34 - BALTRUCHAITIS, Jurgis Kasimirovich (1873–1944)

BALTRUCHAITIS, Jurgis Kasimirovich (1873–1944) A significant collection, in Russian, comprising: - A typescript of “The Lily and the Sickle” (машинопись сборника “Лилия и Серп”), the third collection of poems published in 1948; each poem is dated between 1912 and 1943; the first page is annotated with verse 11:4 from the Book of Revelation according to St. John, in Russian: “These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.” -An important collection of about sixty poems, some dated from 1906 to 1943, for the collection “The Lily and the Sickle” - A collection of about 60 poems, dated from 1906 to 1943, for the anthology *The Lily and the Sickle*. -Two notebooks: one containing drafts for his third collection of poems, “The Lily and the Sickle,” and unpublished poems (circa 1916), the other containing the beginning of a dramatic poem, “Les bédouins” - two notebooks containing published and unpublished poems. - A cardboard folder titled “Manuscripts of J. Baltruchaïtis’s Published Poems - Manuscripts of Published Poems by J. Baltruchaïtis." It contains about fifty documents, including poems—mostly drafts—written by the author throughout his life. Notably included are poems from the collections “Flowers of the North” and “The Lily and the Sickle,” including one dated June 18, 1943, in Paris, dedicated to a certain Maria Alexandrovna Efremova. MC Provenance -Jurgis Kasimirovich Baltruchaïtis (1873–1944), Lithuanian diplomat and poet. -Their son, Jurgis Jurgissovich Baltruchaïtis (1903–1988), historian. -His wife, Hélène Baltruchaïtis (1908–2004), née Castel-Focillon, daughter of Henri Focillon (1881–1943). -Then through descent