DIEULAFOY

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[ Jane Dieulafoy, French explorer and archaeologist. ] Two Autograph Letters Signed (both 'J. Dieulafoy') to the decadent poet Robert Scheffer, one praising his book 'Sommeil', and the other commenting on Scheffer's marriage difficulties.

Author: 
Jane Dieulafoy [ née Jeanne Henriette Magre ] (1851-1916), French archaeologist who excavated Susa, Persia, with husband Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy [ Robert Scheffer (1864-1913), French decadent]
Publication details: 
Neither letter dated, but the first in envelope with Paris postmark. 14 May 1892 and 2 May 1894.
£120.00

Both letters in good condition, lightly-aged. Two evocative and well-written letters. With her close-cropped hair and mannish ways (the Shah of Persia refused to believe she was a woman) Dieulafoy would have appealed to the decadents. ONE. '14 Mai 1892'. 2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In matching grey-paper envelope, addressed by Delafoy to Scheffer at 60 Rue de la Tour.

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