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STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXLII. Philippe Des Portes: rhymed maxims, epigrams and aphorisms; before 1606. Fair copies, with a few additions in other hands at the end. French. ff. 5. 190 x 138mm. Poetry FRENCH: Philippe Des Portes, poet: Rhymed maxims, etc., by Philippe Des Portes: bef. 160...
Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevskii: ChapterII of part 3 of the novel Униженные и оскорбленные [The Insulted and Injured]
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Autograph draft. Cyrillic script in a small neat cursive hand. One complete chapter of Dostoevskii’s first full-length novel, headed Глава 6 in the manuscript but published as the second chapter in part 3. Begins: Онь именно влетель, с каким-то сияющимь лицомь, Ends: я выскажу все, все! The ...
Georges Duhamel: Complete short story 'Le dernier voyage de Candide'
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Autograph draft. Heavily corrected with numerous deletions and insertions; the opening line and half struck through. A picaresque continuation of Voltaire's satire Candide, first published in 1759. Begins: ' Candide cultivait son jardin depuis bien de années . . .' Ends: ' . . . Candide f...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXLV. Fredrik Axel von Fersen: document sent with some sealed papers to the Tribunal of the Swedish Court; 1787 (dated by the Tribunal, f. 1). Signed. Swedish. Included are two transcripts of the document, one typewritten, together with a German translation. ff. 3....
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXLVI. Gustave Flaubert: short story 'Bibliomanie'; 1836. Fair copy. French. See G. Flaubert, Oeuvres Complètes. Oeuvres de Jeunesse Inédites, vol. 1 (Paris, 1910), pp. 132-147. ff. 14. 310 x 200mm. Gustave Flaubert, novelist: Short story Bibliomanie by Gustave F...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXLVII. Joseph Fouché: letter to his colleagues and friends; 1794. French. ff. 2. 305 x 200mm. Joseph Fouché, Duc d'Otrante: Letter to his colleagues and friends: 1794: Fr.
Autograph annotations by Anatole France. Signed ‘A.F’ at end. Anatole France [pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault]: Letter from M. B. in response to an article on orthography by Anatole France, marked up for printing by France; May 1898
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Begins: ‘Monsieur, Au sujet de votre article de ce matin, ‘l'Orthographe' . . . Ends: ‘Veuillez , je vous prie etc.’ The letter is dated 16 May 1898 but probably in error for 17 May when Anatole France’s first article on orthography and spelling reform was published in the morning daily newspa...
Benjamin Franklin: Letter to William Strahan; Philad[elphia] 12 Feb. 1744/5
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Autograph. Signed. Begins: ‘Sir I receiv'd your Favour p[er] Mr Chew dayed Sept. 10. and a Copy via Boston.’ Ends: ‘Your obliged humble Servant B Franklin’ Franklin acknowledges receipt from Strahan of 'Mr Middleton's Pieces' and places new orders: a range of pamphlets for friends of differ...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CL. Sigmund Freud: lecture 'Der Dichter und das Phantasieren'; [1907]. Draft. German. See S. Freud, Gesammelte Werke, vol. 7 (1941), pp. 213-223. ff. 5. 400 x 250mm. Sigmund Freud, psychoanalyst: Lecture 'Der Dichter und das Phantasieren' by Sigmund Freud: 1907: ...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLI. André Gide: lecture 'De l'importance du public'; 1903 (see f. 2). Draft. French. See Oeuvres Complètes d'André Gide, ed. L. Martin-Chauffier, vol. 4 [Paris, 1937], pp. 181-197. Author's presentation letter to Zweig, 1914 (f. 1). ff. 24. 218 x 167mm. André Pa...