Chateaubriand, François René Vicomte de Eigenhändiger... Lot n° 922

Chateaubriand, François René Vicomte de Handwritten letter with signature to Monsieur le Baron de Pappenheim. Paris, 2 Jan. 1923. 1 p. (sheet dimensions approx. 31.8 x 20.3 cm). Autograph letter signed by Chateaubriand to Baron de Pappenheim. - Traces of double folding, annotation from another hand in the left upper margin, some minor creasing. - In add.: Lithpgr. portrait by Delpech signed by Chateaubriand. - 2 steel engraving views showing Chataeubriand's birth house and grave. - Partially brownstained. """Le Ministre de Secrétaire d'Etat au département de la Guerre vient de m'adresser les actes de decès de militaires sujets de votre Gouvernement, lesquels sont morts dans les hopitaux de France."" - Traces of double folding, in upper left margin with note by another hand, partly slightly creased. - With: lithograph by Delpech with portrait as well as autograph signature of Chateaubriand. Signature of Chateaubriand (c. 16.5 x 12 cm). - 2 steel engraving views of Chateaubriand's birthplace and burial place (c. 16.5 x 20.5 and 18 x 26 cm resp.). - Partly somewhat brown-spotted."