Autograph letter signed ("J. Tourguéneff"), mentioning his great love Pauline Viardot TURGENEV, Ivan Literature & Classics

8vo. 3 pp. in French on bifolium; small ink stains at bottom margin, creased from prior folding. Turgenev writes from Baden-Baden, having just returned from St. Petersburg. He mentions the recent limited publication of a work ("des Albums") by his intimate friend, the celebrated composer and mezzo-soprano Pauline Viardot, with whom he lived in Paris. The recipient, a M. Badenstadt, was responsible for a translation of the work, which Turgenev praises. Reading in part: "J'ai rapporté plusiers des Albums de Mme Viardot et je me fais un véritable plaisir de vous en envoyer un. L'élégance parfaite et la fidélité de vos traductions one été remarqués partous le monde. On n'a publié cette fois ci que 12 ."