BIB_ID
295956
Accession number
MA 2068.26
Creator
Brillat-Savarin, 1755-1826.
Display Date
[1805] Aug. 26.
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows, 1960.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 25 cm
Notes
Dated "le 8 fructidor."
Part of a collection of 44 letters from Brillat-Savarin to Rostaing. Letters in the collection are described in individual records (MA 2068.1-44).
Watermark: cockle shell.
With postmark and seal.
Part of a collection of 44 letters from Brillat-Savarin to Rostaing. Letters in the collection are described in individual records (MA 2068.1-44).
Watermark: cockle shell.
With postmark and seal.
Summary
Saying he will pass on his questions to M. and Mme. Récamier; discussing France's military and administrative changes; commending him for his translation work; saying he invited Corbet to dinner; informing him of the current affairs of Napoleon's troops in Europe; saying he is longing to go to Italy where he has heard one can enjoy both art and women.
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