Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (1808-1889). L.A.S., Sunday evening [1865], to Countess Dash; 1 page in-8 in red ink. Regrets not being able to attend a dinner party at the Countess's: "I thought my damned throat would heal, but it's no better.... You women, when you're taken by the throat, it seems to be a pleasure; but Caramba! We men, No! Replace me, but don't forget me"... He charges her with his "tender respects" for Mme Petit, "the Muse's head, with her headbands of light".