Miscellaneous French autographs

French autograph manuscripts, 18th-20th century. The collection contains the less important material of great French writers, artists, etc., and the more important work of 19th and 20th century secondary writers. Some of the individuals represented are listed below:

• Edmond About, 4 letters, 19th century
• Paul Adam, 3 items, 19th century
• Jean Ajalbert, 3 items, 1880s
• Jacques Ancelot, 2 items, 1843-51
• mile Augier, 10 items, 19th century
• Lucien Henry Louis Auvray, 2 items, 1923-8
• Ferdinand Bac, 2 items, 19th century
• Thodore de Banville, 6 items, 19th century
• Henri Barbusse, 3 items, 20th century
• Maurice Barrs, 5 letters, late 18th-early 19th century
• Theodore Barrire, 2 letters, 19th century
• Henry Bataille, 5 letters, early 20th century
• Cristina Trivulzio, Principessa di Belgiojoso, 5 letters, 1849-60
• Pierre Jean de Branger, 5 letters, 19th century
• Auguste Emile Bergerat, 27 items, late-19th-early-20th century
• Lon Bloy, 5 letters, late-19th-early-20th century
• Champfleury, 6 letters, late 19th century
• Paul Claudel, 3 letters, 1911-53
• Charlotte de Constant, 1 letter, 19th century
• Alexandre Dumas (pere), 6 letters, 19th century
• Alexandre Dumas (fils), 20 letters, 1884-1902
• Adolphe Philippe D'Ennery, 21 letters, 19th century
• Stphanie Flicit, Comtesse de Genlis, 4 letters, late 18th-early 19th century
• Melchior Grimm, 2 letters, 1765-72
• Guizot Franois, 7 letters, 1840-71, n.d.
• Victor Hugo, 10 items, 19th century
• Alphonse de Lamartine, 18 items, 19th century
• Leconte de Lisle, 6 items, 19th century
• Jules Michelet, 9 items, late 19th century
• Marcel Proust, 1 item, 1921
• Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, 1 letter, 1732
• Eugne Scribe, 9 items
• Sully Prudhomme, 38 items, late-19th-early-20th century
• Laurent Tailhade, 57 items, late-19th-early-20th century
• Adolphe Thiers, 3 items, 19th century
• mile Zola, 3 items, 1868-94.

