La Grande encyclopedie : autograph manuscript signed.

Record ID: 
195446
Accession number: 
MA 4500
Author: 
Gourmont, Remy de, 1858-1915, author.
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description: 
1 item (12 pages) ; 22.7 x 14.1 cm
Notes: 

Signed with Gourmont's pen name, "J. Drexelius".
One leaf stamped on verso "Mercure de France 18 Nov. 1899 ..."
Autograph manuscript of a review which appeared in January, 1900 in volume 33 of the Mercure de France, reviewing the latest volume of "La grande encyclopedie" (Paris : H. Lamirault et cie, 1886-1902), being the volume comprising parts 610 to 644 of the encyclopedia, from"Option" to "Pigeon"; the manuscript extensively corrected in the hand of the author and marked up for typesetting in red and blue pencil.

Provenance: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.