BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules)

Set of 2 documents: - L.A.S. [to Hippolyte Costard]. Paris, July 12, 1868. 2 pp. in-8. Black ink. Address on front of second leaf. "I have inherited jointly with my two brothers, Abbé Barbey d'Aurevilly and M. Barbey du Motel, the property left by our late father, M. Théophile Barbey, proprietor of Saint-Sauveur le Vicomte. Our divisions are still to be made [...] and we are determined not to hasten the sale of our father's house and lands [...]". Barbey requests a mortgage of 4,000 francs, and asks for details of the route of the railroad to Coutances, which has been decided, and whether it will pass through his meadows "situated at the exit of the village of Saint-Sauveur [...]". Fine signature. Letter published in Barbey d'Aurevilly, Correspondance générale (Belles-lettres, 1980) VII, 1868/5, p. 43. - L.A.S. to M. Bessaignel. S.l.n.d. "Saturday 4" [August 1883]. 1 p. in-8. Red ink. Letterhead engraved in red "Never more". Preserved envelope with stamp and postmarks. Barbey delayed accepting an invitation to dinner, not knowing if he could "wrest a day from my devils of present occupations. Otherwise I would have accepted your invitation with an eagerness equal to the pleasure it gives me [...]". Letter published in Barbey d'Aurevilly, Correspondance générale (Belles-lettres, 1980) IX, 1883/16, p. 82