MENUISIER-POET - Alexis DURAND (1795-1853, carpenter-poet no - Lot 418

MENUISIER-POET - Alexis DURAND (1795-1853, carpenter-poet noticed by Chateaubriand and George Sand) / Important set: 1°) Signed autograph manuscript concerning "la fondation de la bibliothèque de Fontainebleau", he passionately recounts the circumstances surrounding the creation of the Fontainebleau library (1837), the political background, rivalries, etc.; 2°) Signed autograph manuscript concerning "la fondation de la bibliothèque de Fontainebleau", he passionately recounts the circumstances surrounding the creation of the Fontainebleau library (1837), the political background, rivalries, etc.; He himself, through his poetic fame, was appointed a member of the library committee, but reveals the smugness of some and the greed of others, and affirms his fight for the education of workers, "if I have sometimes taken up the pen, it was never until after I had earned the day's bread", 22 p large in-8 notebook preserved in a reused cover (which contained the manuscript of his "Guide du Voyageur ou Quatre Promenades historiques et pittoresques aux points les plus curieux de la Forêt de Fontainebleau"), at the top he wrote "This manuscript should not see the light of day for many years, it will be preserved for as long as possible" (this is an unpublished writing by Alexis Durand) / 2°) Autograph manuscript, 6 p large in-4, of his profession of faith speech, addressed to his fellow citizens of Fontainebleau, in 1848, when he ran to become a People's Representative.