[Théodose, comte de LAGRENÉ (1800-1862) diplomat,... - Lot 464 - Ader

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[Théodose, comte de LAGRENÉ (1800-1862) diplomat,... - Lot 464 - Ader
[Théodose, comte de LAGRENÉ (1800-1862) diplomat, peer of France and deputy to the Legislative Assembly]. Approximately 185 letters, mostly L.A.S., addressed to Lagrené, his wife, or their daughter Gabrielle, 1836-1873; mounted on tabs in 3 small in-4 vols., red half-chagrin. One volume consists of 95 letters addressed to Mme de Lagrené from 1833 to 1873: his daughter Gabrielle, Thérèse Apponyi, Mme d'Arbouville, the baroness of Barante, E. Beulé, the princess Czartoryski, Tanneguy Duchâtel, Joseph Méry, Désiré Nisard, Pasquier, the Duchess of Périgord, the Baroness of Rothschild, Salvandy, Mme Swetchine, Mme Thiers, the Duke of Valencia, Villemain, etc. A volume gathers 66 letters by Mme C. Leman to the Lagrenés (mainly to Madame), from 1836 to 1873. Very affectionate correspondence, giving news of the Parisian life (Lamennais, Balzac, death of Charles X, Rachel, Marie d'Agoult, revolution of 1848, Lamartine, etc.); the lady spends then most of her time in Lorraine, notably in Cattenom... A last volume collects 46 letters received by the Countess at the time of her husband's death in 1862: L. Benckendorff, Marquise de Béthisy, Edm. Bussierre, Edward Lee Childe, Mme de Circourt, Émile Deschamps, Isabelle Gagarine, Sophie Galitzine, Ch. Giraud, Queen Marie-Amélie, Nesselrode, Rambuteau, etc.
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