Lettre autographe signée de Gérard de Nerval adressée à Armand Barthet, suivie d'un commentaire autographe et biographique de ce dernier

Autograph letter signed "ton ami G." addressed to the poet and playwright Armand Barthet. Nerval congratulates "[his] dear friend" on his drama Le Chemin de Corinthe: "Non seulement je l'ai lu mais je l'ai recommandé chaudement à Delord et à Huard. C'est très beau (ceci est vague) mais c'est même nouveau" ["Not only have I read it but I have warmly recommended it to Delord and to Huard. It is very beautiful (this is vague) but it is even new"].
Folds inherent to posting. A strip of paper at the junction of the two pages and a restoration to the left inner margin.
This letter has been transcribed in the correspondence published in the Pléiade edition (volume 3, p. 796).
The addressee has written, directly following this letter, a moving biographical notice concerning Gérard de Nerval: "Nul ne savait où il demeurait - il rodait toute la nuit, les poches de sa longue redingote, gonflé (sic) de bouquins" ["No one knew where he lived - he wandered all night, the pockets of his long frock coat swollen with books"].