CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de (1768-1848)

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CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de (1768-1848)
Writer, Peer of France, diplomat (ambassador to Berlin in 1821, London in 1822, Rome in 1828-29), minister of foreign affairs (1823-1824). L.A. to the Duchess of Duras (s.l.n.d. "Saturday morning"). 1 pp. in-4, address on verso, slightly creased with light stains. Letter to her friend Claire de Duras, evoking Meudon (or the Vallée-aux-Loups) "I worked yesterday and could not see you. I am still working today; but I am having dinner at La Borie's; and when I leave his house at eight o'clock, I will go to your house. I long for rest and the days of Meudon: I still have twenty feet over my head from this [...]".
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