MISTRAL (Frédéric). Mirèio pouèmo prouvençau. Avignon, J. Ro - Lot 276

MISTRAL (Frédéric). Mirèio pouèmo prouvençau. Avignon, J. Roumanille, Libraire-Éditeur, 1859. In-8°, brown half-chagrin, smooth spine decorated (period binding). FIRST EDITION. ATTACHED: A L.A.S. from the author in Provençal, dated August 14, 1905: "I think that as far as Reine Jeanne is concerned, it is not possible for me to give you the authorization you are asking for. I say this from experience. A composer of repute will never decide to write an opera on the basis of a libretto [...] Besides, you mustn't think that I'll languish all my life to see my Reine Jeanne in the theater. From this point of view, I imagine myself as the father and mother who would not sell their daughter, even to marry her off [...]" (approximate translation).