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[RECAMIER Mme et autour - FEMMES ECRIVAINS].
Set of 13 documents of Mrs Recamier or around.
-RECAMIER, Juliette (1777-1849), woman of letters. Autograph piece. S.l.n.d. 1 p. ½ in-4.
Notes in pencil by Juliette Récamier, relating to a visit to a hospice run by the Augustinian ladies, a quatrain inspired by this visit and accounts.
In ink, by another hand, copy of a quatrain, "verses impromptus du chevalier de Boufflers" in homage to Juliette Récamier.
-HAMELIN, Fortunée dite Madame (1776-1851), French woman of letters and salonnière. L.A.S. S.l., "Saturday 23 J. 1841".
Beautiful letter of Mrs. Hamelin dedicated to her friend Chateaubriand : "[...] You think as I do, I am sure, that the interest of an autograph lies more in the movement of style, in the character of the personage, than in the quantity and quality of the writing ? This intimate note of Mr. de Chateaubriand will therefore please you. It is all him, and of him, since the July Revolution, that is to say, alas, that this beautiful genius was devoured by troubles under the weight of regrets, bitterness and melancholy. One must pity him and love him very much, because all his pains do not omit almost anything to his beauty, his enchanting grace and his ardent love of the fatherland [...]"
-BOURGOING, Marie-Benoîte-Joséphine Prévost de La Croix, baroness of (1759-1838), superintendent of the House of the Legion of Honor in Saint-Denis. L.A.S. addressed to Juliette Récamier. S.l.n.d., "Monday April 8". 1 p. in-12. Address on the back of the second leaf. Trace of tab. The baroness complains about her widowhood and asks Madame Récamier if she wants to receive her and "Laurette": Laure Junot d'Abrantès.
It was the Baroness de Bourgoing who had welcomed Madame Récamier at her home in the Abbaye-aux-Bois and had introduced her to Chateaubriand.
-ANCELOT, Virginie (1792-1875), French woman of letters, painter and salonnière. L.A.S. about Mme Récamier. S.l.n.d. 1 p. ¼ in-8. Embossed cipher.
Severe letter against Mrs. Récamier. The latter, shocked by some verses of M. Ancelot, demanded the sacrifice of this text as a condition to keep their friendship. "...] moreover she seemed shocked that I wanted to put her in the painting which represents an evening where she was in rivalry". Ancelot refers to her painting exhibited at the 1828 Salon, entitled "Une lecture de M. Ancelot", where she depicted her husband in a salon surrounded by the literati of the time. "I have never been to the Abbaye aux Bois except out of a real feeling of affection for her [...]. I love Mrs. Récamier very much, I was going for her and I find her unfair to me [...]". She also evokes the support of Mrs. Récamier towards Delphine de Girardin, etc.
-BRIFAUT, Charles (1781-1857), French poet. 2 L.A.S., one addressed to Juliette Récamier, the other to her "beautiful marquise of the Fortunate Islands". S.l.n.d. "Saturday morning" and October 19, 1844. 4 pp. in-12. A small tear.
Brifaut sends back to Madame Récamier a book of Lacordaire that she lent him and reviews it.
Brifaut, suffering, tells to have received "Madame Récamier, always the guardian angel, always the consoler of the afflicted, always herself"
-DUPIN, Antoinette (1801-1843), woman of letters. L.A.S., addressed to M. Ferdinand Denis. S.l., March 25 [1839]. 3 pp. in-8. Address on verso of second leaf with postmarks.
"Yesterday I dined at Madame Récamier's and in the evening I spoke about you, Monsieur. She is one of the chosen readers who have all the beauties of Luis de Souza. [...] her perfect kindness for me in the days of bitter affliction has given her a sweeter and holier right on my heart than before [...]".
-D'HAUTPOUL, Anne-Marie de Montgeroult, countess of Beaufort (1763-1837), woman of letters. L.A.S., most probably addressed to Jeanne-Justine Fouqueau de Pussy (1786-1863), contrary to a mention of an address to Mme Récamier. Abbaye-aux-bois, May 7, 1834. 1 p. 1/2 in-8. Beautiful watermarked frames.
The Countess addresses the director of a newspaper and sends him a copy of the new work of her friend the Countess Eugene d'Hautefeuille (1786-1861). She mentions the critic Alida de Salvignac (1790-1847) and promises him a new one.
-FLAUGERGUES, Pauline de (1799-1878), French poetess. L.A.S. Aulnay, "Thursday". 2 pp. ½ in-8. Mourning paper.
About the talks between Balzac and Henri de Latouche, "the two dreamers", "it is because they saw each other a lot that they hardly wrote". Lévy frères prepares an edition of Latouche's works, she often stays in Aulnay, in Petit Chatenay, etc.
-ROHAN, Charles Louis Josselin, duke of. L.A.S. S.l. "Monday, March 9, 1835. 1 p. in-8. Address on the back of the second leaf. Trace of tab. About the birth of his wife, a passport for Morbihan, the castle of Josselin, etc.
-GATAYES, Léon (1805-1877), harpist and cavalier, teacher of Madame Récamier.
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