Théodose de LAGRENÉ (1800-1862) diplomat and politician. 85 autograph manuscripts (some signed with his name or initials), 1823-1861; approx. 340 pages in various formats, mounted on tabs, all bound in an in-fol. volume in red half-chagrin. Collection of prose and poetry, including early writings (fiction and criticism), correspondence from Russia, a draft diary, verses of all kinds (epistles, odes, stanzas, epitaphs, madrigals, translations, occasional verse)... These include a "literary sketch" on Victor Hugo (1830), Souvenirs de Russie Les Katchélis and Promenade au Kremlin (circa 1833); Notes sur ce qui m'est arrivé depuis le 14 mars, jour de mon départ de Paris pour Pétersbourg (1823); several articles on performances at the Théâtre Français de Saint-Pétersbourg (début de Mme Lutz, La Laitière de Montfermeil, bénéfice de Maizières, etc.)... Verse pieces include Athènes (1824), plays written in Russia from 1828 to 1833 (including one dedicated to Mme de Krüdener, a translation of Pushkin's Poltava, attempted translations of Moore, Byron, Disraëli, etc.)... Also included is a copy of La Dernière Consultation du Docteur Noir ("unpublished chapter" from Vigny's Stello).