DUCIS Jean-François (1733-1817) poet and playwright. Autograph poem signed "Jean-François Ducis", and 6 L.A.S. "Ducis" or "Jean-François Ducis SST", Paris and Versailles 1786-1814; 2 pages in-4 (a little wrinkled), and 10 pages in-4, 3 addresses. To my sister, sending her a pupître to write, Tender epistle of 31 verses, praising the charms of her little sister, and their lasting understanding : " My dear Sister, accept this pupître, / Weak present of my tender friendship. [] My young years, you know how to rekindle them ". January 12, 1786, to a confrere in favor of a young Englishwoman "in whom Mr. Superior of the English Benedictines takes a great interest" 28 nivose III (January 17, 1795), to a fellow citizen. He urges him: his Arabic Family could be given in eight days, if the decoration was ready: the season "would freeze your colors at the end of your brushes" November 4 and December 30, 1812 [he now adds to his signature SST (senex sine tabes)], to Népomucène LEMERCIER, approving Auger's article on his poem of the Atlandide, "a new and courageous undertaking," while waiting for the one "where he will speak about the Execution," so important for the "literary reputation" of his friend October 1, 1813, to a friend. Nepveu promised that his edition in 3 volumes will appear at the end of the month. "I try not to have any violent desire on anything", but he asks that one carries "to my friend Mercier a copy of my bust, to him who made me present so generously of his" August 8, 1814, to the bookseller NEPVEU: busy with new poetries for a fourth volume of his OEuvres, he asks to send the three published volumes to M. Monneron, "translator of the beautiful poem of Milton's Paradise Lost", and another collection for "a very respectable man, with whom I have the honor to be particularly linked". Attached is a L.A.S., Marly August 12, 1782, to Alexandre Deleyre. Charming and long letter of 4 pages in-4, about a romance, and recalling the charms of L'Étang-la-Ville, La Celle, "our Bougival" Plus 10 letters or pieces related to Ducis: his brother Georges (2 L.A.S. or P.A.S.), his nephew Louis Ducis (3 L.A.S.), L. Saint-Martin (L.A.S. with verses on the poet's death), etc.