French actor (1795-1850). 3 autograph letters signed. N. p. 8vo. 3½ pp. on bifolia. Two letters with autograph addresses.
$ 268 / 250 €
(90179/BN59630)
The oldest letter in the collection, dated 16 Mai 1828, was probably written in London to a Frederic le George. Perlet wishes the recipient a swift recovery from an ailment, reports that his son has a fever following a "change of season", and announces that he mailed theater tickets to him, complaining that he couldn't send his French servant who still doesn't remember the way to the theatre although he showed it to him "twenty times". - On 14 November 1834, Perlet announced to the Parisian lawyer named Garot a payment of 4000 francs for the following day.
- The third letter from 8 November 1838 was written to an unnamed mayor in support of "the candidature" a friend named Colson. A failed enterprise in Nantes is mentioned, although the relation to Colson and the recipient remains unclear. - The comic actor Adrien Perlet performed at the Comédie-Française, the Gymnase, and in London. - Traces of folds and seal. The letter from 1828 with a trimmed corner to the address leaf. Minimal fxing to the letter from 1838..