FLAUBERT Gustave [Rouen, 1821 - Croisset, 1880], French writer. Autograph manuscript. Notes on the reading of Chardin's Voyage en Perse. 176 pages written on both sides on laid paper" large format in-4° in sheets, under cover bearing the title " Voyage en Perse de Chardin" in Flaubert's handwriting. IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPT. Notes of readings of the Voyage en Perse de Chardin. These copious notes, abundant, full of details of picturesque customs, show us the great the great conscientious reader that Flaubert was; they also constitute an eloquent testimony to the of the insatiable curiosity of the author of Salammbô about everything that touched the Orient. Stamp of the Flaubert sale (lot 38 of the sale of 28 April 1931).

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