Alexandre DUMAS designates d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis.

Alexandre Dumas (1802.1870)

Signed autograph manuscript – Four editors of Le Mousquetaire not included in the program.

Three folio pages on blue paper. Assemblies and restorations.

Slnd [1866]

“ We have in our prospectus named d' Artagnan , Athos , Porthos and Aramis , but we forgot, dear readers, to tell you what important place they hold in our editorial staff. »

Great manuscript by Alexandre Dumas designating his four musketeers as editors of the eponymous periodical and describing, in a humorous way, the character traits of each.

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“We have in our prospectus named d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, but we forgot, dear readers, to tell you what important place they hold in our editorial staff.

D'Artagnan – A restless spirit, turbulent and adventurous, he will get involved a lot in what concerns him and even a little in what does not concern him. […] Known for being a bad head, we will not deny him being a good heart. It is therefore he who will particularly defend widows, orphans, the weak and the afflicted. […]

Athos – Great lord, perfect gentleman. But at the same time a literate mind, a learned memory – a generous heart. Will deal more particularly with philosophical, scientific and moral questions […]

Porthos – […] will run the city, will haunt the clubs, will not miss a race in Lamarque or Chantilly, not a hunt in Compiègne or St Germain […]

Aramis – We remember that he is only a musketeer temporarily. He only fights when constrained and forced […]

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Alexandre Dumas published, from 1853 to 1857, a newspaper called Le Mousquetaire . He relaunched the title in 1866, using the names of his heroes for this announcement.