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78 - André MORELLET (1727–1819). Autograph letter, 1 June 1810, t…
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Estimate €400 - €500
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André MORELLET (1727–1819). Autograph letter, 1 June 1810, to a friend; 2 pages, in-8. A witty letter from the octogenarian. … ‘You know full well that you have undertaken to keep me alive until I am 100. I am an indulgent creditor; I shall be content with 90. But to help me reach that age, you must procure for me some good Burgundy wine and some good Bordeaux wine, which are the milk of old men. [...] Have pity, then, on my 84 years’, so that I might find another 25 bottles ‘hidden away in your fine, well-stocked cellar’… He would like to see Becheville again ‘before setting off for the Elysian Fields’…
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About the sale Letters and Autograph Manuscripts – Part I
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Auction time 10/13/2026 at 2:00 PM
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