Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Hogan; with printed prospectus of one of de Chatelain's works.

Author: 
Jean-Baptiste Francois Ernest de Chatelain, 'Le Chevalier de Chatelain'
Publication details: 
18 December 1862; on letterhead of Castelnau Lodge, Warwick Crescent, Westbourne Terrace Road, London.
£56.00
SKU: 4477

Anglo-French journalist (1801-81) and friend of Mallarme. Letter: two pages, octavo. Good, though on creased, discoloured and spotted paper. The verso of the second leaf of the bifoliate is ruckled and with glue stains showing through from the verso, which is attached to a piece of ruled paper. Reads 'Mon cher voisin | I enclose an order for the Westminster Play for to night, which may perhaps interest you or your son. If either of you are able to go, you should be there early. Tho' the ticket says 1/2 past 6, you will be in time by 8 o'clock | Experto crede Roberto | yours truly | Le Chevalier de Chatelain | If neither of you can profit by it - please return it by the bearer. | Mes hommages = Madame.' Covering the whole of the recto of the second leaf of the bifoliate is a printed prospectus for de Chatelain's 'Rayons et reflets', to be published by subscription by Rolandi of Berners Street.