Eugène LABAUME, Geographical Engineer during the Empire and - Lot 594

Eugène LABAUME, Geographical Engineer during the Empire and Historian (Viviers, Ardèche, 1883 – Died at his estate in Beauchamp, Gard, in 1849). 2 Signed autograph letters: From his estate at Beauchamp, near Pont-Saint-Esprit (Gard), on July 12, 1835, to the Viscount de SENONES, Alexandre de LA MOTTE-BARACÉ, writer and painter: “Sir. I have just asked my friend VOUCHON to renew my subscription. At this moment, I am finishing the beautiful episode of the Siege of Lyon in my major work; If, after the monster trial—which will inevitably end in a series of irregularities—you think this account might interest the people of Lyon, I would be happy to send it to you for inclusion in your volumes. I eagerly await your newspaper’s verdict on my third volume; better than the first, containing nothing that sounds out of place or smacks of heresy…” + 39 Rue Neuve St. Roch, January 19, 1839. He is requesting a position for a law student. 1 page, in-8°