AMAURY DUVAL signed autograph letter to A. Rigaud Philosophical Decade Orloff

  
Tear in the top right corner on page 3. Signs of mounting on the back (glue spots). He did not suggest to Count Orloff that he acquire his copy of the "Décade philosophique.

" However, he spoke to him about "the rarity of this work and the interest it offered to readers curious to learn about the history of our literature during a fairly long and very important period. I do not know if I succeeded in inspiring him with the desire to see the work." He read the Fables of his correspondent. He places his collection alongside the "best modern fabulists.