BARONNE PIERLOT, Lucy Marguerite Adé laïde Guilland. Friend - Lot 173

BARONNE PIERLOT, Lucy Marguerite Adé laïde Guilland. Friend of Paul Claudel and protector of Gertrude Stein. She was married to Joseph Georges d'Aiguy (1842-1896), infantry colonel. Baroness Pierlot's extensive passive correspondence, comprising several hundred several hundred letters and thousands of pages, contained in several files. Important correspondence from : -friends: Baroness Pierlot was a woman of the world, whose company was sought after. many letters from aristocrats and influential men and women of the time, etc. of the time, etc. Of particular note are documents from her great friends: -GERTRUDE STEIN: 2 autograph letters signed. -PAUL CLAUDEL (autograph manuscript and P.S. Defects) -Miscellaneous: Sforza, Aman-Jean, Franklin Groult, Léon Bonnat, Jules Case, Daniel-Rops, etc. Also included are 19th-century letters, from Baroness Pierlot to her mother, children or friends, etc. mother, children or friends, etc. -her family (her sons and grandchildren: Bob, Diane, François, René, etc.). Family papers: genealogy file, Aiguy coat-of-arms and miscellaneous, renovation file château de Béon in the Ain region and memoirs of craftsmen (carpenter, tinsmith, plasterer-painter, locksmiths, etc.; large file of notarial deeds, photographs, etc. A fine set, particularly for literary and social correspondence. Non-exhaustive inventory exhaustive: the sheer volume of documents will require a lengthy, methodical study to discover all the personalities present.