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Maître Jean-Paul RENOUD-GRAPPIN

23 - Jeanne Louise Genet, Madame CAMPAN (1752–1822).
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Estimate €400 - €500
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Jeanne Louise Genet, Madame CAMPAN (1752–1822). Autograph letter, 22 March 1810, [to Jean-François de BOURGOING]; 2 pages, in-4. A lovely letter about one of her pupils. She thanks the ambassador for taking charge of her letter for Abbé Girod… ‘Laure is adored here; she is kind, gentle, loving and intelligent in so many ways. She will bring you inner happiness [...] Her ideas are somewhat behind the times, her education is lacking, she will take longer to mature, but the moment of maturity will come; her style of letter-writing is the ultimate proof of this: one writes well only when one speaks in the same way’...
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About the sale AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS – PENNED BY HISTORY’S GREAT FIGURES
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Auction time 09/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
Ref. : 226165 - 104
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