Louise COLET, Louise Revoil, Mme (1810-1876). French woman o - Lot 27

Louise COLET, Louise Revoil, Mme (1810-1876). French woman of letters. A poetess, she wrote collections of verse. A salon-goer, she frequented the most important literary figures of her time. - 2 L.a.s. "Louise Colet" S.l.n.d. one and two pages in8. For appointments. Henri MARTIN (1810-1886). Republican and freethinker, he was editor-in-chief of Le Siècle. He was mayor of Paris's 16th arrondissement in 1870, then from 1880 to 1883. Elected to the Académie française to replace Adolphe Thiers. - Set of documents concerning his teaching appointments, including a letter signed by Minister Hippolyte CARNOT appointing him to teach a course in modern history at the Faculté des lettres in Paris, in May 1848. - L.a.s. "H. Martin" Paris January 19 (1882) 2 pp. in-12. Short letter addressed to Léon GAMBETTA: "... You alone can pull us out of this crisis out of all proportion to its causes and so dangerous ... Yours sincerely. H. Martin. Provenance: - Estate of Henri MARTIN (1810-1886). - By descent to the present day