3 autograph letters signed.
8vo. Altogether 7½ pp. on bifolia. With 1 autograph envelope.
€ 200,00
Interesting correspondence concerning Beaunier's research on Égide de Lespinasse, Chevalier de Langeac.
In the earliest letter with a poststamp from 20 January 1912, Beaunier asks a journalist at "Le Petit Marseillais" named Thomas to go to the archive of the Académie de Marseille and find out "the date of a competition whose subject must have been a eulogy of Cook, the navigator". Should there be any records of such a competition, Beaunier wants to know if the competition was won by the Chevalier de Langeac or if he was at least among the competitors and if there is a copy of the winning text in the archive.
On 8 February [1912], Beaunier thanks Thomas and asks him to thank the art critic and academy member Charles Vincens (1833-1916) on his behalf, as he had agreed to do the research on Langeac in the archive. He announces to come to Marseille for a conference entitled "Greece and us", on which occasion he would like to meet Vincens to discuss potential archival finds.
Almost a year later, on 15 January 1913, Beaunier writes to a different recipient, most likely Vincens himself, to thank him and inform him that the aforementioned conference in Marseille "has been turned into a brochure of the 'Ligue pour la culture française'" that he attached to the letter.
The rather obscure Chevalier de Langeac (1752-1839) featured in Beaunier's 1919 biography of Joseph Joubert.
The letter from 20 January 1912 on stationery of "Le Figaro". The late later letters on stationery with embossed monogram and address.
Well preserved.