Léon DAUDET (1867-1942) Autograph manuscript signed, Salons et Journaux, 1916; 217 pages in-fol. Fourth volume of Léon Daudet's fascinating souvenirs. Published by the Nouvelle Librairie Nationale in 1915, this 4th series of Léon Daudet's "souvenirs of literary, political, artistic and medical circles from 1880 to 1908" evokes the salon of the Countess of Loynes and Jules Lemaitre (the book is dedicated to them), numerous writers and journalists, the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Marcel Proust, Claude Debussy, etc. The manuscript, signed and dated at the end of January 7, 1916 "day of the Kings", is complete and includes the nine chapters of the book; it presents erasures and corrections, and the dedication sheet, in an autograph folder, with the original title whose second word has been crossed out: "Salons, Théâtres et Journaux".