Sébastien Roch Nicolas CHAMFORT (1740-1794). 2 autograph manuscripts; 1 page and a half and half page oblong in-16. Anecdotes. "The regent made an edict against those who would keep silverware and promised half the sum to the delator. A magistrate went to him and said Mgr. I ask you for half of the dishes of a man whom I will denounce to you and who has a hundred thousand francs worth. I grant it to you says the Regent with contempt and who is this man. It is I," said the other, "who by this skill saved half his silver. - Allow me, M. le Duc, to speak reason to you, if it does not oblige you.