Stéphane MALLARMÉ (1842-1898). L.A.S. (monogram), Paris Dimanche [20 April 1896], to Pierre Louÿs 2 pages oblong in-12, envelope. Beautiful letter on Aphrodite. "The marvel! [...] Here is something delicate and ample, without the heavy foundations that usually attest to the power of novels; at every turn of the page there is a light dazzle. You reawaken a city of the past, limpidly or by leaving it its charm, for us, of luminous dream. This hymn to voluptuousness is of the highest literary intelligence, for it is, as the philosopher here exquisitely states, the silent human music that words can translate, or that is within our power. Your language, so splendid and pure, which I have always admired, causes a rare joy"...