Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou adressée à Henri Lapauze

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 27 lines written in blue ink, addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze:
"Neuilly,
Dear friend, thank you for your note. I am going to see Coppée again. When you speak again, you, of my book, you will please me (of course if this accords with your views) first, by recalling that it is dedicated to Barrès, then by observing, if not admiring what is rare, in the spectacle (shall we say the example?) given by an artist, who has proven himself, and publishes his eleventh volume (books in which there are things) without ever having cared about anything other than the esteem of those who please him; by a man who, below this list of works, which is requested of him by a recent questionnaire, then encountering the word rewards (followed by a question mark) has the happiness, and perhaps the honor of having to leave this useless line blank, or at least, to populate it with this word from Flaubert: "One must be quite modest to be able to be honored" Your proud friend RMontesquiou. 10 June."
Traces of folds inherent to the envelope.