"... et je pense tendrement à la mémoire de mon cher Alphonse Daudet..."

Autograph letter dated and signed by François Coppée (12 lines in black ink) to his friend Léon Daudet.
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François Coppée shows himself touched by the last letter that Léon Daudet addressed to him and invites him to his home: "... Come whenever you wish... so that we can chat quietly."
He shares the grief and sadness of the Daudet family after the death (on December 17, 1897) of Alphonse Daudet, his friend: "... and I think tenderly of the memory of my dear Alphonse Daudet..."