Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY. 4 L.A.S. and one P.A.S., [1865] to the publisher Achille Faure 5 pages in-8 in red ink (on paper edged in red); and 1 page in-fol. in violet ink (tear reattached, pitting). About the edition of Un prêtre marié. "Thank you for your corrections, & keep them coming! [...] Thinking that you are watching out for blunders refreshes my blood, - and calms me down. I needed to be refreshed"... - Thursday]. He sends the dedication and "the proof of the end of the 1st volume [...] You will have the other tomorrow when you get up. [...] I also find the volume short & I have nothing to stuff it with"... He lists "Works by the same author" in red ink underlined with green ink. - Friday. He sends the proofs of the 2nd volume: "I recommend the corrections to you with great urgency, making an act of faith in you. [...] I have a terrible fear of the flatness of our volumes. If your paper is very strong and consistent, we can get away with it. But, alas! I have nothing of length to pad and upholster the 2nd volume. Lévy puts his catalogue after his books. Why don't you do the same? - Saturday. Anxiety" makes him clarify the spelling of Mrs Soukhowo-Kabylinn's name. Dedication for the edition of Un prêtre marié to the daughter of Mme de Bouglon, Barbey's "White Angel"; Marie de Bouglon had married a Russian prince and died shortly after her marriage in 1860: "Dedicated to Marie Ange Soukhowo-Kabylinn, née de Bouglon, this book which appealed to her religious soul and that I wrote under her pure eyes, closed alas! before she could see the end of it. J.B. d'A. Former Daniel Sickles collection (IX, 3568).