Léopold FLAMENG French engraver, born in Brussels in 1831, d - Lot 392

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Léopold FLAMENG French engraver, born in Brussels in 1831, d - Lot 392
Léopold FLAMENG French engraver, born in Brussels in 1831, died in Courgent near Mantes in 1911. Acad. des Beaux-Arts : Autograph letter signed to Aimé GIRON Writer, Paris 4 or 5 September 1856. 4pp in-8° - " My dear GIRON. One would say to hear you that you are the most unhappy of the men that you are drunk of disappointments and disgust by and for the things of here below. Here are the twenty years of today! In my time it was different. We loved women, balls and parties. Our hearts were full of love, faith in ourselves and hope for the future. We reached our goal by working hard, with love. Also one arrived loaded with works which at once put in the great day of the publicity were applauded and consecrated... the destiny is our slave, it is under the yoke of our will... Sainte-Beuve is not it very poorly gifted. He has a Chair! and you, my dear Giron, who are so rich, you despair. Come back very quickly to Paris, the countryside makes you sick.... Paris it is a little the blood, the life.... The Popular Press is going to appear soon... It is an engraving which will cover the first page and which I hope will make effect. I put all my care in it. You are the editor... The purpose of the said newspaper is the instruction of the People, presented in the simplest, most dramatic, most pleasant form possible... The newspaper will be non-political and illustrated with two engravings... Give us a news item on the Jacquerie, the childhood of the people... "
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