Octave MEYNIER (1784-1961, officer and explorer) / Autograph - Lot 194

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Octave MEYNIER (1784-1961, officer and explorer) / Autograph - Lot 194
Octave MEYNIER (1784-1961, officer and explorer) / Autograph correspondence signed with 53 letters and 6 cards, totaling about 250 p, from the end of July to the end of December 1910 - At 36 years old, he is an officer and explorer already seasoned in the colonial troops of the Sudan in Senegal, he is then a professor at the Military School of Saint-Cyr, He divorced his first wife at the end of December 1909 (to his advantage) and wrote to his second wife in 1911, Marie Raymonde Gisclard - These are affectionate letters, in which we can see the love becoming clearer, from "my dear little fiancée" to "my little darling", he spoke of their future, their future installation, he went to Dufayel's house and to the Samaritaine to choose furniture and described it to her, etc. - He is going to be inspected by General Joffre, "I am going to put on my best clothes for this occasion", the next day he tells that Joffre made him cordial promises for his advancement, mentioned to him the capture of Tonbouctou, but he has no illusions that he can only count on himself - He is amused by an article in the press that speaks of a Captain Meynier who has just murdered his fiancée etc.
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