Autograph letter signed, dated “Samedi 2 Oct./102 Bd. Haussmann” by the great French writer. To a “mademoiselle”: “…Vous me feriez bien grand plaisir et vous devinez combien d’honneur ! – en acceptant ce petits face à mains. Je vous l’envoie pour tâcher d’être “bien vu”de vous! Permettez à un malade de ne pas vous écrire si longuement…”. Proust suffered from asthma and neurological maladies which caused his health to deteriorate over time, and yet these sicknesses served as the basis for his extraordinary literary works. 1 p. In-8.

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