The full shelfmarks of the collection are as follows: MSS. F/ABOUT. 1-4; MS. F/AARD. 1; MS. F/ADAM J. 1; MSS. F/ADAM P. 1-3; MS. F/AICARD. 1; MSS. F/AJALBERT. 1-3; MS. F/ALAIN. 1; MS. F/ALBERT-BIROT. 1; MS. F/ALEMBERT. 1; MSS. F/ANCELOT J. 1-2; MS. F/ANCELOT V. 1; MS. F/ARAGON. 1; MSS. F/AUGIER. 1-10; MSS. F/AUVRAY. 1-2; MS. F/AVELINE. 1; MS. F/AYMCH#xC9;. 1; MS. F./AZAS. 1; MSS. F/BAC. 1-2; MS. F/BALLANE. 1; MSS. F/BANVILLE. 1-6; MSS. F/BARBUSSE. 1-4; MSS. F/BARRCH#xC8;S. 1-5; MSS. F/BARRI;RE. 1-2; MS. F/BARTHLEMY. 1; MSS. F/BATAILLE. 1-5; MS. F/BATY. 1; MS. F/BAZIN. 1; MS. F/BALU. 1; MS. F/BARN. 1; MS. F/BEAUHARNAIS. 1; MS. F/BECKETT. 1; MS. F/BECQUE. 1; MSS. F/BELGIOJOSO. 1-6; MS. F/BENOIT. 1; MSS. F/BRANGER. 1-5; MSS. F/BERGERAT. 1-27; MSS. F/BERNANOS. 1-15; MSS. F/BERNARD. 1-2; MS. F/BERNHARDT. 1; MS. F/BERNIS. 1; MSS. F/BERTRAND. 1-2; MSS. F/BLOY. 1-5; MS. F/BOISSON. 1; MSS. F/BONNEFON. 1-2; MSS. F/BOSSUET. 1-2; MSS. F/BOURGES. 1-3; MSS. F/BOURGET. 1-7; MSS. F/BRIEUX. 1-4; MS. F/BRIFFAULT. 1; MS. F/BRUNETI;RE. 1; MS. F/BRUNOT. 1; MS. F/BU. 1; MS. F/BUET. 1; MS. F/BUTOR. 1; MSS. F/CARCO. 1-4; MSS. F/CARO. 1-2; MSS. F/CARUET. 1-6; MS. F/CATT. 1; MSS. F/CCH#xC9;ARD. 1-2; MSS. F/CENDRARS. 1-3; MSS. F/ABANEIX. 1-8; MSS. F/CHAMPFLEURY. 1-6; MS. F/CHAR. 1; MSS. F/CHARDONNE. 1-2; MS. F/CHATEAUBRIAND. 1; MS. F/CHAUDIER. 1; MSS. F/CHERBULIEZ. 1-2; MSS. F/CHCH#xC9;RET. 1-2; MS. F/CLARETIE. 1; MSS. F/CLAUDEL. 1-3; MS. F/COCTEAU. 1; MS. F/COHEN. 1; MSS. F/COLET. 1-4; MS. F/COLETTE. 1; MSS. F/COLLIN D'HARLEVILLE. 1-2; MSS. F/CONSTANT. 1-4; MS. F/CONSTANT C.DE. 1; MSS. F/COPPE. 1-7; MS. F/COURTELINE. 1; MS. F/COURTOIS. 1; MSS. F/COUSIN. 1-6; MS. F/CRBILLON. 1; MS. F/CUVIER. 1; MS. F/DAMILAVILLE. 1; MS. F/DARAGON. 1; MSS. F/DARZENS. 1-7; MS. F/DEFFOUX. 1; MS. F/DEGRANDO A. 1; MSS. F/DEGRANDO J.-M. 1-8; MSS. F/DEJAZET. 1-4; MSS. F/DEJOB. 1-2; MS. F/DELAVIGNE. 1; MSS. F/DELIBES. 1-3; MSS. F/DER;ME. 1-2; MSS. F/DESBROSSES. 1-8; MSS. F/DESCAVES. 1-4; MSS. F/DESAMPS. 1-13; MSS. F/DES ESSARTS. 1-2; MS. F/DHAINAUT. 1; MS. F/DIERX. 1; MS. F/DONNAY. 1; MSS. F/DORCHAIN. 1-2; MS. F/DU BOS. 1; MSS. F/DU CAMP. 1-2; MSS. F/DUCIS. 1-3; MSS. F/DUHAMEL. 1-2; MSS. F/DUHAMELET. 1-5; MS. F/DUJARDIN. 1; MSS. F/DUMAINE. 1-2; MSS. F/DUMAS FILS. 1-19; MS. F/DUMAS FILS MME. 1; MS. F/DUMAS MME VEUVE. 1; MSS. F/DUMAS PCH#xC8;RE. 1-6; MS. F/EHRENBURG. 1; MS. F/LUARD. 1; MS. F/EMI. 1; MS. F/ENFANTIN. 1; MSS. F/ENNERY. 1-21; MS. F/ESPARB;S. 1; MSS. F/FAGUET. 1-2; MSS. F/FEUILLET. 1-2; MS. F/FEYDEAU E. 1; MSS. F/FEYDEAU G. 1-5; MS. F/FLAUBERT. 1; MSS. F/FOLLAIN. 1-2; MSS. F/FORT. 1-3; MSS. F/FOURNEAU. 1-5; MSS. F/FRANCE. 1-3; MSS. F/FRRET. 1-2; MS. F/FROMENTIN. 1; MS. F/FUNCK-BRENTANO. 1; MSS. F/GAUTIER. 1-2; MSS. F/GEFFROY. 1-15; MS. F/GENEVOIX. 1; MSS. F/GENLIS. 1-4; MS. F/GEOFFRIN. 1; MS. F/GERMAINE. 1; MS. F/GIBSON. 1; MSS. F/GIDE. 1-5; MSS. F/GINGUEN. 1-2; MSS. F/GIONO. 1-3; MS. F/GIRARDIN. 1; MSS. F/GONCOURT. 1-11; MSS. F/GOURMONT. 1-3; MSS. F/GOZLAN. 1-2; MS. F/GREGH. 1; MS. F/GRIGNAN. 1; MSS. F/GRIMM M. 1-2; MS. F/GUIES. 1; MS. F/GUILBERT. 1; MSS. F/GUILLAUME. 1-3; MS. F/GUILLAUME LE CLERC. 1; MS. F/GUITRY. 1; MSS. F/GUIZOT. 1-7; MSS. F/HARRY. 1-2; MSS. F/HENNIQUE. 1-3; MSS. F/HEREDIA. 1-5; MSS. F/HERMA;. 1-2; MSS. F/HERVIEU. 1-4; MSS. F/HETZEL. 1-2; MS. F/HUGO A. 1; MSS. F/HUGO V. 1-10; MS. F/HUYSMANS. 1; MSS. F/IONESCO. 1-4; MSS. F/JAMMES. 1-5; MSS. F/JANIN. 