Victor HUGO (1802–1885). Autograph letter signed “Victor,” Sunday, August 7 [1831], to a friend; 1 page, in-8. Prior to the dress rehearsal of *Marion de Lorme* scheduled for August 10; the play will premiere at the Théâtre de La Porte Saint-Martin on August 11, 1831. “Although I am blind, my friend, I have just read your letter and am writing to you. Thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart! I look forward to shaking your hand on Tuesday evening (not Wednesday) at the rehearsal. It will be a joy for me to see you and to rest my gaze on yours for a moment amid the troubles and assaults that beset me on all sides”…