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(Lot) – Alexandre DUMAS. 9 signed autograph letters containi…
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79
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(Lot) – Alexandre DUMAS. 9 signed autograph letters containi…
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €250
Voluntary lot
Description
(Lot) – Alexandre DUMAS. 9 signed autograph letters containing requests:
- To the Duke of Morny. 4 lines on an in-8 sheet. Concerning his friend Doligny: ‘Do everything in the world for him; whatever you do for him, you will be doing for me’.
- To a baron. 1 p. in-8. He was assured that ‘a few lines from me and two good friends whom I am referring to you will be well received by you, even though I do not have the honour of knowing you…’
- To a ‘dear colleague’. 1868. 2 pp., in-8 on blue paper. He recommends to him a young Englishwoman, the mother of a child by Desnoyers who has just died. He asks that the Society [of Men of Letters] provide assistance to the mother: ‘I have little influence over our young colleagues, to whom my sympathies draw me near but from whom my work keeps me at a distance. ’ He suggests that a collection be organised: ‘In this instance, put my name at the top—not as the largest contributor, but as the senior member of those who give on every occasion…’
- To Mr Bellecourt. 1 p. in-8. He is sending him a friend ‘to whom I have spoken of your kindness towards me.’
- ‘Give me, moreover, another copy of *The Pastor of Ashborn*; I wish to write the sequel. Yours. ”
- 3 lines on cream paper with a gilded border: “3 stalls in the orchestra – 1 Marmier – 1 Boulanger – 1 Belloc. Both balconies for you.”
- To the publisher Cadot: “Please do me the favour of giving one hundred francs to Bellune.”
- To Dorcher: “You absolutely must give me 250 francs…. You’ll deduct them on Monday from the 1,000 francs for Coigniard. I shall have finished the five acts by Monday…’
- To Mr Maugeant [?], architect. 1 p. in-12. Regarding a purchase he would be happy to make but for which he can only afford 100 francs a month. ”
Enclosed:
- A handwritten line on a page in-12: “She was twenty years old, she loved, she was”.
The first line of a quatrain, the full text of which is given below, written in another hand.
A moving note written in a trembling hand in August 1865 at Saint-Quentin.
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