BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules)

Set of 3 documents: - L.A.S. to Rapetti with the words "Important pressé". S.l.n.d. [March 12, 1858]. 1 p. in-16. Black ink. Address on verso of second leaf. "[...] I have been asked to veil certain truths - which are too much steel mirror, - and I will veil them - because it is about you. Your book got me into politics. The Emperor is superior and can understand, but you know the cowards around him! [...]". Letter published in Barbey d'Aurevilly, Correspondance générale (Belles-lettres, 1980) VI, 1858/16, p. 80. - L.A.S. to LéonEscudier(1815-1881), director of Le Réveil. S.l.n.d. "2 heures - samedi" [April 3, 1858]. 1 p. in-8. Black ink. Mourning paper. Preserved envelope with cut-outs. "My friend, send me on receipt of this several issues. I forgot to ask you for them yesterday [...]". - L.A. (incomplete draft of the end). S.l.n.d. 1 p. in-4. Red ink. Chipping. Barbey is unwell. He has neglected to reply to his correspondent and does not know when he will be able to receive and meet him for the first time. "The way you spoke of me in a newspaper where I would not have dared to count on sympathy like yours has given me hope that this sympathy will not be merely intellectual, and that the man will add his own to that of the writer. I've kept you waiting, Sir, but I've waited longer than you [...]".