Prosper MÉRIMÉE (1803-1870). L.A.S., Friday evening [September 23, 1859]; 1 page in-8. Leaving on Monday for Madrid, he invites his friend to come and have "a bad lunch on Sunday at my place". He will have to pass through Alicante and Marseille, "as I can't find room in the trunk and in the two stagecoaches from Bayonne", which will be held up until the end of October. He thanks his friend for sending him his brochure and Bourquelot's book, "which I don't think is very good, but useful". He gives his address in Madrid at the Comtesse de Montijo...