TOURREIL Jacques de (1656-1714) traducteur et orateur [AF 1692, 40e f]. L.A.S. "De Tourreil", Versailles "this Monday evening" [June 1703, to President de LAMOIGNON]; 1 page in-4. On the election of President de Lamoignon to the Academy and his refusal. [On order of Louis XIV, who wanted to dismiss the candidacy of the abbé de Chaulieu (supported by the prince of Condé and the duc de Maine) to the succession of Charles Perrault, Tourreil announced to the Academy that of the president Lamoignon who was elected unanimously, but who preferred to refuse this honor; the King then imposed the candidacy of the cardinal de Rohan. See also n° 503]. "I declare to you, Monsieur, that our august protector has just agreed to your choice in terms that your modesty would greatly disavow. Between the King and you the debate is over, Sir. I don't care anymore, we have done our duty, woe to you if you fail in yours, and if you give the public a scene, or we will play the beautiful rolle ". This is the only known letter from Tourreil, according to Raoul Bonnet (Étienne Charavay sale, 27 March 1874).