Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (1808-1889). L.A.S., June 8 [1858], - Lot 176

Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (1808-1889). L.A.S., June 8 [1858], to Marie Escudier, director of Le Réveil; 1page in-8° in red ink on mourning paper, envelope. On his next review article for Le Réveil (June 12, 1858, devoted to Baptiste Capefigue's biography of the Marquise de Pompadour; on July 31, he will devote his article to Arsène Houssaye, author of Roi Voltaire and Galerie du XVIIIe siècle). "Does Granier take Houssaye as he took Enfantin?... I'd be very happy to know for sure. I'll do my trumeau with Capefigue, but the Tircis Houssaie wouldn't hurt. Only I warn you that I'll put his hoe... up his arse! If you respect this 18th-century butt, I don't want to touch it lightly, but with my boot up! I'll keep La Houssaie for Le Pays as Enfantin, and it'll be published on Tuesday. So I need a word from you tonight, and for Saturday's issue, I'm warning you that you'll have four pages, maybe five. Will you find it too much?