BOUFFLERS, Stanislas-Jean, Chevalier de [Nancy, 1738 – Paris - Lot 130

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BOUFFLERS, Stanislas-Jean, Chevalier de [Nancy, 1738 – Paris - Lot 130
BOUFFLERS, Stanislas-Jean, Chevalier de [Nancy, 1738 – Paris, 1815], writer and poet; he served as governor of Senegal. Autograph letter addressed to Mlle. Williams. January 6, 1808; 2 pages, in-8°, with address and postmarks. Chevalier de Boufflers will come to see her to review the translation: “You will find in me all the docility that a translator owes to an author who always charms him, often humiliates him, and sometimes drives him to despair...” Enclosed is an autograph letter from his wife, the Marquise de Boufflers, addressed to Mme. Baubé, dated August 14, 1815.
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