Manuscripts, deluxe editions, facsimiles and prints

A unique collection of manuscripts, beautiful books, authors’ drawings and first drafts. Immerse yourself in the inner lives of some of the world’s greatest authors and discover our collection of facsimiles of manuscripts: novels, musical scores, poems, fairy tales, stories, essays, letters and scientific papers.

Manuscrits

Reading a manuscript is a unique experience that creates an intimate connection with the author, offering special insight into their creative process through their original workings, corrections, notes, revisions and marginalia. Discover the manuscripts of Charlotte Brontë (Jane Eyre), F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby), Virginia Woolf (Mrs Dalloway), Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray), Lewis Carroll (Alice’s Adventures Under Ground), Paul Auster (The New York Trilogy), Albert Einstein (The General Theory of Relativity), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Musical Diary) and J. M. Barrie (Peter Pan).