FUNERALS OF VICTOR HUGO - 1885. Official... - Lot 441 - Coutau-Bégarie

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FUNERALS OF VICTOR HUGO - 1885. Official... - Lot 441 - Coutau-Bégarie
FUNERALS OF VICTOR HUGO - 1885. Official invitation card for the funeral of Victor Hugo, celebrated on June 1, 1885. Bristol printed with dry stamp of the Ministry of Interior allowing the access on the central plateau of the Arc de Triomphe, place de l'Etoile. This ceremony started at 11 o'clock precisely. The pass printed on bristol made out in the name of Mr. d'Hervilly, with a stamp in red ink of the newspaper Le Rappel is attached. The whole is preserved in a modern frame. Good condition. History: Ernest d'Hervilly (1839-1911), French journalist, writer and playwright, met Victor Hugo in 1871 and became a regular in his family circle, which explains his entry in 1872 to the newspaper Le Rappel located at 18 rue de Valois in Paris, where he held for ten years, a column under the pseudonym "Un Passant". This French daily newspaper was published from May 1869 to the end of the Second Empire. The following years, Ernest d'Hervilly continued to write for several magazines such as La Renaissance Artistique et Littéraire, La République des Lettres, La lune Rousse... He died in November 1911 at the age of 72.
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