Alfred de VIGNY - Autograph letter signed to his friend Dr Montalembert.

Alfred de VIGNY (1797.1863)

Autograph letter signed to his friend Doctor Montalembert.

Four pages in-8°. Tiny miter mark.

[Paris] Saturday March 27, 1847.

Long and beautiful letter from Vigny worrying about his friends and his Maine-Giraud estate.

“I want to prove to you, sir, that the whirlwind of Paris has not made me forget my promise and these volumes that I wanted to add to the Poems that I left you when I left. When you have nothing better to do, you will read them to Madame Montalembert and you will remember the author, your neighbor who hopes to see you again this summer in Mainegiraud. I have just learned from Bernard that he was in bed with a fever on March 10. Please go see him, let me know the nature of his illness and give him any necessary care. I hope that my neighbor Mr. Laurent is cured of his little bout of gout (…) If you want to please me, you will tell me a word about the state of our country. I hope that the wheat has not increased and that no discomfort is felt. As I left I left each family having their provisions until the next harvest and smiling in the hope of a happy new year. I hope that nothing has altered this peace and that the evil spirit which blew over Touraine has not spread to our peaceful Charente . A few words from you will be precious to me, sir, and I ask you not to spare me if I could be pleasant or useful in Paris. Madame de Vigny has asked me to tell you that she has not suffered at all from her little accident at Mainegiraud and that you have cured her perfectly…. »

The Manoir de Maine-Giraud dates from the 16th century. It belonged to Alfred de Vigny from 1827 until his death