Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou à son ami Henry Lapauze alors journaliste au Gaulois à propos de deux articles qu'il veut y voir publier

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, of two and a half pages (27 lines), written in black ink insisting to his friend Henry Lapauze, then journalist at Le Gaulois, to see published a note he had sent him as well as the project of an interview with a certain Monsieur Lavé and the related arrangements: "... je suis persuadé que vous trouverez, l'un comme l'autre, intérêt et plaisir à l'entretien projeté... Vous pouvez agir directement, en vous recommandant de moi..." ["... I am persuaded that you will both find interest and pleasure in the projected interview... You can act directly, recommending yourself through me..."]
Finally, Robert de Montesquiou wishes to discuss with Madame Lapauze: "... un bien précieux recueil, dont je veux lui parler, comme il le mérite, à savoir posément, et passionnément..." ["... a very precious collection, of which I want to speak to her, as it deserves, that is to say calmly, and passionately..."] that she had sent him.
Henry Lapauze (1867-1925) was a journalist, art critic, then, in 1905, curator of the Petit Palais converted four years earlier into a museum and whose collections he considerably enriched by acquiring notably the Courbet, Henner, Falguière collections with, at the twilight of his life, a clear predilection for the Decorative Arts of which he was an ardent promoter.