Pierre-Jules HETZEL

Autograph letter signed and dated "20 floréal year 79 19 May" [19 May 1871?], 3 pages on a bifolium of blue paper. Small lack of paper affecting a few letters, usual folds from mailing.

Rare letter by painter and illustrator Gérard-Séguin, known for his portrait of Honoré de Balzac (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours). Written in the midst of the Paris Commune, as famine and fighting ravaged the capital, the artist delivers a desperate yet spirited plea from the artist.

This letter is one of the few surviving manuscripts by Gérard-Séguin whose biography remains largely unknown: "Little is known about the life and work of Jean...

Signed autograph letter of George Sand to Pierre-Jules Hetzel, written in black ink.
Folds caused by mailing.
George Sand sends this letter to arrange an appointment with his publisher Pierre-Jules Hertzel: "My dear Hetzel, I have to talk to you about something that interests me a lot." The publisher has already worked with George Sand twice in the context of collective publications, in 1839-40 for the private and public life of animals , then in 1843 for The New Children's Store.
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