118 - CELINE Louis-Ferdinand: Complete manuscript of his letter to the judges. Defense brief drafted by CELINE from his Danish prison in Copenhagen. Sent to France in March 1947 via his Danish attorney, Maître MIKKELSEN, to his French attorneys, Maître André DAMIEN and Maître Jean-Louis TIXIER-VIGNANCOUR. This defense brief was typed in France by his lawyers’ offices and sent to the President of the Seine Court of Justice (To Commissioner SELTENSPERGER) and to a number of journalists and public figures. An English version was also prepared for international journalists.

CELINE Louis-Ferdinand: Complete manuscript of his letter to the judges. Defense brief drafted by CELINE from his Danish prison in Copenhagen. Sent to France in March 1947 via his Danish attorney, Maître MIKKELSEN, to his French attorneys, Maître André DAMIEN and Maître Jean-Louis TIXIER-VIGNANCOUR. This defense brief was typed in France by his lawyers’ offices and sent to the President of the Seine Court of Justice (To Commissioner SELTENSPERGER) and to a number of journalists and public figures. An English version was also prepared for international journalists. This is the original manuscript preserved by his attorney. Dated March 27, 1949, 35 large in-8 pages with corrections and additions. The set is presented in a folder and a red half-maroquin slipcase, with a faded five-ribbed spine and title labels on black leather. This document is doubly significant: not only for the writer’s defense of his stance during the war, but also for the cross-outs and deletions in the text when compared to the final typed version.