Pierre Louÿs - Trois Filles de leur mère - 1926

Pierre Louÿs – Three Daughters of Their Mother – complete clandestine manuscript (361 pages) – circa 1920–1940 – one of a kind

Complete clandestine manuscript of Three Daughters of Their Mother, handwritten between 1920 and 1940.

Before the first confidential printings, this text circulated only in manuscript form, within private circles.
This 361-page volume, numbered, constitutes a full copy, written in a regular and homogeneous hand.

Characteristics:

• 361 handwritten pages
• Handwritten title page
• Handwritten “Notice to the Reader”
• Complete text
• Neat, highly legible writing
• Old paper, typical of non-trimmed notebooks of the period
• A few foreign sheets slipped in by a former owner (not part of the text)

Condition:

Very good overall condition for a clandestine manuscript of this period.
Clean paper, stable ink, complete pagination.
Some leaves are uncut at the head, which is normal for notebooks used between 1920 and 1940 and indicates minimal handling.
Solid binding.

Interest:

The clandestine manuscripts of Three Daughters of Their Mother are rare, and each copy is unique.
This type of private copy is typical of the underground circulation of erotic literature in the early 20th century.