Nov 01, 2001 - Sale 1912

Sale 1912 - Lot 40

Price Realized: $ 374
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
BLANC, LOUIS. Autograph Letter Signed, to Delestre Lion, in French, thanking him for his note but declining his offer of amnesty and maintaining his principle of living and dying free. 1 page, folded 8vo sheet; usual folds. With the original envelope.<\t>London, 19 September 1859

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Blanc (1811-82) French socialist leader, member of the provincial government during the Revolution of 1848, advocated labor laws which guaranteed employment but after the program's failure sought exile in London, returned to France in 1871.<