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FRANCOIS RENE DE CHATEAUBRIAND

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FRANCOIS RENE DE CHATEAUBRIAND
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>FRANCOIS RENE DE CHATEAUBRIAND </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>(1768-1848). French author and statesman. Pioneer of the Romantic Movement best remembered for his posthumously published autobiography, <i>Memoirs From Beyond the Tomb</i>. Vicomte de Chateaubriand was made peer of France in 1815, ambassador to Britain in 1822, and minister of foreign affairs in 1823. ALS with initials, in French, 1p, 12mo, Rome, Jan 1, 1819. Translated. In full, “<i>I only have time to send you this small letter that a gentleman from Naples is bringing with him. I have written you yesterday by regular mail</i>...” Boldly penned and initialed. Mounting residue on verso; penciled annotation in another hand at bottom margin; o/w VG.</span></p>