20 - Eugène VIOLLET-LE-DUC (1814-1874), the famous architect. Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, December 5, 1867. His correspondent asks him to participate in a "History of the Artists", he never occupied himself with biographies, "besides at the moment, I want to finish what I started, I need for that several years and the age arrives, you know the French proverb: who embraces too much embraces badly", he remains not less flattered by this offer. Attached: photographic portrait of the Contemporary Gallery (25.5 x 35 cm overall)
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