SAND GEORGE: (1804-1876) French novelist. A.L.S.,... Lot 1275

SAND GEORGE: (1804-1876) French novelist. A.L.S., with her initials G S, one page, 8vo, n.p. (Paris), n.d. (c.1842), to Eugene Delacroix. Sand invites the painter to dine at the home of Madame Marliani, and if he can not attend advises ´sinon venez au théâtre à 8 h´ (Translation: ´otherwise come to the theatre at 8 o´clock´). With integral address leaf in Sand´s hand. A letter of good associations. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) French artist of the Romantic school and a close friend of Sand. Charlotte Marliani was the wife of the Spanish writer, diplomat and politician Manuel Marliani (1795-1873) and she was a close friend of both Sand and Delacroix. The Marliani´s home at Rue St. Dominique in Paris was a regular meeting place for the aristocracy, artists, painters, composers (including Frederic Chopin), musicians, singers, and especially the intelligentsia.