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French naturalist writer (1850-1893) considered the greatest French author of short stories. Unsigned handwritten poem by Guy de Maupassant, one page, 7.5 x 8, no date. Maupassant pens the first part of his poem 'Promenade à seize ans [Walking at Sixteen Years Old,' beginning: "La terre souriait au ciel bleu, l'herbe verte / de gouttes de rosée était encor couverte. / Tout chantait par le monde ainsi que dans mon coeur. / Caché dans un buisson, quelque merle moqueur sifflait. Me raillait-il? Moi, je n'y songeais guère [The earth smiled at the blue sky, the green grass / With drops of dew was still covered. / Everything sang in the world as well as in my heart. / Hidden in a bush, some mockingbird / Was whistling. Was it mocking me? I hardly thought about it]." Annotated at the head in another hand: "Manuscript of Guy de Maupassant attested by his Mother." Includes a handwritten note by his mother, signed "Laure de Maupassant," on one of her personal calling cards, certifying that the manuscript is in her son's hand. Both are tipped into a handsome custom hardcover binding, featuring a maroon morocco gilt-stamped spine. In fine condition, with scattered light foxing.
