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Autograph letter signed “VH” to Delphine de Girardin
N.p.n.d, this Friday, 1 page small in-8
“I admire you and love you”
Autograph letter signed “VH” to Delphine de Girardin
N.p.n.d, this Friday, 1 page small in-8
Paper slightly crumpled
Nice letter from the great poet about a rendez-vous
“A moins que mes yeux souffrants ne me le défendent trop impérieusement, Madame, demain soir à neuf heures je serai chez vous, et [il] va sans dire que vous ne m’attendrez pas passé cette heure-là. Mais j’espère pouvoir me rendre à vos ordres et à vos fins. Permettez-moi de vous refaire ici ma déclaration je vous admire je vous aime.
Mille tendres respects.
V.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.