Gustave COQUIOT Set of 3 signed autograph letters to Eugène DESCAVES. 1914

  

Set of 3 signed autograph letters written during World War I. 3 sheets folded in half with letters written on 2, 2, and 3 pages. Correspondence addressed to Eugène Descaves, police commissioner and art collector, following one another in time as they are dated November 23, November 27, and December 3. Gustave Coquiot asks Eugène Descaves to have a certain Jules Debuisson admitted to the "Cie du Gaz" (Gas Company?

He also takes the opportunity to ask him to ensure him, upon his "very soon return to Paris, a position in an office of the Police Prefecture, for the duration of the war," before mentioning his situation, writing: yes, that's where I am! All my orders from Ollendorff and others can only be resumed when peace is about to be signed. And if I could be alone in the said office, I would be satisfied to live for a while the life of Huysmans.

In the third letter, he stops to discuss the reasons for his presence in Marseille: How could you believe that the danger I faced kept me away from Paris!? The war caught me by surprise in Marseille; and with the bookstores being closed, I stayed there, that's all! If I had been in Paris at the time of the declaration of war, I would not have fled like a simple minister, believe me! Condition: slight wear and dirtiness, creasing marks, scuffed corners, otherwise very good condition.