Frédéric Gustave EICHHOFF, Philologist and literary scholar - Lot 558

Frédéric Gustave EICHHOFF, Philologist and literary scholar (Le Havre (76) 1799 - 1875 - Autograph letter signed from Paris, February 6, 1861. 1p in-4°: "Monsieur, Permettez-moi d'appeler votre intérêt sur l'article que je vous transmets, et qui était depuis six mois destinée au Journal de l'Instruction publique. An unfortunate oversight on the part of my Editor, Mr Durand, to whom I had given it, has led it astray for all that time... This article on a heroic Indian poem, which several newspapers have been kind enough to mention with praise, was carefully composed by Mr E. De Suckau, one of our most respected authors. De Suckau, one of our young Academics... In Mr. De Suckau's absence, I will gladly correct the Proof, which can be sent to me at Rue Gît le Cœur N°10, where I am every week on my return from Melun..."