Joseph FIESCHI (1790-1836). L.A.S., [December 1835], to Nina Lassave; 2 1/4 pages in-4, addressed "Pour Nina". Amazing prison letter from the regicide to his mistress. [Arrested immediately after his attempt on Louis-Philippe's life on July 28, 1835, he was sentenced to death and executed on February 19, 1836]. "Ma pettite amie si tu lest encore - j'en doutte, Tu me permetra que je t'expose ma position Ma conduitte a merité perdre ton amitié" He reproaches Nina with being "guilty of the most dreadful calumny". Certainly he has been unfaithful to her, "and for so much, you know the firmness of my character and my virtue for the respect of a friend that for me Anette was a sacred trust". Nina's silence makes him "sad, downcast [...] tears are my element and pain is my martial"... A single word from Nina would cure him of all these ills... Etc. The letter is certified by Léon Cornudet, Chief Secretary of the Royal Court Prosecutor's Office, December 27, 1835 (with Royal Court of Paris ink stamp, Attorney General). Attached is a L.A.S. from Nina Lassave to Fieschi (1 page and a quarter in-8, also certified by Cornudet), in reply to the above letter. She is astonished "by the calumny you speak of. I have no desire to slander you, I don't speak of you to anyone in any way. As for your infidelity, I have never questioned it and I have never worried about it. [...] The time may not be so far off when we'll be able to see each other courageously again"...