HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885)
HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet and Novelist. A very fine A.L.S., `Victor H´, one page, 8vo bifolium, n.p., Sunday first of June 1856, to Colonel Luigi Pianciani, in London, in French. Hugo refers to the article he wrote on 26th May 1856, only five days before the present letter was written, and which was published in the English and Belgians newspapers in early June 1856. The article entitled `A l´Italie´ ("To Italy"), was a call to all Italians insurgents. His correspondent. the Italian patriot Luigi Piancini, was exiled in London after his first exile in France. Hugo states `Voici, cher colonel, l´épreuve corrigée. Les corrections sont fort importantes comme vous en jugerez. Je vous remercie de toutes vos bonnes et gracieuses paroles et je vous envoie mon plus cordial serrement de main´ (Translation: "Here you have, dear Colonel, the corrected proof. The corrections are quite significant, as you will see. Thank you for all your kind and gracious words, and I send you my warmest handshake.") Hugo wrote the article as a declaration of solidarity with the Italian people in struggle, and this responding to a request received from Italian patriot and revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini. The article was stating in part `Ne vous laissez ni amortir, ni amoindrir. Pas de sommeil, pas d´engourdissement, pas de torpeur, pas d´opium, pas de trêve. Agitez-vous, agitez-vous, agitez-vous! Le devoir pour tous, pour vous comme pour nous, c´est l´agitation aujourd´hui, l´insurrection demain.´ (Translation: "Do not let yourselves be dulled or diminished. No sleep, no numbness, no torpor, no opium, no truce. Stir, stir, stir! Duty for all, for you as for us, is agitation today, insurrection tomorrow."). With address leaf in Hugo´s hand, postmarked and stamped. VG
Luigi Piancini (1810-1890) Italian Politician. He participated in the defence of Venise in 1849 against the Ausrians but failed and had to go to France in exile.
HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet and Novelist. A very fine A.L.S., `Victor H´, one page, 8vo bifolium, n.p., Sunday first of June 1856, to Colonel Luigi Pianciani, in London, in French. Hugo refers to the article he wrote on 26th May 1856, only five days before the present letter was written, and which was published in the English and Belgians newspapers in early June 1856. The article entitled `A l´Italie´ ("To Italy"), was a call to all Italians insurgents. His correspondent. the Italian patriot Luigi Piancini, was exiled in London after his first exile in France. Hugo states `Voici, cher colonel, l´épreuve corrigée. Les corrections sont fort importantes comme vous en jugerez. Je vous remercie de toutes vos bonnes et gracieuses paroles et je vous envoie mon plus cordial serrement de main´ (Translation: "Here you have, dear Colonel, the corrected proof. The corrections are quite significant, as you will see. Thank you for all your kind and gracious words, and I send you my warmest handshake.") Hugo wrote the article as a declaration of solidarity with the Italian people in struggle, and this responding to a request received from Italian patriot and revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini. The article was stating in part `Ne vous laissez ni amortir, ni amoindrir. Pas de sommeil, pas d´engourdissement, pas de torpeur, pas d´opium, pas de trêve. Agitez-vous, agitez-vous, agitez-vous! Le devoir pour tous, pour vous comme pour nous, c´est l´agitation aujourd´hui, l´insurrection demain.´ (Translation: "Do not let yourselves be dulled or diminished. No sleep, no numbness, no torpor, no opium, no truce. Stir, stir, stir! Duty for all, for you as for us, is agitation today, insurrection tomorrow."). With address leaf in Hugo´s hand, postmarked and stamped. VG
Luigi Piancini (1810-1890) Italian Politician. He participated in the defence of Venise in 1849 against the Ausrians but failed and had to go to France in exile.
