Edgar Quinet and Hermione Quinet Two signed autograph letters 1868

  

Edgar Quinet and Hermione Quinet. Two signed autograph letters, 1868. French historian, poet, philosopher, and politician. A set of two signed autograph letters from Edgar Quinet and his wife Hermione Quinet.

A signed autograph letter from Edgar Quinet, dated November 7, 1868, in Geneva, written in brown ink on a sheet of laid paper. He sends his proofs to his correspondent and asks them to return them. Dimensions: 12 x 19.1 cm.

Condition: See photos and description for more details. Number of pages: 2 pages. A signed autograph letter from Hermione Quinet, addressed to the sister of Mr.

Laurent-Pichat, dated January 29 without year in Versailles, written in brown ink on a sheet of laid paper. She recalls their meeting and regrets not having had the opportunity to see her again. Dimensions: 13.2 x 20.5 cm. Number of pages: 1 page. Edgar Jean Louis Quinet, born on February 17, 1803, in Bourg-en-Bresse and died on March 27, 1875, in Versailles, was a French historian, poet, philosopher, and politician, a republican and anti-clerical.

Hermione Quinet, also known as Hermione Asachi or the widow of Edgar Quinet, was a Romanian writer and translator, naturalized French. She was the collaborator and wife of Edgar Quinet. Léon Laurent-Pichat, born on July 11, 1823, in Paris and died on June 12, 1886, in the same city, was a French politician, poet, and man of letters, known mainly for the role he played in publishing the first edition of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert in 1857.

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