Bidspirit auction | DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895)

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) - DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French author and playwright. A.L.S., A Dumas f , one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to his close friend Adolphe Desbarolles, in French. Dumas states ` Cher ami, Voulez-vous faire à Didier l´amitié de dîner chez lui avec Madame Desbarolles... le même dîner que l´autre jour. Seulement vous aurez l´agrément de voir de très beaux tableaux et moi j´aurai le plaisir de vous serrer ls msin. Si oui, ... voulez-vous que j´aille vous prendre en voiture pour vous montrer le chemin?...´ (Translation: ” Dear friend, would you do Didier the honour of having dinner at his home with Madame Desbarolles... the same dinner as the other day? Only that you will have the pleasure of seeing some very beautiful paintings, and I will have the pleasure of shaking your hands. If so, .. would you like me to pick you up in my car and show you the way?...”) Dumas refers to the very important painting collection of Henry Didier. With blank integral leaf. Adolphe Desbarolles (1801-1886) French artist and writer considered the father of modern chiromancy (palm reading). Desbarolles was not only a friend of Dumas fils, but of his father too. Indeed, Desbarolles concluded after reading the palm of Dumas pere that the writer would die at 104 years of age following a duel. Henry Didier (1823-1868) French politician and lawyer. Alexandre Dumas fils dedicated to him his work Le Fils Naturel (1858). Dumas fils was one of his legatees.