ESCRIME / Set of 3 letters from fencing personalities: 1°) A - Lot 479

ESCRIME / Set of 3 letters from fencing personalities: 1°) Augustin GRISIER [1791-1865, master of arms, He was a friend of Alexandre Dumas Père, whom he inspired for his novelLe Maître d'Armes, his salle d'armes was frequented by Parisian high society, from Eugène Sue to Horace Vernet and General Foy) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, Paris, May 22, 1860, toCharles MONCELET(1825-1888, journalist, novelist and famous gastronome): lovely thanks, "I was absent from Paris; I'm on my way, and out of gallantry we had placed in view on my desk the lovely article in which you kindly placed my name. This favor from an always amiable man, with a Voltairian spirit, gave me the most sensitive pleasure" - 2°) Adolphe TAVERNIER (born 1854, journalist and fencer, founder of JournalL'escrime and author of numerous works on the subject) / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-8, headed "Cercle de l'Escrime et des Arts" with illustration, Paris, January 31, 1885, to painterDésiré Bourgoin(1839-1912), about a watercolor for the journalist Firmin Javel - 3°) SOCIETE D'ESCRIME A L'EPEE DE PARIS / Autograph letter signed by the President of this society, Edgar DE LA CROIX, 2 p in-8, letterhead illustrated with two crossed swords, Paris, April 12, 1900, to Ernest Carnot (probably the son of President Sadi Carnot, industrialist and politician), whom he congratulates on his Légion d'Honneur; followed by a few words from the draft of Carnot's reply - enclosed: print proof for the visiting card of Léon Lurot, fencing teacher