BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules)

Set of 2 documents: - L.A.S. S.l.n.d. [April 4, 1870, postmarked the next day]. 1 p. in-8. Engraved letterhead with the number BA. Black ink. "Monsieur, si le livre (L'intelligence, je crois) de M. Taine a paru, veuillez donner l'ordre de l'envoyer moi. I will report on it immediately in the Constitutionnel. You will see several articles on Goethe & on your translation of Goethe, in a very short time. I asked you for the work; and when it comes to works I ask for, you can always count on me [...]". Beautiful, large signature. Letter published in Barbey d'Aurevilly, Correspondance générale (Belles-lettres, 1980) VII, 1870/4, p. 73. - C.A.S. to Charles Buet. S.l.n.d. [1882-1883]. 1 p. in-12. Black ink. Barbey's large signature engraved in red on verso. "Je vous mande par exprès que je n'irai pas au Gil Blas ce soir. Too much rain, too much poop, no car. If I'm hungry tonight, I'll go to Daumas and eat anything. Tell Georges [Landry] [...]. It's the terrible weather that's preventing me from going to your place [...]". Letter published in Barbey d'Aurevilly, Correspondance générale (Belles-lettres, 1980), IX, 1883/36, p. 95