"Que je suis aux regrets, d'avoir manqué votre aimable visite..."

Visiting card with autograph signature by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant. With envelope.
Alidor Delzant was a lawyer, collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts, he devoted a work to them and was Edmond's secretary and testamentary legatee.
"Que je suis aux regrets, d'avoir manqué votre aimable visite ; à l'une de mes premières sorties après une indisposition ! et j'en veux au beau temps qui me tenta dehors." ["How I regret having missed your kind visit; during one of my first outings after an indisposition! and I blame the fine weather that tempted me outside."]