French painter and art critic (1781-1863). Autograph letter signed. Paris. 8vo. 2½ pp. on bifolium. With autograph address.
$ 1,747 / 1.500 €
(45127/BN31199)
Beautiful letter to the translator and politician Eugène Aroux (1793-1859), concerning a potential review of Aroux's recent translations of Dante's Divine Comedy and Milton's Paradise Lost in the Journal des Débats. Delécluze apologizes for a late response due to the upcoming Paris Salon and informs Aroux that he read parts of his translations parallel to the original texts. Despite his apparent interest, he reminds Aroux that he is responsible for the fine arts within the Journal and only "very rarely" treats "questions of literature," even though he has studied Italian and English literature.
Therefore, he refers Aroux to his colleague Philarète Chasle, especially since he is "in any year far from finding the sufficient space within our columns to keep our readers somewhat up-to-date with the works of our artists". Nevertheless, he invites Aroux to a meeting in order to talk about what he can do for him after the first days of the Salon. - Traces of folds. With a tear to the address leaf..