DERNIERE LETTRE AVANT DE MOURIR - Gabriel FERRY (Louis de Be - Lot 280

DERNIERE LETTRE AVANT DE MOURIR - Gabriel FERRY (Louis de Bellemare dit, Grenoble 1809-1852, author of adventure novels, died at sea on January 3, 1852 in a fire on the ship "L'Amazone", on his way to San-Francisco to follow the adventures of the gold seekers) / Impressive autograph letter signed "L. de Bellemare", probably one of his very last, written before perishing at sea: 3 p in-8 dense letter to a friend, from Southampton on January 1, 1852, the day before his fatal embarkation on the "L'Amazone" [George Sand, who prefaced the 1863 posthumous reprint of his work "Les Révolutions du Mexique", quotes another letter from Ferry to his son, dated January 1, 1852, and recounts his last heroic moments].