207 - GAY Sophie Michault de Lavalette, Mrs. [Paris, 1776 – id., 1842], French writer.

GAY Sophie Michault de Lavalette, Mrs. [Paris, 1776 – id., 1842], French writer. Set of two signed autograph letters and one unsigned autograph letter. - Signed autograph letter. Valloirs, September 17, 1822; 1 page, in-8° “I will be on my way on Wednesday; I would have been there four days ago already if not for various foolish delays. Your last letter, dear friend, will serve as my itinerary—unless something unforeseen arises—and I will follow it step by step, striving to be in Bern from the 18th to the 20th.” - Unsigned autograph letter addressed to Mr. Dureau de la Malle; 3 pages, in-4°. “At last, my dear Dureau, we have reached the fifth act of our fateful tragedy, the denouement is Alexander’s clemency, which erases all past and future glories; he alone knows true glory, and we have paid so dearly for the false kind that we now fully appreciate the worth of a noble soul. He treats us as brothers, as unfortunate friends; he and his army seem to have hunted down a rabid wolf that devoured ten Frenchmen for every Russian, and they rejoice with us, without believing they have achieved a conquest. ” - Autograph letter, signed and addressed to Mr. Dureau, Paris, November 23, 1814; 3 pages, in-4°. “[...] Amid all my troubles, I wished to witness the famous academic session; if you wish to get a true sense of the effect that Mr. Campenon’s mellifluous speech and the president’s vigorous reply had on one of the most brilliant assemblies, read Mr. Martainville’s article in the Journal de Paris.”