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Marquis de Sade

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Marquis de Sade

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Auction Date:2018 Jul 11 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:236 Commercial St., Suite 100, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Notorious French novelist and playwright (1740–1814) whose violent sexual escapades and depravity-infused works gave rise to the word 'sadism.' ALS in French, signed “Sade,” one page, 7 x 9, no date. Letter to Gaspard-Francois-Xavier Gaufridi, his father's longtime legal advisor, describing a complicated legal and financial incident involving six francs, the knowledge of de Sade's family, and a reimbursement, and mentioning his brother Louis-Marie. In full (translated): "Your letter has greatly touched my dear Gofredi, I see with sorrow all the sorrows that have given you and I am ready to find the means to repair them. If you had not told his six francs to someone, I will not have taken them away. But, having come to the knowledge of my family, I am obliged to beg you to return the note to my brother or mother. But do not worry about it, for you will be well off to believe that this does not transpire and that, on the contrary, you say that I have abandoned you. You will soon know what is in question." In very good to fine condition, with light toning, edge wear, and seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf.