James PRADIER (1792–1852) Autograph letter [to Jules JANIN]; 1 page, in-8. He intercedes on behalf of Mr. SERRET, “who has created a small relief model of Mont Blanc,” to whom Janin has promised an article: “It is certain that a few words from your pen can divert a trickle from the river Pactolus to whomever you wish and fill him with happiness”; he asks him to direct his interest toward “a fine old artist […] I haven’t forgotten that a marble bust was gathering a bit of dust in my studio… one day it will find the place it was meant for”…