-GIACOMELLI, Hector. Correspondence by him and to him from v - Lot 168

-GIACOMELLI, Hector. Correspondence by him and to him from various sources (military, engravers, etc.). Approx. 31 documents: -7 letters addressed by Giacomelli, to various people. Approx. 24 pp. Beautiful L.A.S. to his "dear abandoned one". "[...] Here I am, installed in this gourbi of which my rich imagination gave me only a vague idea. Never has a dwelling better described the person who occupies it. Giacomelli goes on to describe this "gourbi" made of cardboard, paintings, books, fresh flowers and a little white dog. He says he dreams of Palestine, mentions a drawing and its margins, which he sketches in red pencil, lists etchings, evokes coins, artists' proofs, a poster of Egypt by Raffet [Giacomelli wrote the catalog raisonné of lithographs and etchings by his great friend Auguste Raffet]. An autograph letter signed and illustrated with a watercolor landscape by Giacomelli to his wife, etc. -Letters addressed to him: NELSON, Evelyn (4 L.A.S.); HARRAL, Horace (L.A.S.); DAVENPORT-ADAMS (5 L.A.S.); General CHAMOIN and his wife (C.V.A.S.); General POURADIER-DUTEIL (2 L.A.S. and 1 C.V.A.S.); General PITTIÉ (2 L.A.S.); General GALLIMARD (2 L.A.S.); Philippe BURTY (L.A.S.); and 8 L.A.S. from various artists and military personnel, including one from Naples (1877). MLL