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

BIB_ID
104258
Accession number
MA 3380
Creator
France, Anatole, 1844-1924.
Display Date
ca. 1889.
Credit line
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.
Provenance
Mr and Mrs. Otto C. Doering.
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).