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 fine and clean A.L.S., ` Al Dumas ´, one page, 8vo, n.p. [Paris], n.d., to Paul Gavarni, in French. On his personal stationery, bearing a blind embossed seal with his laureated capital initials to the upper left corner of the letter, Dumas refers to one of his main works The Count of Montecristo (1844) and to the illustrations he wishes his correspondent to do, stating ` Mon cher Gavarni, je suis passé chez vous pour causer Montecristo avec vous. Pourriez-vous vous charger de 200 dessins petits et grands don’t nous débattrions le prix si nous pouvions nous rencontrer…´ (Translation: “ My dear Gavarni, I came to your house to talk Montecristo with you. Could you take care of 200 drawings large and small, the price of which we would discuss if we could meet?...”) With blank integral leaf. EX Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) French illustrator. Paul Gavarni was the pen name of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier. Gavarni had a close and friendly relationship with Dumas, Balzac and other authors. He illustrated Dumas´ work The Count of Montecristo, as well as some Balzac´s novels, and made drawings for Vautrin one of the main characters of Balzac´s La Comédie humaine. The drawings Dumas refers to are the ones of The Count of Montecristo, for the edition to be published after the publication by volumes in the Le Siecle journal. The 200 drawings were for portraits of the main roles. Dumas will be shortly after very pleased with the final drawings by Gavarni