SANDEAU (Jules). - Lot 21

SANDEAU (Jules). "Madeleine. Autograph manuscript signed and dated 1846 in an in-folio volume, black half-chagrin, gilt supra-libris "Mme Eulalie. Dethou" decorating the front cover, smooth spine decorated with cold-boxes, white moire lining and endpaper (Bourra, Relieur à Sancerre). 126 ff. laminated, with numerous mending; accompanied by a few plates and ORIGINAL DRAWINGS. SIGNED AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIT of the novel Madeleine "begun May 12, 1846" and "finished July 31, 1846", to be published in 1848. From the library of the Marquis de L'Aigle, with bookplate. Provenance: "Manuscrit relevé pour Mme Eulalie Dethou à Cosne sur Loire", and "acheté le 30 mai 1891." Occasional foxing to manuscript. A PRECIOUS DOCUMENT THAT CONFIRMS JULES SANDEAU AS THE TRUE AUTHOR OF THE WORK.