Alfred Jarry (French, 1873-1907) "Gestes et Opinions du Docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien", 1898 [Paris, Le Phalanstère], [1898] Autograph manuscript, signed three times, once in capital letters on the title page and twice at the end of the text. In-8 (Height 201 Width 154mm - not including tabs). Collation: 211 autograph pages on 206 leaves, paginated 1-218, in black ink by Alfred Jarry. Second numbering in blue pencil by the printer. Illustrations: original lithographs by Alfred Jarry, cut into two or four parts, forming 36 fragments on the reverse of which Jarry wrote the manuscript. The details of the fragments are as follows: - plate 47 (numbered in the 1968 catalog raisonné): seventeen fragments: first quarter four fragments, second quarter five fragments, third quarter five fragments, fourth quarter three fragments: three complete lithographs (approx. 300 x 220mm, after assembly of the fragments) and five fragments; - plate 49: eight fragments: one complete lithograph (approx. 275 x 185mm, after assembling the fragments) and four fragments; - plate 54: eleven fragments: one complete lithograph (the quarters are missing a few centimetres) and seven fragments; Contemporary binding: probably made for Victor Lemasle. Black chagrin spine, marbled paper boards. Provenance: - Victor Lemasle (1876-1932), autograph dealer and publisher, notably of Alfred Jarry's last book, Albert Samain (Souvenirs), in 1907. He sold some of the Jarry manuscripts he owned to - Louis Libaude, pseud. Louis Lormel (1869-1922), art dealer; by descent; - private collection. Exhibition of this manuscript: - "Expojarrysition", Galerie Jean Loize, Paris (18 palotin to 8 gidouille 80), May 7 to June 20, 1953, no. 1 (with reproduction); - Alfred Jarry 1873-1917", Graphisches Kabinett, Kunsthaus Zürich, December 14, 1984 - March 10, 1985. Alfred Jarry, 1898. An autograph manuscript entitled "Gestes et Opinions du Docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien". Signed. Bibliography: - Œuvres complètes (ed. Henri Béhar), III, Paris, 2013, p. 9 ff (notice by Alain Chevrier); - Œuvres complètes (pléiade) I, Paris, 1972, p. 655 ff, p. 1216 ff ; - Patrick Besnier, Alfred Jarry, Paris, 2005, p. 358 ff; - Peintures, gravures et dessins d'Alfred Jarry, Paris, Collège de Pataphysique, 1968; - Apollinaire's remarks on Jarry: Le Courrier des Arts , in Paris-Journal, June 28, 1914. Webography : - Jarry's manuscripts known today: http://alfredjarry.fr/amisjarry/fichiers_ea/etoile_absinthe_132_133.pdf (p.18 ff.); Complete autograph manuscript of one of Alfred Jarry's most important works: Au cœur de la pataphysique. This manuscript was partly written on the back of large original lithographs by Alfred Jarry, cut in half or quarters: two of these lithographs are known today only through this manuscript. The manuscript belonged to Louis Lormel, one of Jarry's earliest friends and a conduit for the avant-garde. The manuscript is sold with its export certificate. Presentation text on rouillac.com. https://www.rouillac.com/fr/news-3746-la_naissance_pataphysique?p=655