Bertall [i. e. Charles Albert d'Arnoux]

Bertall [i. e. Charles Albert d'Arnoux]

French illustrator, engraver, caricaturist and photographer (1820-1882). Autograph letter signed. No place or date. 8vo. 1 page on bifolium. In French.
350 € (88443/BN58285)

To a friend about a "passe" for his friend Berlot, likely the writer Louis Berlot-Chappuit, which he was promised but has not yet received, announcing that Berlot will come to collect it himself: "Je n'ai pas reçu la passe que tu m'avais promise. Mon ami M. Berlot le qui elle est destinée vient de ma part te la demander. Tu lui feras grand plaisir à lui, et grand plaisir à moi [...]". - Bertall illustrated Berlot-Chapuit's 1858 work "Fables-Proverbes". - Small tears to lower right edge and upper margin. Slightly toned. Small spot of ink near lower left margin.

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