Armand de PONTMARTIN (1811–1890). 12 autograph letters (and 6 written by a secretary), 18549–1886, to various recipients; 40 pages in-8 filled with fine handwriting. Interesting literary letters. To Louis Veuillot, regarding the poet Joseph Autran (May 12, 1854); to Amédée Achard, regarding his publisher Michel Lévy (October 18); regarding Claude Bernard’s induction into the Academy (May 26, 1869); to Baron Gaston de Cardaillac regarding the *Lettres de Colombine* (April 11, 1873, with a draft of the baron’s letter); to Gustave Claudin, regarding his books *Point et Virgule* (December 2, 1859), *Trois Roses* (January 23, 1877), *Fosca* (April 20, 1880), and regarding his own *Memoirs of Childhood and Youth* (June 13, 1882) and *Memories of an Old Critic* (March 3, 1884), etc. Enclosed are: an autograph draft of an unfinished letter; 2 autograph manuscripts (drafts) for his *Causeries littéraires et dramatiques* (3 pp., folio); 2 autograph manuscripts from his youth of philosophical essays (4 pp., quarto).