Writer, politician, diplomat, and historian (1768-1848) considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature. ALS in French, signed “Chateaubriand,” one page, 7 x 10.25, January 13, 1803. Letter to M. Dulau of London, in part (translated): "I have received, my dear sir, the six copies of Atala; I will send the 36 to M. Fuchs. I was as much astonished as you that he had sold only 26 copies, as I have had several bills from him of quite considerable amounts and I have one of them still of 720 that he may not pay me. I am mistaken about the price of the editions. It is less than I have told you. It is about 3 Louis…4 and 2 Louis…8, at Paris. Write as soon as possible on this subject and about the translation. I await your reply with impatience. Receive the assurance of my entire devotion." Affixed to a slightly larger presentation sheet. In very good to fine condition, with a light image of Chateaubriand to the center of the letter, the result of onetime exposure to an old engraving. Accompanied by the referenced engraving, as well as the original Parke-Bernet Galleries receipt. Atala was an early novella by Chateaubriand that was first published on April 2, 1801. Inspired by his travels in North America, the work had a considerable impact on early Romanticism, and went through five editions in its first year.
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