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Autograph letter signed “Victor H” to Delphine de Girardin
N.p.n.d, this Tuesday, 1 p. in-8 on bifolio
“The end of the week will not pass without me going to do penance and seek reparation at your feet”
Autograph letter signed “Victor H” to Delphine de Girardin
N.p.n.d, this Tuesday, 1 p. in-8 on bifolio
Hugo puts himself at the feet of Delphine de Girardin
“Je ne dine pas chez moi aujourd’hui, Madame, et ma soirée est toute prise. C’est là avoir du malheur ! La fin de la semaine ne s’écoulera pas sans que je n’aille faire pénitence et chercher la réparation à vos pieds.
Mille tendres admirations
Victor H.”
Delphine Gay (24 January 1804, Aachen – 29 June 1855, Paris) was a French writer, poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, salonnière and journalist. She exerted a considerable personal influence in contemporary literary society and in her salon regularly frequented, among others, by Théophile Gautier, Honoré de Balzac, Alfred de Musset, Victor Hugo etc.