HISTORY - Ferdinand Denis (Paris, 1798 - id., 1890) - Two autograph letters signed
Lot 73 · December 2023 - Autographs, Letters & Historical Documents · 05 December 2023
Estimate: £150 - £200
Ferdinand Denis (Paris, 1798 - id., 1890)Two autograph letters signed and dated from Paris in 1838, by the French traveller and writer, author of important studies on Brazil. In September, he reiterated to Baron Taylor his desire to meet him, although "...le C.l de Jancigny se voit contraint d’aller pour affaires à la campagne...". Two months later, on Nov. 22, 1838, on a letterhead with a slightly modified header (added on the left “Cabinet du Ministre”), Ferdinand Denis announces the sending of a book and talks about Bellangé's book: "...il y a erreur de la part du Bib. de Chatillon. On a souscrit pour 6 exemp. du Voyage dans les Indes Orientales mais ce livre n’a pas été accordé à la Bibliothèque qui le réclame...", etc. At the beginning, a few lines specify that this letter was intended for Desirée Nisard, continued "...à la demande que je lui avais adressée de la continuation du Voyage de Bellangé...". 2 pp. In-4.