NERVAL Gérard de (1808-1855). P.A.S. "Gérard de Nerval," March 5, 1851; 1 oblong page in-12. "I have received from Monsieur Porcher the sum [of] fifty francs, which I will return to him on April 5..." This receipt is written at a time when Gérard de Nerval is struggling with his nervous illness and his great destitution. Jean-Baptiste PORCHER was a theatrical agent to whom Nerval appealed several times during his financial troubles. Œuvres complètes (Pléiade, éd. Pichois), t. II, p. 1287.