Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents
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Sep 14, 2023
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 452:
DELACROIX EUGENE: (1798-1863) French artist of the Romantic school. A.L.S., Eug. Delacroix, one page, 8vo, n.p. ...
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DELACROIX EUGENE: (1798-1863) French artist of the Romantic school. A.L.S., Eug. Delacroix, one page, 8vo, n.p., 2nd January 1859, to a friend, in French. Delacroix announces 'J'apprends que vous decorez la croix qui decore tout d'imbeciles' (Translation: 'I hear that you decorate the cross which decorates everything with imbeciles') and continues 'C'est a moi meme comme vous pensez bien que j'ai fais compliment en attendant le plaisir de vous embrasser por vous dire que je vous desire aussi heureux que vous meritez de l'etre' (Translation: 'It is to myself, as you can imagine, that I paid my compliment while waiting for the pleasure of embracing you to tell you that I want you to be as happy as you deserve to be'), and concludes by remarking that after they had dined together 'j'ai ete repris d'une espece de grippe foudroyant qui m'est tombe de je ne sais ou, mais qui s'est passee comme elle est venue' (Translation: 'I was seized by a kind of lightning flu which fell on me from I don't know where, but which happened as it came'). With blank integral leaf. Some very light, extremely minimal age wear, VG
