CAMBON (Paul) (1843–1924). - Lot 60

CAMBON (Paul) (1843–1924). French diplomat and administrator. Member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. Founder of the Alliance Française (1883). Autograph letter signed “Paul Cambon” to “Dear Lady Cunard.” Paris, undated. 1¼ pages, in-8 format. A charming invitation to lunch addressed to Lady Cunard, a prominent figure in Anglo-French high society. Cambon proposes a meeting “at Laurent on the Champs-Élysées, Avenue Gabriel, across from Rue du Cirque,” elegantly noting that “all the actors know him”—an allusion to the social and diplomatic circles that frequented this establishment. A testament to the diplomatic and high-society circles of Paris in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, where political and international elites crossed paths. The correspondence with Lady Cunard—a prominent cosmopolitan figure—further enhances the document’s significance.