Thaïs : autograph manuscript of the working draft of the novel : Paris, ca. 1889.

Record ID: 
104258
Accession number: 
MA 3380
Author: 
France, Anatole, 1844-1924.
Credit: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Otto C. Doering, Jr., 1977.
Description: 
1 item (ca. 395 p.), unbound : ill. ; size varies
Notes: 

Includes "Notes et Variantes."
Includes sketch.

Summary: 

Written in ink and pencil on paper of various sizes arranged in numbered cloth folders. Many pages appear in two or more reworkings. This manuscript lacks portions of the published version. Edwin Preston Dargan's detailed description of the manuscript is laid in.

Housed in: 
Blue morocco pull-off box (24 cm).
Provenance: 
Mr and Mrs. Otto C. Doering.