1-2; MSS. F/JOUHANDEAU. 1-2; MS. F/JOUVE. 1; MS. F/JUIN. 2; MS. F/JUNQUIERES. 1; MS. F/KAHN. 1; MSS. F/KARR. 1-7; MSS. F/KLINGSOR. 1-2; MS. F/KOCK. 1; MS. F/KOHLER. 1; MS. F/KROL. 1; MS. F/LA HARPE. 1; MSS. F/LAMARTINE A. 1-18; MSS. F/LAMARTINE M.E. 1-3; MS. F/LAMBERT. 1; MS. F/LAMENNAIS. 1; MS. F/LANGUE D'OC. 1; MSS. F/LAPRADE. 1-16; MSS. F/LARGUIER. 1-2; MS. F/LAURENTIN. 1; MS. F/LAVEDAN. 1; MS. F/LAVISSE. 1; MS. F/LAZARE. 1; MS. F/LEBRAU. 1; MS. F/LEBRUN-PINDARE. 1; MS. F/LEEVALIER. 1; MS. F/LECLERCQ. 1; MSS. F/LECO;E DE LISLE. 1-6; MS. F/LEGOUV. 1; MS. F/LEMAITRE. 1; MS. F/LE MAUVE. 1; MS. F/LEMERCIER. 1; MSS. F/LE QUINTREC. 1-2; MS. F/LE ROUX. 1; MS. F/LIBBRET. 1; MSS. F/LORRAIN. 1-2; MSS. F/LOTI. 1-7; MS. F/LOUCH#159;S. 1; MS. F/LUGN-POE. 1; MSS. F/MAETERLINCK. 1-3; MSS. F/MAETERLINCK R. 1-14; MSS. F/MALLARM. 1-4; MS. F/MALOT. 1; MS. F/MANDIARGUES. 1; MSS. F/MARGUERITTE. 1-3; MSS. F/MARSAN. 1-6; MS. F/MARTIN. 1; MS. F/MARTIN DU GARD M. 1; MSS. F/MARTIN DU GARD R. 1-11; MSS. F/MASSENET. 1-4; MS. F/MASSIS. 1; MS. F/MATHILDE. 1; MS. F/MAUCLAIR. 1; MSS. F/MAURIAC. 1-3; MSS. F/MAUROIS. 1-3; MS. F/MAZARINADES. 1; MS. F/MENANTEAU. 1; MSS. F/MEND;S. 1-6; MSS. F/MRIME. 1-3; MSS. F/MERRILL. 1-3; MSS. F/MRY. 1-2; MSS. F/MEURICE. 1-2; MSS. F/MIELET. 1-9; MSS. F/MIOMANDRE. 1-2; MS. F/MIRBEAU. 1; MSS. F/MIROT. 1-2; MSS. F/MOCKEL. 1-14; MS. F/MONSELET. 1; MSS. F/MO;ALEMBERT. 1-2; MS. F/MONTGUT. 1; MS. F/MONTESQUIOU. 1; MS. F/MONTOLIEU. 1; MS. F/MORAND. 1; MS. F/MORAS. 1; MSS. F/MORELLET. 1-2; MS. F/MUN. 1; MSS. F/MURGER. 1-2; MS. F/MUSELLI. 1; MSS. F/NADAR. 1-4; MS. F/NADAUD. 1; MS. F/NECKER. 1; MSS. F/NIVERNOIS. 1-3; MS. F/NODIER. 1; MS. F/NOGARET. 1; MS. F/NOIRMONTIER. 1; MS. F/OBALDIA. 1; MS. F/OBEY. 1; MS. F/OLIVET. 1; MSS. F/OLLIVIER. 1-3; MS. F/PANCKOUCKE. 1; MS. F/PARIS. 1; MSS. F/PARIS B.N. 1-2; MS. F/PEYRE. 1; MS. F/PIOT. 1; MS. F/PIDANSAT DE MAIROBERT. 1; MSS. F/PIXCHRCOURT. 1-2; MSS. F/PONGE. 1-2; MSS. F/PRVOST. 1-2; MS. F/PROUST. 1; MSS. F/QUILLARD. 1-5; MS. F/QUINET. 1; MSS. F/RAILDE. 1-4; MSS. F/REBELL. 1-13; MSS. F/RCHGNIER. 1-2; MSS. F/RENAN. 1-7; MSS. F/RETT. 1-2; MSS. F/REVEL. 1-6; MS. F/RIBEMONT-DESSAIGNES. 1; MSS. F/RIEPIN. 1-3; MSS. F/RICTUS. 1-3; MSS. F/RODIN. 1-2; MSS. F/ROLLAND. 1-2; MSS. F/ROLLINAT. 1-2; MSS. F/ROMAINS. 1-2; MS. F/ROSNY. 1; MS. F/ROSTAND. 1; MSS. F/ROUAULT. 1-29; MS. F/ROUGET DE LISLE. 1; MS. F/ROUSSEAU J.-B. 1; MS. F/ROUSSEAU J.-J. 1; MS. F/ROY. 1; MS. F/RUDLER. 1; MSS. F/SAI;E-BEUVE. 1-9; MS. F/SAINT-PIERRE (ABB). 1; MSS. F/SAINT-PIERRE B. 1-4; MSS. F/SAINT-POL-ROUX. 1-3; MSS. F/SAINT-SANS. 1-2; MS. F/SALM DYCK. 1; MSS. F/SALVANDY. 1-5; MSS. F/SAMAIN. 1-2; MS. F/SAMSON. 1; MSS. F/SAND. 1-4; MS. F/SANDEAU. 1; MSS. F/SARCEY. 1-3; MSS. F/SARDOU. 1-12; MSS. F/SARTRE. 1-4; MS. F/SAVITZKAYA. 1; MSS. F/SOLL. 1-2; MSS. F/SCRIBE. 1-9; MS. F/SECOND. 1; MS. F/SILVESTRE. 1; MSS. F/SOUDAY. 1-2; MS. F/SPIESS. 1; MS. F/SUARCH#xC8;S. 1; MS. F/SUE. 1; MSS. F/SULLY PRUDHOMME. 1-38; MS. F/SUPERVIELLE. 1; MSS. F/TAILHADE. 1-57; MSS. F/TAILHADE MME L. 1-8; MS. F/TAILH;DE. 1; MSS. F/TAINE. 1-2; MS. F/TERRASSE. 1; MSS. F/THARAUD. 1-3; MS. F/THEURIET. 1; MSS. F/THIBAUDEAU. 1-12; MSS. F/THIERS. 1-3; MS. F/TROUBAT. 1; MS. F/URBAIN. 1; MS. F/VALRY J. 1; MSS. F/VALRY P. 1-2; MSS. F/VERNE. 1-3; MSS. F/VICAIRE. 1-7; MSS. F/VIEL-GRIFFIN. 1-3; MS. F/VIGNY. 1; MSS. F/WILLY. 1-2; MS. F/ZAHAROFF. 1; MSS. F/ZOLA. 1-3.

