GUIZOT (François, 1787-1874, French Historian and Prime Minister)

Part Autograph Letter in French with translation, to Andalusia, Lady Molesworth, (née Carstairs, d. 1888), wife of the 'Philosophical Radical' M.P. Sir William, (1810-1855), saying that he had called on her "four days ago to tell you that the Princesse de Lieven was indisposed, and was currently receiving only a very small number of old friends", but that yesterday evening she told Guizot that she would be charmed to make her and Sir William's acquaintance and "honoured to inform you which day she would be at home of an evening", part of 1 side 8vo., no signature, no place, no date, c. laid down, small defect at bottom left hand corner touching one letter

Guizot was Louis-Philippe's chief minister and henchman from 1840 to 1848. The Princess, (1784-1857), widow of the Russian Ambassador to France, was Guizot's 'muse' and kept a famous political salon. Sir William was a well-known radical, free-thinker and admirer of Hobbes. At Trinity, Cambridge, as an undergraduate he challenged his tutor to a duel, and though they reached Calais for the purpose, the tutor refused to fight and Molesworth ended by being sent down.

Item Date:  1845

Stock No:  14543      £25

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