Étienne Eggis Interesting Signed Autograph Letter 1851 Romanticism

  
Autograph letter signed, Swiss poetry, Romanticism. Étienne Eggis, Armand de Pontmartin? [Handwritten signed letter asking for the goodwill of a literary critic]. Parisse, Paris: 1851, and of which Mr.

Janin was kind enough to say a few words in his latest column, but I would be infinitely grateful if you would also deign, in one of your forthcoming literary talks so full of poetry and wit, to grant my poor volume a few kind words of encouragement and sympathy. Poor, alone, a foreigner, I have no riches other than the handshake and the sympathetic word one is willing to send me [illegible]. Oh, sir, do not refuse me this! Hoping for your generous kindness, I await your response with confidence, and I beg you to believe, sir, in my warmest sympathies.

11 rue de la Sorbonne, Étienne Eggis. This beautiful and rare letter dates from the period when Eggis was beginning his bohemian life in Paris, trying to get his verses published and seeking goodwill and work in the many journals that animated literary and publishing life during this late Romantic period. Jules Janin, who is mentioned in this letter, supported him, saying of him, "He is young, he was born a poet"; later, Arsène Houssaye took him in until his departure, after a few months of Parisian debts. 22 handwritten lines and autograph signature on a single sheet of fine paper, recto, 135 x 210 mm (unfolded), envelope missing. Condition (our photos are an integral part of the description and supplement it): foxing, minor signs of wear.

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