[Georges SAND] / 1°) Tony JOHANNOT (1803-1852, illustrator a - Lot 537

[Georges SAND] / 1°) Tony JOHANNOT (1803-1852, illustrator and engraver): autograph letter signed, 1 p in-8 plus address page with postage, March 13, 1852, to publisher E. Blanchard (successor to Jules Hetzel), who was in charge of publishing George Sand's Œuvres Illustrées: Johannot urgently requests woodcuts for Valentine, I no longer have a single woodcut for the page titles for which I must begin, I only have a few woodcuts left in poor condition, several of which are cracked and which I believe it would be possible to have the merchant take back / 2°) Capitaine Stanislas d'ARPENTIGNY (Yvetot 1791 - 1861, infantry captain and chiromancian, friend of George Sand): set of 2 autograph letters signed, 1 p and 2 p in-8, to Emile Aucante (1822-1909, George Sand's collaborator): he sends works intended for George Sand and asks that his friend provide him with George Sand's Le Diable aux Champs; in the other, a real estate agent friend of his returns from Châteauroux, where he has heard that Mme. was planning to sell Nohant and the surrounding land, he praised his friend's qualities and efficiency. I did not want to write directly to Madame S. on this subject, for fear of losing her. I did not want to write directly to Madame S. on this subject, for fear that this rumour of a sale, if unfounded, would distress her, but if indeed this sale is desired, let me know so that it can be hastened by the care of the friend in question; he adds, and this allows us to date this letter, that Comme il vous plaira (a play in 3 acts by George Sand) is always praised in the salons and always criticized at the Comédie française, which is the most fossilized audience in Paris.