DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. An excellent A.L.S., A. Dumas, one page, blue paper ...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. An excellent A.L.S., A. Dumas, one page, blue paper, 8vo, n.p., n.d., [1852], to Monsieur Souverain, in French. A very interesting content letter referring to Dumas works, stating in part `Here you have the proof sheets of my father… they will still probably be full of mistakes. If you wish that I make corrections properly, send me the copy together with the proof sheets. There are things that I can´t guess…´, further saying `I will leave at the end of the month, if you wish the Regent to be published, take the decision about sending me the full proof sheets..´ Before concluding, Dumas states `I am with the rehearsals of La Dame..´. With blank integral leaf. Small stain to the edge, otherwise VG Hippolyte Souverain (1803-1880) French Editor who worked for both Dumas father and son. Le Régent Mustel (1852) is a novel by Dumas. La Dame aux Camelias (1848) is a novel by Dumas. Also known as Camille. Verdi put music to the story and composed the opera La Traviata (1853).The female protagonist Marguerite Gautier, renamed as Violetta Valery for the opera, was based on Marie Duplessis, the real-life lover of Dumas.