Victor HUGO (1802-1885). Autograph manuscript signed "Victor Hugo"; 1 oblong page in-8. Final stanza (6 lines) of poem XIV "O my love letters" from the collection Les Feuilles d'automne (1832), where it is dated May 1830: "Let us forget! let us forget! when youth is dead, Let us be carried away by the wind which carries it away To the dark horizon! Nothing remains of us, our work is a problem. Man, a wandering ghost, passes by, without even leaving His shadow on the wall."
Estimate
€1,000 - €1,200
Result
€1,400
Buyer's premium
25%
Victor HUGO (1802-1885). Autograph manuscript signed "Victor Hugo"; 1 oblong page in-8.
Final stanza (6 lines) of poem XIV "O my love letters" from the collection Les Feuilles d'automne (1832), where it is dated May 1830:
"Let us forget! let us forget! when youth is dead,
Let us be carried away by the wind which carries it away
To the dark horizon!
Nothing remains of us, our work is a problem.
Man, a wandering ghost, passes by, without even leaving
His shadow on the wall."
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92210 Saint-Cloud