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Gustave FLAUBERT - Signed autograph letter about Salammbô

FLAUBERT Gustave (Rouen 1821 - Croisset 1880), French writer Autograph letter signed to the publisher Alphonse LEMERRE. Croisset, July 31 (1879). 1 page in-8 °. Letter rich in content concerning the re-edition of Salammbô and the edition of the poems of Flaubert's late friend, Louis Bouilhet. “… I am surprised not to receive the last and the penultimate Salammbô test - which I have only seen once. Where does this delay come from? When are you releasing the two volumes? What about Bouilhet's Complete Poems? Where are we ? Please be kind enough to answer me and receive a cordial handshake from your Gus. Flaubert. Croisset, near Rouen ”. On the death of his friend Louis Bouilhet on July 18, 1869, Flaubert lost his closest friend and also “his midwife, the one who saw my thoughts more clearly than myself” he wrote to George Sand. It is his duty to make known the literary work of his friend.
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