Émile LITTRÉ

Autograph letter dated and signed by Emile Littré (17 lines in black ink) to friend and publisher Louis Hachette regarding his dictionary.
Folding traces inherent to postal dispatch. A manuscript notation in pencil at the head of the letter: "A Albert"
"Mon cher Hachette,
veux-tu me faire la largesse d'un exemplaire de plus du dictionnaire ? Je t'en serai très obligé. J'ai encore 40 pages à relire pour parfaire la 5e livraison. Cela sera fini dans les 10 premiers jours de juin. On pourra la donner à cette époque... [...] Ton vieil ami, ELittré." ("My dear Hachette, would you be so generous as

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
About the letters of Mme de Sévigné, Aristophanes and Rabelais, Don Quixote, history of the canton of Vaud, introduction to the history of Indian Buddhism, translations of some of Schiller's poems...
Some foxing.