Benjamin CONSTANT (1767-1830). - Lot 3

Benjamin CONSTANT (1767-1830). 3 L.A.S., 1828-1830 et s. d., to Amédée Girod de l'Ain, and an autograph manuscript with drawings; 2 pages in-8° and half-page in-4°, addresses, and one folio in-8 (edges torn) [Around 1815], he had forgotten a dinner; not wanting to keep his correspondent waiting, he will visit him at his home the next day. - April 24, 1828, asking him to listen to M. Caquelard, "excellent elector & intimate friend of M. de Schonen, on a very unpleasant affair which is happening to one of his friends"... - Morning of July 29, 1830. "I came here after a bladder operation unable to walk & was forced to stop here. Could you not do me the extreme pleasure of coming to see me. It would be a service for the rest of my life. I can't wait to get together with you, neither more nor less" (a note indicates that he is at M. Cassin's, rue Taranne). Draft notes for a speech in 1817: "No accusation on the peers but simply of a retracted murder / declared slanderer / Dissolution of the Deputies) because of the growing opposition / hope to have a chamber of his own / electoral fraud"... Etc. In the margins and on the spine, 8 pen-and-ink drawings of heads. ATTACHED: one folio in-fol. with accounts and a dozen pen drawings of heads and a horse.