Donatien Alphonse François de SADE (to Renée-Pélagie de SADE)
"C'est le chant du cigne."
1778 - 1779|15.5 x 13.5 cm|Une feuille
Vincennes, 21 May 1779. One leaf measuring 15.5 x 13.5 cm, 20 autograph lines.
Autograph letter by the Marquis de Sade to his wife, Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil, written from the keep of Vincennes and dated “This twenty-first of May 1779”. The upper edge of the leaf is irregularly cut and the verso bears traces of two folds. Closely written in brown ink. Without an opening form of address, the letter ends with a simple flourish.
This letter of 21 May 1779 to Madame de Sade is cited in studies of Sade’s prison...
€3,000