REF: 16072

Champfleury is claiming his copyright on Chien-Caillou in order to go "frolic" in Vichy

Jules Husson Champfleury (Laon, 1821/1889)
Novelist, journalist and art critic, friend of Flaubert and Hugo, he also became administrator of the Sèvres factory.

Document type: Autographed signed letter

Number of documents: 1 - Number of pages: 1 - Format: In-8

Location: Vichy

Date: [June 10, 1859, postmark]

Addressee: His publisher Michel Lévy (1821-1875)

Condition: creased

Description :
Letter from Champfleury, written during a stay in Vichy, on pretty letterhead from "Source Lardy".
"My dear Michel, I would be most grateful if you could send me the 350 francs for the Chien-Caillou volume that I sent you fully corrected in Vichy. I need money to enjoy myself on the way. Couldn't you give me a voucher from your correspondents in Vichy? The illustrious Jules-César bookseller tells me it's possible [...]".
A note in ink below reads: "sent 200 francs by registered mail… Read more
Letterhead illustrated with a view of the Lardy Spring in Vichy. Address on the back with stamp.

160 €

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