asking him to reclaim a payment of 500 francs from Havard for l'Inutile Beauté.
One page a.l.s., Chalet de L' Isère, Route de Grasse, Cannes, 26 Décembre 1891, to Monsieur Jacob, sending what he thinks is a better photograph of himself ('voici la meilleure photograhpie de moi?') and asking him to reclaim a payment of 500 francs from Havard for l'Inutile Beauté.