SAND (George). Lot n° 100

Set of 4 L.A.S. addressed to her friend the singer Pauline VIARDOT (née Garcia, wife of Louis Viardot, 1821-1910): - L.A.S. ""G.S."" Slnd [February 20, 1842], 1 p. in-8 on monogrammed paper, with address ""Madame Viardot"": ""Little girl, and great woman that you are, you have been superb today and my hands are swollen as well as all mine. Are you still decided for the ride tomorrow? In case of yes, you should tell Mr. Daure and in case of no, let me know early [...]". The Count d'Aure, former chief squire of the cavalry school of Saumur, then high official in the administration of the stud farms, left a great number of works devoted to the study of the horse or to horsemanship. G. Sand assiduously frequented his riding school and was very close to the man whom she held in high esteem. Quoted in the Répertoire des lettres publiées de George Sand (Revue d'histoire littéraire de la France) by Marie Cordroc'h (1962) n°1123; Published in Lettres inédites de George Sand et de Pauline Viardot (1839-1849) (by Thérèse Marix-Spire, Nouvelles Éditions Latines, 1959), pp. 143-144; Correspondance de G. Sand (by G. Lubin, Classiques-Garnier, 1964-1995), tome V pp. 599-600, n°2407 - L.A.S. ""votre minoune"", Nohant, sd ""samedi soir"" (c. 1849 ?), 1 p. in-8 : ""So, see you Monday evening, dear mignonne. I will be at your place waiting for you. And don't do anything for me because I will have had three quarters of my dinner in Etampes and if I am hungry it will be for a piece of bread. I big you a thousand times while waiting for several more thousand." With a postscript intended for Louis Viardot: ""My dear Louis, my creditors give me another fortnight but don't tell Falempin otherwise he won't be ready yet. [...]"" - L.A.S. ""G. Sand", slnd (place and date cut off at bottom of second page, [Nohant 25 November 1860] G.S. falls seriously ill in October 1860 with typhoid fever), 2 pp. and ½ in-8: ""My darling daughter, I am just beginning to be able to write a few lines in a row: I have been very close to going down the guard, in other words, to go and see if the Champs Elysees are populated by shadows who sing like you. They did not want to let me make this great journey and they treated me so well that they managed to wake me up. [Maurice told me that he kept Louis informed of my recovery. [...] I embrace you and I send you all the applause, all the bursts of enthusiasm that I still have in my heart for the divine Orpheus. [...] Maurice embraces you fraternally. Manceau humbly adores you. I hummed a lot, it seems, during the fever, I am quite sure that I was dreaming of you." Cf. Correspondence of G. Sand (by G. Lubin, Classiques-Garnier, 1964-1995), tome XVI pp. 167-168, n°876. - L.A.S. ""G. Sand", sl, October 7, 1873, 4 pp. in-8 on cold monogrammed paper : ""Dear great daughter, I knew you all had arrived at the right place in spite of the moment of suffering of our friend. Plauchut has already given me news of you twice. [...] Don't tire yourself out too much, my Pauline. [...] Tell Loulou that I thank him for his letter and that he is a hardened fisherman whom I still love with all my heart. We quickly went back to work to drown out the grief that always follows your departure. One is always active and noisy in Nohant, but one really lives there only when you are there. [...] Come back next year if you want to make sure that the old lamp of your Mimoune does not die of musical inanition. [...] Yes, the weather is good, we are running. I go every day to the river in company of the fadet, [...] at all hours we talk about you, Claudie, Marianne, Paul [the three children of Pauline and Louis Viardot] and the great Russian friend [Ivan TOURGUENIEV] that FLAUBERT must be so happy, at this time, to have [...I live in expectation of the autumn, for it is here that you are savored and all this very charming world that surrounds you is not worth the empty and sonorous salon of Nohant when you sing. I wish all the same a lot of dancing and fun to your children's loves and I kiss them a thousand times after you [...]". Cf. Correspondence of G. Sand (by G. Lubin, Classiques-Garnier, 1964-1995), volume XXIII, pp. 574-585, n°16751.