Mar 02, 2023 - Sale 2628

Sale 2628 - Lot 147

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
MAUPASSANT, GUY DE. Autograph Letter Signed, to Hortense Howland ("Madame"), in French, explaining that he had a prior engagement with Baron de Vaux, but promising to cancel it so the he could accept her charming invitation. 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank; faint even toning overall, vertical fold through signature (without loss). With the original envelope. Paris, 10 November 1882 [from postmark]
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"I was invited on Friday to one of my colleagues; but I cannot resist amiable things when they are said in certain charming ways, and I am writing to the Baron de Vaux to free myself.
"I must add that the intimate desire of my heart also impels me to this resolution. . . ."