Subasta Bidspirit | DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870)

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) - DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers . A.L.S., ` Alex Dumas ´, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Mr. Lemoine, in French. A boldly written letter by Dumas, referring first to two bills of exchange and to the payment he has to face, as usual he is short of money and tries to pay back with manuscripts, stating in part `… Vous voyez à leur forme qu'elles ne sont point des lettres de change commerciales mais bien des garanties remises à M. Lautour pour des articles que je devais lui donner (…) Je ne m'attendais donc pas à avoir cette somme à payer en argent mais en manuscrits…´ (Translation: `… You can see from their form that they are not commercial bills of exchange but guarantees given to Mr. Lautour for items that I had to give him (…) I therefore did not expect to have this sum to pay in money but in manuscripts…´) Dumas further explains to his correspondent that he can meet him at any of the two theatres where he is working daily with rehearsals, saying `… J´ai deux répétitions par jour, l´une au théatre Français, l´autre au theatre de la Renaissance, de sorte que tout mon temps est pris…Je joins à cette lettre un laissez-passer pour entrer dans les coulisses …´ (Translation: `… I have two rehearsals per day, one at the French theatre, the other at the theatre of the Renaissance, so that all my time is fully occupied… I enclose to this letter a free-pass to access behind the scenes…´) One single very small hole, not affecting the signature, otherwise VG