BLOY Léon.
Autograph letter signed, May 1897, 4 pages in-8 (restoration at the head of the page).
Astonishing letter about the fire of the Bazar of Charity. This institution had been founded in 1885 by members of the Catholic high society and the fire provoked ideological reactions, even violent ones like that of Léon Bloy.
"I hope, my dear André, not to scandalize you by telling you that when I read the first news of this dreadful event, I had the clear and delightful sensation of an immense weight from which my heart would have been freed.
The too small number of victims it is true limited my joy. Here is thus a beginning of justice. This word of bazaar added to that of charity" ...
An exceptional document.
