Autograph letter signed ("G. Sand").
8vo. 3 pp.
€ 6,500.00
In French, to an unnamed critic: "I owe my thanks, Sir, for the kind and generous appreciation of my works you wrote in la Phalange; you gave my talent much more praise than it deserves; but the honesty and the elevation of your heart led you to such excess of kindness to me, because you recognized someone well-intentioned in me. Pax Hominibus bonae voluntatis [Peace on earth and goodwill to all men]. That is my motto, and it is also the only Latin I know. But this being certain, from the bottom of my soul, that I have always meant well, has helped me find consolation for other people s injustices as well as for my own failings […]". Sand continues her lengthy letter asking if her correspondent might read a small book she has sent along, noting: "I am sure that you will want to encourage such a sturdy , such a wildly strong talent, and that it will strike you as it does me […]".
Repair to central horizontal fold. On stationery with her embossed initials.
