Carte-lettre adressée à Renée Chaine, compagne du pianiste Alfred Cortot : "un mot pour vous dire que Stefan sera à Paris"

Signed autograph letter from Stefan Zweig addressed to his friend pianist Alfred Cortot , two pages on a letterhead, written in purple ink.
The Austrian writer, passing through Paris, tries to see his friend the pianist Alfred Cortot, specialist of Chopin: " I will telephone you [sic] around 7 am to know if you still have your evening free and if you and Madame would like to dine needless to say, I will be delighted . " He plans social gatherings with the famous English socialite Lady Colfax and devotes himself to his passion for autographs: " Mr. Eidemann will come Thursday around 6:30 am to show you autografes [sic] ". Zweig was indeed an avid collector of historical, musical and literary manuscripts, which he collected before his departure for London in 1934 in the library of his house in the Kapuzinerberg: "In this library," place of worship ", he also exercises real activity of expert in autographs [...] The library will attract a number of learned teachers, sometimes accompanied by their assistants, who will not hesitate to come back to work there calmly for days in a row, even weeks "( Stefan Zweig, the traveler of the worlds , Serge Niemetz).

" Tuesday
Dear master, I receive for a moment a word from Lady Colfaxe that she will come with great pleasure Sunday at 8 am at the Ecu de France. But how sorry you are for taking my invitation!
Mr. Eidemann will come Thursday around 6:30 am to show you autografes [sic]. I will phone you [sic] around 7 am to find out if you still have your evening free and if you and Madame would like to dine with me. Needless to say, I will be delighted.
And thanks for everything. Your devoted,

Stefan Zweig "
A thousand compliments to Madame C. "