NERVAL Gérard de (1808-1855). 2 L.A.S. "G. Labrunie" and "Gérard Labrunie", 1830-[1834]; 2 pages in-8, and 1 page in-4 with address. February 5, 1830. the young Gérard, barely 22 years old, thanks his correspondent with great politeness for a visit made to his [maternal] grandfather, hoping to see him soon... [Aix 24 September 1834], to the sculptor Jehan DUSEIGNEUR, asking for his help in the liquidation of the inventory after his grandfather Labrunie's death; but the affair seems so confused that Nerval has to cross out four lines to rectify his instructions; he asks for "a letter of credit from a banker in Naples"... Attached is a L.A.S. "Gérard" to Amédée Rome, at the Ministry of the Interior, March 5 [1841] (1 p. in-8, address), to deliver a letter to M. Leclerc, the minister's secretary, or to M. Mallac; he gives the address of the nursing home where he has been interned, rue Picpus, "a little ill but I will be out in five or six days"... Œuvres complètes (Pléiade, ed. Pichois), t. I, p. 1289 and 1370.
Estimate
€2,000 - €2,500
Result
€6,326
Buyer's premium
30%
NERVAL Gérard de (1808-1855).
2 L.A.S. "G. Labrunie" and "Gérard Labrunie", 1830-[1834]; 2 pages in-8, and 1 page in-4 with address.
February 5, 1830. the young Gérard, barely 22 years old, thanks his correspondent with great politeness for a visit made to his [maternal] grandfather, hoping to see him soon... [Aix 24 September 1834], to the sculptor Jehan DUSEIGNEUR, asking for his help in the liquidation of the inventory after his grandfather Labrunie's death; but the affair seems so confused that Nerval has to cross out four lines to rectify his instructions; he asks for "a letter of credit from a banker in Naples"...
Attached is a L.A.S. "Gérard" to Amédée Rome, at the Ministry of the Interior, March 5 [1841] (1 p. in-8, address), to deliver a letter to M. Leclerc, the minister's secretary, or to M. Mallac; he gives the address of the nursing home where he has been interned, rue Picpus, "a little ill but I will be out in five or six days"...
Œuvres complètes (Pléiade, ed. Pichois), t. I, p. 1289 and 1370.
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