Autograph Note Signed " "C. Cochelet" to "Monsieur Le President de la Chambre des Deputes". WITH autograph letter signed "Cochelet" to Mocquard (?)

Author: 
Charles Cochelet
Publication details: 
Paris 24 November 1821 and Paris, 31 [October?] [1859?]
£100.00
SKU: 4602

Author of "Naufrage du Brick francais la Sophie, et captivite des naufrages dans le desert de Shara . . ." (published Paris 1821). One page, folio. IN FRENCH. He has the honour of sending them a copy of his book (as above) with his respects. He describes himself as "ancien payeur general en Catalogne". With a letter, also in French, two pages, 8vo, in which he gives elaborate greetings after a long silence, flatters him for his achievements, and reveals his own sorry state ("je finis assez sottement la vie au milieu de bien de regrets, et en proie a une sante detestable"), In a postscript he asks for Mocquard's intercession with the Emperor on his behalf. Two items.