Autograph letter signed to Mme Catusse concerning a recent duel fought on l'Île de la Jatte and referring to his lover Lucien Daudet

by Marcel Proust

$6,500 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

Signed

Paris?: after October 7, 1907 . 3 pp., sm. 8vo 4 1/2 x 7 ins. . Written in ink slightly faded on paper watermarked AU PRINTEMPS PARIS NOUVEAU PAPIER FRANCAIS . § A fine, personal letter written by Proust to Marie-Marguerite Catusse née Bertin , his mother's dearest friend and his own close friend and confidante, especially after his mother's death.In the letter he describes reading about a recent duel in which a witness was named as M.

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