Joseph de MAISTRE. Autograph letter, Turin, December 29, 1818, [to the Count of Seyssel]; 1 folio page. Following the death of his brother André-Marie de Maistre, Bishop of Aosta [July 18, 1818], he regrets that he is unable to send, as requested by the count, his marble portrait; he offers him a “masterpiece of design and likeness: my excellent brother speaks through this work, which I cannot look upon without emotion […] May this vivid image remain with you, Count, and may it serve as a token of the affection we have pledged to you—an affection that is as much the choice of our hearts as it is my brother’s legacy”… Former Maurizio Seyssel of Aix collection.