DAUDET, Alphonse (1840-1897)
Autograph carte-de-visite signed « A.D » to Gaston Calmette
N.p.n.d [Paris, between 1885 and 1897], 1 p. in-24°
« Here, my dear Calmette, is the answer requested »
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DAUDET, Alphonse (1840-1897)
Autograph carte-de-visite signed « A.D » to Gaston Calmette
N.p.n.d [Paris, between 1885 and 1897], 1 p. in-24°
Tender name-card signed to his friend Calmette
« Voici, mon cher Calmette, la réponse demandée. Bien vôtre. A.D. »
Alphonse Daudet had been collaborating with Le Figaro since 1858, when he published his first collection of verses. He then became a columnist in parallel with his activity as a writer.
Gaston Calmette (1858-1914) joined Le Figaro at the age of 27, becoming its director from 1902. He was assassinated in March 1914 by the wife of Joseph Caillaux, the corrupt Minister of Finance against whom he had launched a virulent campaign at the beginning of the same year.
This card must have been addressed to Calmette between 1885 and 1897, the years when the writer lived at his Parisian address, rue de Bellechasse.