The collection includes autograph material of the following individuals: Edmond About (1828-85), writer; Paul Adam (1862-1920), novelist; Jean Ajalbert (1863-1947), writer; Jacques Ancelot (1794-1854), dramatist; Émile Augier (1820-89), dramatist; Lucien Henry Louis Auvray (1860-1937), scholar; Ferdinand Bac (1859-1952), artist; Thodore de Banville (1825-91), poet; Henri Barbusse (1874-1935), novelist; Maurice Barrs (1862-1923), novelist; Theodore Barrire (1823-77), dramatist; Henry Bataille (1872-1922), poet; Cristina Trivulzio, Principessa di Belgiojoso (1808-71); Pierre Jean de Branger (1780-1857), poet; Auguste Émile Bergerat (1845-1923), poet; Lon Bloy (1846-1917), writer; Champfleury (1821-89), novelist; Paul Claudel (1868-1955), poet, dramatist and essayist; Charlotte de Constant, second wife of painter Benjamin Constant, (fl 19th century); Alexandre Dumas, pere (1802-70), writer; Alexandre Dumas, fils (1824-95), writer; Adolphe Philippe D'Ennery (1811-99), novelist; Stphanie Flicit, Comtesse de Genlis (1746-1830); Melchior Grimm (1723-1807), German critic and diplomatist; Franois Guizot (1787-1874), politician and historian; Victor Hugo (1802-85), poet, dramatist and novelist; Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869), poet and statesman; Charles-Marie-Ren, Leconte de Lisle (1818-94); Jules Michelet (1798-1874), historian; Marcel Proust (1871-1922), novelist; Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1671-1741), poet; Eugne Scribe (1791-1861), dramatist and librettist; Sully Prudhomme (1839-1907), poet; Laurent Tailhade (1854-1919), man of letters; Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), politician and historian; and Émile Zola (1840-1902), novelist. Further details on some of the above are in the Dictionnaire de Biographie Franaise.

The manuscripts are arranged alphabetically by author, except where the subject is deemed to be more important.

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The letters and papers came to the Taylor Institution Library during the librarianship of the late Donald Martell Sutherland, Librarian 1949-70. Many were purchased, with money from the Zaharoff Fund, from dealers' catalogues or in the course of numerous visits to bookshops both in England and on the Continent.

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

D. Santini, The letters and papers of modern European writers and others in the library of the Taylor Institution (Oxford, 1996) is mounted at: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/taylor/finding-resources/special-collections.