Léon DAUDET (1867-1942) Autograph manuscript, La Vermine du monde, [1916]; 249 pages in-fol. Complete manuscript of this novel about the 1914 war and German espionage. Published by Arthème Fayard in 1916, this "novel of German espionage" (according to the subtitle) had first appeared in serial form in L'Action française. It is divided into twelve chapters dated from June 1912 to September 1914, the last chapter being entitled La victoire de la Marne. The manuscript, which is complete, presents erasures and corrections.