ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, October 19, 1868. Handwritten letter addressed from Paris and sent to his close friend Edouard Bonamy. As students, the pair had settled in revolutionary Paris in 1848 and moved into a furnished apartment at 24 Rue de l'Ancienne-Comédie, opposite the Odeon crossroads. In full (translated): “I received your small volume on the guinguettes of Nantes, as I had received your large one on Hamlet d’aristide. I thank you for it, and as I am one of those who read the books they receive, I give you my compliment. If I were Director of les Debats [the French newspaper Journal des débats], you would have the musical serial! I’ll be in Nantes in a few days where I’ll shake your hand.” In fine condition, with a small circular seal remnant in the lower blank area. This letter dates to the period Verne was finishing work on his masterpiece Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, which would be serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre-Jules Hetzel's fortnightly periodical, the Magasin d'éducation et de récréation.
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