58 - [BELGIAN LITERATURE]

[BELGIAN LITERATURE] Collection of manuscripts of translations from French into Russian by the author Maurice MAETERLINCK (1862–1949): - Manuscript of “Sister Beatrice,” a 1901 play, translated from French into Russian. Jurgis Kasimirovich BALTRUCHAITIS saw it for the first time in 1907 at the theater of Vera Kommissarjeskaya, who played the lead role; it was following this event that they shared and worked on the same ideas. (See Victoria Dauyotite’s book *J. Baltruchaïtis*, 1983). In-8° format. - Manuscript of the French-language Belgian play *Monna Vanna* by Maurice MAETERLINCK (1862–1949). This play would later inspire an opera by Rachmaninoff, which remained unfinished due to a lack of copyright permissions. Written in Brunnen, Switzerland. Three acts. MC Provenance - Jurgis Kasimirovitch Baltruchaïtis (1873–1944), Lithuanian diplomat and poet. - Their son, Jurgis Jurgissovitch Baltruchaïtis (1903–1988), historian. -His wife, Hélène Baltruchaïtis (1908–2004), née Castel-Focillon, daughter of Henri Focillon (1881–1943). -Then by descent.