Letter signed « Necker de Staël » to Claire de Duras
[Paris] Sunday 11th May [1817], 3 pp. in-8°
« I have, thank God, never harmed anyone with whom I have had dealings »
Autograph letter signed « Chateaubriand » to Laure de Cottens
Geneva, 12th July 1831, 3 p. in-8°
« It will only take me two hours to get to you »
Autograph letter to Laure de Cottens
Paris, 24th March 1835, 4 p. large in-8°
« I still want to go and die out of France »
Autograph letter signed « Chateaubriand » to Laure de Cottens
Paris, 27 December 1832, 4 pp. in-4°
« I hoped to work in peace to my memories and never see again a homeland that is no longer one for me »
Autograph manuscript signed “Chateaubriand”
N.d.n.p, 1 page in-8 on double sheet, bespoke framing
“Fallen Rome offers asylum to fallen powers”
Autograph letter signed “Chateaubriand” to Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
N.p, 13th July 1832, 2 pages in-8 on double sheet
“We must put an end to it and leave the world to those who are not as bored and tired as I am”
Autograph letter signed “Chateaubriand” to a lady
S.l, 4 February 1822, 1 p. 1/4 in-8
“Madam, I will be very happy to take care of the box for London”
Autograph letter signed « Le Vte de Chateaubriand » to Abel
Paris, 29th 7bre [September] 1815, 4 pp. in-8°
« I demanded freedom of thought, which brought Buonaparte’s fury and his new threats to have me shot »
Autograph letter signed “Chateaubriand” to Delphine de Girardin
Paris, 1st July 1833, 1 p. 1/2 in-4
“These people who call themselves laughing and not mean are, however, great traitors”
Autograph aphorism signed « Chateaubriand »
N.p.n.d. [Paris, 1836] 1 p. in-8°
« I was fleeing, but the specter pursued me »
Autograph letter signed « C » [to Louis de Fontanes ?]
[La Vallée-aux-Loups] 9 7bre [September] 1813, 3 p. in-8°
« I am as old as Herod. I only dream of the history of the past. I’m only in love with Agnès Sorel »
Autograph letter signed « Chateaubriand » to a Monsieur
Paris, 23rd May 1821
“Politic is in this very moment a great obstacle to literary announcements”
Autograph letter signed “Chateaubriand” to a gentleman
Paris, October 8, 1838, 1 page 1/4 in-8
“I will hasten to pick you up and ask you to introduce me to Mr. Hodgson”
Autograph letter signed « Chateaubriand » [to Hippolyte La Morvonnais ?]
Paris, 18 July 1834, 2 p. in-8° à l’encre noire
« Soon I will be lying on my little island of sand and I will hear the sound of your footsteps and the waves »
Autograph letter signed “Chateaubriand” to Charles-Henri Dambray
Paris, 25 January 1825, 1 p. in-8
“I’ve been so suffering”
Autograph letter to Léonce de Lavergne
Paris, 6th August 1838, 3 p. 1/2 small in-4° on bifolio
« I walked on this beach where Bonaparte took his last step »
Autograph letter signed « Jean Cocteau » to Henry de Montherlant
Milly[-la-Forêt], 1 November 1962, 1 p. in-4°
« The only strange thing is that we are under this dome which refused Chateaubriand Hugo Vigny Balzac… »
Autograph letter to Madame Vallange, rue de la Paix
N.d.n.p [4 pm] 1 page 1/2 in-12
“I hoped until this moment”
Autograph letter signed “J Recamier” to a Monsieur
N.p, “Wednesday“, 1 page 1/4 in-12
“The slight help I can offer “
Autograph letter signed « Félicien Rops » to a gentleman
Paris, 28th May [1891 ?], 3 p. in-8°
« All of them: Sculptors, poets, musicians, painters, apart from a score of ‘brain-seeing’ people are a band of Monkeys and lemurs who should be taken away gently… and shot »
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