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ALS in French, signed Brillat-Savarin"
Published by n. p., 5. XII. 1805., 1805
Seller: Kotte Autographs GmbH, Roßhaupten, Germany
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4to. 2 1/2 pages. Letter to Alexandre Delessert, of whom Brillat-Savarin writes in his Physiologie du Goût: My friend Alexandre Delessert was the first to bring into general usage the charming practice of chilling and blending Madeira wine with strawberry and pineapple juices." Brillat-Savarin begins his letter with a rhyming quatrain comparing himself to the phoenix reborn from the ashes and announcing his return to Paris and his friend Delessert. He continues (translated): despite what people say about the countryside in autumn a few privileged souls feel how sweet it is to be on the fields of one s forefathers, arranging for beautifications, ordering repairs made, surrounded by one s family, consuming food that one has raised oneself, making the rounds of one s properties, and in a word to be at home [written in English] .I announce to you in the joy of my soul that my brother has just been made a Major in the 28 Infantry Battle Regiment Still waiting for me here are four grand dinners, two balls, plus a celebration in Macon and if I don t die either from fatigue or of indigestion, I might well finally arrive with a new servant at my house in the rue St. Thomas.".
