Eugène REBOUL Autograph Letter Signed Edmond About Insurance 1864

  
Eugène REBOUL – Signed Handwritten Letter – Edmond About, Insurance – 1864.

Signed handwritten letter from Eugène Reboul, a pioneer of life insurance and editor of the journal "Le Défenseur," addressed to Edmond About and dated December 31, 1864. Written in black ink on a folded sheet of laid paper, with a letterhead featuring an intertwined red "ER" monogram.

Eugène Reboul discusses the writer’s essential role in making the complex subject of life insurance accessible to the public, praising his immense literary talent in support of this cause. He also details the promotional efforts he intends to undertake in the press, particularly through the newspaper L’Opinion and his own journal, to ensure the success of About’s forthcoming book on the subject, probably Les questions d’argent : les assurances, published in 1865.

Dimensions: 13.5 × 20.7 cm.
Condition: Pencil annotations; otherwise in good condition. See photos and description for further details.

François Edmond Valentin About, born on February 14, 1828, in Dieuze and died on January 16, 1885, in Paris’s 9th arrondissement, was a French writer, journalist, art critic, and member of the Académie française.

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