Léontine Lippmann [madame Arman de Caillavet] - Lettre autographe signée à son futur amant Anatole France, l'année de leur début de liaison brûlante - 1888

Autograph letter signed to her future lover Anatole France, with its envelope stamped and stamped from the month of August 1888, the year of their beginning of romance.

"I hope, dear Sir, that you will not find me indiscreet to come and ask you for the following service: I know that you are very close to Dalou, and I would like to obtain from this great artist some information on a former student of his, the sculptor Maillard, from the point of view of talent as well as character. I apologize again Sir for the liberty that I allow myself to take with you, and I add that this information is not urgent and that you would be kind enough to give it to me when it is possible for you to do so. Please accept, Sir, the expression of my best feelings. "

Reminder dimensions: 11. 4 x 13. 6 cm. 2 pages.
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- Léontine Lippmann, known as Madame Arman de Caillavet, born June 14, 1844 in the former 2nd arrondissement of Paris and died January 12, 1910 in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, is a French salonnière. His Parisian literary salon was very prominent during the Third Republic. Wikipedia

- Anatole France, for civil status François Anatole Thibault, born April 16, 1844 in Paris and died October 12, 1924 in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, is a French writer. He is considered one of the greatest of the period of the Third Republic, of which he was also one of the most important literary critics. Wikipedia

- Jules Dalou, born in Paris on December 31, 1838 and died in the same city on April 15, 1902, is a French sculptor. Wikipedia

- Auguste Maillard, born June 15, 1864 in Paris and died for France in Neuilly-sur-Seine on August 19, 1944, is a French sculptor and medalist. Wikipedia

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