LITERATURE Set of 13 autographed letters signed Virginie ANCELOT, Stanislas-Jean de BOUF- FLERS (1803, nice letter about his re-entry to the Institute), Casimir DELAVIGNE, Marceline DESBORDES-VALMORE (Lyon 1835, to J. Van Gaver, evoking the memory of Elisa Mercoeur), Charles-Marie de FÉLETZ (5, to Count Emmanuel de Las Cases), Arthur de GOBINEAU (Athens 1865, to Barthélemy de Las Cases), SAINT-MARC GIRARDIN, Eugène SUE, Jean-Pons VIENNET. A L.A.S. from Fromental HALÉVY, a L.A.S. from Ary SCHEFFER (about portraits), a L.A.S. from Mlle GEORGE (to Viennet, 1843), and an extract from the Mercure du XIXe siècle about Mazeppa are attached.

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