BORY DE SAINT-VINCENT, Jean-Baptiste (1778-1846), French nat - Lot 330

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BORY DE SAINT-VINCENT, Jean-Baptiste (1778-1846), French nat - Lot 330
BORY DE SAINT-VINCENT, Jean-Baptiste (1778-1846), French naturalist and traveler. Set of 4 letters addressed to Flora TRISTAN (1803-1844), French woman of letters, socialist activist and feminist. Paris and Algiers, 1840 and n.d. 4 pp. in-4 and 5 pp. in-8. Addresses on versos of second leaves with postmarks. Amusing and dense love letters from Bory de Saint-Vincent, tender and playful, addressed to Flora Tristan, his "Très belle voyageuse & philosophe aux cheveux de saie et aux yeux de gazele", his "Très belle paria", etc. "I came down from my attic with the thought of courting you and learning from your seductive conversation [...]". In particular, he discusses Spanish painting: Ribera, Murillo, his correspondent's works (asylum rooms, Bonaparte, etc.), socialism, the absurdity of marriage, and so on.
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