Lot n° 117
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Jean-Baptiste SAY (1767–1832). Autograph letter, Paris, Satu - Lot 117
Jean-Baptiste SAY (1767–1832). Autograph letter, Paris, Saturday, the 27th [1829?], to Ernest Desclozeaux; 1½ pages, in-8.
He expresses his thanks for the “latest volume of Madame Dubarry, which my wife and I read with interest, despite the author’s deception” [the so-called Memoirs of the Countess du Barry were the work of Lamothe-Langon]. There is no need to procure the volumes of *Clara Gazul* [by Prosper Mérimée] for his son Alfred: “this young man has had the misfortune of being appointed deputy director of a very large manufacturing plant (the Marais paper mill)” and will not be able to read this work. Say invites Desclozeaux to come for dinner with the family…
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