MAUROIS André (Émile Herzog) [Elbeuf, 1885 - Neuilly-sur-Sei - Lot 139

MAUROIS André (Émile Herzog) [Elbeuf, 1885 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1967], French novelist, essayist and historian. Set consisting of an autograph manuscript "In the beginning was the action" and a first typescript with numerous erasures, corrections and autograph pages added and a second typescript with some corrections. All in 4° format. Autograph manuscript composed of 65 pages in-4°. This first draft of his essay is entitled "Action" then to its original title in the typed manuscript "In the beginning was the action". This autograph manuscript is composed of 7 parts: The nature of the action, the forms of the actions, the political action, the economic action, the artistic action, the scientific action, the action and the future. It also includes corrections and additions of words. Typed manuscript is composed of 109 pages and 4 pages autographs added. It is the first draft of his project. It includes numerous corrections, erasures compose this manuscript. Typed manuscript which is the second draft. Contains some corrections, erasures, additions of sentences and 4 autograph pages added. Exceptional set.