François-René de CHATEAUBRIAND / Signed Autograph Letter / Saint-Malo / Grd Bey

  
Autographed letter signed "Chateaubriand" to Hippolyte La Morvonnais? Paris, July 18, 1834, 2 pages. Light foxing, restoration on the left margin with tone matching. A moving unpublished letter from Chateaubriand, imagining eternal rest in his tomb on the islet of the grand Bey. "You have been, Sir, faithful to the cult of the homeland; it is to Brittany that I pay tribute for all that you are kind enough to say about me.

To you young men belongs the future. Soon I will be lying in my little sandy islet and I will hear the sound of your footsteps and the waves. You see, Sir, that in speaking of Mr. L'abbé de la Mennais, you have put me in a poetic mood. Please accept once again, Sir, my most eager sentiments and the assurance of my highest consideration.

" At the request of the latter, the municipal council asks the State for the few feet of land necessary for the burial of the great man. The writer dies in Paris on July 4, 1848. His remains are transferred to Saint-Malo on July 16. He is buried two days later after a grand mass. Unpublished in the correspondence, this letter is presumably addressed to Hippolyte La Morvonnais, who was 32 years old at the time.

It is remembered that Lamennais collaborated with the newspaper Le Conservateur, founded by Chateaubriand in October 1818. An authenticity certificate issued by the C. Faure bookstore dated October 7, 1971, signed by G.

Two postcards (one stamped [1905], the other blank) depicting Chateaubriand's tomb facing the sea. An original engraving of Chateaubriand in bust form by Lecomte (collection stamp, some light foxing).