SAND, George (1804-1876). L.A.S. addressed [to Alexandre Dumas Fils?]. Palaiseau, n.d. "August 3". 3 pp. in-8. Embossed GS numeral at the top. Turquoise ink. George Sand is exasperated: "Dear son, this big idiot had told me: you will act when I tell you to. It was already said several times to the cousin who had answered me: it is too right. But the big idiot, for his part, said to me: when it is necessary to act in the end, I will warn you [...] ". Sand, Correspondence, volume XVIII: "August 1863-December 1864", p. 481.

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