LA FAYETTE (Gilbert Du Motier de). 2 autographed... - Lot 23 - Osenat

Lot 23
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LA FAYETTE (Gilbert Du Motier de). 2 autographed... - Lot 23 - Osenat
LA FAYETTE (Gilbert Du Motier de). 2 autographed letters signed to her sister-in-law the Marquise de Montagu, Pauline de Noailles. N/A Letters illustrating the proximity of the general and politician to his family and friendly circle. He mentions his children Oscar and Virginie, his granddaughters Mathilde, Clémentine, Nathalie (and the husband of the latter Adolphe Périer), as well as, probably, his doctor and friend Jules Cloquet. - "My two young companions and I, my beloved sister, are enchanted to hear from you. It is said that you have been ill: give me or have us give us your report card. I would like to send you the one from Oporto after the attack we were talking about on the 20th, but we haven't received anything since Virginia had to do it. If Jules followed his project as he had given it to us since he knew his mother in Falmouth, and before he knew he was boarding, they have to meet us next week. Mathilde[granddaughter of La Fayette] plans to be in Paris with her husband from 5 to 8, Clementine recommends that I inform her cousins who asked her to do so. They will come through Vizille to see the Adolphe household. Oscar is scheduled to take his exam on Monday or Tuesday. We will leave for Paris on Monday, we will soon see the arrivals from Avignon and Oporto. Hello, my dear sister, give us your news, distribute our tenderness around you. I kiss you with all my soul.... " (s.l., "Thursday, August 1st", 1/2 p. in-4, address on the back). - "You are very good, my beloved sister, to think so much about my cold in the middle of your shows and rehearsals. I treat myself too much, but since my small chest inflammation is in miniature of the same kind as two years ago, I prefer to play the imaginary patient at La Grange than to really become this hyver. Our Adolphes will go to Paris in the first days of December, Pauline and her husband do not dare to move their new nanny. The rest of the family, including Alva's kind cousins, will leave successively. I will
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