“HOUSE OF THE EMPEROR and of the FINE ARTS, Louvre...

“HOUSE OF THE EMPEROR and of the FINE ARTS, Louvre Library” (Printed letterhead) December 15, 1865 - LETTER TO A. S. Louis Nicolas BARBIER (1799–1888), Librarian of the Louvre Palace - My Lord Viscount, It is with great pleasure that I will introduce you to some of the principal bibliographic curiosities of the Louvre Library. I see that you wish to obtain permission to work at the library... please bring a letter addressed to Marshal VAILLANT, Minister of the Emperor’s Household and Fine Arts... “You are no doubt, Viscount, a relative of a person who bears your name and who has published in Russia a very fine work on Russian costumes.” 2 pages, in-4°.