"Que c'est gracieux de vous souvenir !"

Autograph signed postcard by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Gabrielle Delzant, wife of his friend Alidor, written on both sides in black ink. Envelope included.
Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was secretary and testamentary legatee of Edmond.
"Que c'est gracieux de vous souvenir ! Je n'ai pas encore repris, au milieu de l'hôpital où je vis, femme, fille influenzées et moi pas quitte tout-à-fait d'un malaise, mes habitudes du soir..." ["How gracious of you to remember! I have not yet resumed, in the midst of the hospital where I live, with wife and daughter suffering from influenza and myself not entirely free of discomfort, my evening habits..."]